| South Africa |
| 22 |
| France |
| 9 |
| 12 June 1971 | ||||||
| Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | ||||||
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| Captain: Hannes Marais | Referee: Wynand Malan (South Africa) | |||||
| Coach: Johan Claassen | Attendance: 70000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Sakkie Sauermann | Tvl | 26 | 0 | |
| Hooker | Piston van Wyk | N-Tvl | 27 | 4 | |
| Tight-head Prop (C) | Hannes Marais | EP | 29 | 24 | |
| Lock | Frik du Preez | N-Tvl | 35 | 33 | |
| Lock | John Williams | N-Tvl | 24 | 0 | |
| Flank | Piet Greyling | Tvl | 29 | 19 | |
| Flank | Jan Ellis | SWA | 29 | 25 | |
| Eighthman | Tommy Bedford | Natal | 30 | 23 | |
| Scrumhalf | Joggie Viljoen | Griquas | 26 | 0 | 1 try |
| Flyhalf | Piet Visagie | Griquas | 28 | 20 | 1 dropgoal |
| Left Wing | Gert Muller | WP | 23 | 8 | 1 try |
| Inside Centre | Joggie Jansen | OFS | 23 | 4 | |
| Outside Centre | Peter Cronjé | Tvl | 22 | 0 | |
| Right Wing | Syd Nomis | Tvl | 29 | 19 | |
| Full Back | Ian McCallum | WP | 26 | 4 | 2 conversions, 3 penalties |
| France: 1 try, 2 penalties |
 Team for the Bloemfontein test: Back: Ian McCallum, Sakkie Sauermann, Joggie Jansen, John Williams, Piet Greyling, Gert Muller, Piston van Wyk Middle: Frik du Preez, Tommy Bedford (vice-capt), Johan Claassen (coach), Hannes Marais (capt), CJ Visser (manager), Piet Visagie, Jan Ellis Front: Syd Nomis, Joggie Viljoen, Peter Cronjé |