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Full time13 July 1974
South Africa
9–26
British & Irish Lions
Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa · Tour 1974Head-to-head

British & Irish Lions won by 17 points.

Scoring

  1. –PSouth Africa penalty · Jackie Snyman3–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Jackie Snyman6–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Jackie Snyman9–0
  4. –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Andy Irvine9–2
  5. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Andy Irvine9–5
  6. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Andy Irvine9–8
  7. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Gordon Brown9–12
  8. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · JJ Williams9–16
  9. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · JJ Williams9–20
  10. –DBritish & Irish Lions drop goal · Phil Bennett9–23
  11. –DBritish & Irish Lions drop goal · Phil Bennett9–26

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Nick BezuidenhoudtProp
  2. 2Piston van WykHooker
  3. 3Hannes MaraisProp
  4. 4Johan De BruynSecond row
  5. 5Moaner Van HeerdenSecond row
  6. 6Polla FourieFlanker
  7. 7Jan EllisFlanker
  8. 8Klippies KritzingerNumber 8
  9. 9Gerrie SonnekusScrum-half
  10. 10Jackie SnymanFly-half
  11. 11Chris PopeWing
  12. 12Peter CronjeCentre
  13. 13Jan SchlebuschCentre
  14. 14Gert MullerWing
  15. 15Tonie RouxFull-back
  16. 16Malcolm SwanbyBench
  17. 17Gavin CowleyBench
  18. 18Gert SchutteBench
  19. 19Andre BestbierBench
  20. 20Rampie StanderBench
  21. 21Kevin De KlerkBench

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. 11Andy IrvineWing
  12. 12Ian McGeechanCentre
  13. 13Dick MillikenCentre
  14. 14JJ WilliamsWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Mike GibsonBench
  17. 17Billy SteeleBench
  18. 18John MoloneyBench
  19. 19Ken KennedyBench
  20. 20Sandy CarmichaelBench
  21. 21Tony NearyBench

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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.