1997 British Lions tour to South Africa

The 1997 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa was a series of matches played by the British and Irish Lions

British and Irish Lions

The British and Irish Lions is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales...

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

team in South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

.

This tour followed the Lions' 1993 tour to New Zealand

1993 British Lions tour to New Zealand

In 1993 the British Lions rugby union team toured New Zealand. This tour followed the Lions' 1989 tour to Australia and preceded their 1997 tour to South Africa. It was the last Lions tour in the sport's amateur era....

and preceded their 2001 tour to Australia.

The much-anticipated tour was the first after the end of apartheid in that country, and the first professional Lions tour.

Pre-tour prospects

South Africa

South Africa national rugby union team

The South African national rugby union team are 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners. They are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.Although South Africa was instrumental...

had won the 995 Rugby Union World .
. The inaugural Tri Nations in 1996 had been comfortably won by the All Blacks

All Blacks

The New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport....

with South Africa winning only one of the four matches in the tournament. There was also some disarray in the management of the game in South Africa with the resignation of the coach Andre Markgraaff

Andre Markgraaff

Andries Thomas "Andre" Markgraaff was a South African rugby union flanker, and controversial national coach, who resigned after he was taped referring to "fucking kaffirs". He was selected for the South African team in 1986 against the Cavaliers but as an unused substitute...

and the acrimonious replacement of the World Cup winning captain Francois Pienaar

Francois Pienaar

Jacobus Francois Pienaar is a South African former rugby union player. He played flanker for South Africa from 1993 until 1996, winning 29 international caps, all of them as captain. He is best known for leading South Africa to victory in the 1995 Rugby World Cup...

. Nevertheless the Lions were seen to be underdogs - for example an editorial in the South African sports magazine "SA Sports Illustrated" said "The British Lions arrived in South Africa rated - by their own media, South African media and supporters - as nothing more than rank underdogs. A nice bunch of blokes who were making a bit of history and, in so doing, winning friends rather than matches".

The results

The Lions convincingly won the first test at Newlands

Newlands Stadium

Newlands Stadium, currently referred to as DHL Newlands for sponsorship reasons, is located in Cape Town, South Africa.The stadium currently has a capacity of 51,900 people, but is not an all seater venue....

25-16 with Neil Jenkins

Neil Jenkins

Neil Jenkins MBE is a former rugby union football player and current coach. He played fly-half, centre, or full back for Pontypridd, Cardiff, Celtic Warriors, Wales and the British and Irish Lions. Jenkins is Wales' highest ever points-scorer and is the third highest on the List of leading Rugby...

kicking five penalties and Matt Dawson

Matt Dawson

Matthew James Sutherland "Daws" Dawson, MBE is a retired English rugby union player who played scrum half for Wasps and Northampton Saints. During his international career he toured with the British and Irish Lions three times and was part of England's 2003 Rugby World Cup winning side...

and Alan Tait

Alan Tait

Alan V. Tait is a Scottish rugby footballer and coach. He is currently head coach at Newcastle Falcons and a former rugby league and rugby union footballer who played outside centre for Scotland and the British and Irish Lions...

scoring tries. Despite scoring three tries in the second test at Durban

Durban

Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...

, the Springboks suffered from some woeful goal kicking and failed to land any penalties or conversions, whilst for the Lions Neil Jenkins

Neil Jenkins

once again kicked 5 penalties to level the scores at 15-15 before Jerry Guscott dropped a goal for an 18-15 lead for the Lions. The Lions then held off a ferocious South African fightback, Lawrence Dallaglio

Lawrence Dallaglio

Lorenzo Bruno Nero "Lawrence" Dallaglio, OBE is a retired English rugby union player and former captain of the English national team. He played as a flanker or number eight for London Wasps and never played for another club, having arrived at Sudbury as a teenager...

putting in a magnificent try-saving tackle, to win the match 18-15 and take the series. The third test at Ellis Park proved a match too far for the Lions squad and they lost 35-16.

