 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 yekutanga pakati pemativi maviri muna 1891 na1896, kusanganisira kukunda mumitambo mitanhatu yekutanga, asi ipapo havana kukunda imwe nhevedzano kusvika kushanya kwavo kusingakundiki kwa1974. Pashure pokukunda kweSouth Africa mumutsara wa1980, zvikwata zviviri izvi hazvina kusangana zvakare kusvika muna 1997 nekuda kwezvirango zveapartheid; Shumba dzakakunda mutambo wa1997, South Africa isati yakunda makwikwi maviri anotevera; 2009 na2021. 