| South Africa |
| 30 |
| Tonga |
| 25 |
| 22 September 2007 | ||||||
| Stade Felix Bollaert, Lens | ||||||
| World Cup Pool Match | ||||||
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| Captain: Bobby Skinstad | Referee: Wayne Barnes (England) | |||||
| Coach: Jake White | Attendance: 40069 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Gürthro Steenkamp | Blue Bulls | 26 | 11 | |
| Hooker | Gary Botha | Blue Bulls | 25 | 11 | |
| Tight-head Prop | CJ van der Linde | Cheetahs | 27 | 43 | |
| Lock | Bakkies Botha | Blue Bulls | 28 | 39 | |
| Lock | Albert van den Berg | Sharks | 33 | 48 | |
| Flank | Wikus van Heerden | Blue Bulls | 28 | 10 | |
| Flank | Danie Rossouw | Blue Bulls | 29 | 27 | |
| Eighthman (C) | Bobby Skinstad | Sharks | 31 | 39 | 1 try |
| Scrumhalf | Enrico Januarie | Lions | 25 | 20 | |
| Flyhalf | André Pretorius | Lions | 28 | 27 | 1 conversion |
| Left Wing | Ashwin Willemse | Lions | 26 | 18 | |
| Inside Centre | Wayne Julies | Blue Bulls | 28 | 10 | |
| Outside Centre | Wynand Olivier | Blue Bulls | 24 | 18 | |
| Right Wing | JP Pietersen | Sharks | 21 | 10 | |
| Full Back | Ruan Pienaar | Sharks | 23 | 15 | 2 tries |
| Reserve | Juan Smith | Cheetahs | 26 | 36 | 1 try |
| Reserve | BJ Botha | Sharks | 27 | 14 | |
| Reserve | John Smit | Sharks | 29 | 69 | |
| Reserve | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 30 | 62 | |
| Reserve | Bryan Habana | Blue Bulls | 24 | 30 | |
| Reserve | Francois Steyn | Sharks | 20 | 11 | 1 penalty |
| Reserve | Percy Montgomery | Sharks | 33 | 89 | 1 conversion, 1 penalty |
| Tonga: 3 tries, 2 conversions, 2 penalties |