South Africa v Lions - first Test - live!

Latest score - South Africa 26 Lions 21
3.43pm: South Africa 26 Lions 21 Jones converts!
3.42pm: South Africa 26 Lions 19 ...and Phillips races in from nowhere! He punches the ball away when he'd be better served taking it back to Stephen Jones, ready for the conversion.
3.41pm: The Lions are working so, so hard now...
3.38pm: Ugo Monye collects on the left, and Steyn tackles him and knocks the ball out of his hands, right on the line.
3.37pm: Penalty to the Lions, and they decide to go quickly and run in, all of a sudden enthused and infused with energy.
3.35pm: South Africa 26 Lions 14 The conversion makes the scoreline look slightly more respectable.
3.33pm: South Africa 26 Lions 12 After a period of Lions pressure, Tom Croft gets his second try of the afternoon, after a great run from Roberts.
3.29pm: O'Driscoll chips it sneakily out to Bowe on the right, but he can't gather.
3.24pm: And now Habana is taking on Bowe, as they both career out of play, into touch and into the hoardings.
3.18pm: And so the penalty is given to South Africa, because Rees punched a man on the ground, and that is, of course, foul play.
3.16pm: Bowe makes a break for it, and then tosses it back, with nobody claiming it. The referee awards a penalty for a knock-on and then Bryan Habana decides to have a scrap with Rees.
3.29pm: O'Driscoll chips it sneakily out to Bowe on the right, but he can't gather.
3.24pm: And now Habana is taking on Bowe, as they both career out of play, into touch and into the hoardings.
3.18pm: And so the penalty is given to South Africa, because Rees punched a man on the ground, and that is, of course, foul play.
3.16pm: Bowe makes a break for it, and then tosses it back, with nobody claiming it. The referee awards a penalty for a knock-on and then Bryan Habana decides to have a scrap with Rees. 3.11pm: Phillips lunges for the line, and the referee asks for clarification. Phillips loses the ball; Botha can't hold it, and Mears tries to put it down, but it's not given and it's a scrum.
3.08pm: South Africa 26 Lions 7 Pienaar converts.
3.07pm: South Africa 24 Lions 7 There is absolutely no way back for the Lions now. South Africa are simply too powerful, and this time it's Brussow who touches down.
3.04pm: South Africa are positively rampant, moving the Lions back by about 20 metres.
3pm: The teams assemble on the pitch ready for the second half, and with the Lions ready to put plan B into action.
2.49pm: And that's the last action of the half. The Lions have been cruelly awoken by the world champions so far.
2.48pm: Pienaar misses that kick from an acute angle. For the Lions, Byrne's gone off with a heel problem, and is replaced by Kearney.
2.46pm: The Lions have not been doing well in the scrums today, and yet again it's a penalty to South Africa after they fail to bind properly. 2.45pm: The referee apologises to Jones as he stops the game rather than letting the advantage accrue after a knock-on. Too late, though. It's a scrum.
2.43pm: South Africa 19 Lions 7 A great kick from Pienaar, looping nicely over the bar.
2.41pm: Another penalty to South Africa, this time for the Lions not releasing. Paul O'Connell is given a stern talking-to by the referee.
2.40pm: South Africa 16 Lions 7 Pienaar has more luck than his team-mate, not having to rely on sheer blast power and thus kicking with increased accuracy.
2.39pm: Pienaar's turn to kick, and he prepares himself with several muttered words of encouragement.
2.35pm: Terrible kick from Steyn - several metres wide.
2.31pm: South Africa 13 Lions 7 And the kick goes over.
2.30pm: South Africa 13 Lions 5 O'Driscoll cuts through, passing to Croft about ten yards from the line just before he's taken down. Croft does the rest, despite Steyn's best efforts.
2.28pm: South Africa 13 Lions 0 And he gets it.
2.27pm: South Africa get a penalty for the dangerous tackle, and Steyn is going to take it.
2.25pm: Du Preez is hit by Jenkins, and clatters to the ground, landing heavily on his shoulder.
2.22pm: Jones misses his second penalty. 2.21pm: The Lions have a spell of great running play, but South Africa reclaim possession, before Habana is halted by Jenkins.
2.20pm: Possession is slightly in the Lions' favour (55%), but frankly that means nothing when the Springboks are taking all their opportunities.
2.17pm: South Africa 10 Lions 0 Ruan Pienaar gets his second kick of the afternoon over, and this is ominous for the Lions.
2.13pm: Bryce Lawrence has absolutely no idea what his television-watching colleague is telling him. It is classic.
2.11pm: Ugo Monye takes a great ball from O'Driscoll and uses his explosive pace to cross the line, but De Villiers' arm is very much in the way as he touches down. The referee refers the decision...
2.09pm: South Africa 7 Lions 0 And Pienaar converts.
2.08pm: South Africa 5 Lions 0 John Smit charges over the line. The Lions were defending with utter desperation, and the try was inevitable.
2.06pm: Jones has the height and the distance but not the positioning.
2.05pm: Penalty to the Lions for offside. Stephen Jones throws an advertising hoarding out of the way, readying himself for the run-up.
2.04pm: De Villiers goes in with a shoulder on O'Driscoll, who kicks well upfield.
2.03pm: Here we go! South Africa kick off!
2pm: Time for the singing - the Lions don't seem to know whether they are going to have their arms round each other in fraternal solidarity, or put their arms straight down in front of them.
1.58pm: The flags are flying, and the teams are trotting up the tunnel. The home side take to the pitch to a huge roar from the crowd.
1.55pm: Seven Sharks starting today at the Absa Stadium, their home ground.
1.30pm: Good afternoon, everyone, and here are the teams for this afternoon's match -
South Africa: F Steyn, Pietersen, Jacobs, de Villiers, Habana, Pienaar, du Preez, Mtawarira, du Plessis, Smit, Botha, Matfield, Brussow, Smith, Spies.
Replacements: Steenkamp, Carstens, Bekker, Rossouw, Januarie, Fourie, M Steyn.
Lions: Byrne, Bowe, O'Driscoll, Roberts, Monye, S. Jones, Phillips, Jenkins, Mears, Vickery, A Jones, O'Connell, Croft, Wallace, Heaslip.
Replacements: Rees, A Jones, O'Callaghan, M. Williams, Ellis, O'Gara, Kearney.
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Source:The times