The tour was a triumph for the Lions management of Fran Cotton

Fran Cotton

Francis Edward Cotton is a former English rugby union prop forward who played for England and the British Lions. His clubs included Coventry R.F.C. and Sale. After retiring, he remained in rugby administration and founded a clothing company...

(Manager), Ian McGeechan

Ian McGeechan

Sir Ian Robert McGeechan OBE is a Scottish former rugby union player and coach. His nickname is "Geech".-Playing career:...

(Head Coach), Jim Telfer

Jim Telfer

James "Jim" Telfer is a Scottish rugby union coach and a former rugby player. A former headmaster at Hawick High School and chemistry teacher, he has won fame as a Scottish forwards coach who gave punishing training sessions to his players...

(Assistant Coach) and especially the Captain Martin Johnson. It was the last occasion on which the Lions returned victorious from a tour as it was followed by defeats in Australia in 2001, New Zealand

2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand

In 2005 the British and Irish Lions rugby union team toured New Zealand for the first time since 1993, playing 7 tour matches against first and second division clubs from the National Provincial Championship series, 1 tour match against the national New Zealand all Māori club, and 3 official test...

in 2005 and South Africa

2009 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa

The 2009 British and Irish Lions Tour to South Africa was an international rugby union tour which took place in South Africa from May to July 2009....

in 2009.

Lions squad

The original 35 man squad was:

Captain and second row

- Martin Johnson (Leicester and England)
Full backs
- Neil Jenkins
  Neil Jenkins
  Neil Jenkins MBE is a former rugby union football player and current coach. He played fly-half, centre, or full back for Pontypridd, Cardiff, Celtic Warriors, Wales and the British and Irish Lions. Jenkins is Wales' highest ever points-scorer and is the third highest on the List of leading Rugby...
  
  (Pontypridd and Wales)
- Tim Stimpson
  Tim Stimpson
  Timothy Richard George Stimpson is a former rugby union international full back . During his career he played for Wakefield, West Hartlepool, Newcastle Falcons, Leicester Tigers, Perpignan, Leeds Tykes and Nottingham, England and the British Lions...
  
  (Newcastle and England)
Wingers
- Nick Beal
  Nick Beal
  Nicholas David Beal is a rugby union player who played at Fullback for Northampton Saints, England and the Lions. He attended the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe....
  
  (Northampton and England)
- John Bentley (Newcastle and England)
- Ieuan Evans
  Ieuan Evans
  Ieuan Evans is a former rugby union footballer who played on the wing for Wales. He is regarded as one of the best Welsh wingers of all time, despite playing through a disappointing era of Welsh rugby. A prolific try scorer at International level, Evans is listed 19th in the world on the all-time...
  
  (Llanelli and Wales)
- Tony Underwood
  Tony Underwood
  Tony Underwood is a former English rugby union footballer who played as a wing three-quarter back. He is of Chinese-English parentage....
  
  (Newcastle and England)
Centres
- Allan Bateman
  Allan Bateman
  Allan Glen Bateman is a Welsh former rugby union and rugby league player, a dual-code rugby international centre who represented the British Lions at rugby union and Great Britain at rugby league....
  
  (Richmond and Wales)
- Scott Gibbs
  Scott Gibbs
  Scott Gibbs is a former rugby footballer who represented Wales and the Lions in rugby union and Wales and Great Britain in rugby league...
  
  (Swansea and Wales)
- Will Greenwood
  Will Greenwood
  William John Heaton "Will" Greenwood, MBE is an English former rugby union footballer of the 1990s and 2000s.-Career:...
  
  (Leicester and England)
- Jeremy Guscott
  Jeremy Guscott
  Jeremy Clayton Guscott is a former rugby union outside centre who played for Bath, England and the British and Irish Lions. On rare occasions, he has also appeared for England on the wing....
  
  (Bath and England)
- Alan Tait
  Alan Tait
  Alan V. Tait is a Scottish rugby footballer and coach. He is currently head coach at Newcastle Falcons and a former rugby league and rugby union footballer who played outside centre for Scotland and the British and Irish Lions...
  
