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Full time8 December 1951
Ireland
5–17
South Africa
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1951Head-to-head

South Africa won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · John Murphy2–0
  2. –TIreland try · Antony Browne5–0
  3. –CSouth Africa conversion · Okey Geffin5–2
  4. –TSouth Africa try · Basie van Wyk5–5
  5. –TSouth Africa try · Chum Ochse5–8
  6. –TSouth Africa try · Ryk Van Schoor5–11
  7. –TSouth Africa try · Basie van Wyk5–14
  8. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Hansie Brewis5–17

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Tommy CliffordProp
  2. 2Karl MullenHooker
  3. 3John SmithProp
  4. 4Bill McKaySecond row
  5. 5Patrick LawlerSecond row
  6. 6Robin ThompsonFlanker
  7. 7Jim McCarthyFlanker
  8. 8Des O'BrienNumber 8
  9. 9John O'MearaScrum-half
  10. 10Jack KyleFly-half
  11. 11Mick LaneWing
  12. 12Antony BrowneCentre
  13. 13Noel HendersonCentre
  14. 14Des McKeeWing
  15. 15John MurphyFull-back

South Africa

  1. 1Chris KochProp
  2. 2Willa DelportHooker
  3. 3Okey GeffinProp
  4. 4Basie van WykSecond row
  5. 5Salty Du RandSecond row
  6. 6Ernst DinkelmannFlanker
  7. 7Stephen FryFlanker
  8. 8Hennie MullerNumber 8
  9. 9Fonnie Du ToitScrum-half
  10. 10Hansie BrewisFly-half
  11. 11Paul JohnstoneWing
  12. 12Tjol LateganCentre
  13. 13Ryk Van SchoorCentre
  14. 14Chum OchseWing
  15. 15Johnny BuchlerFull-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

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.