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Full time8 November 2014
Ireland
29–15
South Africa
Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 2014Head-to-head

Ireland won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. 10’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton3–0
  2. 25’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton6–0
  3. 39’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard6–3
  4. 43’TIreland try · Rhys Ruddock11–3
  5. 44’CIreland conversion · Johnny Sexton13–3
  6. 58’TSouth Africa try · Marcell Coetzee13–8
  7. 59’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard13–10
  8. 64’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton16–10
  9. 72’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton19–10
  10. 74’TIreland try · Tommy Bowe24–10
  11. 75’CIreland conversion · Johnny Sexton26–10
  12. 79’PIreland penalty · Ian Madigan29–10
  13. 81’TSouth Africa try · JP Pietersen29–15

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Jack McGrathProp
  2. 2Sean CroninHooker
  3. 3Mike RossProp
  4. 4Devin TonerSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Peter O'MahonyFlanker
  7. 7Rhys RuddockFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11Simon ZeboWing
  12. 12Robbie HenshawCentre
  13. 13Jared PayneCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Richardt StraussBench
  17. 17Dave KilcoyneBench
  18. 18Rodney Ah YouBench
  19. 19Mike McCarthyBench
  20. 20Tommy O'DonnellBench
  21. 21Eoin ReddanBench
  22. 22Ian MadiganBench
  23. 23Felix JonesBench

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Marcell CoetzeeFlanker
  7. 7Teboho MohojeFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Francois HougaardScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Jan SerfonteinCentre
  14. 14Cornal HendricksWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Adriaan StraussBench
  17. 17Trevor NyakaneBench
  18. 18Coenie OosthuizenBench
  19. 19Bakkies BothaBench
  20. 20Schalk BurgerBench
  21. 21Cobus ReinachBench
  22. 22Pat LambieBench
  23. 23JP PietersenBench

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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.