TheBreakdown
Full time22 June 1968
South Africa
6–6
British & Irish Lions
Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa · Tour 1968Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. –PSouth Africa penalty · Piet Visagie3–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Tiny Naude6–0
  3. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Tom Kiernan6–3
  4. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Tom Kiernan6–6

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Mof MyburghProp
  2. 2Gys PitzerHooker
  3. 3Hannes MaraisProp
  4. 4Thys LourensSecond 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. 2John PullinHooker
  3. 3Pinky HortonProp
  4. 5Peter LarterSecond row
  5. 5Willie John McBrideSecond row
  6. 6Rodger ArneilFlanker
  7. 7Jim TelferFlanker
  8. 8Robert TaylorNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
  10. 10Mike GibsonFly-half
  11. 11Sandy HinshelwoodWing
  12. 12Barry BresnihanCentre
  13. 13John TurnerCentre
  14. 14Savvo SavageWing
  15. 15Tom KiernanFull-back

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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.