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Full time10 January 1970
Ireland
8–8
South Africa
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1969Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · Tom Kiernan2–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Tom Kiernan5–0
  3. –TIreland try · Alan Duggan8–0
  4. –CSouth Africa conversion · HO De Villiers8–2
  5. –PSouth Africa penalty · HO De Villiers8–5
  6. –TSouth Africa try · Piet Greyling8–8

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Syd MillarProp
  2. 2Ken KennedyHooker
  3. 3Philip O'CallaghanProp
  4. 4Roger LamontSecond row
  5. 5Charles CampbellSecond row
  6. 6Willie John McBrideFlanker
  7. 7Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  8. 8Ken GoodallNumber 8
  9. 9Roger YoungScrum-half
  10. 10Barry McGannFly-half
  11. 11William BrownWing
  12. 12Mike GibsonCentre
  13. 13Barry BresnihanCentre
  14. 14Alan DugganWing
  15. 15Tom KiernanFull-back

South Africa

  1. 1Mof MyburghProp
  2. 2Charlie CockrellHooker
  3. 3Hannes MaraisProp
  4. 4Jan EllisSecond row
  5. 5Sakkie De KlerkSecond row
  6. 6Frik Du PreezFlanker
  7. 7Piet GreylingFlanker
  8. 8Tommy BedfordNumber 8
  9. 9Dawie De VilliersScrum-half
  10. 10Mike LawlessFly-half
  11. 11Syd NomisWing
  12. 12Mannetjies RouxCentre
  13. 13Tonie RouxCentre
  14. 14Andy Van der WattWing
  15. 15HO De VilliersFull-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.