| South Africa |
| 14 |
| Australia |
| 6 |
| 31 July 1971 | ||||||
| Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane | ||||||
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| Captain: Hannes Marais | Referee: Craig Ferguson (Australia) | |||||
| Coach: Johan Claassen | Attendance: 15000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Martiens Louw | Tvl | 33 | 0 | |
| Hooker | Piston van Wyk | N-Tvl | 27 | 7 | |
| Tight-head Prop (C) | Hannes Marais | EP | 29 | 27 | |
| Lock | Frik du Preez | N-Tvl | 35 | 36 | |
| Lock | John Williams | N-Tvl | 24 | 3 | |
| Flank | Piet Greyling | Tvl | 29 | 22 | |
| Flank | Jan Ellis | SWA | 29 | 28 | |
| Eighthman | Morné du Plessis | WP | 21 | 1 | |
| Scrumhalf | Joggie Viljoen | Griquas | 26 | 3 | |
| Flyhalf | Piet Visagie | Griquas | 28 | 23 | 2 tries |
| Left Wing | Hannes Viljoen | Natal | 28 | 1 | 1 try |
| Inside Centre | Joggie Jansen | OFS | 23 | 7 | |
| Outside Centre | Peter Cronjé | Tvl | 22 | 3 | |
| Right Wing | Syd Nomis | Tvl | 29 | 22 | |
| Full Back | Ian McCallum | WP | 27 | 7 | 1 conversion, 1 penalty |
| Australia: 1 penalty, 1 dropgoal |