England fly-half Rob Andrew was on-form for the Lions on this day in 1993 © Getty Images

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Teams: Australia | British and Irish Lions | England | Scotland | South Africa

1993
Rob Andrew collected a full house of scores - try, conversion, penalty and drop goal - to steer the Lions to a 28-10 victory over Canterbury in the fourth match of their tour.

The Lions were coached by Ian McGeechan and Dick Best while Scotland's Gavin Hastings was handed the captaincy of the side. The elite tourists lost the opening Test against the All Blacks 20-18 in Christchurch before levelling the series with a record 20-7 victory in Wellington. But the All Blacks claimed the glory with a 30-13 triumph in the deciding clash in Auckland.

1971
Lions prop Sean Lynch and Maori flanker Val Baker left the field bound for hospital in the same ambulance after Baker broke his wrist back-handing Lynch, who had to have 14 stitches inserted in a mouth wound. The Lions won 23-12 at Eden Park.

Coached by Carwyn James and captained by John Dawes, the Lions had lost their opening tour game to Queensland in Australia but got back to winning ways against New South Wales before moving on to New Zealand.

The Lions claimed a narrow 9-3 victory in the first Test against the All Blacks before the hosts levelled the series with 22-12 win in their second clash. The Lions edged ahead against with a 13-3 triumph in the third Test and an historic series triumph was theirs when New Zealand could only manage a 14-14 draw in the final match-up.

1987
Didier Camberabero set an individual scoring record for a major Test collecting 30 points in France's 70-12 win against Zimbabwe in a Rugby World Cup pool match in Auckland.

France's emphatic victory ensured they topped Pool 4 and set up a quarter-final clash against Fiji that they won 31-16 in Auckland. Les Bleus then edged out Australia 30-24 in an epic semi-final clash but they were convincingly beaten 29-9 by New Zealand in the tournament finale.

1928
In only their second match on South African soil the All Blacks lost 7-3 against a Western Province Town XV at Newlands.

1933
Australia played in South Africa for the first time, opening their tour with a 14-3 victory over Natal in Durban.

1959
For the first time a Lions side played under floodlights. The 8pm kick-off against Queensland in Brisbane was to the tourists liking as they won 39-11 in front of 6,000 spectators.

1963
Mont-de-Marsan, with the Boniface brothers and Christian Darrouy in their threequarter line, beat Dax 9-6 to lift the French Championship title for the first time.