South Africa vs Ireland

Date	Status	South Africa	Score	Ireland	Score	Venue
24/11/06	Test	South Africa	15	Ireland	12	Belfast
30/11/12	Test	South Africa	38	Ireland	0	Dublin
19/12/31	Test	South Africa	8	Ireland	3	Doblin
08/12/51	Test	South Africa	17	Ireland	5	Dublin
17/12/60	Test	South Africa	8	Ireland	3	Dublin
13/05/61	Test	South Africa	24	Ireland	8	Newlands
10/04/65	Test	South Africa	6	Ireland	9	Dublin
10/01/70	Test	South Africa	8	Ireland	8	Dublin
30/05/81	Test	South Africa	23	Ireland	15	Newlands
06/06/81	Test	South Africa	12	Ireland	10	Durban
13/06/98	Test	South Africa	37	Ireland	13	Bloemfontein
20/06/98	Test	South Africa	33	Ireland	0	Pretoria
28/11/98	Test	South Africa	27	Ireland	13	Dublin
19/11/00	Test	South Africa	28	Ireland	18	Dublin
12/06/04	Test	South Africa	31	Ireland	17	Bloemfontein
19/06/04	Test	South Africa	26	Ireland	17	Newlands
13/11/04	Test	South Africa	12	Ireland	17	Dublin
28/11/09	Test	South Africa	10	Ireland	15	Dublin
06/11/10	Test	South Africa	23	Ireland	21	Dublin
10/11/12	Test	South Africa	16	Ireland	12	Dublin
08/11/14	Test	South Africa	15	Ireland	29	Dublin
11/06/16	Test	South Africa	20	Ireland	26	Newlands
18/06/16	Test	South Africa	32	Ireland	26	Johannesburg
25/06/16	Test	South Africa	19	Ireland	13	Port Elizabeth
11/11/17	Test	South Africa	3	Ireland	38	Dublin
05/11/22	Test	South Africa	16	Ireland	19	Dublin
23/09/23	Test	South Africa	8	Ireland	13	Paris
06/07/24	Test	South Africa	27	Ireland	20	Pretoria
13/07/24	Test	South Africa	24	Ireland	25	Durban
22/11/25	Test	South Africa	24	Ireland	13	Dublin
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		Total Points	581		457

Points Table	Matches Played	South Africa Won	Ireland Won	Matches Drawn
Overall Record	30	19	10	1
RWC	1	0	1	0

Did you know?

Ireland won their first test on South African soil when they beat the Springboks by 26-20 at Newlands, Cape Town, on the 11th June 2016. Irelands first victory against South Africa came on April 10th, 1965 in Dublin, with the home team recording a hard fought 9-6 triumph. They came close five years later at the same venue when they just failed to chalk up a second consecutive victory, tying with the Springboks 6-6. Their next victory was on the 13th November 2004, in Dublin, when they won 17-12.

Irelands first victory against South Africa came on April 10th, 1965 in Dublin, with the home team recording a hard fought 9-6 triumph. They came close five years later at the same venue when they just failed to chalk up a second consecutive victory, tying with the Springboks 6-6.

Springbok team to face Ireland in Dublin:

15 Damian Willemse (DHL Stormers) – 47 caps, 66 pts (6t, 9c, 4p, 2dg)
14 Canan Moodie (Vodacom Bulls) – 20 caps, 40 pts (8t)
13 Jesse Kriel (Canon Eagles) – 86 caps, 100 pts (20t)
12 Damian de Allende (Wild Knights) – 95 caps, 55 pts (11t)
11 Cheslin Kolbe (Tokyo Sungoliath) – 48 caps, 126 pts (21t, 3c, 5p)
10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (DHL Stormers) – 17 caps, 137 pts (6t, 34c, 13p)
9 Cobus Reinach (DHL Stormers) – 48 caps, 90 pts (18t)

8 Jasper Wiese (Urayasu D-Rocks) – 41 caps, 10 pts (2t)
7 Pieter-Steph du Toit (Toyota Verblitz) – 94 caps, 70 pts (14t)
6 Siya Kolisi (captain, Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 101 caps, 70 pts (14t)
5 Ruan Nortje (Vodacom Bulls) – 16 caps, 0 pts
4 Eben Etzebeth (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 139 caps, 35 pts (7t)
3 Thomas du Toit (Bath) – 31 caps, 5 pts (1t)
2 Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 86 caps, 135 pts (27t)
1 Boan Venter (Edinburgh) – 7 caps, 5 pts (1t)

Replacements:

16 Johan Grobbelaar (Vodacom Bulls) – 6 caps, 0 pts
17 Gerhard Steenekamp (Vodacom Bulls) – 14 caps, 5 pts (1t)
18 Wilco Louw (Vodacom Bulls) – 27 caps, 5 pts (1t)
19 RG Snyman (Leinster) – 49 caps, 15 points (3t)
20 Kwagga Smith (Shizuoka Blue Revs) – 61 caps, 55 pts (11t)
21 Andre Esterhuizen (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 27 caps, 20 pts (4t)
22 Grant Williams (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 27 caps, 35 pts (7t)
23 Manie Libbok (Kintetsu Liners) – 27 caps, 145 pts (2t, 48c, 13p)

Stats and facts:

Springbok record against Ireland:

Played 30, Won 19, Lost 10, Drawn 1. Points for: 581; Points against: 457. Tries scored: 75; Tries conceded: 42. Highest score: 38; Biggest win: 38 points (38-0). Win %: 63.3%.

Miscellaneous:

• RG Snyman will earn the significant achievement of playing 50 Tests when he runs onto the park at the Aviva Stadium after making his debut against England back in 2018.
• The last time the Springboks met Ireland was in the Castle Lager Incoming Series in 2024 – with each side winning a match – while their last game in Dublin was in 2022, where the hosts registered a narrow 19-16 victory.
• Cheslin Kolbe and Cobus Reinach will feature in their 49^th Test matches, leaving them one short of joining the 50s club.
• The Springboks have won only four of their last nine matches in Dublin since the game turned professional in 1996. Those victories were in 1998, 2000, 2010 and 2012, when South Africa won 16-12.
• The total Test caps in the Springbok starting line-up are 876. There are 361 caps in the backline, with 515 caps among the forwards. On the bench, there are a further 238 caps.
• The average caps per player in the backline is 52, the forwards 64, while the players on the bench average 30.