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Full time6 November 2010
Ireland
21–23
South Africa
Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 2010Head-to-head

South Africa won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn0–3
  2. 18’TSouth Africa try · Juan Smith0–8
  3. 19’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn0–10
  4. 28’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton3–10
  5. 39’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn3–13
  6. 42’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton6–13
  7. 54’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn6–16
  8. 57’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton9–16
  9. 66’CSouth Africa conversion · Pat Lambie9–18
  10. 66’TSouth Africa try · Gio Aplon9–23
  11. 70’TIreland try · Tommy Bowe14–23
  12. 71’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara16–23
  13. 75’TIreland try · Rob Kearney21–23

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Cian HealyProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3Tony BuckleyProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Mick O'DriscollSecond row
  6. 6Stephen FerrisFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Eoin ReddanScrum-half
  10. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11Luke FitzgeraldWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Sean CroninBench
  17. 17Tom CourtBench
  18. 18Donnacha RyanBench
  19. 19Denis LeamyBench
  20. 20Peter StringerBench
  21. 21Ronan O'GaraBench
  22. 22Keith EarlsBench

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Deon StegmannFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Pierre SpiesNumber 8
  9. 9Ruan PienaarScrum-half
  10. 10Morne SteynFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Zane KirchnerCentre
  14. 14Bjorn BassonWing
  15. 15Gio AplonFull-back
  16. 16Chiliboy RalepelleBench
  17. 17CJ Van Der LindeBench
  18. 18Flip Van Der MerweBench
  19. 19Keegan DanielBench
  20. 20Francois HougaardBench
  21. 21Adi JacobsBench
  22. 22Pat LambieBench

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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.