British and Irish Lions 2021: Results, try-scorers and squad for South Africa tour
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British and Irish Lions Test results
24 July - First Test: South Africa 17-22 Lions
Try: Cowan-Dickie Con: Biggar Pens: Biggar 4, Farrell
31 July - Second Test: South Africa 27-9 Lions
Pens: Biggar 3
7 August - Third Test: South Africa 19-16 Lions
Try: Owens Pens: Russell 3 Con: Russell
All matches at Cape Town Stadium
Tour results
26 June - Lions 28-10 Japan (Murrayfield, Edinburgh)
Tries: Adams, Van der Merwe, Henshaw, Beirne
3 July - Sigma Lions 14-56 Lions (Ellis Park, Johannesburg)
Tries: Adams 4, Rees-Zammit, H Watson, Price, Davies
7 July - Cell C Sharks 7-54 Lions (Ellis Park, Johannesburg)
Tries: Adams 3, Van der Merwe 3, Aki, Rees-Zammit
10 July - Cell C Sharks 31-71 Lions (Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria)
Tries: George 2, A Watson 2, Beirne 2, Van der Merwe, Harris, Conan, Daly, Curry
14 July - South Africa A 17-13 Lions (Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town)
Try: W Jones
17 July - DHL Stormers 3-49 Lions (Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town)
Tries: Beard, Cowan-Dickie, Hill, Conan, Fagerson, Rees-Zammit, Simmonds
Who was in the British and Irish Lions 2021 squad?
Captain: Alun Wyn Jones/Conor Murray
Forwards: Adam Beard (Wal), Tadhg Beirne (Ire), Jack Conan (Ire), Luke Cowan-Dickie (Eng), Tom Curry (Eng), Zander Fagerson (Sco), Taulupe Faletau (Wal), Tadhg Furlong (Ire), Jamie George (Eng), Iain Henderson (Ire), Jonny Hill (Eng), Maro Itoje (Eng), Alun Wyn Jones (Wal), Wyn Jones (Wal), Ronan Kelleher (Ire), Courtney Lawes (Eng), Josh Navidi (Wal), Ken Owens (Wal), Sam Simmonds (Eng), Kyle Sinckler (Eng), Rory Sutherland (Sco), Mako Vunipola (Eng), Hamish Watson (Sco).
Backs: Josh Adams (Wal), Bundee Aki (Ire), Dan Biggar (Wal), Elliot Daly (Eng), Gareth Davies (Wal), Owen Farrell (Eng), Chris Harris (Sco), Robbie Henshaw (Ire), Stuart Hogg (Sco), Conor Murray (Ire), Ali Price (Sco), Louis Rees-Zammit (Wal), Finn Russell (Sco), Marcus Smith (Eng), Duhan van der Merwe (Sco), Anthony Watson (Eng), Liam Williams (Wal).
Squad changes
14 July - Alun Wyn Jones to rejoin the tour party after recovering from injury; Hooker Ronan Kelleher called up
10 July - England fly-half Marcus Smith called up as cover for Finn Russell
26 June - Adam Beard and Josh Navidi replaced Alun Wyn Jones and Justin Tipuric
Who were the British and Irish Lions 2021 coaches?
Head coach: Warren Gatland
Assistant coaches: Attack - Gregor Townsend; Forwards - Robin McBryde; Defence - Steve Tandy; Kicking - Neil Jenkins.
What happened on the last tour to South Africa?
South Africa won the first two Tests to clinch the 2009 series but the Lions roared back to win the third match in style.