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Full time8 June 1968
South Africa
25–20
British & Irish Lions
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa · Tour 1968Head-to-head

South Africa won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Piet Visagie2–0
  2. –CSouth Africa conversion · Piet Visagie4–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Piet Visagie7–0
  4. –PSouth Africa penalty · Tiny Naude10–0
  5. –PSouth Africa penalty · Tiny Naude13–0
  6. –PSouth Africa penalty · Piet Visagie16–0
  7. –TSouth Africa try · Tiny Naude19–0
  8. –TSouth Africa try · Dawie De Villiers22–0
  9. –TSouth Africa try · Frik Du Preez25–0
  10. –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Tom Kiernan25–2
  11. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Tom Kiernan25–5
  12. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Tom Kiernan25–8
  13. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Tom Kiernan25–11
  14. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Tom Kiernan25–14
  15. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Tom Kiernan25–17
  16. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Willie John McBride25–20

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Mof MyburghProp
  2. 2Gys PitzerHooker
  3. 3Hannes MaraisProp
  4. 4Piet GreylingSecond row
  5. 5Frik Du PreezSecond row
  6. 6Tiny NaudeFlanker
  7. 7Jan EllisFlanker
  8. 8Tommy BedfordNumber 8
  9. 9Dawie De VilliersScrum-half
  10. 10Piet VisagieFly-half
  11. 11Jannie EngelbrechtWing
  12. 12Syd NomisCentre
  13. 13Eben OlivierCentre
  14. 14Corra DirksenWing
  15. 15Rodney GouldFull-back

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Syd MillarProp
  2. 2Jeff YoungHooker
  3. 3John O'SheaProp
  4. 4Willie John McBrideSecond row
  5. 5Peter StaggSecond row
  6. 6Rodger ArneilFlanker
  7. 7Robert TaylorFlanker
  8. 8Mick DoyleNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
  10. 10Barry JohnFly-half
  11. 11Savvo SavageWing
  12. 12Barry BresnihanCentre
  13. 13John TurnerCentre
  14. 14Maurice RichardsWing
  15. 15Tom KiernanFull-back
  16. Mike GibsonBench

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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

Also on this day

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