Full time10 April 1965
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1965Head-to-head
Ireland won by 3 points.
Scoring
- –PIreland penalty · Tom Kiernan3–0
- –PIreland penalty · Tom Kiernan6–0
- –TIreland try · Paddy McGrath9–0
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Dave Stewart9–3
- –TSouth Africa try · Wynand Mans9–6
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Sean MacHaleProp
- 2Ken KennedyHooker
- 3Ray McLoughlinProp
- 4Noel MurphySecond row
- 5Bill MulcahySecond row
- 6Willie John McBrideFlanker
- 7Mick DoyleFlanker
- 8Roger LamontNumber 8
- 9Roger YoungScrum-half
- 10Mike GibsonFly-half
- 11Kenneth HoustonWing
- 12Michael FlynnCentre
- 13Jerry WalshCentre
- 14Paddy McGrathWing
- 15Tom KiernanFull-back
South Africa
- 1Fanie KuhnProp
- 2Don WaltonHooker
- 3Hannes MaraisProp
- 4Haas SchoemanSecond row
- 5Gawie CarelseSecond row
- 6Avril MalanFlanker
- 7Snowy SuterFlanker
- 8Tommy BedfordNumber 8
- 9Dawie De VilliersScrum-half
- 10Dave StewartFly-half
- 11Jannie EngelbrechtWing
- 12John GainsfordCentre
- 13Wynand MansCentre
- 14Corra DirksenWing
- 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: 13 May 1961, Ireland 8–24 South Africa
- Next meeting on record: 10 January 1970
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.