Worst ever performance by a Springbok team.😥

What a comeback

It is unfair of the British Lions to mention the disallowed try by Fergus Slattery in the 4th test without also mentioning the try awarded to them earlier in the match, when Roger Uttley probably did not score, but the try WAS awarded.

Great team. Phil Bennett!!! Unbelievable.

The 74 Lions were excellent but they played against the weakest SA side ever. South Africa had been cut off from international play because of politics for some time and just didnt have the experience. For the Lions to win 3-0 was unprecedented at the time but has never been repeated since.

An absolute disgrace that any British team were playing SA at the time. No fault of the players but the organisers should never be forgiven.

All five nations in harmony; as it should be!

RIP JPR Williams 1949 - 2024

it was almost impossible to win in S.a. those days, the refs were so bent, refs were paid big money to make sure of a S.A. win, the A.Bs were robbed time and time again, the poisoning of the A.Bs in 1995 is proof of their mindset, there was to much at stake for betting syndicates to let the opposition win, so, it became an unfair playing ground.

One of the greatest teams ever

Munster. Leinster. Nigel Owens. What more could you want?

Burying the kings

What a mighty ream the 1974 Lions were. Great forwards like Cotton, Brown, and Slattery and great backs like Bennett and JPR Williams, But the master of the team was Gareth Edwards who the Boks couldn't contain.

I'd forgotten how big a knob Barnes was/is, best thing ever happened for rugby was Sky losing the broadcast rights.

Phil Bennett was an absolute legend, and more importantly a gentleman. Aroha from New Zealand.

These men were my boyhood heroes.

J J Williams of Nantyfyllon a brilliant Winger and Centre

The second test in Pretoria. I was there. I was only 12 years old. One of the greatest moments of my life. Something you never forget.

What happened to the groundman in the first test? Did he go on strike that week? Great team. One of the all-time best from the British Isles.

“Sexton is not as confrontational as Contepomi” That didn’t age well 😂

Ever since the Clint Eastwood film "Invictus" went on general release and was criticized for being too liberal with actual facts I have always believed, and still do, that this tour would make for a better story for either the big or small screen - whether it be broadcast TV or a streaming service like Amazon Prime, Netflix or even Disney+. A mini series could absolutely do it justice. And I say Could rather than would because it would require the right people producing it, directing it and, it goes without saying, writing it. It's a tale that has all the ingredients for a must-see presentation.

During the time of Apartheid....touring sides whether cricket or rugby, used to play against a full team PLUS the Referee!! They were totally BIASED & most of the time the opposition was "ROBBED" It made South Africa look good during these Apartheid years!!!

The simple thing is rugby has been played for years. Was never a political sport. That's why is is so popular...

Interesting

Good job keep it up

Accordin to the BBC they used to be the British Lions when they won but British and Irish Lions when they lost

I'm sure I saw cabbages growing on the pitch at Newlands!

I was a little Springbok in those days - even though born in Britain. Wasn’t sad losing to these Lions.

That was just magical.

The best of the best Lions team ever, full stop ✋

Slattery’s try was good. The referee disallowed it to avoid a fourth defeat for the Boks.

So entertaining

I grew up believing that the Springboks are unbeatable because my dad told me so. Then this BLions team came when I was 11. These guys were at a different level with magical skills. They destroyed the Bok myth that year for me, but I also woke up the complacency in Springbok rugby.

RIP Phil Bennett - The greatest No 10 ever, just eding Barry Jon - In my book. What a great playe!!

Watching this again today after Phil Bennett passed, what a fabulous player shone bright in a team of legends.

It can be safely stated that the best flyhalf play ever produced on South African soil was by Phil Bennett during the tour of the 1974 British Lions. It was sheer genius. It was befittingly clearly illustrated when he started running from his own 25 in the 3rd test in Port Elizabeth to manufacture the try which put the test and the series beyond SA's reach. It suddenly dawned that the Springboks lost a home series for the first time ever. A genius who stepped into the big boots of the brilliant Cliff Morgan of the 1955 Lions. They will never be forgotten here in SA. We express our deepest condolences to his family and friends and his team mates over many seasons on his demise. He made sure that we can celebrate his life.

Rest in peace Benny 😑😒😐

the Redcoats are coming

Looking back after years of Leinster being the dominant team in Ireland and often in Europe as well, it’s so easy to forget the context leading in to this match. It really had a long build up in the media, so many articles and even a few Gift Grub skits dedicated to it. Leinster were perceived as “soft” in a way, and almost everyone expected Munster to come and do their usual number on them, send them home, and march on to another final. 2006 was very fresh in everyone’s memories, and Munster’s Red Army were once more coming to Leinster’s back yard to show them how it’s done in the business end of Europe. You can hear the shock from the commentary and see it in the faces in the crowd (from both sides) as Leinster did some bullying of their own. Leinster haven’t looked back since, and for a long time Munster did nothing but look back. Later that year, Leinster beat Munster 30-0 at the RDS in the Magners League, which almost felt like a continuation of this result and really cemented the new pecking order.

Fran Cotton was awesome

Phil Bennet what a player.. let alone the rest of that great group of players..

Notice all the Black people celebrating last try in 3rd test

1st test “ all those great players “ yet it was all kicking - massively overrated from that era

what was wrong with the grass in SA in the 1970s ?

"Big blow for Leisnter"... "not as confrontational".. Little did they know

The nadir of Rugby Union

if healy did that now be a straight red for sure. the laws around head shots have i think changed for the good.

Back in the days when men were Farmers steel workers or builders they were tough as nails wow!👏👏💯

I was crying while listening to this game with radio/wireless to my ear

This Tour defined my reason to be here. I was thirteen years old, the World became a challenge, the very Skies became the only limit. The Possible became doable. If you can dream it and work hard enough, it will happen.