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Full time5 July 1997
South Africa
35–16
British & Irish Lions
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tour 1997Head-to-head

South Africa won by 19 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PSouth Africa penalty · Jannie de Beer3–0
  2. 10’PSouth Africa penalty · Jannie de Beer6–0
  3. 16’CSouth Africa conversion · Jannie de Beer8–0
  4. 16’TSouth Africa try · Percy Montgomery13–0
  5. 20’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Neil Jenkins13–3
  6. 25’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Neil Jenkins13–6
  7. 40’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Neil Jenkins13–9
  8. 48’CSouth Africa conversion · Jannie de Beer15–9
  9. 48’TSouth Africa try · Joost van der Westhuizen20–9
  10. 61’PSouth Africa penalty · Jannie de Beer23–9
  11. 66’CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Neil Jenkins23–11
  12. 66’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Matt Dawson23–16
  13. 75’TSouth Africa try · Andre Snyman28–16
  14. 81’CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball30–16
  15. 81’TSouth Africa try · Pieter Rossouw35–16

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2James DaltonHooker
  3. 3Dawie TheronProp
  4. 4Hannes StrydomSecond row
  5. 5Krynauw OttoSecond row
  6. 6Rassie ErasmusFlanker
  7. 7Andre VenterFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Jannie de BeerFly-half
  11. 11Pieter RossouwWing
  12. 12Danie van SchalkwykCentre
  13. 13Percy MontgomeryCentre
  14. 14Andre SnymanWing
  15. 15Russell BennettFull-back
  16. 16Henry HoniballBench
  17. 17Justin SwartBench
  18. 18Werner SwanepoelBench
  19. 19Fritz Van HeerdenBench
  20. 20Naka DrotskeBench
  21. 21Adrian GarveyBench

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Tom SmithProp
  2. 2Mark ReganHooker
  3. 3Paul WallaceProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Jeremy DavidsonSecond row
  6. 6Rob WainwrightFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Lawrence DallaglioNumber 8
  9. 9Matt DawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Mike CattFly-half
  11. 11Tony UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Scott GibbsCentre
  14. 14John BentleyWing
  15. 15Neil JenkinsFull-back
  16. 16Barry WilliamsBench
  17. 16Tim StimpsonBench
  18. 17Allan BatemanBench
  19. 18Austin HealeyBench
  20. 20Dai YoungBench
  21. 21Richard HillBench

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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.