| South Africa |
| 24 |
| New Zealand |
| 25 |
| 7 October 2017 | ||||||
| Newlands, Cape Town | ||||||
| The Rugby Championship Match | ||||||
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| Captain: Eben Etzebeth | Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France) | |||||
| Coach: Allister Coetzee | Attendance: 47342 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Steven Kitshoff | Bordeaux | 25 | 18 | |
| Hooker | Malcolm Marx | Lions | 23 | 10 | 1 try |
| Tight-head Prop | Ruan Dreyer | Lions | 27 | 3 | |
| Lock (C) | Eben Etzebeth | WP | 25 | 62 | |
| Lock | Lood de Jager | Blue Bulls | 24 | 31 | |
| Flank | Siya Kolisi | WP | 26 | 24 | |
| Flank | Pieter-Steph du Toit | WP | 25 | 28 | |
| Eighthman | Francois Louw | Bath | 32 | 53 | |
| Scrumhalf | Ross Cronjé | Lions | 28 | 5 | 1 try |
| Flyhalf | Elton Jantjies | Lions | 27 | 19 | 2 conversions, 1 penalty |
| Left Wing | Courtnall Skosan | Lions | 26 | 8 | |
| Inside Centre | Jan Serfontein | Blue Bulls | 24 | 34 | |
| Outside Centre | Jesse Kriel | Blue Bulls | 23 | 24 | |
| Right Wing | Dillyn Leyds | WP | 25 | 4 | |
| Full Back | Andries Coetzee | Lions | 27 | 8 | |
| Reserve | Wilco Louw | WP | 23 | 0 | |
| Reserve | Franco Mostert | Lions | 26 | 14 | |
| Reserve | Jean-Luc du Preez | Sharks | 22 | 9 | 1 try |
| Reserve | Handré Pollard | Blue Bulls | 23 | 21 | 1 conversion |
| Reserve | Damian de Allende | WP | 25 | 26 | |
| Reserve | Trevor Nyakane | Blue Bulls | 28 | 33 |
| New Zealand: 3 tries, 2 conversions, 2 penalties |
 Team for the Newlands test: Back: Wilco Louw, Malcolm Marx, Franco Mostert, Jean-Luc du Preez, Damian de Allende, Handré Pollard, Steven Kitshoff, Ruan Dreyer Middle: Ross Cronjé, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Dillyn Leyds, Courtnall Skosan, Elton Jantjies, Jesse Kriel, Andries Coetzee, Rudy Paige Front: Trevor Nyakane, Francois Louw, Siya Kolisi, Allister Coetzee (coach), Eben Etzebeth (captain), Ian Schwartz (manager), Jan Serfontein, Lood de Jager, Pieter-Steph du Toit |