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Full time21 June 1997
South Africa
16–25
British & Irish Lions
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 1997Head-to-head

British & Irish Lions won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PSouth Africa penalty · Edrich Lubbe3–0
  2. 7’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Neil Jenkins3–3
  3. 23’TSouth Africa try · Os du Randt8–3
  4. 34’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Neil Jenkins8–6
  5. 36’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Neil Jenkins8–9
  6. 43’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Neil Jenkins8–12
  7. 45’TSouth Africa try · Russell Bennett13–12
  8. 50’PSouth Africa penalty · Henry Honiball16–12
  9. 61’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Neil Jenkins16–15
  10. 74’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Matt Dawson16–20
  11. 81’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Alan Tait16–25

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2Naka DrotskeHooker
  3. 3Adrian GarveyProp
  4. 4Hannes StrydomSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Ruben KrugerFlanker
  7. 7Andre VenterFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Henry HoniballFly-half
  11. 11Andre SnymanWing
  12. 12Edrich LubbeCentre
  13. 13Japie MulderCentre
  14. 14James SmallWing
  15. 15Andre JoubertFull-back
  16. 16Russell BennettBench
  17. 17Boeta WesselsBench
  18. 18Werner SwanepoelBench
  19. 19Krynauw OttoBench
  20. 20Dawie TheronBench
  21. 21James DaltonBench

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Tom SmithProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3Paul WallaceProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Jeremy DavidsonSecond row
  6. 6Lawrence DallaglioFlanker
  7. 7Richard HillFlanker
  8. 8Tim RodberNumber 8
  9. 9Matt DawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Gregor TownsendFly-half
  11. 11Alan TaitWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Scott GibbsCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Neil JenkinsFull-back
  16. 16John BentleyBench
  17. 17Mike CattBench
  18. 18Austin HealeyBench
  19. 19Rob WainwrightBench
  20. 20Jason LeonardBench
  21. 21Barry WilliamsBench

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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.