| South Africa |
| 26 |
| France |
| 36 |
| 24 June 2006 | ||||||
| Newlands, Cape Town | ||||||
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| Captain: John Smit | Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia) | |||||
| Coach: Jake White | Attendance: 48500 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Os du Randt | Cheetahs | 33 | 63 | |
| Hooker (C) | John Smit | Sharks | 28 | 53 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Eddie Andrews | WP | 29 | 18 | |
| Lock | Danie Rossouw | Blue Bulls | 28 | 15 | |
| Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 29 | 47 | |
| Flank | Joe van Niekerk | WP | 26 | 42 | |
| Flank | Juan Smith | Cheetahs | 24 | 23 | |
| Eighthman | Pedrie Wannenburg | Blue Bulls | 25 | 12 | |
| Scrumhalf | Fourie du Preez | Blue Bulls | 24 | 23 | |
| Flyhalf | Jaco van der Westhuyzen | NEC | 28 | 30 | |
| Left Wing | Bryan Habana | Blue Bulls | 23 | 16 | |
| Inside Centre | De Wet Barry | WP | 28 | 38 | |
| Outside Centre | Wynand Olivier | Blue Bulls | 23 | 2 | |
| Right Wing | Brent Russell | Sharks | 26 | 22 | 1 try |
| Full Back | Percy Montgomery | Sharks | 32 | 75 | 7 penalties |
| Reserve | CJ van der Linde | Cheetahs | 25 | 25 | |
| Reserve | Gaffie du Toit | Cheetahs | 29 | 13 | |
| Reserve | Wayne Julies | Lions | 27 | 8 | |
| Reserve | Enrico Januarie | Lions | 24 | 10 | |
| Reserve | Jacques Cronjé | Blue Bulls | 23 | 21 |
| France: 4 tries, 2 conversions, 2 penalties, 2 dropgoals |
 Team for the test against France Back: Brent Russell, Jaco van der Westhyzen, De Wet Barry, CJ van der Linde, Juan Smith, Albert van den Berg, Danie Rossouw, Pedrie Wannenburg, Jacques Cronjé Middle: Enrico Januarie, Wayne Julies, Eddie Andrews, Gaffie du Toit, Wynand Olivier, Fourie du Preez, Bryan Habana, Gary Botha Front: Joe Van Niekerk, Allister Coetzee (asst coach), Percy Montgomery, Jake White (coach), John Smit (captain), Gert Smal (asst coach),Os du Randt, Mac Hendricks (manager), Victor Matfield |