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Full time28 June 1997
South Africa
15–18
British & Irish Lions
ABSA Stadium, Durban, South Africa · Tour 1997Head-to-head

British & Irish Lions won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 16’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Neil Jenkins0–3
  2. 30’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Neil Jenkins0–6
  3. 35’TSouth Africa try · Joost van der Westhuizen5–6
  4. 41’TSouth Africa try · Percy Montgomery10–6
  5. 48’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Neil Jenkins10–9
  6. 55’TSouth Africa try · Andre Joubert15–9
  7. 66’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Neil Jenkins15–12
  8. 74’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Neil Jenkins15–15
  9. 77’DBritish & Irish Lions drop goal · Jeremy Guscott15–18

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. 11Pieter RossouwWing
  12. 12Danie van SchalkwykCentre
  13. 13Percy MontgomeryCentre
  14. 14Andre SnymanWing
  15. 15Andre JoubertFull-back
  16. 16Russell BennettBench
  17. 17Boeta WesselsBench
  18. 18Werner SwanepoelBench
  19. 19Fritz Van HeerdenBench
  20. 20James DaltonBench
  21. 21Dawie TheronBench

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. 14John BentleyWing
  15. 15Neil JenkinsFull-back
  16. 16Neil BackBench
  17. 17Mike CattBench
  18. 18Austin HealeyBench
  19. 19Barry WilliamsBench
  20. 20Jason LeonardBench
  21. 21Eric MillerBench

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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.