| South Africa |
| 36 |
| England |
| 0 |
| 14 September 2007 | ||||||
| Stade de France, Paris | ||||||
| World Cup Pool Match | ||||||
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| Captain: John Smit | Referee: Joël Jutge (France) | |||||
| Coach: Jake White | Attendance: 80000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Os du Randt | Cheetahs | 35 | 75 | |
| Hooker (C) | John Smit | Sharks | 29 | 68 | |
| Tight-head Prop | BJ Botha | Sharks | 27 | 13 | |
| Lock | Bakkies Botha | Blue Bulls | 27 | 38 | |
| Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 30 | 61 | |
| Flank | Wikus van Heerden | Blue Bulls | 28 | 9 | |
| Flank | Juan Smith | Cheetahs | 26 | 35 | 1 try |
| Eighthman | Danie Rossouw | Blue Bulls | 29 | 26 | |
| Scrumhalf | Fourie du Preez | Blue Bulls | 25 | 33 | |
| Flyhalf | Butch James | Sharks | 28 | 21 | |
| Left Wing | Bryan Habana | Blue Bulls | 24 | 29 | |
| Inside Centre | Francois Steyn | Sharks | 20 | 10 | 1 penalty |
| Outside Centre | Jaque Fourie | Lions | 24 | 32 | |
| Right Wing | JP Pietersen | Sharks | 21 | 9 | 2 tries |
| Full Back | Percy Montgomery | Sharks | 33 | 88 | 3 conversions, 4 penalties |
| Reserve | Johann Muller | Sharks | 27 | 18 | |
| Reserve | CJ van der Linde | Cheetahs | 27 | 42 | |
| Reserve | Ruan Pienaar | Sharks | 23 | 14 | |
| Reserve | Bismarck du Plessis | Sharks | 23 | 5 | |
| Reserve | Bobby Skinstad | Sharks | 31 | 38 | |
| Reserve | Wynand Olivier | Blue Bulls | 24 | 17 | |
| Reserve | André Pretorius | Lions | 28 | 26 |
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