Full time19 December 1931
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1931Head-to-head
South Africa won by 5 points.
Scoring
- –PIreland penalty · Laurance McMahon3–0
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Bennie Osler3–2
- –TSouth Africa try · Frankie Waring3–5
- –TSouth Africa try · Morris Zimerman3–8
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Victor PikeProp
- 2Henry WithersHooker
- 3Jimmy FarrellProp
- 4Noel MurphySecond row
- 5John SigginsSecond row
- 6John RussellFlanker
- 7Jammie ClinchFlanker
- 8George BeamishNumber 8
- 9Paul MurrayScrum-half
- 10Laurance McMahonFly-half
- 11Edward LightfootWing
- 12Eugene DavyCentre
- 13Morgan CroweCentre
- 14Jack ArighoWing
- 15James EganFull-back
South Africa
- 1Boy LouwProp
- 2Bert KiplingHooker
- 3Phil MostertProp
- 4Nic BiermanSecond row
- 5Flip NelSecond row
- 6Ferdie BerghFlanker
- 7Andre McDonaldFlanker
- 8George DaneelNumber 8
- 9Danie CravenScrum-half
- 10Bennie OslerFly-half
- 11Morris ZimermanWing
- 12Frankie WaringCentre
- 13Jacob Van der WesthuizenCentre
- 14Ponie Van der WesthuizenWing
- 15Gerry BrandFull-back
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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
- Previous meeting: 30 November 1912, Ireland 0–38 South Africa
- Next meeting on record: 8 December 1951
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.