| South Africa |
| 44 |
| Australia |
| 31 |
| 28 August 2010 | ||||||
| Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | ||||||
| Tri-Nations Match | ||||||
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| Captain: John Smit | Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland) | |||||
| Coach: Peter de Villiers | Attendance: 43152 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Gürthro Steenkamp | Blue Bulls | 29 | 29 | 1 try |
| Hooker (C) | John Smit | Sharks | 32 | 100 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Jannie du Plessis | Sharks | 27 | 18 | |
| Lock | Flip van der Merwe | Blue Bulls | 25 | 4 | |
| Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 33 | 99 | |
| Flank | Schalk (jnr) Burger | WP | 27 | 61 | |
| Flank | Juan Smith | Cheetahs | 29 | 63 | 1 try |
| Eighthman | Pierre Spies | Blue Bulls | 25 | 35 | 1 try |
| Scrumhalf | Francois Hougaard | Blue Bulls | 22 | 3 | |
| Flyhalf | Morné Steyn | Blue Bulls | 26 | 19 | 4 conversions, 2 penalties |
| Left Wing | Bryan Habana | WP | 27 | 64 | |
| Inside Centre | Jean de Villiers | Munster | 29 | 61 | |
| Outside Centre | Jaque Fourie | WP | 27 | 60 | |
| Right Wing | JP Pietersen | Sharks | 24 | 34 | 1 try |
| Full Back | Francois Steyn | Racing | 23 | 37 | 1 try, 1 penalty |
| Reserve | Danie Rossouw | Blue Bulls | 32 | 52 | |
| Reserve | CJ van der Linde | Cheetahs | 30 | 63 | |
| Reserve | Chilliboy Ralepelle | Blue Bulls | 23 | 15 | |
| Reserve | Butch James | Bath | 31 | 39 | 1 conversion |
| Australia: 4 tries, 4 conversions, 1 penalty |
 Team for the Pretoria test: Back: Jaque Fourie, Schalk Burger, Pierre Spies, Danie Rossouw, Flip van der Merwe, Ryan Kankowski, Jannie du Plessis, Güthro Steenkamp Middle Ricky Januarie, Morné Steyn, JP Pietersen, Francois Steyn, Butch James, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Francois Hougaard, Juan de Jongh Front: Jean de Villiers, Bryan Habana, Dick Muir (asst coach), Victor Matfield (100th test), Peter de Villiers (coach), John Smit (captain), Gary Gold (asst coach), Juan Smith, CJ van der Linde |