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The 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa was an international rugby union tour that took place in South Africa in July and August 2021. The British & Irish Lions, a team selected from players eligible to represent England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales, played a three-match test series against South Africa, and tour matches against three of South Africa's four United Rugby Championship teams and South Africa A.

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted the tour, leading to numerous schedule changes and the matches in South Africa taking place without fans present. Before leaving for South Africa, the Lions beat Japan in a warm-up match at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. They won all of their matches against the South African franchises, but lost to South Africa A.

South Africa won the test series by two matches to one. The Lions won the first test 22–17 on 24 July, but South Africa won the second test 27–9 a week later before winning the third test 19–16 with a late penalty on 7 August.

Warren Gatland was the Lions' head coach, making him only the second coach to lead the team on three consecutive tours. Alun Wyn Jones of Wales was the Lions' tour captain, but was injured in the home match against Japan on 26 June; he initially withdrew from the squad before returning three weeks later. Ireland's Conor Murray took over as captain during Jones' absence.

**Løvenes tur**

Løvenes tur er en serie rugbyunionkamper mellom de britiske og irske løvene og et vertsland på den sørlige halvkule. Den første turen ble arrangert i 1888 til Australia og New Zealand, og siden har den blitt holdt hvert fjerde år.

Løvene er et lag som består av de beste spillerne fra England, Skottland, Wales og Irland. Vertslandet er vanligvis et av de store rugbynasjonene på den sørlige halvkule, som New Zealand, Australia eller Sør-Afrika.

Turen består av en serie kamper, inkludert tester mot vertslandets landslag, samt kamper mot regionale lag og klubber. Løvene prøver å vinne testserien, som vanligvis består av tre kamper.

Løvenes tur er et prestisjetungt arrangement som tiltrekker seg stor oppmerksomhet fra rugbyfans over hele verden. Dette er en mulighet for det beste fra den nordlige halvkulen å måle seg mot det beste fra den sørlige halvkulen, og det gir ofte spennende og minneverdige kamper.