UPDATE 1-Rugby-South Africa 28 British & Irish Lions 25 - result

Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:03pm BST
 
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June 27 (Reuters) - South Africa beat British and Irish Lions 28-25 (halftime 8-16) in the second test match at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria on Saturday.

Scorers:

South Africa - Tries: JP Pietersen, Bryan Habana, Jaques Fourie; Conversions: Morne Steyn (2); Penalties: Francois Steyn, M. Steyn (2);

British and Irish Lions - Try: Rob Kearney; Conversion: Stephen Jones; Penalties: Jones (5); Drop goal: Jones

Yellow card: Schalk Burger (South Africa) 1

South Africa - 15-Francois Steyn, 14-JP Pietersen, 13-Adrian Jacobs, 12-Jean de Villiers (21-Jaque Fourie 56), 11-Bryan Habana, 10-Ruan Pienaar (22-Morne Steyn 61), 9-Fourie du Preez; 8-Pierre Spies, 7-Juan Smith (19-Danie Rossouw 59, 20-Heinrich Brussow 61), 6-Schalk Burger, 5-Victor Matfield, 4-Bakkies Botha (18-Andries Bekker 59), 3-John Smit, 2-Bismarck du Plessis, 1-Tendai Mtawarira.

Replacements not used: 16-Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17-Deon Carstens

British & Irish Lions - 15-Rob Kearney, 14-Tommy Bowe, 13-Brian O'Driscoll (22-Shane Williams 65), 12-Jamie Roberts (21-Ronan O'Gara 68), 11-Luke Fitzgerald, 10-Stephen Jones, 9-Mike Phillips; 8-Jamie Heaslip, 7-David Wallace (19-Martyn Williams 68), 6-Tom Croft, 5-Paul O'Connell, 4-Simon Shaw, 3-Adam Jones, (18-Alun Wyn Jones 46) 2-Matthew Rees, 1-Gethin Jenkins (17-Andrew Sheridan 46).  Continued...

 

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