26 September 2015
Villa Park, Birmingham
World Cup Pool Match
	South Africa 46 Samoa 6
Captain: Jean de Villiers		Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Coach: Heyneke Meyer		Attendance: 39526

Team:
Combined caps: 891 tests (starting 15)

Position	Player	Province	Age	Prev Tests	Scoring
Loose-head Prop	Tendai Mtawarira	Sharks	30	69
Hooker	Adriaan Strauss	Blue Bulls	29	49
Tight-head Prop	Jannie du Plessis	Sharks	32	65
Lock	Eben Etzebeth	WP	23	38
Lock	Victor Matfield	Blue Bulls	38	124
Flank	Francois Louw	Bath	30	37
Flank	Schalk (jnr) Burger	Suntory	32	80	1 try
Eighthman	Duane Vermeulen	WP	29	29
Scrumhalf	Fourie du Preez	Suntory	33	71
Flyhalf	Handré Pollard	Blue Bulls	21	14	1 conversion, 4 penalties
Left Wing	Bryan Habana	Toulon	32	111	1 try
Inside Centre	Damian de Allende	WP	23	7
Outside Centre (C)	Jean de Villiers	WP	34	108
Right Wing	JP Pietersen	Wild Knights	29	61	3 tries
Full Back	Willie le Roux	Cheetahs	26	28
Reserve	Jesse Kriel	Blue Bulls	21	5
Reserve	Frans Malherbe	WP	24	6
Reserve	Lood de Jager	Cheetahs	22	13
Reserve	Trevor Nyakane	Blue Bulls	26	17
Reserve	Siya Kolisi	WP	24	12
Reserve	Schalk Brits	Saracens	34	8	1 try
Reserve	Pat Lambie	Sharks	24	45	1 conversion
Reserve	Ruan Pienaar	Ulster	31	85

Samoa: 2 penalties

Match pictures:

Team for the Samoa test: Back: JP Pietersen, Francois Louw, Schalk Burger, Duane Vermeulen, Lood de Jager, Eben Etzebeth, Frans Malherbe, Jannie du Plessis, Adriaan Strauss. Middle: Pat Lambie, Fourie du Preez, Jesse Kriel, Damian de Allende, Handré Pollard, Siya Kolisi, Tendai Mtawarira, Willie le Roux, Trevor Nyakane, Schalk Brits. Front: Ricardo Loubscher (asst coach), Bryan Habana, Johann van Graan (asst coach), Victor Matfield, (vice-captain), Heyneke Meyer (coach), Jean de Villiers (captain), John McFarland (asst coach), Ruan Pienaar, Ian Schwartz (team manager).