| South Africa |
| 33 |
| Ireland |
| 0 |
| 20 June 1998 | ||||||
| Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | ||||||
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| Captain: Gary Teichmann | Referee: Joel Dumé (France) | |||||
| Coach: Nick Mallett | Attendance: 34845 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Ollie le Roux | Sharks | 25 | 2 | |
| Hooker | James Dalton | Lions | 25 | 23 | 1 try |
| Tight-head Prop | Adrian Garvey | Sharks | 29 | 16 | |
| Lock | Krynauw Otto | Blue Bulls | 26 | 13 | |
| Lock | Mark Andrews | Sharks | 26 | 42 | |
| Flank | Rassie Erasmus | Cheetahs | 25 | 7 | 1 try |
| Flank | André Venter | Cheetahs | 27 | 21 | |
| Eighthman (C) | Gary Teichmann | Sharks | 31 | 28 | 1 try |
| Scrumhalf | Joost van der Westhuizen | Blue Bulls | 27 | 39 | 1 try |
| Flyhalf | Franco Smith | Blue Bulls | 25 | 2 | |
| Left Wing | Pieter Rossouw | WP | 26 | 12 | 1 try |
| Inside Centre | Pieter Muller | Sharks | 29 | 18 | |
| Outside Centre | André Snyman | Blue Bulls | 24 | 18 | |
| Right Wing | Stefan Terblanche | Cavaliers | 22 | 1 | |
| Full Back | Percy Montgomery | WP | 24 | 11 | 4 conversions |
| Reserve | Robbie Kempson | Sharks | 24 | 0 | |
| Reserve | McNeill Hendricks | Cavaliers | 24 | 0 | |
| Reserve | Naka Drotské | Cheetahs | 27 | 10 | |
| Reserve | Werner Swanepoel | Cheetahs | 25 | 6 | |
| Reserve | Andrew Aitken | WP | 30 | 2 |
| Ireland: |