13 May 1961
Newlands, Cape Town
South Africa
24
Ireland
8
Captain: Johan Claassen Referee: Piet Calitz (South Africa)
Coach: Hennie Muller Attendance: 35,000
Team - Combined caps: 87 (starting 15)
PositionPlayerProvinceAgePrev TestsScoring
Loose-head Prop Fanie Kuhn Tvl 257 
Hooker Ronnie Hill Rhodesia 262 
Tight-head Prop Piet du Toit Boland 2511 
Lock Piet J van Zyl WP 270 
Lock (C) Johan Claassen W-Tvl 3121 
Flank Hugo van Zyl WP 2811 
Flank Martin Pelser Tvl 278 
Eighthman Doug Hopwood WP 2671 try
Scrumhalf Piet Uys N-Tvl 233 
Flyhalf Charlie Nimb WP 2203 conversions, 1 penalty
Left Wing Hennie van Zyl Tvl 257 
Inside Centre Colin Greenwood WP 2502 tries
Outside Centre Dave Stewart WP 254 
Right Wing Ben-Piet van Zyl WP 2502 tries
Full Back Lionel Wilson WP 276 
Ireland: 1 try, 1 conversion, 1 penalty
Match pictures:
Team for the Ireland test:
Back: Charlie Nimb, Ronnie Hill, Lionel Wilson, Colin Greenwood, Piet Uys
Middle: Ben-Piet van Zyl, Piet van Zyl, Martin Pelser, Hennie van Zyl, Doug Hopwood, Fanie Kuhn
Seated: Hugo van Zyl, Johan Claassen(captain), Hennie Muller (coach), Dave Stewart, Piet du Toit