UPDATE 1-Rugby-South Africa 9 British & Irish Lions 28 - result

Sat Jul 4, 2009 3:57pm BST
 
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July 4 (Reuters) - British and Irish Lions beat South Africa 28-9 (halftime 15-6) in the third test at Ellis Park, Johannesburg on Saturday. South Africa won the series 2-1.

Scorers:

South Africa - Penalties: Morne Steyn (3);

British and Irish Lions - Tries: Shane Williams (2), Ugo Monye; Conversions: Stephen Jones (2); Penalties: Jones (3)

Yellow card: Simon Shaw (British & Irish Lions) 37

Teams

South Africa - 15-Zane Kirchner (22-Frans Steyn 57), 14-Odwa Ndungane, 13-Jaque Fourie, 12-Wynand Olivier, 11-Jongi Nokwe (20-Pierre Spies 65), 10-Morne Steyn, 9-Fourie du Preez (21-Ruan Pienaar 40); 8-Ryan Kankowski, 7-Juan Smith, 6-Heinrich Brussow, 5-Victor Matfield, 4-Johann Muller, 3-John Smit (captain), 2-Chiliboy Ralepelle (16-Bismarck du Plessis 40), 1-Tendai Mtawarira (17-Gurthro Steenkamp 72).

Replacements not used: 18-Deon Carstens, 19-Steven Sykes.  Continued...

 

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