| South Africa |
| 13 |
| Britain |
| 13 |
| 27 July 1974 | ||||||
| Ellispark, Johannesburg | ||||||
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| Captain: Hannes Marais | Referee: Max Baise (South Africa) | |||||
| Coach: Johan Claassen | Attendance: 75000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Niek Bezuidenhout | N-Tvl | 23 | 3 | |
| Hooker | Piston van Wyk | N-Tvl | 30 | 12 | |
| Tight-head Prop (C) | Hannes Marais | EP | 32 | 32 | |
| Lock | Moaner van Heerden | N-Tvl | 23 | 1 | |
| Lock | John Williams | N-Tvl | 27 | 8 | |
| Flank | Klippies Kritzinger | Tvl | 26 | 1 | |
| Flank | Jan Ellis | SWA | 32 | 34 | |
| Eighthman | Kleintjie Grobler | OFS | 29 | 0 | |
| Scrumhalf | Paul Bayvel | Tvl | 25 | 1 | |
| Flyhalf | Jackie Snyman | OFS | 26 | 2 | 3 penalties |
| Left Wing | Gert Muller | Tvl | 26 | 13 | |
| Inside Centre | Jan Schlebusch | OFS | 25 | 1 | |
| Outside Centre | Peter Cronjé | Tvl | 25 | 6 | 1 try |
| Right Wing | Chris Pope | WP | 21 | 3 | |
| Full Back | Tonie Roux | N-Tvl | 27 | 6 | |
| Reserve | Rampie Stander | OFS | 29 | 0 |
| Britain: 2 tries, 1 conversion, 1 penalty |
 Team for the Ellispark test: Back: Peter Cronjé, Jackie Snyman, Jan Schlebusch, Tonie Roux, Paul Bayvel Middle: Chris Pope, Kleintjie Grobler, Moaner van Heerden, John Williams, Klippies Kritzinger, Niek Bezuidenhout Front: Gert Muller, Piston van Wyk, Johan Claassen (coach), Hannes Marais (captain), Wouter du Toit (manager), Ian Kirkpatrick (asst coach), Jan Ellis |