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Full time7 August 2021
South Africa
19–16
British & Irish Lions
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 2021Head-to-head

South Africa won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 12’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard3–0
  2. 17’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Finn Russell3–3
  3. 19’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Ken Owens3–8
  4. 21’CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Finn Russell3–10
  5. 37’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard6–10
  6. 56’TSouth Africa try · Cheslin Kolbe11–10
  7. 58’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard13–10
  8. 63’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Finn Russell13–13
  9. 67’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn16–13
  10. 76’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Finn Russell16–16
  11. 79’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn19–16

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Steven KitshoffProp
  2. 2Mbongeni MbonambiHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Franco MostertFlanker
  8. 8Jasper WieseNumber 8
  9. 9Cobus ReinachScrum-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. 19Marco van StadenBench
  20. 20Kwagga SmithBench
  21. 21Herschel JantjiesBench
  22. 22Morne SteynBench
  23. 23Damian WillemseBench

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Wyn JonesProp
  2. 2Ken OwensHooker
  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. 12Bundee AkiCentre
  13. 13Robbie HenshawCentre
  14. 14Josh AdamsWing
  15. 15Liam WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Luke Cowan-DickieBench
  17. 17Mako VunipolaBench
  18. 18Kyle SincklerBench
  19. 19Adam BeardBench
  20. 20Sam SimmondsBench
  21. 21Conor MurrayBench
  22. 22Finn RussellBench
  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.