1997 British Lions Tour To South Africa

The Lions squad was captained by Martin Johnson , managed by Fran Cotton , and coached by Ian McGeechan and Jim Telfer .

LIONS SQUAD

The original 35 man squad was:

Captain and second row

--- Martin Johnson (Leicester and England)

Full backs

--- Neil Jenkins (Pontypridd and Wales)

--- Tim Stimpson (Newcastle and England)

Wingers

--- Nick Beal (Northampton and England)

--- John Bentley (Newcastle and England)

--- Ieuan Evans (Llanelli and Wales)

--- Tony Underwood (Newcastle and England)

Centres

--- Allan Bateman (Richmond and Wales)

--- Scott Gibbs (Swansea and Wales)

--- Will Greenwood (Leicester)

--- Jeremy Guscott (Bath and England)

--- Alan Tait (Newcastle and Scotland)

Fly-halves

--- Paul Grayson (Northampton and England)

--- Gregor Townsend (Northampton and Scotland)

Scrum-halves

--- Matt Dawson (Northampton and England)

--- Austin Healey (Leicester and England)

--- Rob Howley (Cardiff and Wales)

Props

--- Peter Clohessy (Queensland and Ireland)

--- Jason Leonard (Harlequins and England)

--- Graham Rowntree (Leicester and England)

--- Tom Smith (Watsonians and Scotland)

--- David Young (Cardiff and Wales)

Hookers

--- Mark Regan (Bristol and England)

--- Barrie Williams (Neath and Wales)

--- Keith Wood (Harlequins and Ireland)

Second Row

--- Jeremy Davidson (London Irish and Ireland)

--- Simon Shaw (Bristol and England)

--- Doddie Weir (Newcastle and Scotland)

Back Row

--- Neil Back (Leicester and England)

--- Lawrence Dallaglio (Wasps and England)

--- Richard Hill (Saracens and England)

--- Eric Miller (Leicester and Ireland)

--- Scott Quinnell (Richmond and Wales)

--- Tim Rodber (Northampton & England)

--- Rob Wainwright (Watsonians and Scotland)

MATCHES

May 24 Eastern Province XV 11 British Lions 39 ( Port Elizabeth )

May 28 Border 14 Lions 18 ( East London )

May 31 Western Province 21 British Lions 38 ( Cape Town )

June 4 Mpumalanga 14 Lions 64 ( Witbank )

June 7 Northern Transvaal 35 Lions 30 ( Pretoria )

June 11 Gauteng Lions 14 Lions 20 ( Johannesburg )

June 14 Natal 12 Lions 42 ( Durban )

June 17 Emerging Springboks 22 Lions 51 (Wellington)

First Test

21 1st TEST: South Africa 16 Lions 25(Cape Town)

Dawson

Tait

South Africa	16	—	25	British Lions
?		tries
?		Conversions
?		Penalties
?		Drop goals

Planet-Rugby stats

South Africa: 15. Joubert 14. Small
13. , Otto , Swanepoel , Theron , Wessels )

British Lions. 15 Jenkins ; 14. Evans 13. Guscott , 12 Gibbs , 11. Tait 10. Townsend , 9 Dawson . 1. Smith , 2 Wood 3. Wallace , 4. Johnson (capt), 5. Davidson ; 6. Dallaglio , 7. Hill , 8. Rodber

Referee: Colin Hawke ( New Zealand )

24 Free State 30 Lions 52 Bloemfontein

Second Test

28 South Africa 15 Lions 18 ( Durban )

South Africa	15	—	18	British Lions
3		tries	-
0		Conversions	-
-		Penalties	Jenkins (5)
-		Drop goals	Guscott

Planet-Rugby stats

July 1 N Free State 39 British Lions 67 (Welkom)

3rd Test: South Africa 35 Lions 16

Johannesburg, July 5

British Lions: 15 Jenkins ; 14 Bentley , 13 Gibbs , 12 Guscott , 11 Underwood ; 10. Catt , 9. Dawson (Northampton); 1 Smith , 2 Regan , 3 Wallace 4 Johnson (capt), 5 Davidson , 6 Dallaglio , 7 Back , 8 Rodber

Referee: Colin Hawke ( New Zealand )

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