British and Irish Lions
Tour Test matches

British and Irish Lions

Section Title: Tour Test matches
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Year	To	Captain	Head coach	Top scorer in Tests	Result	Tests record

1888	New Zealand & Australia	England Robert Seddon England Andrew Stoddart	England Alfred Shaw England Arthur Shrewsbury	No Test matches played

1891	South Africa	Scotland Bill Maclagan	England Edwin Ash	England Arthur Rotherham, 4	Won	3–0

1896	South Africa	England Johnny Hammond Thomas Crean	England Roger Walker	England J. F. Byrne, 12	Won	3–1

1899	Australia	England Matthew Mullineux England Frank Stout	England Matthew Mullineux	England Charlie Adamson, 17	Won	3–1

1903	South Africa	Scotland Mark Morrison	England Johnny Hammond	Scotland John Gillespie, 4	Lost	0–1

1904	Australia & New Zealand	Scotland David Bedell-Sivright WalesTeddy Morgan	New Zealand Arthur O'Brien	Wales Percy Bush, 20	Won Lost	3–0 (Australia) 0–1 (New Zealand)

1908	New Zealand & Australia	Wales Arthur 'Boxer' Harding	England George Harnett	Wales Reggie Gibbs, 3 Wales Jack Jones, 3	Lost	0–2–1 (NZ) No tests against Australia

1910	South Africa	-	England William Cail WalesWalter E. Rees	England Jack Spoors, 9	Lost	1–2

1910	Argentina	England John Raphael	England R.V. Stanley	England Harold Monks, 10 (no test caps awarded)	Won	1–0

1924	South Africa	England Ronald Cove-Smith	Wales Harry Packer	England Tom Voyce, 6	Lost	0–3–1

1927	Argentina	Scotland David MacMyn	England James Baxter	England Ernest Hammett, 40 (no test caps awarded)	Won	4–0

1930	New Zealand & Australia	England Doug Prentice England Carl Aarvold	England James Baxter	England Carl Aarvold, 9	Lost Lost	1–3 (New Zealand) 0–1 (Australia)

1936	Argentina	England Bernard Gadney	England Doug Prentice	England John Brett, 7 (no test caps awarded)	Won	1–0

1938	South Africa	Ireland Sam Walker	EnglandMajor B.C. Hartley	WalesVivian Jenkins, 9	Lost	1–2

1950	New Zealand & Australia	-	England Leslie B. Osborne	Wales Lewis Jones, 26	Lost Won	0–3–1 (NZ) 2–0 (Australia)

1955	South Africa	-	-	England Jeff Butterfield, 12	Tied	2–2

1959	Australia & New Zealand	-	-	-	Won Lost	2–0 (Australia) 1–3 (New Zealand)

1962	South Africa	Scotland Arthur Smith EnglandDickie Jeeps	-	England John Willcox, 5	Lost	0–3–1

1966	Australia, & New Zealand	Wales David Watkins Scotland Mike Campbell-Lamerton	Wales John Robins	Scotland Stewart Wilson, 30	Won Lost	2–0 (Australia) 0–4 (New Zealand)

1968	South Africa	-	-	-	Lost	0–3–1

1971	New Zealand	Wales John Dawes	Wales Carwyn James	Wales Barry John, 30	Won	2–1–1

1974	South Africa	-	-	Wales Phil Bennett, 26	Won	3–0–1

1977	New Zealand	Wales Phil Bennett	Wales John Dawes	Wales Phil Bennett, 18	Lost	1–3

1980	South Africa	England Bill Beaumont	-	-	Lost	1–3

1983	New Zealand	-	Scotland Jim Telfer	-	Lost	0–4

1989	Australia	Scotland Finlay Calder	Scotland Ian McGeechan	Scotland Gavin Hastings, 28	Won	2–1

1993	New Zealand	Scotland Gavin Hastings	Scotland Ian McGeechan	Scotland Gavin Hastings, 38	Lost	1–2

1997	South Africa	England Martin Johnson	Scotland Ian McGeechan Scotland Jim Telfer	Wales Neil Jenkins, 41	Won	2–1

2001	Australia	England Martin Johnson	New Zealand Graham Henry	England Jonny Wilkinson, 36	Lost	1–2

2005	New Zealand	-	England Sir Clive Woodward	Wales Stephen Jones, 14	Lost	0–3

2009	South Africa	-	Scotland Ian McGeechan	Wales Stephen Jones, 39	Lost	1–2

2013	Australia	Wales Sam Warburton Wales Alun Wyn Jones	New Zealand Warren Gatland	Wales Leigh Halfpenny, 49	Won	2–1

2017	New Zealand	Wales Sam Warburton Ireland Peter O'Mahony	New Zealand Warren Gatland	England Owen Farrell, 31	Tied	1–1–1

2021	South Africa

Sentence(s)

The tour to South Africa in 1997 was a success for the Lions, who won the Test series 2–1.

final_sentence: The tour to South Africa in 1997 was a success for the Lions, who won the Test series 2–1.