| South Africa |
| 11 |
| England |
| 12 |
| 3 November 2018 | ||||||
| Twickenham, London | ||||||
|
|
|
||||
| Captain: Siya Kolisi | Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia) | |||||
| Coach: Rassie Erasmus | Attendance: 80369 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Steven Kitshoff | WP | 26 | 33 | |
| Hooker | Malcolm Marx | Lions | 24 | 20 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Frans Malherbe | WP | 27 | 25 | |
| Lock | Eben Etzebeth | WP | 27 | 73 | |
| Lock | Pieter-Steph du Toit | WP | 26 | 42 | |
| Flank (C) | Siya Kolisi | WP | 27 | 37 | |
| Flank | Duane Vermeulen | Toulon | 32 | 42 | |
| Eighthman | Warren Whiteley | Lions | 31 | 21 | |
| Scrumhalf | Ivan van Zyl | Blue Bulls | 23 | 3 | |
| Flyhalf | Handré Pollard | Blue Bulls | 24 | 35 | 2 penalties |
| Left Wing | Aphiwe Dyantyi | Lions | 24 | 9 | |
| Inside Centre | Damian de Allende | WP | 26 | 33 | |
| Outside Centre | Jesse Kriel | Blue Bulls | 24 | 36 | |
| Right Wing | S'bu Nkosi | Sharks | 22 | 3 | 1 try |
| Full Back | Damian Willemse | WP | 20 | 3 | |
| Reserve | André Esterhuizen | Sharks | 24 | 5 | |
| Reserve | RG Snyman | Blue Bulls | 23 | 8 | |
| Reserve | Thomas du Toit | Sharks | 23 | 5 | |
| Reserve | Wilco Louw | WP | 24 | 11 | |
| Reserve | Lood de Jager | Blue Bulls | 25 | 36 | |
| Reserve | Bongi Mbonambi | WP | 27 | 22 | |
| Reserve | Embrose Papier | Blue Bulls | 21 | 4 | |
| Reserve | Elton Jantjies | Lions | 28 | 29 |
| England: 4 penalties |
 Team for the Twickenham test: Back: Steven Kitshoff, Thomas du Toit, Warren Whiteley, RG Snyman, Malcolm Marx, André Esterhuizen, Frans Malherbe Middle: Bongi Mbonambi, Aphiwe Dyantyi, S’bu Nkosi, Wilco Louw, Damian Willemse, Ivan van Zyl, Elton Jantjies, Embrose Papier Front: Damian de Allende, Lood de Jager, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Siya Kolisi (captain), Rassie Erasmus (coach) Eben Etzebeth, Duane Vermeulen, Handré Pollard, Jesse Kriel |