  (Newcastle and Scotland)
Fly-halves
- Paul Grayson
  Paul Grayson (rugby player)
  Paul James Grayson is the assistant head coach ofNorthampton Saints rugby union club. He formerly played at fly-half for Northampton and England. He is known as "Larry" or "Grase"....
  
  (Northampton and England)
- Gregor Townsend
  Gregor Townsend
  Gregor Peter John Townsend MBE is a former Scottish rugby union player who played at fly-half, full back and latterly centre....
  
  (Northampton and Scotland)
Scrum-halves
- Matt Dawson
  Matt Dawson
  Matthew James Sutherland "Daws" Dawson, MBE is a retired English rugby union player who played scrum half for Wasps and Northampton Saints. During his international career he toured with the British and Irish Lions three times and was part of England's 2003 Rugby World Cup winning side...
  
  (Northampton and England)
- Austin Healey (Leicester and England)
- Rob Howley
  Rob Howley
  Robert Howley is a former Welsh rugby union footballer. He was considered one of the greatest ever scrum-halves and gained 59 caps for Wales, 22 of them as captain.Howley made his Wales debut in February 1996...
  
  (Cardiff and Wales)
Props
- Paul Wallace (Saracens and Ireland)
- Jason Leonard
  Jason Leonard
  Jason Leonard OBE , also known as "The Fun Bus", is an English former rugby union prop forward who held the world record for winning the most international caps until 2005, when it was surpassed by Australia's scrum-half George Gregan...
  
  (Harlequins and England)
- Graham Rowntree
  Graham Rowntree
  Graham Christopher Rowntree is a former English rugby union player. He played loosehead prop for Leicester Tigers and England. He was capped 54 times for England, despite having to compete for his position with the world's second most capped player, Jason Leonard.Rowntree was born in...
  
  (Leicester and England)
- Tom Smith (Watsonians and Scotland)
- Dai Young (Cardiff and Wales)
Hookers
- Mark Regan
  Mark Regan
  Mark 'Ronnie' Regan MBE is an English rugby union player. He has played as a hooker for Bristol, Bath, Leeds Tykes as well as England and the British Lions.-Career:...
  
  (Bristol and England)
- Barry Williams
  Barry Williams (rugby player)
  Barry Hugh Williams is a Welsh international rugby union player. In 1997, he toured South Africa with the British & Irish Lions and at the time played club rugby for Neath RFC....
  
  (Neath and Wales)
- Keith Wood
  Keith Wood
  Keith Gerard Mallinson Wood and educated at St Munchin's College, Limerick is a former international rugby union footballer who played hooker for Ireland, the Lions, Garryowen, Harlequins and Munster....
  
  (Harlequins and Ireland)
Second Row
- Jeremy Davidson
  Jeremy Davidson
  Jeremy Davidson is a rugby union lock who played club rugby for Dungannon RFC, Ulster, London Irish and Castres Olympique. At international level he represented Ireland with 32 caps and also represented the British and Irish Lions...
  
  (London Irish and Ireland)
- Simon Shaw
  Simon Shaw
  Simon Dalton Shaw MBE is an English rugby union player who plays at lock for Toulon and England.-Biography:...
  
  (Bristol and England)
- Doddie Weir
  Doddie Weir
  George "Doddie" Weir, born 4 July 1970 in Edinburgh, is a Rugby Union player, in the lock position.George Weir started playing rugby for Stewarts Melville RFC, his former school, in Edinburgh. He studied at the Scottish Agricultural College, gaining an HND, from 1988-1991 . He moved to Melrose RFC...
  
  (Newcastle and Scotland)
Back Row
- Neil Back
  Neil Back
  Neil Antony Back is a former international rugby union footballer for England, who also played for Leicester Tigers, and captained both England and Leicester during his career....
  
  (Leicester and England)
- Lawrence Dallaglio
  Lawrence Dallaglio
  Lorenzo Bruno Nero "Lawrence" Dallaglio, OBE is a retired English rugby union player and former captain of the English national team. He played as a flanker or number eight for London Wasps and never played for another club, having arrived at Sudbury as a teenager...
  
