| South Africa |
| 20 |
| Wales |
| 15 |
| 8 November 2008 | ||||||
| Millenium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff | ||||||
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| Captain: John Smit | Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland) | |||||
| Coach: Peter de Villiers | Attendance: 74119 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Tendai Mtawarira | Sharks | 23 | 7 | |
| Hooker | Bismarck du Plessis | Sharks | 24 | 19 | |
| Tight-head Prop (C) | John Smit | Sharks | 30 | 78 | |
| Lock | Bakkies Botha | Blue Bulls | 29 | 52 | |
| Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 31 | 77 | |
| Flank | Schalk (jnr) Burger | WP | 25 | 46 | |
| Flank | Juan Smith | Cheetahs | 27 | 52 | |
| Eighthman | Pierre Spies | Blue Bulls | 23 | 16 | |
| Scrumhalf | Fourie du Preez | Blue Bulls | 26 | 42 | |
| Flyhalf | Ruan Pienaar | Sharks | 24 | 24 | 2 conversions, 2 penalties |
| Left Wing | Bryan Habana | Blue Bulls | 25 | 43 | |
| Inside Centre | Jean de Villiers | WP | 27 | 43 | 1 try |
| Outside Centre | Adrian Jacobs | Sharks | 28 | 18 | 1 try |
| Right Wing | JP Pietersen | Sharks | 22 | 21 | |
| Full Back | Conrad Jantjes | WP | 28 | 21 | |
| Reserve | Andries Bekker | WP | 24 | 10 | |
| Reserve | Ryan Kankowski | Sharks | 23 | 4 | |
| Reserve | Francois Steyn | Sharks | 21 | 24 | |
| Reserve | Enrico Januarie | WP | 26 | 31 | |
| Reserve | Jaque Fourie | Lions | 25 | 39 | |
| Reserve | Brian Mujati | WP | 24 | 9 | |
| Reserve | Gürthro Steenkamp | Blue Bulls | 27 | 18 |
| Wales: 5 penalties |
 Team for the Wales test: Back: Jaque Fourie, Jean de Villiers, Pierre Spies, Andries Bekker, Ryan Kankowski, Francois Steyn, Bismarck du Plessis, Ruan Pienaar Middle: Enrico Januarie, Adrian Jacobs, Conrad Jantjes, Tendai Mtawarira, JP Pietersen, Gurthro Steenkamp, Fourie du Preez, Bryan Habana, Brian Mujati Front row: Schalk Burger, Dick Muir (asst coach), Bakkies Botha, Peter de Villiers (coach), John Smit (captain), Arthrob Petersen (manager), Victor Matfield, Gary Gold (asst coach), Juan Smith |