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Full time12 July 1980
South Africa
13–17
British & Irish Lions
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa · Tour 1980Head-to-head

British & Irish Lions won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’PSouth Africa penalty · Gysie Pienaar3–0
  2. 1’PSouth Africa penalty · Gysie Pienaar6–0
  3. 1’TSouth Africa try · Willie Du Plessis10–0
  4. 1’CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Ollie Campbell10–2
  5. 1’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Clive Williams10–6
  6. 1’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Andy Irvine10–10
  7. 1’TBritish & Irish Lions try · John O'Driscoll10–14
  8. 33’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Ollie Campbell10–17
  9. 34’PSouth Africa penalty · Naas Botha13–17

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Richard PrentisProp
  2. 2Ewoud MalanHooker
  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. 16Dave FredericksonBench
  17. 17Johan StraussBench
  18. 18Thys BurgerBench
  19. 19Tommy Du PlessisBench
  20. 20de Wet RasBench
  21. 21Tim CocksBench

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Clive WilliamsProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5Maurice ColcloughSecond row
  6. 6John O'DriscollFlanker
  7. 7Colm TuckerFlanker
  8. 8Jeff SquireNumber 8
  9. 9John RobbieScrum-half
  10. 10Ollie CampbellFly-half
  11. 11Bruce HayWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Ray GravellCentre
  14. 14John CarletonWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16Stephen SmithBench
  17. 17Clive WoodwardBench
  18. 18Tony WardBench
  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.