  (Wasps and England)
- Richard Hill
  Richard Hill (flanker)
  Richard Hill MBE is a former rugby union footballer who played flanker for Saracens and England.Often portrayed as the 'silent assassin' at both club and international level, his effective and abrasive style of forward play has made him legendary in rugby union circles...
  
  (Saracens and England)
- Eric Miller
  Eric Miller (rugby player)
  Eric Roger Patrick Miller is a former Irish rugby union and Gaelic football player. As a rugby player Miller played for, among others Old Wesley, Leicester Tigers,[Ulster],Leinster, the Barbarians, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions...
  
  (Leicester and Ireland)
- Scott Quinnell
  Scott Quinnell
  Scott Quinnell is a former Welsh international rugby league and rugby union player, who was a number 8 for Wales, Llanelli RFC, the Llanelli Scarlets and the Lions. He scored 11 tries for Wales and captained his country on 7 occasions in rugby union.-Biography:Scott is the son of former Welsh...
  
  (Richmond and Wales)
- Tim Rodber
  Tim Rodber
  Timothy Andrew Keith Rodber formerly a rugby union footballer who played at Number eight, flanker or lock for Northampton Saints, England, and the British and Irish Lions...
  
  (Northampton & England)
- Rob Wainwright
  Rob Wainwright
  Robert Iain Wainwright is a former rugby union footballer who was capped 37 times for Scotland and once for the British Lions. He played flanker. He was educated at Glenalmond College and Magdalene College, Cambridge where he represented Cambridge University R.U.F.C..He received his first cap in...
  
  (Watsonians and Scotland)

Matches

Scores and results list British Lions's points tally first.

	Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Score
Match 1	24 May	Eastern Province XV Eastern Province Kings The Eastern Province Kings are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup tournaments and are governed by the Eastern Province Rugby Union...	Telkom Park, Port Elizabeth	Won	39–11
Match 2	28 May	Border Border Bulldogs The Border Bulldogs are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. They are governed by the Border Rugby Union and are based in East London....	East London	Won	18–14
Match 3	31 May	Western Province Western Province (rugby team) DHL Western Province is a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. The team has won the Currie Cup on 32 occasions and has the most supporters of any Currie Cup team...	Cape Town Cape Town Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...	Won	38–21
Match 4	4 June	Mpumalanga Pumas (rugby team) The Ford Pumas are a South African rugby union team that competes in the Premier Division of the 2011 Currie Cup. Based at Puma Stadium in Witbank as well as the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, the team draws their players from Mpumalanga Province .The Pumas won the Currie Cup First Division The...	Witbank Witbank Witbank , also known as eMalahleni is a city situated on the Highveld of Mpumalanga, South Africa, within the eMalahleni Local Municipality. The name Witbank is Afrikaans for White Ridge and is named after a white sandstone outcrop where wagon transport drivers rested...	Won	64–14
Match 5	7 June	Northern Transvaal Blue Bulls The Blue Bulls, for sponsorship reasons known as the Vodacom Blue Bulls, or more popularly by their Afrikaans name die Blou Bulle, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament...	Pretoria Pretoria Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...	Lost	30–35
Match 6	11 June	Gauteng Lions Golden Lions The Golden Lions is a provincial rugby team based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The team was originally known as Transvaal, before changes to the political landscape in South Africa forced a name change to the Gauteng Lions, before again being changed to the Golden Lions. For sponsorship reason...	Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...	Won	20–14
Match 7	14 June	Natal Natal Sharks The Natal Sharks are a South African rugby union team that participate in the annual Currie Cup and Super Rugby tournaments. The Sharks home stadium is Kings Park. They draw most of their players from the KwaZulu-Natal Province. The Sharks are the current representative team of the Natal rugby...	Durban Durban Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...	Won	42–12
Match 8	17 June	Emerging Springboks Emerging Springboks The Emerging Springboks are the second national rugby union team in South africa after the national side. They compete every year in the Nations Cup alongside the full national teams of Namibia, Romania and Georgia as well as Argentina Jaguars and Italy A. Now and again they also play touring sides...	Wellington Wellington, Western Cape Wellington is a town in the Western Cape Winelands 45 minutes from Cape Town, in South Africa with a population of approximately 58,300. Wellington's economy is centered around agriculture such as wine, table grapes, citrus fruit and a brandy industry. The town is located 75 km north-east of...	Won	51–22
Match 9	21 June	SOUTH AFRICA South Africa national rugby union team The South African national rugby union team are 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners. They are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.Although South Africa was instrumental...	Newlands Stadium Newlands Stadium Newlands Stadium, currently referred to as DHL Newlands for sponsorship reasons, is located in Cape Town, South Africa.The stadium currently has a capacity of 51,900 people, but is not an all seater venue.... , Cape Town Cape Town Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...	Won	25–16
Match 10	21 June	Free State	Bloemfontein Bloemfontein Bloemfontein is the capital city of the Free State Province of South Africa; and, as the judicial capital of the nation, one of South Africa's three national capitals – the other two being Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Pretoria, the administrative capital.Bloemfontein is popularly and...	Won	52–30
Match 11	28 June	SOUTH AFRICA South Africa national rugby union team The South African national rugby union team are 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners. They are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.Although South Africa was instrumental...	Kings Park Stadium Kings Park Stadium Kings Park , is a stadium in the Kings Park Sporting Precinct in Durban, South Africa, which was originally built in 1891 and extensively renovated in the 1990s... , Durban Durban Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...	Won	18–15
Match 12	1 July	Northern Free State	Welkom Welkom Welkom is a city in the Free State province of South Africa, located 160 kilometres northeast of Bloemfontein, the provincial capital. Welkom received municipal status in 1961 and was declared a city in 1968 on the 14th of February...	Won	67–39
Match 13	5 July	SOUTH AFRICA South Africa national rugby union team The South African national rugby union team are 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners. They are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.Although South Africa was instrumental...	Ellis Park Ellis Park Stadium Ellis Park Stadium, also known because of its sponsorship by The Coca-Cola Company as Coca-Cola Park, is a rugby union and association football stadium in the city of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It hosted the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, which was won by the country's... , Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...	Lost	16–35

