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Full time24 July 2021
South Africa
17–22
British & Irish Lions
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 2021Head-to-head

British & Irish Lions won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 14’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard3–0
  2. 18’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard6–0
  3. 20’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Dan Biggar6–3
  4. 27’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard9–3
  5. 31’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard12–3
  6. 44’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Luke Cowan-Dickie12–8
  7. 45’CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Dan Biggar12–10
  8. 50’TSouth Africa try · Faf de Klerk17–10
  9. 53’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Dan Biggar17–13
  10. 56’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Dan Biggar17–16
  11. 63’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Dan Biggar17–19
  12. 79’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Owen Farrell17–22

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Ox NcheProp
  2. 2Mbongeni MbonambiHooker
  3. 3Trevor NyakaneProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Franco MostertSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Kwagga SmithNumber 8
  9. 9Faf de KlerkScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Makazole MapimpiWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Lukhanyo AmCentre
  14. 14Cheslin KolbeWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Malcolm MarxBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Frans MalherbeBench
  19. 19Lodewyk De JagerBench
  20. 20Rynhardt ElstadtBench
  21. 21Herschel JantjiesBench
  22. 22Elton JantjiesBench
  23. 23Damian WillemseBench

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Rory SutherlandProp
  2. 2Luke Cowan-DickieHooker
  3. 3Tadhg FurlongProp
  4. 4Maro ItojeSecond row
  5. 5Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Courtney LawesFlanker
  7. 7Tom CurryFlanker
  8. 8Jack ConanNumber 8
  9. 9Ali PriceScrum-half
  10. 10Dan BiggarFly-half
  11. 11Duhan van der MerweWing
  12. 12Robbie HenshawCentre
  13. 13Elliot DalyCentre
  14. 14Anthony WatsonWing
  15. 15Stuart HoggFull-back
  16. 16Ken OwensBench
  17. 17Mako VunipolaBench
  18. 18Kyle SincklerBench
  19. 19Tadhg BeirneBench
  20. 20Hamish WatsonBench
  21. 21Conor MurrayBench
  22. 22Owen FarrellBench
  23. 23Liam 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.