| South Africa |
| 15 |
| Australia |
| 27 |
| 23 August 2008 | ||||||
| Kingspark, Durban | ||||||
| Tri-Nations Match | ||||||
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| Captain: Victor Matfield | Referee: Lyndon Bray (New Zealand) | |||||
| Coach: Peter de Villiers | Attendance: 48123 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Tendai Mtawarira | Sharks | 23 | 5 | |
| Hooker | Bismarck du Plessis | Sharks | 24 | 17 | |
| Tight-head Prop | CJ van der Linde | Cheetahs | 27 | 55 | |
| Lock | Andries Bekker | WP | 24 | 8 | |
| Lock (C) | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 31 | 75 | |
| Flank | Schalk (jnr) Burger | WP | 25 | 44 | |
| Flank | Juan Smith | Cheetahs | 27 | 50 | |
| Eighthman | Pierre Spies | Blue Bulls | 23 | 14 | |
| Scrumhalf | Fourie du Preez | Blue Bulls | 26 | 40 | |
| Flyhalf | Butch James | Bath | 29 | 33 | 1 penalty |
| Left Wing | Jongi Nokwe | Cheetahs | 26 | 1 | |
| Inside Centre | Jean de Villiers | WP | 27 | 41 | |
| Outside Centre | Adrian Jacobs | Sharks | 28 | 16 | 2 tries |
| Right Wing | JP Pietersen | Sharks | 22 | 20 | |
| Full Back | Conrad Jantjes | WP | 28 | 19 | |
| Reserve | Percy Montgomery | WP | 34 | 100 | 1 conversion |
| Reserve | Brian Mujati | WP | 23 | 7 | |
| Reserve | Francois Steyn | Sharks | 21 | 23 | |
| Reserve | Joe van Niekerk | Lions | 28 | 50 | |
| Reserve | Enrico Januarie | WP | 26 | 29 | |
| Reserve | Luke Watson | WP | 24 | 8 | |
| Reserve | Adriaan Strauss | Cheetahs | 22 | 3 |
| Australia: 3 tries, 3 conversions, 2 penalties |
 Team for the Durban test: Back: Conrad Jantjes, Jean de Villiers, Schalk Burger, Andries Bekker, Pierre Spies, Francois Steyn, Bismarck du Plessis, Adriaan Strauss Middle: Ricky Januarie, Tendai Mtawarira, Jongi Nokwe, Butch James, JP Pietersen, Luke Watson, Brian Mujati, Fourie du Preez, Adrian Jacobs Front: Joe van Niekerk, Dick Muir (asst coach), Percy Montgomery, Peter de Villiers (coach), Victor Matfield (captain), Andy Marinos, CJ van der Linde, Gary Gold (asst coach), Juan Smith |