Key facts on Saturday's first test between South Africa and British & Irish Lions:
When: July 31, 6 p.m. (1600 GMT)
Where: Cape Town Stadium (no spectators)
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Nic Berry (Australia), Mathieu Raynal (France)
TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
SOUTH AFRICA
Coach: Jacques Nienaber
Captain: Siya Kolisi
Team: 15-Willie le Roux, 14-Cheslin Kolbe, 13-Lukhanyo Am, 12-Damian de Allende, 11-Makazole Mapimpi, 10-Handre Pollard, 9-Faf de Klerk, 8-Jasper Wiese, 7-Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6-Siya Kolisi (capt), 5-Franco Mostert, 4-Eben Etzebeth, 3-Frans Malherbe, 2-Bongi Mbonambi, 1-Steven Kitshoff
Replacements: 16-Malcolm Marx, 17-Trevor Nyakane, 18-Vincent Koch, 19-Lood de Jager, 20-Marco van Staden, 21-Kwagga Smith, 22-Herschel Jantjies, 23-Damian Willemse
BRITISH & IRISH LIONS
Coach: Warren Gatland
Captain: Alun Wyn Jones
Team: 15-Stuart Hogg, 14-Anthony Watson, 13-Chris Harris, 12-Robbie Henshaw, 11-Duhan van der Merwe, 10-Dan Biggar, 9-Conor Murray, 8-Jack Conan, 7-Tom Curry, 6-Courtney Lawes, 5-Alun Wyn Jones (captain), 4-Maro Itoje, 3-Tadhg Furlong, 2-Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1-Mako Vunipola
Replacements: 16-Ken Owens, 17-Rory Sutherland, 18-Kyle Sinckler, 19-Tadhg Beirne, 20-Taulupe Faletau, 21-Ali Price, 22-Owen Farrell, 23-Elliot Daly
OVERALL RECORD
Played: 47
South Africa wins: 23
Draws: 6
British & Irish Lions wins: 18
LAST FIVE MEETINGS
2021 Soith Africa 19-22 British & Irish Lions Cape Town
2009 South Africa 9-28 British & Irish Lions Johannesburg
2009 South Africa 28-25 British & Irish Lions Pretoria
2009 South Africa 26-21 British & Irish Lions Durban
1997 South Africa 35-16 British & Irish Lions Johannesburg
(Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
