| South Africa |
| 9 |
| Britain |
| 26 |
| 13 July 1974 | ||||||
| Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth | ||||||
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| Captain: Hannes Marais | Referee: Cas de Bruyn (South Africa) | |||||
| Coach: Johan Claassen | Attendance: 55000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Niek Bezuidenhout | N-Tvl | 23 | 2 | |
| Hooker | Piston van Wyk | N-Tvl | 30 | 11 | |
| Tight-head Prop (C) | Hannes Marais | EP | 32 | 31 | |
| Lock | Moaner van Heerden | N-Tvl | 22 | 0 | |
| Lock | Johan de Bruyn | OFS | 25 | 0 | |
| Flank | Polla Fourie | SE-Tvl | 29 | 0 | |
| Flank | Jan Ellis | SWA | 32 | 33 | |
| Eighthman | Klippies Kritzinger | Tvl | 26 | 0 | |
| Scrumhalf | Gerrie Sonnekus | OFS | 21 | 0 | |
| Flyhalf | Jackie Snyman | OFS | 26 | 1 | 3 penalties |
| Left Wing | Gert Muller | Tvl | 26 | 12 | |
| Inside Centre | Jan Schlebusch | OFS | 25 | 0 | |
| Outside Centre | Peter Cronjé | Tvl | 25 | 5 | |
| Right Wing | Chris Pope | WP | 21 | 2 | |
| Full Back | Tonie Roux | N-Tvl | 27 | 5 | |
| Reserve | Kevin de Klerk | Tvl | 24 | 2 |
| Britain: 3 tries, 1 conversion, 2 penalties, 2 dropgoals |
 Team for the Port Elizabeth test: Back: André Bestbier (reserve), Polla Fourie, Klippies Kritzinger, Kevin de Klerk, Johan de Bruyn, Moaner van Heerden, Niek Bezuidenhout, Chris Pope, Rampie Stander (reserve) Seated: Gert Muller, Tonie Roux, Johan Claassen (coach), Hannes Marais (captain), Mr Mervyn Smit (manager/EP liason), Piston van Wyk, Jan Ellis Front: Malcolm Swanby (reserve), Gerrie Sonnekus, Peter Cronjé, Jackie Snyman, Jan Schlebusch, Gert Schutte (reserve), Gavin Cowley (reserve) |