First Test

South Africa: 15. Joubert

André Joubert

André Joubert is a former South African rugby union player. He was capped 34 times at fullback for the Springboks in the early 1990s, and amassed a total of 115 Test Points from 10 tries, 17 penalties and 7 conversions....

14. Small

James Small (rugby player)

James Small is a former South African rugby union footballer who played on the wing for the Springboks. His international debut was against the All Blacks in 1992 and he made his final appearance against Scotland in 1997. He was part of the 1995 rugby world cup winning Springbok team, and famously...

13. Mulder

Japie Mulder

Jacobus Cornelius Mulder, better known as Japie Mulder, born 18 October 1969 in Springs , is a former South African rugby union player who played for the South Africa national rugby union team between 1994 and 2001....

12. Lubbe 11. Snyman

Andre Snyman

Andre Snyman is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centres. Snyman has earned well over thirty Test caps for the national side, making his debut in 1996 against the All Blacks in Durban. Snyman joined English club Leeds Tykes for the 2003 season...

10. Honiball

Henry Honiball

Henry William Honiball is a former South African rugby union footballer. He played at fly-half for South Africa during the post-apartheid era, although he was physically and technically acquainted in any back position....

9. van der Westhuizen

Joost van der Westhuizen

Joost van der Westhuizen is a former South African rugby union footballer who was the Springboks' first choice scrum-half in the mid-to-late 1990s and early 2000s. He was capped 89 times for the Springboks and scored 38 tries...

1 du Randt

Os du Randt

Jacobus Petrus du Randt, better known as Os du Randt , is a former South African rugby union loosehead prop who retired as the most-capped forward in the history of the Springboks...

2 Drotske

Naka Drotske

Allen Erasmus 'Naka' Drotské is a former South African rugby union player, who played for the South Africa national rugby union team between 1993 and 1999.He played as a hooker ....

