| South Africa |
| 43 |
| Australia |
| 12 |
| 8 July 2023 | ||||||
| Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | ||||||
| The Rugby Championship Match | ||||||
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| Captain: Duane Vermeulen | Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand) | |||||
| Coach: Jacques Nienaber | Attendance: 50089 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Steven Kitshoff | WP | 31 | 71 | |
| Hooker | Bongi Mbonambi | Sharks | 32 | 56 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Frans Malherbe | WP | 32 | 58 | |
| Lock | Jean Kleyn | Munster | 29 | 0 | |
| Lock | Marvin Orie | WP | 30 | 11 | |
| Flank | Marco van Staden | Blue Bulls | 27 | 10 | |
| Flank | Pieter-Steph du Toit | Verblitz | 30 | 66 | 1 try |
| Eighthman (C) | Duane Vermeulen | Ulster | 37 | 65 | |
| Scrumhalf | Cobus Reinach | Montpellier | 33 | 24 | |
| Flyhalf | Manie Libbok | WP | 25 | 3 | 3 conversions, 1 penalty |
| Left Wing | Kurt-Lee Arendse | Blue Bulls | 27 | 7 | 3 tries |
| Inside Centre | André Esterhuizen | Harlequins | 29 | 11 | |
| Outside Centre | Lukhanyo Am | Sharks | 29 | 31 | |
| Right Wing | Canan Moodie | Blue Bulls | 20 | 4 | |
| Full Back | Willie le Roux | Verblitz | 33 | 83 | |
| Reserve | RG Snyman | Munster | 28 | 23 | |
| Reserve | Vincent Koch | Francais | 33 | 41 | |
| Reserve | Thomas du Toit | Sharks | 28 | 15 | |
| Reserve | Joseph Dweba | WP | 27 | 4 | |
| Reserve | Grant Williams | Sharks | 26 | 1 | |
| Reserve | Deon Fourie | WP | 36 | 5 | |
| Reserve | Evan Roos | WP | 23 | 3 | |
| Reserve | Damian Willemse | WP | 25 | 27 |
| Penalty Tries: 2 |
| Australia: 2 tries, 1 conversion |
 Team for the Loftus test: Back: André Esterhuizen, Evan Roos, Marvin Orie, Jean Kleyn, RG Snyman, Canan Moodie, Thomas du Toit Middle: Cobus Reinach, Deon Fourie, Damian Willemse, Marco van Staden, Manie Libbok, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Joseph Dweba, Grant Williams Front: Bongi Mbonambi, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Willie le Roux, Duane Vermeulen (captain), Jacques Nienaber (coach), Lukhanyo Am, Steven Kitshoff, Frans Malherbe, Vincent Koch |