| South Africa |
| 12 |
| South America |
| 21 |
| 3 April 1982 | ||||||
| Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | ||||||
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| Captain: Wynand Claassen | Referee: Fransie Muller (South Africa) | |||||
| Coach: Cecil Moss | Attendance: 21000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Ockie Oosthuizen | Tvl | 27 | 6 | |
| Hooker | Willie Kahts | N-Tvl | 35 | 10 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Hempies du Toit | WP | 28 | 2 | |
| Lock | Theuns Stofberg | N-Tvl | 26 | 18 | |
| Lock | Louis Moolman | N-Tvl | 31 | 17 | |
| Flank | Burger Geldenhuys | N-Tvl | 25 | 4 | |
| Flank | Rob Louw | WP | 27 | 14 | |
| Eighthman (C) | Wynand Claassen | Natal | 31 | 6 | |
| Scrumhalf | Divan Serfontein | WP | 27 | 14 | |
| Flyhalf | Naas Botha | N-Tvl | 24 | 16 | 1 conversion, 2 penalties |
| Left Wing | Carel du Plessis | WP | 21 | 1 | |
| Inside Centre | Danie Gerber | EP | 23 | 10 | 1 try |
| Outside Centre | Willie du Plessis | WP | 26 | 13 | |
| Right Wing | Ray Mordt | Tvl | 25 | 15 | |
| Full Back | Johan Heunis | N-Tvl | 24 | 3 | |
| Reserve | Henning van Aswegen | WP | 27 | 1 |
| South America: 1 try, 1 conversion, 4 penalties, 1 dropgoal |