| South Africa |
| 33 |
| England |
| 15 |
| 2 June 1984 | ||||||
| Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth | ||||||
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| Captain: Theuns Stofberg | Referee: René Hourquet (France) | |||||
| Coach: Cecil Moss | Attendance: 46000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Ockie Oosthuizen | Tvl | 29 | 7 | |
| Hooker | Chris Rogers | Tvl | 27 | 0 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Hempies du Toit | WP | 30 | 3 | |
| Lock | Rudi Visagie | OFS | 24 | 0 | |
| Lock | Schalk (snr) Burger | WP | 28 | 0 | |
| Flank | Rob Louw | WP | 29 | 15 | 1 try |
| Flank (C) | Theuns Stofberg | WP | 28 | 19 | |
| Eighthman | Gerrie Sonnekus | OFS | 31 | 1 | |
| Scrumhalf | Divan Serfontein | WP | 29 | 15 | |
| Flyhalf | Errol Tobias | Boland | 34 | 2 | |
| Left Wing | Carel du Plessis | WP | 23 | 2 | 1 try |
| Inside Centre | Danie Gerber | EP | 26 | 11 | 1 try |
| Outside Centre | John Villet | WP | 29 | 0 | |
| Right Wing | Avril Williams | WP | 23 | 0 | |
| Full Back | Johan Heunis | N-Tvl | 26 | 4 | 3 conversions, 5 penalties |
| England: 4 penalties, 1 dropgoal |
 The team for the first test Back: Hempies du Toit, Vleis Visagie, Schalk Burger, Johan Heunis Middle: Avril Williams, Chris Rogers, Gerrie Sonnekus, John Villet, Errol Tobias, Carel du Plessis Front: Ockie Oosthuizen, Divan Serfontein, Prof Daan Swiegers (manager), Theuns Stofberg (captain), Cecil Moss (coach), Danie Gerber, Rob Louw |