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Lions lose first Test despite fightback

South Africa 26 British and Irish Lions 21

Lions lose first Test despite fightback

Sat, 20 Jun, 2009 - 17:10

South Africa 26 British and Irish Lions 21

The battling British and Irish Lions produced a storming first Test fightback - but it was an agonising case of too little too late.

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Courts Rugby Lions 2009 Place: Everest Place: Pretoria Place: Johannesburg Place: ABSA Stadium Place: Indian Ocean Place: New Zealand Person: Tom Croft Person: Mike Phillips Person: Phil Vickery Person: Martin Johnson Person: Keith Wood Person: Jeremy Guscott Person: Peter de Villiers Person: John Smit Person: Deon Carstens Person: Smit Person: Heinrich Brussow Person: Ruan Pienaar Person: Francois Steyn Person: Christophe Berdos Person: Brian O’Driscoll Person: Stephen Jones Person: Lee Byrne Person: Ugo Monye Person: Pienaar Person: Monye Person: J P Pietersen Person: Jean De Villiers Person: Berdos’Person: Lee Mears Person: David Wallace Person: Jones Person: Steyn Person: Mtawarira Person: Jamie Roberts Person: Pietersen Person: Adi Jacobs Person: O’Driscoll Person: Croft Person: Jones’Person: Tommy Bowe Person: Bryce Lawrence Person: Roberts Person: Bowe Event: England World Cup Event: Lions Organisation: Lions Organisation: South Africa Organisation: Irish Lions Organisation: British Organisation: Springboks Organisation: Springboks’Organisation: Lions’

<p>TEAM UPDATE: JJ Hanrahan is set to miss Munster’s opening home game of the URC season this Saturday after failing a Head Injury Assessment in the round-one victory at Scarlets. Pic: ©INPHO/Ben Brady</p>

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