| South Africa |
| 8 |
| Ireland |
| 8 |
| 10 January 1970 | ||||||
| Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin | ||||||
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| Captain: Dawie de Villiers | Referee: Eric Grierson (Scotland) | |||||
| Coach: Avril Malan | Attendance: 28000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Mof Myburgh | N-Tvl | 33 | 14 | |
| Hooker | Charlie Cockrell | WP | 31 | 1 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Hannes Marais | NE Cape | 28 | 18 | |
| Lock | Frik du Preez | N-Tvl | 34 | 27 | |
| Lock | Sakkie de Klerk | Tvl | 31 | 1 | |
| Flank | Piet Greyling | Tvl | 27 | 13 | 1 try |
| Flank | Jan Ellis | SWA | 28 | 19 | |
| Eighthman | Tommy Bedford | Natal | 28 | 21 | |
| Scrumhalf (C) | Dawie de Villiers | Boland | 29 | 19 | |
| Flyhalf | Mike Lawless | WP | 28 | 2 | |
| Left Wing | Andy van der Watt | WP | 23 | 2 | |
| Inside Centre | Mannetjies Roux | Griquas | 30 | 22 | |
| Outside Centre | Tonie Roux | N-Tvl | 22 | 2 | |
| Right Wing | Syd Nomis | Tvl | 28 | 13 | |
| Full Back | HO de Villiers | WP | 24 | 12 | 1 conversion, 1 penalty |
| Ireland: 1 try, 1 conversion, 1 penalty |