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Full time27 June 2009
South Africa
28–25
British & Irish Lions
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa · Tour 2009Head-to-head

South Africa won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Stephen Jones0–3
  2. 8’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Rob Kearney0–8
  3. 9’CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Stephen Jones0–10
  4. 13’TSouth Africa try · JP Pietersen5–10
  5. 16’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Stephen Jones5–13
  6. 37’DBritish & Irish Lions drop goal · Stephen Jones5–16
  7. 42’PSouth Africa penalty · Frans Steyn8–16
  8. 62’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Stephen Jones8–19
  9. 64’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana13–19
  10. 65’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn15–19
  11. 69’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn18–19
  12. 71’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Stephen Jones18–22
  13. 75’TSouth Africa try · Jaque Fourie23–22
  14. 76’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn25–22
  15. 78’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Stephen Jones25–25
  16. 82’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn28–25

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3John SmitProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Schalk BurgerFlanker
  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. 16Chiliboy RalepelleBench
  17. 17Deon CarstensBench
  18. 18Andries BekkerBench
  19. 19Danie RossouwBench
  20. 20Heinrich BrussowBench
  21. 21Jaque FourieBench
  22. 22Morne SteynBench

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Gethin JenkinsProp
  2. 2Matthew ReesHooker
  3. 3Adam JonesProp
  4. 4Simon ShawSecond 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. 11Luke FitzgeraldWing
  12. 12Jamie RobertsCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Ross FordBench
  17. 17Andrew SheridanBench
  18. 18Alun Wyn JonesBench
  19. 19Martyn WilliamsBench
  20. 20Harry EllisBench
  21. 21Ronan O'GaraBench
  22. 22Shane WilliamsBench

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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
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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.