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Full time28 June 1980
South Africa
12–10
British & Irish Lions
Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa · Tour 1980Head-to-head

South Africa won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Naas Botha2–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Naas Botha5–0
  3. –TSouth Africa try · Gerrie Germishuys9–0
  4. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Naas Botha12–0
  5. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Ollie Campbell12–3
  6. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Ollie Campbell12–6
  7. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Bruce Hay12–10

Line-ups

South Africa

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

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Clive WilliamsProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5Maurice ColcloughSecond row
  6. 6Colm TuckerFlanker
  7. 7John O'DriscollFlanker
  8. 8Jeff SquireNumber 8
  9. 9Colin PattersonScrum-half
  10. 10Ollie CampbellFly-half
  11. 11Bruce HayWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Ray GravellCentre
  14. 14Clive WoodwardWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16John RobbieBench
  17. 17Tony WardBench
  18. 18John CarletonBench
  19. 19Alan PhillipsBench
  20. 20Ian StephensBench
  21. 21Derek QuinnellBench

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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.