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Full time30 May 1981
South Africa
23–15
Ireland
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 1981Head-to-head

South Africa won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Naas Botha2–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Naas Botha5–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Naas Botha8–0
  4. –PSouth Africa penalty · Naas Botha11–0
  5. –TSouth Africa try · Danie Gerber15–0
  6. –TSouth Africa try · Rob Louw19–0
  7. –TSouth Africa try · Danie Gerber23–0
  8. –CIreland conversion · Ollie Campbell23–2
  9. –CIreland conversion · Ollie Campbell23–4
  10. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell23–7
  11. –TIreland try · Freddie McLennan23–11
  12. –TIreland try · Robbie McGrath23–15

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Richard PrentisProp
  2. 2Willie KahtsHooker
  3. 3Martiens le RouxProp
  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. 14Edrich KrantzWing
  15. 15Gysie PienaarFull-back
  16. 16Robert CockrellBench
  17. 17Ockie OosthuizenBench
  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. 4Jeremiah HollandSecond row
  5. 5Brendan FoleySecond row
  6. 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  7. 7John O'DriscollFlanker
  8. 8Willie DugganNumber 8
  9. 9Robbie McGrathScrum-half
  10. 10Paul DeanFly-half
  11. 11Freddie McLennanWing
  12. 12Ollie CampbellCentre
  13. 13David IrwinCentre
  14. 14Terry KennedyWing
  15. 15John MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Harry HarbisonBench
  17. 17Donald FitzgeraldBench
  18. 18Ronan KearneyBench
  19. 19JB O'ConnorBench
  20. 20John HewittBench
  21. 21Kevin O'BrienBench

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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.