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Full time20 June 2009
South Africa
26–21
British & Irish Lions
ABSA Stadium, Durban, South Africa · Tour 2009Head-to-head

South Africa won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’TSouth Africa try · John Smit5–0
  2. 7’CSouth Africa conversion · Ruan Pienaar7–0
  3. 12’PSouth Africa penalty · Ruan Pienaar10–0
  4. 22’PSouth Africa penalty · Frans Steyn13–0
  5. 24’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Tom Croft13–5
  6. 25’CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Stephen Jones13–7
  7. 34’PSouth Africa penalty · Ruan Pienaar16–7
  8. 37’PSouth Africa penalty · Ruan Pienaar19–7
  9. 48’TSouth Africa try · Heinrich Brussow24–7
  10. 49’CSouth Africa conversion · Ruan Pienaar26–7
  11. 69’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Tom Croft26–12
  12. 70’CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Stephen Jones26–14
  13. 76’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Mike Phillips26–19
  14. 77’CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Stephen Jones26–21

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3John SmitProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Heinrich BrussowFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Pierre SpiesNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Ruan PienaarFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Adi JacobsCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Frans SteynFull-back
  16. 16Gurthro SteenkampBench
  17. 17Deon CarstensBench
  18. 18Andries BekkerBench
  19. 19Danie RossouwBench
  20. 20Ricky JanuarieBench
  21. 21Jaque FourieBench
  22. 22Morne SteynBench

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Gethin JenkinsProp
  2. 2Lee MearsHooker
  3. 3Phil VickeryProp
  4. 4Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Tom CroftFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Mike PhillipsScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Ugo MonyeWing
  12. 12Jamie RobertsCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Lee ByrneFull-back
  16. 16Matthew ReesBench
  17. 17Adam JonesBench
  18. 18Donncha O'CallaghanBench
  19. 19Martyn WilliamsBench
  20. 20Harry EllisBench
  21. 21Ronan O'GaraBench
  22. 22Rob KearneyBench

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Context

All-time, South Africa 25–18 British & Irish Lions, 6 drawn in 49 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
British & Irish Lions going in

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