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South Africa v British & Irish Lions - 1st Test

Saturday 5pm, Sky Sports Action

After five warm-up matches and several weeks of pandemic-induced uncertainty, the British and Irish Lions’ three Test series against South Africa can finally take centre stage. The Lions’ last visit to South Africa (2009) was their last losing tour, and with the Springboks going into this series as the World Champions and the number one ranked nation (compared with second in 2009), a stern test has been promised.

The last four tours have been won or drawn by the team to take out game one, so the winner of this encounter will earn a significant advantage. The Lions themselves couldn’t beat the closing spread in either of their games against Japan or ‘South Africa A’, winning just one half on rugby on each occasion. This suggests some vulnerabilities could be exposed at some point in this Test, with their four victories of 40+ points against South African provincial sides perhaps a less accurate indication of where the squad is at.

An inability to find the line within the first 25 minutes in their last two fixtures would be of minor concern, particularly given the South Africans were on the board within the first 15 minutes in all three of their games in July (including as ‘South Africa A’) and that none of the Lions’ last 11 games against any opposition were won by the team who conceding the opening try (D2, L9).
We have Total Try Minutes at 164 - 177, Match Multi-Points at 430 - 471, and South Africa/British & Irish Lions Points Difference at -1 - 1 on the spreads, while on the fixed odds both sides are 11/10 to grab the victory, with a Draw at 18/1. You can check out the rest of our odds on the 1st Test here.


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The Hundred

Two matches will be played on Saturday - starting at 2.30pm as the Trent Rockets face the Southern Brave, followed at 6pm by Northern Superchargers v Welsh Fire. Sunday will also have two matches, with the same start times. London Spirit face the Oval Invincibles at 2.30pm, followed by Manchester Originals v Birmingham Phoenix at 6pm.

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tokyo Olympics

There will be several matches taking place in the Women's Olympics tournament, with some key fixtures including Japan v Great Britain and Netherlands v Brazil.

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