Full time17 December 1960
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1960Head-to-head
South Africa won by 5 points.
Scoring
- –PIreland penalty · Tom Kiernan3–0
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Dick Lockyear3–2
- –TSouth Africa try · John Gainsford3–5
- –TSouth Africa try · Gideon van Zyl3–8
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Syd MillarProp
- 2Ronnie DawsonHooker
- 3Gordon WoodProp
- 4James KavanaghSecond row
- 5Bill MulcahySecond row
- 6Michael CullitonFlanker
- 7Noel MurphyFlanker
- 8Patrick O'SullivanNumber 8
- 9Andy MulliganScrum-half
- 10William ArmstrongFly-half
- 11Walter BornemannWing
- 12Alex PedlowCentre
- 13Jerry WalshCentre
- 14Niall BrophyWing
- 15Tom KiernanFull-back
South Africa
- 1Fanie KuhnProp
- 2Ronnie HillHooker
- 3Spiere Du ToitProp
- 4Gideon van ZylSecond row
- 5Avril MalanSecond row
- 6Johan ClaassenFlanker
- 7Martin PelserFlanker
- 8Attie BaardNumber 8
- 9Dick LockyearScrum-half
- 10Keith OxleeFly-half
- 11Jannie EngelbrechtWing
- 12John GainsfordCentre
- 13Ian KirkpatrickCentre
- 14Hennie van ZylWing
- 15Lionel WilsonFull-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: 8 December 1951, Ireland 5–17 South Africa
- Next meeting on record: 13 May 1961
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.