| South Africa |
| 13 |
| Britain |
| 17 |
| 12 July 1980 | ||||||
| Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | ||||||
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| Captain: Morné du Plessis | Referee: Jean-Pierre Bonnet (France) | |||||
| Coach: Nelie Smith | Attendance: 68000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Richard Prentis | Tvl | 33 | 5 | |
| Hooker | Ewoud Malan | N-Tvl | 27 | 1 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Martiens le Roux | OFS | 29 | 3 | |
| Lock | Moaner van Heerden | Tvl | 28 | 13 | |
| Lock | Louis Moolman | N-Tvl | 29 | 6 | |
| Flank | Rob Louw | WP | 25 | 5 | |
| Flank | Theuns Stofberg | N-Tvl | 25 | 8 | |
| Eighthman (C) | Morné du Plessis | WP | 30 | 19 | |
| Scrumhalf | Divan Serfontein | WP | 25 | 3 | |
| Flyhalf | Naas Botha | N-Tvl | 22 | 5 | 1 penalty |
| Left Wing | Gerrie Germishuys | Tvl | 30 | 11 | |
| Inside Centre | David Smith | Rhodesia | 22 | 3 | |
| Outside Centre | Willie du Plessis | WP | 24 | 5 | 1 try |
| Right Wing | Ray Mordt | Rhodesia | 23 | 5 | |
| Full Back | Gysie Pienaar | OFS | 25 | 4 | 2 penalties |
| Britain: 3 tries, 1 conversion, 1 penalty |
 Team for the Pretoria test: Back: Ray Mordt, David Smith, Rob Louw, Martiens le Roux Middle: Divan Serfontein, Gysie Pienaar, Willie du Plessis, Richard Prentis, Ewoud Malan, Naas Botha Front: Moaner van Heerden, Gerrie Germishuys, Butch Lochner (manager), Morné du Plessis (captain), Nelie Smith (coach), Theuns Stofberg, Louis Moolman |