Backs: SO Campbell (Old Belvedere and Ireland), J Carleton (Orrell and England), WG Davies (Cardiff and Wales), PW Dodge (Leicester and England), RWR Gravell (Llanelli and Wales), BH Hay (Boroughmuir and Scotland), TD Holmes (Cardiff and Wales), AR Irvine (Heriot's FP and Scotland), PJ Morgan (Llanelli and Wales), RC O'Donnell (St Mary's College and Ireland), CS Patterson (Instonians and Ireland), HE Rees (Neath and Wales), JM Renwick (Hawick and Scotland), DS Richards (Swansea and Wales), JC Robbie (Greystones and Ireland), MAC Slemen (Liverpool and England), SJ Smith (Sale and England), AJP Ward (Garryowen and Ireland), CR Woodward (Leicester and England)

Forwards: JR Beattie (Glasgow Academicals and Scotland), WB Beaumont (capt) (Fylde and England), PJ Blakeway (Gloucester and England), MJ Colclough (Angouleme and England), FE Cotton (Sale and England), SM Lane (Cardiff and Wales), AJ Martin (Aberavon and Wales), JB O'Driscoll (London Irish and Ireland), PA Orr (Old Wesley and Ireland), AJ Phillips (Cardiff and Wales), G Price (Pontypool and Wales), DL Quinnell (Llanelli and Wales), J Squire (Pontypool and Wales), I Stephens (Bridgend and Wales), AJ Tomes (Hawick and Scotland), CC Tucker (Shannon and Ireland), PJ Wheeler (Leicester and England), C Williams (Swansea and Wales), GP Williams (Bridgend and Wales)

Manager: Syd Millar, assistant manager and coach: Noel Murphy

Results:

History of the Lions: The 1980 tour

Lions 28-16 Eastern Province
Lions 28-6 SARA Invitation XV
Lions 21-15 Natal
Lions 22-19 SA Invitation XV
Lions 21-17 Orange Free State
Lions 15-6 SAR Federation XV
Lions 22-26 South Africa (Cape Town)
Lions 27-7 SA Country Districts
Lions 32-12 Transvaal
Lions 21-15 Eastern Transvaal
Lions 19-26 South Africa (Bloemfontein)
Lions 17-6 Junior Springboks
Lions 16-9 Northern Transvaal
Lions 10-12 South Africa (Port Elizabeth)
Lions 25-14 SA Barbarians
Lions 37-6 Western Province
Lions 23-19 Griqualand West
Lions 17-13 South Africa (Pretoria)