Ireland v South Africa

Date:

Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)

Attendance: 51,000

Ireland v South Africa - Match Highlights

Ireland v South Africa - Match Stats

Ireland: (14) 38
Try: Conway (25'), Ruddock (71'), Herring (76'), Stockdale (81')
Conversion: Sexton (73'), Carbery (78', 81'+1)
Penalty: Sexton (4', 15', 20', 57')

South Africa: (0) 3
Penalty: Jantjies (44')

Man of the Match: Johnny Sexton (Ireland)


Ireland v South Africa - Team Line-ups

Ireland Team

Forwards

  • 1 Cian Healy
  • 2 Rory Best (Captain)
  • 3 Tadhg Furlong
  • 4 Iain Henderson
  • 5 Devin Toner
  • 6 Peter O'Mahony
  • 7 Sean O'Brien
  • 8 CJ Stander

Backs

  • 9 Conor Murray
  • 10 Johnny Sexton
  • 11 Jacob Stockdale
  • 12 Bundee Aki
  • 13 Robbie Henshaw
  • 14 Andrew Conway
  • 15 Rob Kearney

Replacements

  • 16 Rob Herring
  • 17 Dave Kilcoyne
  • 18 John Ryan
  • 19 James Ryan
  • 20 Rhys Ruddock
  • 21 Kieran Marmion
  • 22 Joey Carbery
  • 23 Darren Sweetnam

South Africa Team

Forwards

  • 1 Tendai Mtawarira
  • 2 Malcolm Marx
  • 3 Coenie Oosthuizen
  • 4 Eben Etzebeth (Captain)
  • 5 Lood de Jager
  • 6 Siya Kolisi
  • 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit
  • 8 Francois Louw

Backs

  • 9 Ross Cronje
  • 10 Elton Jantjies
  • 11 Courtnall Skosan
  • 12 Damian de Allende
  • 13 Jesse Kriel
  • 14 Dillyn Leyds
  • 15 Andries Coetzee

Replacements

  • 16 Bongi Mbonambi
  • 17 Steven Kitshoff
  • 18 Wilco Louw
  • 19 Franco Mostert
  • 20 Uzair Cassiem
  • 21 Rudy Paige
  • 22 HandrĂ© Pollard
  • 23 Francois Venter