South Africa vs Lions 1st Test 1997

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• DR

  @drchrisdavies2941 · 4 years ago

  Super match, so interesting to see how much lighter the packs were back then. So many talented players on both sides. Johnson looked every inch the leader. Dawson’s outrageous dummy!  So good to see Tom Smith in the front row RIP. I think the 97 series breathed new life into the Lions brand. Great to watch.

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• DE

  @dennism5731 · 3 years ago

  This is the game I played and loved, not the “league” rugby played today. Rucking, players built to play 80 minutes, scrums set immediately, no water breaks, no TMO’s, just honest effort, skill, and sportsmanship. Fantastic stuff.

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• JI

  @JimmieCooper-le6vj · 1 year ago

  Scott Gibbs !! What a player !!!

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• KM

  @KmT81 · 4 years ago (edited)

  South African Team which Apartheid was still in.<br>The &nbsp;British vs the Boers<br>It s a great pleasure &nbsp;to watch Rugby Vintage matches.<br>Dawson,the Fox with his great subtile play style by making faints.<br>Johnson, Charismatic Captain, Dallaglio too.<br>Rodber ,the Tank<br>Jenkins &nbsp;,the Welsh &nbsp; Kicker and Gibbs,the magic runner<br>Guscott, Speedy -Jerry, <br>Hill,Silent Assassin<br>Leonard and Wood ,the Wall Flanks<br>and the Scots Townsend and Tait.<br>R.I.P to &nbsp;Joost .

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• GL

  @glenn66-vv6cd · 1 year ago

  Newlands the best stadium in the world and always will be lots of memories great games played there

• KA

  @KatharineShaw-z8u · 3 years ago

  After the Boks won the 1995 RWC the following &nbsp;2 years were a miserable time for them as world champs. Losing 4 out of 5 tests against the ABs in 96 including a first ever series loss in SA and in 1997 losing to the Lions 2-1.

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• PA

  @patbassman8251 · 4 years ago

  How ungracious of the South Africans to walk in after the match without shaking their opponents hands.

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• MR

  @mrcmaths4613 · 4 years ago

  Thanks, magic memories!

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• GA

  @garyrobets6147 · 3 years ago

  I was there....🎉

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• EL

  @Elena-z4t5o · 1 year ago

  Nobody took note of how Tim Rodber was immense in this game...what a warrior

• NA

  @nathanwilliams2152 · 3 years ago

  That was a great South African side. &nbsp;Not sure why Straueli and Dalton didn&apos;t start, but Teichmann was one of the best No. 8s I&apos;ve ever seen. &nbsp;With the Rolls Royce of full backs in Joubert, the Lions really did play well. &nbsp;What are people&apos;s opinions of Honiball as a fly-half?

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• AN

  @andrewgirdlestone7607 · 1 year ago

  I wish whoever owns the rights to the footage of all matches and the living with the lions (one of the best sports documentaries ever!) would have this re mastered and put onto dvd pr blu ray?