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Full time31 May 1980
South Africa
26–22
British & Irish Lions
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 1980Head-to-head

South Africa won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Naas Botha2–0
  2. –CSouth Africa conversion · Naas Botha4–0
  3. –CSouth Africa conversion · Naas Botha6–0
  4. –TSouth Africa try · Rob Louw10–0
  5. –TSouth Africa try · Moaner Van Heerden14–0
  6. –TSouth Africa try · Willie Du Plessis18–0
  7. –TSouth Africa try · Gerrie Germishuys22–0
  8. –TSouth Africa try · Divan Serfontein26–0
  9. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Tony Ward26–3
  10. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Tony Ward26–6
  11. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Tony Ward26–9
  12. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Tony Ward26–12
  13. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Tony Ward26–15
  14. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Graham Price26–19
  15. –DBritish & Irish Lions drop goal · Tony Ward26–22

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Richard PrentisProp
  2. 2Willie KahtsHooker
  3. 3Martiens le RouxProp
  4. 4Moaner Van HeerdenSecond row
  5. 5Louis MoolmanSecond row
  6. 6Rob LouwFlanker
  7. 7Theuns StofbergFlanker
  8. 8Morne Du PlessisNumber 8
  9. 9Divan SerfonteinScrum-half
  10. 10Naas BothaFly-half
  11. 11Gerrie GermishuysWing
  12. 12Willie Du PlessisCentre
  13. 13David SmithCentre
  14. 14Ray MordtWing
  15. 15Gysie PienaarFull-back
  16. 16Ewoud MalanBench
  17. 17Flippe Van der MerweBench
  18. 18Thys BurgerBench
  19. 19Tommy Du PlessisBench
  20. 20Colin BeckBench
  21. 21Pierre EdwardsBench

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Clive WilliamsProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Maurice ColcloughSecond row
  5. 5Bill BeaumontSecond row
  6. 6Jeff SquireFlanker
  7. 7John O'DriscollFlanker
  8. 8Derek QuinnellNumber 8
  9. 9Colin PattersonScrum-half
  10. 10Tony WardFly-half
  11. 11Mike SlemenWing
  12. 12Jim RenwickCentre
  13. 13David RichardsCentre
  14. 14John CarletonWing
  15. 15Rodney O'DonnellFull-back
  16. 16Alan PhillipsBench
  17. 17Ian StephensBench
  18. 18Ray GravellBench
  19. 19John RobbieBench
  20. 20Colm TuckerBench
  21. 21Bruce HayBench

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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.