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Full time28 November 1998
Ireland
13–27
South Africa
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1998Head-to-head

South Africa won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · Eric Elwood2–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood5–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood8–0
  4. –TIreland try · Keith Wood13–0
  5. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery13–2
  6. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery13–4
  7. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery13–6
  8. –PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery13–9
  9. –PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery13–12
  10. –TSouth Africa try · Joost van der Westhuizen13–17
  11. –TSouth Africa try · Rassie Erasmus13–22
  12. –TSouth Africa try · Bobby Skinstad13–27

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Justin FitzpatrickProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3Peter ClohessyProp
  4. 4Paddy JohnsSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Dion O'CuinneagainFlanker
  7. 7Andy WardFlanker
  8. 8Victor CostelloNumber 8
  9. 9Conor McGuinnessScrum-half
  10. 10Eric ElwoodFly-half
  11. 11Girvan DempseyWing
  12. 12Kevin MaggsCentre
  13. 13Jonathan BellCentre
  14. 14Justin BishopWing
  15. 15Conor O'SheaFull-back
  16. 16Rob HendersonBench
  17. 17David HumphreysBench
  18. 18Ciaran ScallyBench
  19. 19David CorkeryBench
  20. 20Jeremy DavidsonBench
  21. 21Reggie CorriganBench
  22. 22Ross NesdaleBench

South Africa

  1. 1Robbie KempsonProp
  2. 2James DaltonHooker
  3. 3Adrian GarveyProp
  4. 4Krynauw OttoSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Rassie ErasmusFlanker
  7. 7Bobby SkinstadFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Henry HoniballFly-half
  11. 11Pieter RossouwWing
  12. 12Christian StewartCentre
  13. 13Andre SnymanCentre
  14. 14Stefan TerblancheWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Gaffie du ToitBench
  17. 17Franco SmithBench
  18. 18Werner SwanepoelBench
  19. 19Corne KrigeBench
  20. 20Andre VenterBench
  21. 21Ollie le RouxBench
  22. 22Naka DrotskeBench

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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.