24 July 2021
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
	South Africa 17 Britain 22
Captain: Siya Kolisi		Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)
Coach: Jacques Nienaber		Attendance: 0

Team:
Combined caps: 553 tests (starting 15)

Position	Player	Province	Age	Prev Tests	Scoring
Loose-head Prop	Ox Nche	Sharks	26	2
Hooker	Bongi Mbonambi	WP	30	37
Tight-head Prop	Trevor Nyakane	Blue Bulls	32	43
Lock	Eben Etzebeth	Toulon	29	86
Lock	Franco Mostert	Honda	30	40
Flank (C)	Siya Kolisi	Sharks	30	51
Flank	Pieter-Steph du Toit	WP	28	56
Eighthman	Kwagga Smith	Yamaha	28	7
Scrumhalf	Faf de Klerk	Sale	29	30	1 try
Flyhalf	Handré Pollard	Montpellier	27	49	4 penalties
Left Wing	Makazole Mapimpi	Sharks	30	14
Inside Centre	Damian de Allende	Munster	29	47
Outside Centre	Lukhanyo Am	Sharks	27	15
Right Wing	Cheslin Kolbe	Toulouse	27	14
Full Back	Willie le Roux	Verblitz	31	62
Reserve	Steven Kitshoff	WP	29	48
Reserve	Frans Malherbe	WP	30	39
Reserve	Malcolm Marx	Spears	27	34
Reserve	Lood de Jager	Sale	28	45
Reserve	Rynhardt Elstadt	Toulouse	31	2
Reserve	Damian Willemse	WP	23	7
Reserve	Elton Jantjies	Pau	30	38
Reserve	Herschel Jantjies	WP	25	11

Britain: 1 try, 1 conversion, 5 penalties

Match pictures:

Team for the 1st test: Back: Trevor Nyakane, Lukhanyo Am, Malcolm Marx, Franco Mostert, Rynhardt Elstadt, Frans Malherbe, Makazole Mapimpi Middle: Faf de Klerk, Ox Nche, Bongi Mbonambi, Damian Willemse, Elton Jantjies, Kwagga Smith, Cheslin Kolbe, Herschel Jantjies Front: Lood de Jager, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Eben Etzebeth, Siya Kolisi (captain), Jacques Nienaber (coach), Handré Pollard (vice-captain), Willie le Roux, Steven Kitshoff, Damian de Allende