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Full time14 June 1980
South Africa
26–19
British & Irish Lions
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa · Tour 1980Head-to-head

South Africa won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Naas Botha2–0
  2. –CSouth Africa conversion · Naas Botha4–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Naas Botha7–0
  4. –PSouth Africa penalty · Naas Botha10–0
  5. –TSouth Africa try · Rob Louw14–0
  6. –TSouth Africa try · Theuns Stofberg18–0
  7. –TSouth Africa try · Gysie Pienaar22–0
  8. –TSouth Africa try · Gerrie Germishuys26–0
  9. –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Gareth Davies26–2
  10. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Gareth Davies26–5
  11. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Andy Irvine26–8
  12. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Gareth Davies26–11
  13. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · John O'Driscoll26–15
  14. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Ray Gravell26–19

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Richard PrentisProp
  2. 2Willie KahtsHooker
  3. 3Martiens le RouxProp
  4. 4Kevin De KlerkSecond 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. 17Johan StraussBench
  18. 18Thys BurgerBench
  19. 19Tommy Du PlessisBench
  20. 20Dirk FronemanBench
  21. 21Tim CocksBench

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Clive WilliamsProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5Maurice ColcloughSecond row
  6. 6Jeff SquireFlanker
  7. 7John O'DriscollFlanker
  8. 8Derek QuinnellNumber 8
  9. 9Colin PattersonScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Bruce HayWing
  12. 12Clive WoodwardCentre
  13. 13Ray GravellCentre
  14. 14John CarletonWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16Alan PhillipsBench
  17. 17Ian StephensBench
  18. 18Colm TuckerBench
  19. 19Jim RenwickBench
  20. 20Ollie CampbellBench
  21. 21John RobbieBench

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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.