3 Garvey

Adrian Garvey

Adrian Christopher Garvey was a Zimbabwean-born South African rugby union player. He played as a prop.Garvey played for Old Miltonians, Coastal Sharks, Natal and Newport Gwent Dragons....

4 Andrews

Mark Andrews (rugby player)

Mark Andrews is a former rugby player.He achieved his Junior Springbok colours in waterpolo while still at school. He switched to rugby as his main sport and achieved honours while at school and university...

5 Strydom

Hannes Strydom

Johannes Jacobus Strydom, better known as Hannes Strydom, born 13 July 1965 in Welkom, Free State), is a former South African rugby union player who played for the South Africa national rugby union team between 1993 and 1997....

6 Kruger

Ruben Kruger

Ruben Jacobus Kruger, born in Vrede , was a South African rugby union player. He played as a flanker.-Career:...

7 Venter 8 Teichmann

Gary Teichmann

Gary Hamilton Teichmann is a retired Rhodesian/Zimbabwean-born South African rugby union player. He played number eight and was the captain of the South African national team, the Springboks, between 1995 and 1999...

(capt). Replacements: Bennett (Unused: Dalton

James Dalton (rugby player)

James Dalton, born 16 August 1972 in Johannesburg, is a South African rugby union player, who played for the South Africa national rugby union team. He played as a hooker . He was educated at Parktown Boys' High School and Matriculated at Jeppe High School for Boys in Johannesburg, South...

, Otto

Krynauw Otto

Krynauw Otto is a formerSouth African Professional Rugby Player.Otto made his debut for the South African national team in the 1995 Rugby World Cup...

, Swanepoel, Theron, Wessels)

Lions: 15 Jenkins

Neil Jenkins

; 14. Evans

Ieuan Evans

Ieuan Evans is a former rugby union footballer who played on the wing for Wales. He is regarded as one of the best Welsh wingers of all time, despite playing through a disappointing era of Welsh rugby. A prolific try scorer at International level, Evans is listed 19th in the world on the all-time...

13. Guscott

Jeremy Guscott

Jeremy Clayton Guscott is a former rugby union outside centre who played for Bath, England and the British and Irish Lions. On rare occasions, he has also appeared for England on the wing....

, 12 Gibbs

Scott Gibbs

Scott Gibbs is a former rugby footballer who represented Wales and the Lions in rugby union and Wales and Great Britain in rugby league...

, 11. Tait

Alan Tait

10. Townsend

Gregor Townsend

Gregor Peter John Townsend MBE is a former Scottish rugby union player who played at fly-half, full back and latterly centre....

, 9 Dawson

Matt Dawson

. 1. Smith, 2 Wood

Keith Wood

Keith Gerard Mallinson Wood and educated at St Munchin's College, Limerick is a former international rugby union footballer who played hooker for Ireland, the Lions, Garryowen, Harlequins and Munster....

3. Wallace, 4. Johnson (capt), 5. Davidson

Jeremy Davidson

Jeremy Davidson is a rugby union lock who played club rugby for Dungannon RFC, Ulster, London Irish and Castres Olympique. At international level he represented Ireland with 32 caps and also represented the British and Irish Lions...

; 6. Dallaglio

Lawrence Dallaglio

, 7. Hill

Richard Hill (flanker)

Richard Hill MBE is a former rugby union footballer who played flanker for Saracens and England.Often portrayed as the 'silent assassin' at both club and international level, his effective and abrasive style of forward play has made him legendary in rugby union circles...

, 8. Rodber

Tim Rodber

Timothy Andrew Keith Rodber formerly a rugby union footballer who played at Number eight, flanker or lock for Northampton Saints, England, and the British and Irish Lions...

Second Test

South Africa: 15. Joubert

André Joubert

14. Small

James Small (rugby player)

13. Montgomery

Percy Montgomery

Percival Colin "Percy" Montgomery is a retired South African rugby union player...

