Full time8 June 1974
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 1974Head-to-head
British & Irish Lions won by 9 points.
Scoring
- –DSouth Africa drop goal · Dawie Snyman3–0
- –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Phil Bennett3–3
- –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Phil Bennett3–6
- –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Phil Bennett3–9
- –DBritish & Irish Lions drop goal · Gareth Edwards3–12
Line-ups
South Africa
- 1Theo SauermannProp
- 2Piston van WykHooker
- 3Hannes MaraisProp
- 4Boland CoetzeeSecond row
- 5Kevin De KlerkSecond row
- 6John WilliamsFlanker
- 7Jan EllisFlanker
- 8Morne Du PlessisNumber 8
- 9Roy McCallumScrum-half
- 10Dawie SnymanFly-half
- 11Chris PopeWing
- 12Johan OosthuizenCentre
- 13Peter WhippCentre
- 14Gert MullerWing
- 15Ian McCallumFull-back
British & Irish Lions
- 1Ian McLauchlanProp
- 2Bobby WindsorHooker
- 3Fran CottonProp
- 4Roger UttleySecond row
- 5Willie John McBrideSecond row
- 6Gordon BrownFlanker
- 7Fergus SlatteryFlanker
- 8Mervyn DaviesNumber 8
- 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
- 10Phil BennettFly-half
- 11Billy SteeleWing
- 12Ian McGeechanCentre
- 13Dick MillikenCentre
- 14JJ WilliamsWing
- 15JPR WilliamsFull-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
- Previous meeting: 27 July 1968, South Africa 19–6 British & Irish Lions
- Next meeting on record: 22 June 1974
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.