Provincial and Invitational teams against the British & Irish Lions in 1997
Eastern Province XV 11 Lions 39 – Port Elizabeth (May 24)
Theo van Rensburg, Deon Kayser, Riaan van Jaarsveld, Hennie le Roux, Henry Pedro, Ken Ford (Ronnie Fourie 45), Chad Alcock, Jacques Greeff, Sam Scott-Young, Matthew Webber (Morné van der Merwe), Armand du Preez, Kobus Wiese, Willie Enslin, Jaco Kirsten (c), Danie Saayman.
Border 14 Lions 18 – East London (May 28)
Russell Bennett, Kelly Hilton-Green, Greg Hechter, Kaya Malotana, André Claasen, Greg Miller, John Bradbrook, André Fox, Anton Botha, Marius Swart, Johan Gebring, Streicher Botha, Delarey du Preez, Ruhan van Zyl (c), Heinrich Kok.
Western Province 21 Lions 38 – Cape Town (May 31)
Justin Swart, James Small, Robbie Fleck, Dick Muir (c, Louis Koen 57-60), Simon Berridge, Percy Montgomery, Stephen Hatley, Andrew Aitken, Robbie Brink, Corné Krige, Hottie Louw, Fritz van Heerden, Keith Andrews, Andrew Paterson, Gary Pagel (Toks van der Linde 57).
Mpumalanga 14 Lions 64 – Witbank (June 3)
Eben von Gericke, Johan Visagie, Riaan Potgieter, Gerry Gendall, Polla Nel, Rynhard van As, Dan van Zyl, Tobie Oosthuizen (c, Joe Beukes 73), Piet Joubert, Francois Rossouw, Elandré van den Bergh, Marius Bosman, André Botha, Henry Kemp, Hakkies Swart.
Blue Bulls 35 Lions 30 – Pretoria (June 6)
Graeme Bouwer (Jaco Taljaard 37-39), Wynand Lourens (Grant Esterhuizen 34), Johan Schutte, Danie van Schalkwyk, Casper Steyn, Roland de Marigny, Conrad Breytenbach, Adriaan Richter (c), Schutte Bekker, Nicky van der Walt (Ralf Schroeder 69), Derrick Badenhorst, Derrick Grobbelaar (Gerhard Laufs 39), Piet Boer (Matthew Proudfoot 70), Henry Tromp (Jannie Brooks 45), Lourens Campher.
Gauteng Lions 14 Lions 20 – Johannesburg (June 11)
Dawie du Toit, Joe Gillingham, Jannie van der Walt, Hennie le Roux, Pieter Hendriks, Louis van Rensburg, Johan Roux, André Vos, Warren Brosnihan, Piet Krause, Bruce Thorne, Kobus Wiese (c), Kapstok van Greuning (Balie Swart 60), Chris Rossouw (James Dalton 52), Roberto Grau.
Natal 12 Lions 42 – Durban (June 14)
Gavin Lawless, Shaun Payne, Jeremy Thomson, Pieter Muller, Joos Joubert, Hans Scriba, Robert du Preez, Dieter Kriese, Wayne Fyvie (c), Wickus van Heerden (Ryan Strudwick 29), John Slade, Nico Wegner, Robbie Kempson, John Allan, Ollie le Roux (John Smit 67).
Emerging Springboks 22 Lions 51 – Wellington (June 17)
MJ Smith (Kaya Malotana 65), Deon Kayser, Percy Montgomery, McNeil Hendricks, Paul Treu, Louis van Rensburg (Marius Goosen 22), Jopie Adlam (Kat Myburgh 11), Jaco Coetzee, Philip Smit, Warren Brosnihan, Ryno Opperman, Braam Els, Niel du Toit, Dale Santon (c), Robbie Kempson (Lourens Campher 68).
Free State 20 Lions 52 – Bloemfontein (June 24)
M J Smith; Jan-Harm van Wyk, Helgard Muller (c), Brendan Venter, Stephen Brink; Jannie de Beer, Andre Fourie (Heinre Jacobs 40), Jaco Coetzee, Rassie Erasmus, Charl van Rensburg, Braam Els, Ryno Opperman, Willie Meyer (Dougie Heymans 60), Charl Marais, Dirkie Groenewald.
Northern Free State 39 Lions 67 – Welkom (July 1)
Michael Ehrentraut (John Burrows 66), Rampie Harmse, Albertus van Buuren, Tommy de Beer, Willie Nagel, Eric Herbert, Jurie Jerling (c), Marthin Venter, Eugene Delport (Almero Michau 75), Henry Kershaw, Stephen Nieuwenhuysen, Koos Heydenrich, Baksteen Nel, Otto Wagener, Kobie Appelgryn.