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Full time27 July 1974
South Africa
13–13
British & Irish Lions
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tour 1974Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. –PSouth Africa penalty · Jackie Snyman3–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Jackie Snyman6–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Jackie Snyman9–0
  4. –TSouth Africa try · Peter Cronje13–0
  5. –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Phil Bennett13–2
  6. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Andy Irvine13–5
  7. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Andy Irvine13–9
  8. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Roger Uttley13–13

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Nick BezuidenhoudtProp
  2. 2Piston van WykHooker
  3. 3Hannes MaraisProp
  4. 4Moaner Van HeerdenSecond row
  5. 5John WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Jan EllisFlanker
  7. 7Klippies KritzingerFlanker
  8. 8Kleintjie GroblerNumber 8
  9. 9Paul BayvelScrum-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. 19Rampie StanderBench
  20. 20Andre BestbierBench
  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. 6Chris RalstonFlanker
  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. 17Tom GraceBench
  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.