| South Africa |
| 29 |
| Australia |
| 17 |
| 8 August 2009 | ||||||
| Newlands, Cape Town | ||||||
| Tri-Nations Match | ||||||
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| Captain: John Smit | Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland) | |||||
| Coach: Peter de Villiers | Attendance: 49000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Tendai Mtawarira | Sharks | 24 | 15 | |
| Hooker | Bismarck du Plessis | Sharks | 25 | 26 | |
| Tight-head Prop (C) | John Smit | Sharks | 31 | 86 | |
| Lock | Bakkies Botha | Blue Bulls | 29 | 59 | |
| Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 32 | 85 | 1 try |
| Flank | Heinrich Brüssow | Cheetahs | 23 | 6 | |
| Flank | Juan Smith | Cheetahs | 28 | 59 | |
| Eighthman | Pierre Spies | Blue Bulls | 24 | 24 | |
| Scrumhalf | Fourie du Preez | Blue Bulls | 27 | 48 | |
| Flyhalf | Morné Steyn | Blue Bulls | 25 | 5 | 7 penalties, 1 dropgoal |
| Left Wing | Bryan Habana | Blue Bulls | 26 | 50 | |
| Inside Centre | Jean de Villiers | WP | 28 | 50 | |
| Outside Centre | Jaque Fourie | Lions | 26 | 47 | |
| Right Wing | JP Pietersen | Sharks | 23 | 28 | |
| Full Back | Francois Steyn | Sharks | 22 | 32 | |
| Reserve | Danie Rossouw | Blue Bulls | 31 | 40 | |
| Reserve | Jannie du Plessis | Sharks | 26 | 9 | |
| Reserve | Ruan Pienaar | Sharks | 25 | 31 | |
| Reserve | Adrian Jacobs | Sharks | 28 | 24 | |
| Reserve | Andries Bekker | WP | 25 | 16 | |
| Reserve | Enrico Januarie | WP | 27 | 37 |
| Australia: 2 tries, 2 conversions, 1 dropgoal |
 Team for the Newlands test Back: Jaque Fourie, JP Pietersen, Pierre Spies, Andries Bekker, Danie Rossouw, Francois Steyn, Jannie du Plessis, Bismarck du Plessis, Ruan Pienaar Middle: Ricky Januarie, Bryan Habana, Morné Steyn, Fourie du Preez, Tendai Mtawarira, Heinrich Brüssow, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Adrian Jacobs Front: Juan Smith, Dick Muir (asst coach), Victor Matfield, Peter de Villiers (coach), John Smit (captain), Arthob Pietersen (manager), Bakkies Botha, Gary Gold (asst coach), Jean de Villiers |