TheBreakdown
Full time31 July 2021
South Africa
27–9
British & Irish Lions
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 2021Head-to-head

South Africa won by 18 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard3–0
  2. 10’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Dan Biggar3–3
  3. 17’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Dan Biggar3–6
  4. 32’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard6–6
  5. 37’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Dan Biggar6–9
  6. 45’TSouth Africa try · Makazole Mapimpi11–9
  7. 61’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard13–9
  8. 61’TSouth Africa try · Lukhanyo Am18–9
  9. 71’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard21–9
  10. 78’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard24–9
  11. 81’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard27–9

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Steven KitshoffProp
  2. 2Mbongeni MbonambiHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Franco MostertSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Jasper WieseNumber 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. 17Trevor NyakaneBench
  18. 18Vincent KochBench
  19. 19Lodewyk De JagerBench
  20. 20Marco van StadenBench
  21. 21Kwagga SmithBench
  22. 22Herschel JantjiesBench
  23. 23Damian WillemseBench

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Mako VunipolaProp
  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. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Dan BiggarFly-half
  11. 11Duhan van der MerweWing
  12. 12Robbie HenshawCentre
  13. 13Chris HarrisCentre
  14. 14Anthony WatsonWing
  15. 15Stuart HoggFull-back
  16. 16Ken OwensBench
  17. 17Rory SutherlandBench
  18. 18Kyle SincklerBench
  19. 19Tadhg BeirneBench
  20. 20Taulupe FaletauBench
  21. 21Ali PriceBench
  22. 22Owen FarrellBench
  23. 23Elliot DalyBench

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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.