| South Africa |
| 14 |
| Scotland |
| 10 |
| 15 November 2008 | ||||||
| Murrayfield, Edinburgh | ||||||
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| Captain: John Smit | Referee: Dave Pearson (England) | |||||
| Coach: Peter de Villiers | Attendance: 36037 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Tendai Mtawarira | Sharks | 23 | 8 | |
| Hooker | Bismarck du Plessis | Sharks | 24 | 20 | |
| Tight-head Prop (C) | John Smit | Sharks | 30 | 79 | |
| Lock | Bakkies Botha | Blue Bulls | 29 | 53 | |
| Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 31 | 78 | |
| Flank | Schalk (jnr) Burger | WP | 25 | 47 | |
| Flank | Juan Smith | Cheetahs | 27 | 53 | |
| Eighthman | Pierre Spies | Blue Bulls | 23 | 17 | |
| Scrumhalf | Enrico Januarie | WP | 26 | 32 | |
| Flyhalf | Ruan Pienaar | Sharks | 24 | 25 | 3 penalties |
| Left Wing | Bryan Habana | Blue Bulls | 25 | 44 | |
| Inside Centre | Jean de Villiers | WP | 27 | 44 | |
| Outside Centre | Adrian Jacobs | Sharks | 28 | 19 | |
| Right Wing | JP Pietersen | Sharks | 22 | 22 | |
| Full Back | Conrad Jantjes | WP | 28 | 22 | |
| Reserve | Brian Mujati | WP | 24 | 10 | |
| Reserve | Jaque Fourie | Lions | 25 | 40 | 1 try |
| Reserve | Francois Steyn | Sharks | 21 | 25 | |
| Reserve | Andries Bekker | WP | 24 | 11 | |
| Reserve | Ryan Kankowski | Sharks | 23 | 5 | |
| Reserve | Danie Rossouw | Blue Bulls | 30 | 34 | |
| Reserve | Gürthro Steenkamp | Blue Bulls | 27 | 19 |
| Scotland: 1 try, 1 conversion, 1 penalty |
 Team for the Scotland test: Back: Jaque Fourie, Jean de Villiers, Pierre Spies, Danie Rossouw, Andries Bekker, Ryan Kankowski, Francois Steyn, Bismarck du Plessis, Ruan Pienaar Middle:Ricky Januarie, Güthro Steenkamp, Tendai Mtawarira, JP Pietersen, Bryan Habana, Brian Mujati, Conrad Jantjes, Adrian Jacobs Front: Schalk Burger, Dick Muir (asst coach), Bakkies Botha, Peter de Villiers (coach), John Smit (captain), Victor Matfield, Gary Gold (asst coach), Juan Smith |