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Full time13 July 1968
South Africa
11–6
British & Irish Lions
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 1968Head-to-head

South Africa won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Piet Visagie2–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Piet Visagie5–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Tiny Naude8–0
  4. –TSouth Africa try · Thys Lourens11–0
  5. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Tom Kiernan11–3
  6. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Tom Kiernan11–6

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. 11Gertjie BrynardWing
  12. 12Mannetjies RouxCentre
  13. 13Eben OlivierCentre
  14. 14Syd NomisWing
  15. 15Rodney GouldFull-back

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Mike CoulmanProp
  2. 2John PullinHooker
  3. 3Pinky HortonProp
  4. 4Willie John McBrideSecond row
  5. 5Peter StaggSecond row
  6. 6Rodger ArneilFlanker
  7. 7Jim TelferFlanker
  8. 8Robert TaylorNumber 8
  9. 9Roger YoungScrum-half
  10. 10Mike GibsonFly-half
  11. 11Maurice RichardsWing
  12. 12John TurnerCentre
  13. 13Gerald DaviesCentre
  14. 14Savvo SavageWing
  15. 15Tom KiernanFull-back
  16. Delme ThomasBench

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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.