Summary

  • Result: South Africa A 17-13 British & Irish Lions in Cape Town

  • Prop Wyn Jones crashes over at start of second half v 13-man hosts

  • Hosts' solid defence keeps Lions at bay for remainder of second half

  • Lukhanyo Am and Sbu Nkosi tries gave hosts 17-3 half-time lead

  • Josh Adams missed game to join partner for birth of first child via Zoom

  • Owen Farrell replaced Dan Biggar in starting XV (minor ankle strain)

  • Ireland hooker Ronan Kelleher called up to join Lions squad

Live Reporting

Becky Grey and Sarah Rendell

  1. South Africa A 17-3 British and Irish Lions

    Anthony Watson gathers and is brought down by Sbu Nkosi.

    Josh Navidi goes first, then Wyn Jones... but it's lost forward and we'll go back to the earlier penalty.

    Here we go again.

  2. South Africa A 17-3 British and Irish Lions

    The Lions forwards make some headway. Just a couple of metres out and now they have an advantage.

    Owen Farrell kicks right...

  3. South Africa A 17-3 British and Irish Lions

    Ken Owens tries to swim through the waves of defenders and gets the Lions to within 5m.

  4. South Africa A 17-3 British and Irish Lions

    The Lions will be desperate for a try before half-time.

    It is not going to be pretty in the dressing rooms. A penalty gives them a half-chance and Owen Farrell kicks to the corner yet again. Can they make something happen this time?

  5. Kolbe is on fire

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  6. try

    Try - South Africa A 17-3 British and Irish Lions

    Lukhanyo Am (Steyn)

    Cheslin Kolbe gathers a kick and slides through a slither of space between Chris Harris and Louis Rees-Zammit.

    The wing finds captain Lukhanyo Am on the inside and that's another try for the hosts.

  7. South Africa A 10-3 British and Irish Lions

    The Lions are looking confused and a bit shaken. Conor Murray screams at his team-mates to move to the other side of the ruck and it takes them a moment to respond, further frustrating their captain.

    And now South Africa are away again!

  8. South Africa A 10-3 British and Irish Lions

    The entire South Africa squad spent six weeks isolating in their hotel rooms last week. Not only could they not train together, they could barely train at all. Just the most basic workouts they could complete in the space they had.

    And now they're leading the Lions 10-3. It is an incredible achievement for a side whose preparations have been so rocked by Covid.

  9. Penalty - South Africa A 10-3 British and Irish Lions

    Owen Farrell

    And the Lions are on the board!

    Owen Farrell swings his kick in from slightly left of the posts.

  10. South Africa A 10-0 British and Irish Lions

    Cheslin Kolbe manages to get hold of the ball, but the Lions were playing with advantage and Owen Farrell will have a go at three points.

  11. South Africa A 10-0 British and Irish Lions

    Elliot Daly jabs a kick through the Springboks defence but no one is there to gather.

    Taulupe Faletau steps his foot on the gas and gets the Lions back into the 22. The Lions have surely got to make something happen this time.

  12. South Africa A 10-0 British and Irish Lions

    Owen Farrell kicks to the corner again. Can the Lions make more headway from the line-out this time?

  13. South Africa A 10-0 British and Irish Lions

    Excellent work by the Lions front row. The scrum goes down and the Lions regain possession.

    Meanwhile, Liam Williams is off permanently after his head injury assessment. The Lions have just one back left on the bench with 55 minutes to go.

  14. South Africa A 10-0 British and Irish Lions

    The Lions are not off the hook yet. A knock-on gives South Africa a 5m scrum.

  15. South Africa A 10-0 British and Irish Lions

    "Use it or lose it" says the referee and South Africa choose the former.

    They recycle the ball and are brought down around 10m from the tryline.

    Willie le Roux goes right to Cheslin Kolbe, but the World Cup star falls between Louis Rees-Zammit and Conor Murray.

  16. South Africa A 10-0 British and Irish Lions

    Morne Steyn taps the ball into the corner.

    Huge test for the Lions' defence coming up.

  17. South Africa A 10-0 British and Irish Lions

    South Africa can't make much progress with their maul either, but unlike the Lions earlier they manage to win a penalty.

  18. South Africa A 10-0 British and Irish Lions

    Morne Steyn nudges the ball over the Lions defence after a scrum, but Elliot Daly grabs it.

    He passes to Louis Rees-Zammit who slices a kick out on the full. The Lions wing had Cheslin Kolbe bearing down on him, forcing the error.

    Rees-Zammit has a strong hair game if nothing else. There's a lightning strike shaved into the back of his head.

    Springboks line-out just outside the Lions' 22.

  19. Was Etzebeth's tackle high on Williams?

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  20. South Africa A 10-0 British and Irish Lions

    South African journalist Brenden Nel was on the Rugby Union Weekly podcast this week and said this match would show "how far behind" South Africa are.

    It doesn't look like they're too far behind at all right now...