12. Snyman

Andre Snyman

11. Rossouw 10. Honiball

Henry Honiball

9. van der Westhuizen

Joost van der Westhuizen

1 du Randt

Os du Randt

Jacobus Petrus du Randt, better known as Os du Randt , is a former South African rugby union loosehead prop who retired as the most-capped forward in the history of the Springboks...

2 Drotske

Naka Drotske

Allen Erasmus 'Naka' Drotské is a former South African rugby union player, who played for the South Africa national rugby union team between 1993 and 1999.He played as a hooker ....

3 Garvey

Adrian Garvey

Adrian Christopher Garvey was a Zimbabwean-born South African rugby union player. He played as a prop.Garvey played for Old Miltonians, Coastal Sharks, Natal and Newport Gwent Dragons....

4 Strydom

Hannes Strydom

5 Andrews

Mark Andrews (rugby player)

6 Kruger

Ruben Kruger

Ruben Jacobus Kruger, born in Vrede , was a South African rugby union player. He played as a flanker.-Career:...

7 Venter 8 Teichmann

Gary Teichmann

(capt).

Lions. 15 Jenkins

Neil Jenkins

; 14. Bentley

Jon Bentley

Jon Louis Bentley is a researcher in the field of computer science. He is credited with the invention of the k-d tree....

13. Gibbs

Scott Gibbs

Scott Gibbs is a former rugby footballer who represented Wales and the Lions in rugby union and Wales and Great Britain in rugby league...

, 12 Guscott

Jeremy Guscott

Jeremy Clayton Guscott is a former rugby union outside centre who played for Bath, England and the British and Irish Lions. On rare occasions, he has also appeared for England on the wing....

, 11. Tait

Alan Tait

10. Townsend

Gregor Townsend

Gregor Peter John Townsend MBE is a former Scottish rugby union player who played at fly-half, full back and latterly centre....

, 9 Dawson

Matt Dawson

. 1. Smith, 2 Wood

Keith Wood

3. Wallace, 4. Johnson (capt), 5. Davidson

Jeremy Davidson

; 6. Dallaglio

Lawrence Dallaglio

, 7. Hill

Richard Hill (flanker)

, 8. Rodber

Tim Rodber

Timothy Andrew Keith Rodber formerly a rugby union footballer who played at Number eight, flanker or lock for Northampton Saints, England, and the British and Irish Lions...

Third Test

Lions: 15 Jenkins

Neil Jenkins

; 14 Bentley, 13 Gibbs

Scott Gibbs

Scott Gibbs is a former rugby footballer who represented Wales and the Lions in rugby union and Wales and Great Britain in rugby league...

, 12 Guscott

Jeremy Guscott

Jeremy Clayton Guscott is a former rugby union outside centre who played for Bath, England and the British and Irish Lions. On rare occasions, he has also appeared for England on the wing....

, 11Underwood

Tony Underwood

Tony Underwood is a former English rugby union footballer who played as a wing three-quarter back. He is of Chinese-English parentage....

; 10. Catt

Mike Catt

Michael John "Mike" Catt OBE is a South African-born former English rugby union footballer who played for London Irish and Bath. He earned 75 international caps for England and played in three World Cup Finals, in 1995, 2003 and 2007...

, 9. Dawson

Matt Dawson

; 1 Smith, 2 Regan

Mark Regan

Mark 'Ronnie' Regan MBE is an English rugby union player. He has played as a hooker for Bristol, Bath, Leeds Tykes as well as England and the British Lions.-Career:...

, 3 Wallace 4 Johnson (capt), 5 Davidson

Jeremy Davidson

, 6 Wainwright

Rob Wainwright

Robert Iain Wainwright is a former rugby union footballer who was capped 37 times for Scotland and once for the British Lions. He played flanker. He was educated at Glenalmond College and Magdalene College, Cambridge where he represented Cambridge University R.U.F.C..He received his first cap in...

, 7 Back

Neil Back

Neil Antony Back is a former international rugby union footballer for England, who also played for Leicester Tigers, and captained both England and Leicester during his career....

, 8 Dallaglio

Lawrence Dallaglio

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