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Full time4 July 2009
South Africa
9–28
British & Irish Lions
Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tour 2009Head-to-head

British & Irish Lions won by 19 points.

Scoring

  1. 10’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Stephen Jones0–3
  2. 13’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn3–3
  3. 26’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Shane Williams3–8
  4. 34’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Shane Williams3–13
  5. 35’CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Stephen Jones3–15
  6. 43’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn6–15
  7. 55’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Ugo Monye6–20
  8. 56’CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Stephen Jones6–22
  9. 69’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn9–22
  10. 73’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Stephen Jones9–25
  11. 74’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Stephen Jones9–28

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Chiliboy RalepelleHooker
  3. 3John SmitProp
  4. 4Johan MullerSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Heinrich BrussowFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Ryan KankowskiNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Morne SteynFly-half
  11. 11Jongi NokweWing
  12. 12Wynand OlivierCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14Odwa NdunganeWing
  15. 15Zane KirchnerFull-back
  16. 16Bismarck Du PlessisBench
  17. 17Gurthro SteenkampBench
  18. 18Deon CarstensBench
  19. 19Steven SykesBench
  20. 20Pierre SpiesBench
  21. 21Ruan PienaarBench
  22. 22Frans SteynBench

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Andrew SheridanProp
  2. 2Matthew ReesHooker
  3. 3Phil VickeryProp
  4. 4Simon ShawSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Joe WorsleyFlanker
  7. 7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Mike PhillipsScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Shane WilliamsWing
  12. 12Riki FluteyCentre
  13. 13Tommy BoweCentre
  14. 14Ugo MonyeWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Ross FordBench
  17. 17John HayesBench
  18. 18Alun Wyn JonesBench
  19. 19David WallaceBench
  20. 20Tom CroftBench
  21. 21Harry EllisBench
  22. 22James HookBench

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