| South Africa |
| 42 |
| France |
| 17 |
| 12 June 2010 | ||||||
| Newlands, Cape Town | ||||||
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| Captain: John Smit | Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand) | |||||
| Coach: Peter de Villiers | Attendance: 49000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Gürthro Steenkamp | Blue Bulls | 28 | 22 | 1 try |
| Hooker (C) | John Smit | Sharks | 32 | 94 | |
| Tight-head Prop | BJ Botha | Ulster | 30 | 20 | |
| Lock | Danie Rossouw | Blue Bulls | 32 | 47 | |
| Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 33 | 93 | |
| Flank | Schalk (jnr) Burger | WP | 27 | 55 | |
| Flank | Francois Louw | WP | 24 | 1 | 1 try |
| Eighthman | Pierre Spies | Blue Bulls | 25 | 28 | 1 try |
| Scrumhalf | Enrico Januarie | WP | 28 | 41 | |
| Flyhalf | Morné Steyn | Blue Bulls | 25 | 12 | 3 conversions, 3 penalties |
| Left Wing | Bryan Habana | WP | 27 | 57 | |
| Inside Centre | Wynand Olivier | Blue Bulls | 27 | 27 | |
| Outside Centre | Jaque Fourie | WP | 27 | 55 | |
| Right Wing | Gio Aplon | WP | 27 | 1 | 2 tries |
| Full Back | Zane Kirchner | Blue Bulls | 25 | 5 | |
| Reserve | Jean de Villiers | Munster | 29 | 55 | |
| Reserve | Chilliboy Ralepelle | Blue Bulls | 23 | 9 | |
| Reserve | Dewald Potgieter | Blue Bulls | 23 | 2 | |
| Reserve | Jannie du Plessis | Sharks | 27 | 13 | |
| Reserve | Flip van der Merwe | Blue Bulls | 25 | 0 | |
| Reserve | Juan de Jongh | WP | 22 | 1 | |
| Reserve | Ruan Pienaar | Sharks | 26 | 37 | 1 conversion |
| France: 2 tries, 2 conversions, 1 penalty |
 Team for the Newlands test Back: Francois Louw, Dewald Potgieter, Pierre Spies, Flip van der Merwe, Danie Rossouw, Gürthro Steenkamp, Jannie du Plessis, Ruan Pienaar Middle: Gio Aplon, Juan de Jongh, BJ Botha, Morné Steyn, Wynand Olivier, Zane Kirchner, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Ricky Januarie Front: Jaque Fourie, Bryan Habana, Dick Muir (asst coach), John Smit (captain), Peter de Villiers (coach), Victor Matfield, Gary Gold (asst coach), Jean de Villiers, Schalk Burger |