TheBreakdown
Full time6 June 1981
South Africa
12–10
Ireland
ABSA Stadium, Durban, South Africa · Tour 1981Head-to-head

South Africa won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. –PSouth Africa penalty · Naas Botha3–0
  2. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Naas Botha6–0
  3. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Naas Botha9–0
  4. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Naas Botha12–0
  5. –PIreland penalty · Michael Quinn12–3
  6. –PIreland penalty · Michael Quinn12–6
  7. –TIreland try · Kevin O'Brien12–10

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Richard PrentisProp
  2. 2Willie KahtsHooker
  3. 3Ockie OosthuizenProp
  4. 4Kevin De KlerkSecond row
  5. 5Louis MoolmanSecond row
  6. 6Rob LouwFlanker
  7. 7Theuns StofbergFlanker
  8. 8Wynand ClaassenNumber 8
  9. 9Divan SerfonteinScrum-half
  10. 10Naas BothaFly-half
  11. 11Gerrie GermishuysWing
  12. 12Errol TobiasCentre
  13. 13Danie GerberCentre
  14. 14Ray MordtWing
  15. 15Gysie PienaarFull-back
  16. 16Robert CockrellBench
  17. 17Hempies Du ToitBench
  18. 18Thys BurgerBench
  19. 19Tommy Du PlessisBench
  20. 20de Wet RasBench
  21. 21Tim CocksBench

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2John CantrellHooker
  3. 3Ginger McLoughlinProp
  4. 4John O'DriscollSecond row
  5. 5Brendan FoleySecond row
  6. 6Jeremiah HollandFlanker
  7. 7Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  8. 8Willie DugganNumber 8
  9. 9Robbie McGrathScrum-half
  10. 10Michael QuinnFly-half
  11. 11Terry KennedyWing
  12. 12David IrwinCentre
  13. 13Paul DeanCentre
  14. 14Freddie McLennanWing
  15. 15Kevin O'BrienFull-back
  16. 16Keith CrossanBench
  17. 17John HewittBench
  18. 18John RobbieBench
  19. 19Donald FitzgeraldBench
  20. 20Harry HarbisonBench
  21. 21Ronan KearneyBench

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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

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.