 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Mumutambo werugby, kubvira pamusangano wavo wokutanga muna 1891, British Irish Lions nechikwata chenyika yeSouth Africa vakakwikwidzana mumitambo 13, neSouth Africa ichikunda mipfumbamwe kuine Lions ina, uye imwe yakadhirowewa muna 1955. Zvikwata zviviri izvi zvakatamba mitambo makumi mana nemapfumbamwe; South Africa yakakunda ka25 uye Lions ka18, uye mitambo mitanhatu yakasara yakatambwa zvisina kana munhu akahwina. Shumba dzakakunda mitsara miviri yokutanga pakati pemativi maviri muna 1891uye 1896, kusanganisira kukunda mumitambo mitanhatu yokutanga, asi ipapo havana kukunda imwe nhevedzano kutozosvikira rwendo rwavo rusingakundwi rwa1974. Mushure mekukunda kweSouth Africa mumakwikwi e1980, zvikwata zviviri izvi hazvina kusangana zvakare kusvika 1997 semhedzisiro yezvirango zveapartheid; Shumba dzakakunda mutambo we1997, South Africa isati yakahwina makwikwi maviri anotevera; 2009 na2021. 