South Africa ‘A’ beat the British and Irish Lions 17-13 in a warm-up game at the Cape Town Stadium on Wednesday evening.
The South Africans scored two tries while the visitors only had one fiver. Sbu Nkosi and Lukhanyo Am scored for SA ‘A’ and the visitors’ try came from Wyn Jones.
Morne Steyn contributed with a penalty and two conversions while Owen Farrel’s eight points came from two penalties and a conversion.
This is the first time the British and Irish Lions lost since they started playing warm-up matches. They beat the Sharks twice and the Lions once before Wednesday’s match.