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Full time22 June 1974
South Africa
9–28
British & Irish Lions
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa · Tour 1974Head-to-head

British & Irish Lions won by 19 points.

Scoring

  1. –PSouth Africa penalty · Gerald Bosch3–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Gerald Bosch6–0
  3. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Gerald Bosch9–0
  4. –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Phil Bennett9–2
  5. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Phil Bennett9–5
  6. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · JJ Williams9–9
  7. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · JJ Williams9–13
  8. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Dick Milliken9–17
  9. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Phil Bennett9–21
  10. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Gordon Brown9–25
  11. –DBritish & Irish Lions drop goal · Ian McGeechan9–28

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Nick BezuidenhoudtProp
  2. 2Dave FredericksonHooker
  3. 3Hannes MaraisProp
  4. 4Morne Du PlessisSecond row
  5. 5Kevin De KlerkSecond row
  6. 6John WilliamsFlanker
  7. 7Jan EllisFlanker
  8. 8Dugald MacdonaldNumber 8
  9. 9Paul BayvelScrum-half
  10. 10Gerald BoschFly-half
  11. 11Chris PopeWing
  12. 12Jackie SnymanCentre
  13. 13Peter WhippCentre
  14. 14Gerrie GermishuysWing
  15. 15Ian McCallumFull-back
  16. Dawie SnymanBench
  17. Leon VogelBench

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Ian McLauchlanProp
  2. 2Bobby WindsorHooker
  3. 3Fran CottonProp
  4. 4Roger UttleySecond row
  5. 5Willie John McBrideSecond row
  6. 6Gordon BrownFlanker
  7. 7Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  8. 8Mervyn DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
  10. 10Phil BennettFly-half
  11. 11Billy SteeleWing
  12. 12Ian McGeechanCentre
  13. 13Dick MillikenCentre
  14. 14JJ WilliamsWing
  15. 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

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.