| South Africa |
| 42 |
| England |
| 39 |
| 9 June 2018 | ||||||
| Ellispark, Johannesburg | ||||||
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| Captain: Siya Kolisi | Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand) | |||||
| Coach: Rassie Erasmus | Attendance: 55260 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Tendai Mtawarira | Sharks | 32 | 98 | |
| Hooker | Bongi Mbonambi | WP | 27 | 14 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Wilco Louw | WP | 23 | 6 | |
| Lock | RG Snyman | Blue Bulls | 23 | 0 | |
| Lock | Franco Mostert | Lions | 27 | 18 | |
| Flank (C) | Siya Kolisi | WP | 26 | 28 | |
| Flank | Jean-Luc du Preez | Sharks | 22 | 10 | |
| Eighthman | Duane Vermeulen | Toulon | 31 | 39 | |
| Scrumhalf | Faf de Klerk | Sale | 26 | 11 | 1 try |
| Flyhalf | Handré Pollard | Blue Bulls | 24 | 26 | 4 conversions, 3 penalties |
| Left Wing | Aphiwe Dyantyi | Lions | 23 | 0 | 1 try |
| Inside Centre | Damian de Allende | WP | 26 | 28 | |
| Outside Centre | Lukhanyo Am | Sharks | 24 | 1 | |
| Right Wing | S'bu Nkosi | Sharks | 22 | 0 | 2 tries |
| Full Back | Willie le Roux | Wasps | 28 | 41 | 1 try |
| Reserve | Steven Kitshoff | WP | 26 | 24 | |
| Reserve | Thomas du Toit | Sharks | 23 | 1 | |
| Reserve | Pieter-Steph du Toit | WP | 25 | 33 | |
| Reserve | Akker van der Merwe | Sharks | 26 | 1 | |
| Reserve | Warrick Gelant | Blue Bulls | 23 | 3 | |
| Reserve | Sikhumbuszo Notshe | WP | 25 | 1 | |
| Reserve | Ivan van Zyl | Blue Bulls | 22 | 1 | |
| Reserve | Elton Jantjies | Lions | 27 | 24 |
| England: 5 tries, 4 conversions, 2 penalties |
 Team for the Ellispark test: Back:Wilco Louw, Jean-Luc du Preez, Franco Mostert, RG Snyman, Thomas du Toit, Lukhanyo Am, Steven Kitshoff Middle: Faf de Klerk, Bongi Mbonambi, Akker van der Merwe, Sikhumbuzo Notshe, Sbu Nkosi, Aphiwe Dyantyi, Warrick Gelant, Ivan van Zyl Front: Handré Pollard, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Duane Vermeulen, Siya Kolisi (captain), Rassie Erasmus (coach) Tendai Mtawarira, Willie le Roux, Damian de Allende, Elton Jantjies |