2009 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa
International rugby union tour which took place in South Africa from May to July 2009 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2009 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa was an international rugby union tour which took place in South Africa from May to July 2009.
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Date | 30 May – 4 July |
Coach(es) | Ian McGeechan |
Tour captain(s) | Paul O'Connell |
Test series winners | South Africa (2–1) |
Top test point scorer(s) | Stephen Jones (39) |
Lions' top point scorer(s) | Stephen Jones (65) |
Top test try scorer(s) | Tom Croft (2) Shane Williams (2) |
Lions' top try scorer(s) | Ugo Monye (5) |
Player of the Series | Jamie Roberts |
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The British & Irish Lions played a three-match Test series against South Africa, with matches in Durban, Pretoria and Johannesburg, as well as matches against six provincial teams, and a match against the Emerging Springboks, South Africa's second national team. The Lions won all six provincial matches and drew with the Emerging Springboks, 13–13.
South Africa won the Test series, defeating the Lions 26–21 in the first Test, and then 28–25 in the second Test. The third Test was won by the Lions 28–9. The highlight of the series was the second Test, which the Lions led until the 76th minute, when they fell 25–22 behind. Stephen Jones then scored a penalty to tie the score at 25–25 with only two minutes left, but two minutes into injury time, Morné Steyn scored a 52-metre penalty kick to win the match for South Africa, 28–25.
The tour followed the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand and preceded the 2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia.