2009 mid-year rugby test series

The 2009 mid-year rugby Test series (also known as the Summer Tours in the Northern Hemisphere) refers to the rugby union Internationals played from 23 May to 4 July 2009, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere.

The main event in the series was the Lions tour of South Africa, which involved three test matches, while France and Italy travelled to Oceania.

For Australia, New Zealand and South Africa the Tests also constituted preparation for the 2009 Tri Nations. There was also a short tour for the Barbarians, including their first ever match in Australia. The two main North American sides, Canada and the United States, used the series as preparation for their annual early-summer competition, the Churchill Cup, and for their 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying tie in July.

South Africa attempted to schedule two warm-ups for the Springboks before the Lions tour; however, only one eventually materialised, and it was not a full Test. Initial plans were that the Boks would play a late May test against neighbours Namibia at Windhoek, to be followed by a match in Soweto with New Zealand Māori. The Windhoek match morphed into a fixture between a South Africa XV and a "Namibian Invitational XV" made up mostly of South Africans, including five Springboks, won 36–7 by the South Africa XV on 29 May. The New Zealand Māori match went from a Springboks match to a South Africa XV match before being scrapped because the South African Rugby Union could not find sponsorship or a venue.

With the Lions tour taking place in South Africa, three of the four individual home unions fielded weakened, experimental sides in their matches, with Scotland not playing in this series. England played home friendlies against the Barbarians and Argentina and then travelled to Argentina for a return match with the Pumas, while Ireland and Wales went to North America. The first England-Argentina matchup was notable because the Argentine Rugby Union moved the game to England in effort to raise cash to help support their fledgling professional setup; the move was also convenient for their large contingent of European-based players.^[1] Argentina also played a match with the touring French Barbarians; while it was not an official Test, the Pumas fielded a mostly first-choice side.

Contents 1 Fixtures 1.1 Week 1 1.2 Week 2 1.3 Week 3 1.4 Week 4 1.5 Week 5 1.6 Week 6 1.7 Week 7 2 Notes and references

Fixtures

Week 1

23 May 2009 14:00 PTZ (UTC-07)	Canada	6 – 25	Ireland	Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia Attendance: 7,280 Referee: Chris White (England)
	Pen: Pritchard (2/2) 38', 43'	Report	Try: Murphy 18' c Whitten 63' c Buckley 69' m Con: Keatley (2/3) Pen: Keatley (2/3) 57', 61'

Week 2

30 May 2009 14:45 ETZ (UTC-04)	Canada	23 – 32	Wales	York Stadium, Toronto, Ontario Attendance: 8,450 Referee: Matt Goddard (Australia)
	Try: Duke 42' c Fairhurst 57' c Con: Pritchard (2/2) Pen: Pritchard (3) 9', 14', 31'	Report	Try: Czekaj 16' c T. James 48' c Con: Czekaj (1/1) Biggar (1/1) Pen: Biggar (6) 22', 28', 33', 52', 56', 72'

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30 May 2009 16:15 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)	England	26 – 33	Barbarians	Twickenham, London Attendance: 40,121 Referee: Romain Poite (France)
	Try: Foden Turner-Hall May Banahan Con: Goode (3)	Report	Try: Balshaw (2) Jack Elsom D'Arcy Con: Blair (4)

FB 15 Delon Armitage RW 14 Ben Foden OC 13 Jamie Noon IC 12 Jordan Turner-Hall LW 11 Matt Banahan FH 10 Andy Goode SH 9 Danny Care N8 8 Lewis Moody OF 7 Nick Easter BF 6 Chris Robshaw RL 5 Louis Deacon LL 4 Steve Borthwick (c) TP 3 Dave Wilson HK 2 Dylan Hartley LP 1 Tim Payne Substitutions: HK 16 Steve Thompson PR 17 Nick Wood LK 18 Chris Jones FL 19 Steffon Armitage N8 20 James Haskell SH 21 Paul Hodgson CE 22 Tom May Team manager: Martin Johnson

FB 15 Ben Blair RW 14 Doug Howlett OC 13 Josh Lewsey IC 12 Gordon D'Arcy LW 11 Iain Balshaw FH 10 Glen Jackson SH 9 Justin Marshall N8 8 Rocky Elsom OF 7 Serge Betsen BF 6 Jerry Collins RL 5 Chris Jack LL 4 Martin Corry (c) TP 3 Greg Somerville HK 2 Schalk Brits LP 1 Clarke Dermody Substitutes: HK 16 Sébastien Bruno PR 17 BJ Botha LK 18 Paul Tito FL 19 Phil Waugh SH 20 Chris Whitaker CE 21 Mike Catt WG 22 Ratu Nasiganiyavi Coach: Dai Young

31 May 2009 13:00 PTZ (UTC-07)	United States	10 – 27	Ireland	Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara, California Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Chris White (England)
	Try: Suniula 65' c Con: Malifa (1/1) Drop: Malifa (1/1) 63'	Report	Try: Casey 13' m Whitten 40'+2' m Penalty try 53' c Best 70' c Con: Keatley (2/4) Pen: Keatley (1/2) 24'

Week 3

6 June 2009 19:30 AEST (UTC+10)	Australia	55 – 7	Barbarians	Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 39,688 Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
	Try: Mitchell (2) Horwill Giteau Moore Alexander Pocock O'Connor Con: Giteau (4) Mortlock (2)	Report	Try: Balshaw Con: McAlister

15 Adam Ashley-Cooper 14 Lachlan Turner 13 Stirling Mortlock (c) 12 Berrick Barnes 11 Drew Mitchell 10 Matt Giteau 9 Luke Burgess 8 Richard Brown 7 George Smith 6 Matt Hodgson 5 Nathan Sharpe 4 James Horwill 3 Al Baxter 2 Stephen Moore 1 Benn Robinson Substitutions: 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau 17 Ben Alexander 18 Dean Mumm 19 David Pocock 20 Josh Valentine 21 Quade Cooper 22 James O'Connor Coach: Robbie Deans

15 Geordan Murphy 14 Iain Balshaw 13 Sonny Bill Williams 12 Seilala Mapusua 11 Josh Lewsey 10 Luke McAlister 9 Chris Whitaker 8 David Lyons 7 Phil Waugh (c) 6 Jerry Collins 5 Paul Tito 4 Chris Jack 3 BJ Botha 2 Sébastien Bruno 1 Clarke Dermody Substitutes: 16 Schalk Brits 17 Greg Somerville 18 Martin Corry 19 Serge Betsen 20 Justin Marshall 21 Glen Jackson 22 Ben Blair Coach: Dai Young

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6 June 2009 16:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)	England	37 – 15	Argentina	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 40,521[1] Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
	Try: Banahan 25' c D. Armitage (2) 59' c, 79' m Con: Goode (2/3) Pen: Goode (4/7) 7', 21', 44', 54' Drop: Goode (2/3) 17', 36'	Report	Pen: Hernández (4/6) 29', 38' 48', 51' Drop: Hernández (1/1) 1'

15 Delon Armitage 14 Mark Cueto 13 Dan Hipkiss 12 Tom May 11 Matt Banahan 10 Andy Goode 9 Danny Care 8 Nick Easter 7 Steffon Armitage 6 James Haskell 5 Louis Deacon 4 Steve Borthwick (c) 3 Dave Wilson 2 Dylan Hartley 1 Tim Payne Substitutes: 16 Steve Thompson 17 Julian White 18 Ben Kay 19 Jordan Crane 20 Paul Hodgson 21 Sam Vesty 22 Mathew Tait Team Manager: Martin Johnson

15 Horacio Agulla 14 Federico Martín Aramburú 13 Gonzalo Tiesi 12 Miguel Avramovic 11 Gonzalo Camacho 10 Juan Martín Hernández 9 Nicolás Vergallo 8 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe (c) 7 Juan Manuel Leguizamón 6 Alvaro Galindo 5 Patricio Albacete 4 Manuel Carizza 3 Juan Pablo Orlandi 2 Alberto Vernet Basualdo 1 Rodrigo Roncero Substitutions: 16 Eusebio Guiñazu 17 Marcos Ayerza 18 Esteban Lozada 19 Alejandro Abadie 20 Alfredo Lalanne 21 Santiago Fernández 22 Lucas González Amorosino Coach: Santiago Phelan

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6 June 2009 13:00 CTZ (UTC-05)	United States	15 – 48	Wales	Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois Attendance: 6,264[2] Referee: Matt Goddard (Australia)
	Try: Tuilevuka 53' c Gagiano 80' m Con: DeBartolo (1/2) Pen: DeBartolo (1/1) 13'	Report	Try: M. Jones 15' c Davies (2) 21' c, 79' c Penalty try 35' c T. James 62' c Cooper 70' c Con: Robinson (3/3) T. James (1/1) Biggar (2/2) Pen: Robinson (2/2) 9', 11'

Week 4

13 June 2009 16:10 ART (UTC-03)	Argentina	24 – 22	England	Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
	Try: Leguizamón 2' m Camacho 42' c Con: Hernández (1/2) Pen: Hernández (3) 14', 19', 23' Drop: Hernández (1) 70'	Report	Try: Banahan 77' c Con: Goode (1/1) Pen: Goode (5) 7', 46', 50', 56', 69'

15 Horacio Agulla 14 Francisco Leonelli 13 Gonzalo Tiesi 12 Santiago Fernández 11 Gonzalo Camacho 10 Juan Martín Hernández 9 Alfredo Lalanne 8 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe (c) 7 Juan Manuel Leguizamón 6 Genaro Fessia 5 Patricio Albacete 4 Rimas Álvarez Kairelis 3 Marcos Ayerza 2 Mario Ledesma 1 Rodrigo Roncero Substitutions: 16 Alberto Vernet Basualdo 17 Juan Pablo Orlandi 18 Esteban Lozada 19 Manuel Carizza 20 Nicolás Vergallo 21 Miguel Avramovic 22 Lucas González Amorosino Coach: Santiago Phelan

15 Delon Armitage 14 Mark Cueto 13 Dan Hipkiss 12 Tom May 11 Matt Banahan 10 Andy Goode 9 Danny Care 8 Nick Easter 7 Steffon Armitage 6 Chris Robshaw 5 Louis Deacon 4 Steve Borthwick (c) 3 Julian White 2 Dylan Hartley 1 Tim Payne Substitutes: 16 George Chuter 17 Dave Wilson 18 Ben Kay 19 James Haskell 20 Paul Hodgson 21 Sam Vesty 22 Mathew Tait Team Manager: Martin Johnson

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13 June 2009 19:30 AEST (UTC+10)	Australia	31 – 8	Italy	Canberra Stadium, Canberra Attendance: 22,468 Referee: Romain Poite (France)
	Try: O'Connor (3) 3' m, 28' m, 58' c Giteau 33' c Mortlock 47' c Con: Giteau (3/5)	Report	Try: Robertson 42' m Pen: McLean (1/1) 40'+1'

15 James O'Connor 14 Lachlan Turner 13 Stirling Mortlock (c) 12 Berrick Barnes 11 Drew Mitchell 10 Matt Giteau 9 Luke Burgess 8 Richard Brown 7 George Smith 6 Dean Mumm 5 Nathan Sharpe 4 James Horwill 3 Al Baxter 2 Stephen Moore 1 Benn Robinson Substitutions: 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau 17 Ben Alexander 18 Peter Kimlin 19 David Pocock 20 Josh Valentine 21 Quade Cooper 22 Adam Ashley-Cooper Coach: Robbie Deans

15 Luke McLean 14 Kaine Robertson 13 Mirco Bergamasco 12 Matteo Pratichetti 11 Alberto Sgarbi 10 Craig Gower 9 Pablo Canavosio 8 Sergio Parisse (c) 7 Mauro Bergamasco 6 Alessandro Zanni 5 Carlo Del Fava 4 Quintin Geldenhuys 3 Fabio Staibano 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini 1 Salvatore Perugini Substitutes: 16 Franco Sbaraglini 17 Ignacio Rouyet 18 Marco Bortolami 19 Paul Derbyshire 20 Tito Tebaldi 21 Kristopher Burton 22 Gonzalo Garcia Coach: Nick Mallett

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13 June 2009 19:35 NZST (UTC+12)	New Zealand	22 – 27	France	Carisbrook, Dunedin Attendance: 32,000[3] Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
	Try: Messam 40' m Nonu 75' m Pen: Donald (4/5) 12', 39', 49', 57'	Report	Try: Trinh-Duc 17' c Servat 27' c Médard 70' c Con: Dupuy (3/3) Pen: Dupuy (2/3) 3', 66'

15 Mils Muliaina (c) 14 Cory Jane 13 Isaia Toeava 12 Ma'a Nonu 11 Joe Rokocoko 10 Stephen Donald 9 Jimmy Cowan 8 Liam Messam 7 Adam Thomson 6 Kieran Read 5 Isaac Ross 4 Brad Thorn 3 Neemia Tialata 2 Andrew Hore 1 Tony Woodcock Substitutions: 16 Keven Mealamu 17 John Afoa 18 Bryn Evans 19 Tanerau Latimer 20 Piri Weepu 21 Luke McAlister 22 Lelia Masaga Coach: Graham Henry

15 Maxime Médard 14 Cédric Heymans 13 Mathieu Bastareaud 12 Vincent Clerc 11 Damien Traille 10 François Trinh-Duc 9 Julien Dupuy 8 Louis Picamoles 7 Fulgence Ouedraogo 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c) 5 Romain Millo-Chluski 4 Pascal Pape 3 Sylvain Marconnet 2 William Servat 1 Fabien Barcella Substitutes: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski 17 Thomas Domingo 18 Sébastien Chabal 19 Rémy Martin 20 Dimitri Yachvili 21 Yannick Jauzion 22 Alexis Palisson Coach: Marc Lièvremont

Week 5

20 June 2009 16:00 ART (UTC-03)	Argentina	32 – 18	French Barbarians	Vélez Sársfield, Buenos Aires Referee: Federico Cuesta (Argentina)
	Try: Leguizamón 40' m Fernández 41' m Camacho 63' c Con: Hernández (1/3) Pen: Hernández (5) 6', 16', 19', 23', 28'	Report	Try: Tomiki 52' c Gobelet 80' m Con: Mélé (1/2) Pen: Mélé 44' Drop: Mélé 25'

15 Lucas González Amorosino 14 Lucas Borges 13 Gonzalo Tiesi 12 Santiago Fernández 11 Gonzalo Camacho 10 Juan Martín Hernández 9 Alfredo Lalanne 8 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe (c) 7 Juan Manuel Leguizamón 6 Genaro Fessia 5 Patricio Albacete 4 Rimas Álvarez Kairelis 3 Marcos Ayerza 2 Mario Ledesma 1 Rodrigo Roncero Substitutions: 16 Alberto Vernet Basualdo 17 Eusebio Guiñazu 18 Esteban Lozada 19 Alvaro Galindo 20 Nicolás Vergallo 21 Federico Martín Aramburú 22 Mauro Comuzzi Coach: Santiago Phelan

15 Nicolas Brusque 14 Jean-Baptiste Gobelet 13 Geoffroy Messina 12 Brian Liebenberg 11 Yves Donguy 10 David Mélé 9 Nicolas Durand 8 Florian Faure 7 Yannick Nyanga 6 Leiataua Tomiki 5 Matthias Rolland 4 David Auradou (c) 3 David Attoub 2 Benoît August 1 Arnauld Tchougong Substitutes: 16 Mathieu Blin 17 Jean-Baptiste Poux 18 Grégory Lamboley 19 Marc Giraud 20 Sébastien Fauqué 21 Jean-Baptiste Peyras 22 Julien Saubade Coach: Guy Novès

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20 June 2009 20:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Australia	34 – 12	Italy	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 20,280 Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
	Try: Polota-Nau 10' m Cross 25' c Ashley-Cooper (2) 38' m, 75' c Turner 69' c Con: O'Connor (2/4) Barnes (1/1) Pen: O'Connor (1/1) 23'	Report	Pen: McLean (4/6) 2', 30', 45', 62'

15 James O'Connor 14 Lachlan Turner 13 Ryan Cross 12 Quade Cooper 11 Peter Hynes 10 Berrick Barnes 9 Luke Burgess 8 George Smith (c) 7 David Pocock 6 Peter Kimlin 5 Dean Mumm 4 James Horwill 3 Ben Alexander 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau 1 Pekahou Cowan Substitutions: 16 Stephen Moore 17 Benn Robinson 18 Nathan Sharpe 19 Phil Waugh 20 Josh Valentine 21 Matt Giteau 22 Adam Ashley-Cooper Coach: Robbie Deans

15 Luke McLean 14 Giulio Rubini 13 Gonzalo Canale 12 Gonzalo Garcia 11 Alberto Sgarbi 10 Craig Gower 9 Tito Tebaldi 8 Sergio Parisse (c) 7 Simone Favaro 6 Jean-François Montauriol 5 Marco Bortolami 4 Tommaso Reato 3 Fabio Staibano 2 Franco Sbaraglini 1 Matias Aguero Substitutes: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini 17 Salvatore Perugini 18 Quintin Geldenhuys 19 Alessandro Zanni 20 Giulio Toniolatti 21 Kristopher Burton 22 Roberto Quartaroli Coach: Nick Mallett

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20 June 2009 19:35 NZST (UTC+12)	New Zealand	14 – 10	France	Westpac Stadium, Wellington Attendance: 29,394 Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
	Try: Nonu 25' m Pen: Donald (2/4) 39', 56' McAlister (1/1) 65'	Report	Try: Heymans 44' c Con: Dupuy (1/1) Pen: Yachvili (1/2) 67'

15 Mils Muliaina (c) 14 Cory Jane 13 Conrad Smith 12 Ma'a Nonu 11 Joe Rokocoko 10 Stephen Donald 9 Jimmy Cowan 8 Kieran Read 7 Tanerau Latimer 6 Jerome Kaino 5 Isaac Ross 4 Brad Thorn 3 Neemia Tialata 2 Keven Mealamu 1 Tony Woodcock Substitutions: 16 Aled de Malmanche 17 John Afoa 18 Bryn Evans 19 George Whitelock 20 Piri Weepu 21 Luke McAlister 22 Isaia Toeava Coach: Graham Henry

15 Maxime Médard 14 Cédric Heymans 13 Maxime Mermoz 12 Vincent Clerc 11 Damien Traille 10 François Trinh-Duc 9 Julien Dupuy 8 Louis Picamoles 7 Fulgence Ouedraogo 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c) 5 Romain Millo-Chluski 4 Sébastien Chabal 3 Nicolas Mas 2 William Servat 1 Fabien Barcella Substitutes: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski 17 Thomas Domingo 18 Rémy Martin 19 Damien Chouly 20 Dimitri Yachvili 21 Yannick Jauzion 22 Mathieu Bastareaud Coach: Marc Lièvremont

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20 June 2009 15:00 SAST (UTC+02)	South Africa	26 – 21	British and Irish Lions	ABSA Stadium, Durban Attendance: 47,813 Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
	Try: Smit 5' c Brussow 46' c Con: Pienaar (2/2) Pen: Pienaar (3/4) 9', 31', 34' F. Steyn (1/2) 19'	Report	Try: Croft (2) 23' c, 68' c Phillips 75' c Con: S. Jones (3/3)

15 François Steyn 14 JP Pietersen 13 Adrian Jacobs 12 Jean de Villiers 11 Bryan Habana 10 Ruan Pienaar 9 Fourie du Preez 8 Pierre Spies 7 Juan Smith 6 Heinrich Brussow 5 Victor Matfield 4 Bakkies Botha 3 John Smit (c) 2 Bismarck du Plessis 1 Tendai Mtawarira Substitutions: 16 Gurthro Steenkamp 17 Deon Carstens 18 Andries Bekker 19 Danie Rossouw 20 Ricky Januarie 21 Jaque Fourie 22 Morne Steyn Coach: Peter de Villiers

15 Lee Byrne 14 Tommy Bowe 13 Brian O'Driscoll 12 Jamie Roberts 11 Ugo Monye 10 Stephen Jones 9 Mike Phillips 8 Jamie Heaslip 7 David Wallace 6 Tom Croft 5 Paul O'Connell (c) 4 Alun Wyn Jones 3 Phil Vickery 2 Lee Mears 1 Gethin Jenkins Substitutes: 16 Matthew Rees 17 Adam Jones 18 Donncha O'Callaghan 19 Martyn Williams 20 Harry Ellis 21 Ronan O'Gara 22 Rob Kearney Manager: Ian McGeechan

Week 6

27 June 2009 20:05 AEST (UTC+10)	Australia	22 – 6	France	ANZ Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 43,588 Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
	Try: Giteau 17' c Con: Giteau (1/1) Pen: Giteau (5/6) 26', 42', 45', 51', 55'	Report	Pen: Beauxis (1/2) 20' Yachvili (1/1) 60'

15 Adam Ashley-Cooper 14 Lachlan Turner 13 Stirling Mortlock (c) 12 Berrick Barnes 11 Drew Mitchell 10 Matt Giteau 9 Luke Burgess 8 Richard Brown 7 George Smith 6 Dean Mumm 5 Nathan Sharpe 4 James Horwill 3 Al Baxter 2 Stephen Moore 1 Benn Robinson Substitutions: 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau 17 Ben Alexander 18 Phil Waugh 19 David Pocock 20 Josh Valentine 21 Ryan Cross 22 James O'Connor Coach: Robbie Deans

15 Damien Traille 14 Maxime Médard 13 Florian Fritz 12 Maxime Mermoz 11 Cédric Heymans 10 Lionel Beauxis 9 Dimitri Yachvili 8 Julien Puricelli 7 Fulgence Ouedraogo 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c) 5 Romain Millo-Chluski 4 Pascal Pape 3 Sylvain Marconnet 2 Dimitri Szarzewski 1 Fabien Barcella Substitutes: 16 Guilhem Guirado 17 Nicolas Mas 18 Rémy Martin 19 Damien Chouly 20 Julien Dupuy 21 Vincent Clerc 22 Julien Arias Coach: Marc Lièvremont

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27 June 2009 19:35 NZST (UTC+12)	New Zealand	27 - 6	Italy	AMI Stadium, Christchurch Attendance: 19,000 Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
	Try: Rokocoko 23' c Ross 56' c Whitelock 68' c Con: McAlister (3/3) Pen: McAlister (2/2) 8', 27'	Report	Pen: McLean (2/4) 32', 54'

15 Mils Muliaina (c) 14 Lelia Masaga 13 Isaia Toeava 12 Ma'a Nonu 11 Joe Rokocoko 10 Luke McAlister 9 Brendon Leonard 8 Kieran Read 7 Tanerau Latimer 6 Jerome Kaino 5 Isaac Ross 4 Brad Thorn 3 John Afoa 2 Keven Mealamu 1 Wyatt Crockett Substitutions: 16 Aled de Malmanche 17 Tony Woodcock 18 Owen Franks 19 Bryn Evans 20 George Whitelock 21 Piri Weepu 22 Cory Jane Coach: Graham Henry

15 Luke McLean 14 Kaine Robertson 13 Gonzalo Canale 12 Gonzalo Garcia 11 Mirco Bergamasco 10 Craig Gower 9 Tito Tebaldi 8 Sergio Parisse (c) 7 Mauro Bergamasco 6 Alessandro Zanni 5 Marco Bortolami 4 Quintin Geldenhuys 3 Ignacio Rouyet 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini 1 Salvatore Perugini Substitutes: 16 Franco Sbaraglini 17 Fabio Staibano 18 Carlo Antonio Del Fava 19 Simone Favaro 20 Guilio Toniolatti 21 Kristopher Burton 22 Matteo Pratichetti Coach: Nick Mallett

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27 June 2009 15:00 SAST (UTC+02)	South Africa	28 – 25	British and Irish Lions	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
	Try: Pietersen 12' m Habana 63' c Fourie 74' c Con: M. Steyn (2/2) Pen: F. Steyn (1/2) 40'+1' M. Steyn (2/2) 67', 80'+1'	Report	Try: Kearney 7' c Con: S. Jones (1/1) Pen: S. Jones (5/5) 2', 15', 59', 65', 76' Drop: S. Jones (1/1) 35'

FB 15 François Steyn RW 14 JP Pietersen OC 13 Adrian Jacobs IC 12 Jean de Villiers LW 11 Bryan Habana FH 10 Ruan Pienaar SH 9 Fourie du Preez N8 8 Pierre Spies BF 7 Juan Smith OF 6 Schalk Burger RL 5 Victor Matfield LL 4 Bakkies Botha TP 3 John Smit (c) HK 2 Bismarck du Plessis LP 1 Tendai Mtawarira Substitutes: HK 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle PR 17 Deon Carstens LK 18 Andries Bekker N8 19 Danie Rossouw FL 20 Heinrich Brussow CE 21 Jaque Fourie FH 22 Morne Steyn Coach: Peter de Villiers

FB 15 Rob Kearney RW 14 Tommy Bowe OC 13 Brian O'Driscoll IC 12 Jamie Roberts LW 11 Luke Fitzgerald FH 10 Stephen Jones SH 9 Mike Phillips N8 8 Jamie Heaslip OF 7 David Wallace BF 6 Tom Croft RL 5 Paul O'Connell (c) LL 4 Simon Shaw TP 3 Adam Jones HK 2 Matthew Rees LP 1 Gethin Jenkins Substitutes: HK 16 Ross Ford PR 17 Andrew Sheridan LK 18 Alun Wyn Jones FL 19 Martyn Williams SH 20 Harry Ellis FH 21 Ronan O'Gara WG 22 Shane Williams Manager: Ian McGeechan

Week 7

4 July 2009 15:00 SAST (UTC+02)	South Africa	9 – 28	British and Irish Lions	Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg Attendance: 58,318 Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
	Pen: M. Steyn (3/3) 12', 40+1', 68'	Report	Try: S. Williams (2) 25' m, 33' c Monye 54' c Con: S. Jones (2/3) Pen: S. Jones (3/4) 9', 72', 73'

FB 15 Zane Kirchner RW 14 Odwa Ndungane OC 13 Jaque Fourie IC 12 Wynand Olivier LW 11 Jongi Nokwe FH 10 Morné Steyn SH 9 Fourie du Preez N8 8 Ryan Kankowski BF 7 Juan Smith OF 6 Heinrich Brüssow RL 5 Victor Matfield LL 4 Johann Muller TP 3 John Smit (c) HK 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle LP 1 Tendai Mtawarira Substitutes: HK 16 Bismarck du Plessis PR 17 Gurthro Steenkamp PR 18 Deon Carstens LK 19 Steven Sykes N8 20 Pierre Spies FH 21 Ruan Pienaar FB 22 François Steyn Coach: Peter de Villiers

FB 15 Rob Kearney RW 14 Ugo Monye OC 13 Tommy Bowe IC 12 Riki Flutey LW 11 Shane Williams FH 10 Stephen Jones SH 9 Mike Phillips N8 8 Jamie Heaslip OF 7 Martyn Williams BF 6 Joe Worsley RL 5 Paul O'Connell (c) LL 4 Simon Shaw TP 3 Phil Vickery HK 2 Matthew Rees LP 1 Andrew Sheridan Substitutes: HK 16 Ross Ford PR 17 John Hayes LK 18 Alun Wyn Jones FL 19 David Wallace FL 20 Tom Croft SH 21 Harry Ellis FH 22 James Hook Manager: Ian McGeechan

Notes and references

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
H. Cup	Six Nations Championship		Heineken Cup		Mid-Year Tests				H. Cup	End of year Int'ls	H. Cup
				British & Irish Lions Tour
English Premiership								English Premiership
Celtic League								Celtic League
Top 14							Top 14
Top League							Top League
			Shute Shield
						Currie Cup
Sevens											Sevens
		World Cup Sevens	Pacific Rugby Cup		Churchill Cup	Air New Zealand Cup
	Super 14				Pacific Nations Cup	Tri Nations