
Danie Craven was appointed coach in 1949, and started his coaching career winning ten matches in a row, including a 4–0 whitewash of New Zealand on their 1949 tour to South Africa.
Springboks - Home squad
- Willem Hendrik Minnaar Barnard
- Johannes Daniel Brewis
- Felix Du Plessis
- Jacobus Abraham Du Rand
- Pieter Alfonso Du Toit
- Florus Petrus Duvenage
- Phillipus Johannes Geel
- Aaron Okey Geffin
- Edwin Martin Geraghty
- Rudolph Phillipus Jordaan
- Basil James Kenyon
- August Christoffel Koch
- Henry Vercueil Koch
- Marthinus Theunis Lategan
- Pieter Malan
- Franswa Pierre Marais
- Cecil Moss
- Hennie Muller
- Louis Jacobus Strydom
- Barend Stephanus van der Merwe
- Jack Henry Van der Schyff
- Christoffel Jacobus Van Jaarsveld
- Ryk Arnoldus Mauritius Van Schoor
- Balie Wahl