| South Africa |
| 31 |
| Australia |
| 8 |
| 29 September 2012 | ||||||
| Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | ||||||
| The Rugby Championship Match | ||||||
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| Captain: Jean de Villiers | Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland) | |||||
| Coach: Heyneke Meyer | Attendance: 44463 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Tendai Mtawarira | Sharks | 27 | 39 | |
| Hooker | Adriaan Strauss | Cheetahs | 26 | 16 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Jannie du Plessis | Sharks | 29 | 37 | |
| Lock | Eben Etzebeth | WP | 20 | 6 | |
| Lock | Andries Bekker | WP | 28 | 27 | |
| Flank | Francois Louw | Bath | 27 | 12 | 1 try |
| Flank | Willem Alberts | Sharks | 28 | 15 | |
| Eighthman | Duane Vermeulen | WP | 26 | 2 | |
| Scrumhalf | Ruan Pienaar | Ulster | 28 | 58 | 3 conversions |
| Flyhalf | Johan Goosen | Cheetahs | 20 | 2 | |
| Left Wing | Bryan Habana | WP | 29 | 81 | 3 tries |
| Inside Centre (C) | Jean de Villiers | WP | 31 | 79 | |
| Outside Centre | Jaco Taute | Lions | 21 | 0 | |
| Right Wing | Francois Hougaard | Blue Bulls | 24 | 22 | |
| Full Back | Zane Kirchner | Blue Bulls | 28 | 19 | 1 try |
| Reserve | Pat Lambie | Sharks | 21 | 15 | |
| Reserve | Marcell Coetzee | Sharks | 21 | 7 | |
| Reserve | Flip van der Merwe | Blue Bulls | 27 | 18 | |
| Reserve | Pat Cilliers | Sharks | 25 | 3 | |
| Reserve | Tiaan Liebenberg | WP | 30 | 3 | |
| Reserve | Elton Jantjies | Lions | 22 | 0 | |
| Reserve | Juan de Jongh | WP | 24 | 10 |
| Australia: 1 try, 1 penalty |