Full time13 May 1961
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 1961Head-to-head
South Africa won by 16 points.
Scoring
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Charles Nimb2–0
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Charles Nimb4–0
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Charles Nimb6–0
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Charles Nimb9–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Colin Greenwood12–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Colin Greenwood15–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Douglas Hopwood18–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Ben van Zyl21–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Ben van Zyl24–0
- –CIreland conversion · Tom Kiernan24–2
- –PIreland penalty · Tom Kiernan24–5
- –TIreland try · Tom Kiernan24–8
Line-ups
South Africa
- 1Fanie KuhnProp
- 2Ronnie HillHooker
- 3Spiere Du ToitProp
- 4Gideon van ZylSecond row
- 5Piet van ZylSecond row
- 6Johan ClaassenFlanker
- 7Martin PelserFlanker
- 8Douglas HopwoodNumber 8
- 9Pieter UysScrum-half
- 10Charles NimbFly-half
- 11Ben van ZylWing
- 12Dave StewartCentre
- 13Colin GreenwoodCentre
- 14Hennie van ZylWing
- 15Lionel WilsonFull-back
Ireland
- 1Syd MillarProp
- 2Ronnie DawsonHooker
- 3Gordon WoodProp
- 4James KavanaghSecond row
- 5Bill MulcahySecond row
- 6Charlie DickFlanker
- 7Dennis ScottFlanker
- 8Timothy McGrathNumber 8
- 9Andy MulliganScrum-half
- 10Dion GlassFly-half
- 11Tony O'ReillyWing
- 12Kenneth HoustonCentre
- 13Jerry WalshCentre
- 14William HewittWing
- 15Tom KiernanFull-back
Match officials
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Context
All-time, South Africa 20–10 Ireland, 1 drawn in 31 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
South Africa going in
Ireland going in
- Previous meeting: 17 December 1960, South Africa 8–3 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 10 April 1965
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.