| South Africa |
| 9 |
| Britain |
| 28 |
| 22 June 1974 | ||||||
| Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | ||||||
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| Captain: Hannes Marais | Referee: Cas de Bruyn (South Africa) | |||||
| Coach: Johan Claassen | Attendance: 63500 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Niek Bezuidenhout | N-Tvl | 23 | 1 | |
| Hooker | Dave Frederickson | Tvl | 23 | 0 | |
| Tight-head Prop (C) | Hannes Marais | EP | 32 | 30 | |
| Lock | Kevin de Klerk | Tvl | 24 | 1 | |
| Lock | John Williams | N-Tvl | 27 | 7 | |
| Flank | Morné du Plessis | WP | 24 | 4 | |
| Flank | Jan Ellis | SWA | 32 | 32 | |
| Eighthman | Dugald MacDonald | WP | 24 | 0 | |
| Scrumhalf | Paul Bayvel | Tvl | 25 | 0 | |
| Flyhalf | Gerald Bosch | Tvl | 25 | 0 | 2 penalties, 1 dropgoal |
| Left Wing | Gerrie Germishuys | OFS | 24 | 0 | |
| Inside Centre | Peter Whipp | WP | 23 | 1 | |
| Outside Centre | Jackie Snyman | OFS | 26 | 0 | |
| Right Wing | Chris Pope | WP | 21 | 1 | |
| Full Back | Ian McCallum | Natal | 29 | 10 | |
| Reserve | Dawie Snyman | WP | 24 | 2 | |
| Reserve | Leon Vogel | OFS | 24 | 0 |
| Britain: 5 tries, 1 conversion, 1 penalty, 1 dropgoal |
 Team for the second test at Loftus Versveld: Back: Peter Whipp, Jacky Snyman, Gerrie Germishuis, Gerald Bosch, Paul Bayvel Middle: Dougald MacDonald, Dave Frederickson, Kevin de Klerk, Morné du Plessis, Chris Pope, Nic Bezuidenhout Front: John Williams, Ian McCallum, Johan Claassen (coach), Hannes Marais, Floors Aucamp (manager), Ian Kirkpatrick (asst coach), Jan Ellis |