1 September 1956
Eden Park, Auckland
South Africa
5
New Zealand
11
Captain: Basie Vivier Referee: Bill Fright (New Zealand)
Coach: Danie Craven Attendance: 61,240
Team - Combined caps: 101 (starting 15)
PositionPlayerProvinceAgePrev TestsScoring
Loose-head Prop Harry Walker W-Tvl 283 
Hooker Bertus van der Merwe Boland 278 
Tight-head Prop Jaap Bekker N-Tvl 3114 
Lock Salty du Rand N-Tvl 3020 
Lock Johan Claassen W-Tvl 269 
Flank James Starke WP 250 
Flank Daan Retief N-Tvl 318 
Eighthman Butch Lochner WP 256 
Scrumhalf Popeye Strydom OFS 244 
Flyhalf Peewee Howe Border 241 
Left Wing Theuns Briers WP 276 
Inside Centre Paul Johnstone Tvl 268 
Outside Centre Jeremy Nel WP 215 
Right Wing Roy Dryburgh Natal 2651 try
Full Back (C) Basie Vivier OFS 2941 conversion
New Zealand: 1 try, 1 conversion, 2 penalties
Match pictures:

Team for the Auckland test:
Back: Butch Lochner, Jaap Bekker, James Starke, Johan Claassen, Harry Newton Walker, Roy Dryburgh, Jeremy Nel, Theuns Briers
Seated: Chris Koch (injured and withdrew), Basie van Wyk (selector), Dr Danie Craven (manager/coach), Basie Vivier (captain) DJ de Villiers (asst manager), Salty du Rand, Paul Johnstone
Front: Bertus van der Merwe, Peewee Howe, Popeye Strydom
Absent: Daan Retief