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Full time28 November 2009
Ireland
15–10
South Africa
Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 2009Head-to-head

Ireland won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 11’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton3–0
  2. 17’TSouth Africa try · Schalk Burger3–5
  3. 18’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn3–7
  4. 25’DSouth Africa drop goal · Morne Steyn3–10
  5. 31’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton6–10
  6. 49’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton9–10
  7. 53’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton12–10
  8. 67’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton15–10

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Cian HealyProp
  2. 2Jerry FlanneryHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Stephen FerrisFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Tomás O'LearyScrum-half
  10. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11Keith EarlsWing
  12. 12Paddy WallaceCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Sean CroninBench
  17. 17Tony BuckleyBench
  18. 18Leo CullenBench
  19. 19Sean O'BrienBench
  20. 20Peter StringerBench
  21. 21Ronan O'GaraBench
  22. 22Gordon D'ArcyBench

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3BJ BothaProp
  4. 4Andries BekkerSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Heinrich BrussowFlanker
  7. 7Schalk BurgerFlanker
  8. 8Danie RossouwNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Morne SteynFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Wynand OlivierCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Zane KirchnerFull-back
  16. 16Bismarck Du PlessisBench
  17. 17CJ Van Der LindeBench
  18. 18Francois HougaardBench
  19. 19Jean DeyselBench
  20. 20Dewald PotgieterBench
  21. 21Ruan PienaarBench
  22. 22Jean De VilliersBench

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Context

All-time, Ireland 10–20 South Africa, 1 drawn in 31 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland going in
South Africa going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.