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Full time19 November 2000
Ireland
18–28
South Africa
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 2000Head-to-head

South Africa won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. 19’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery0–3
  2. 22’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery0–6
  3. 27’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery0–8
  4. 27’TSouth Africa try · Joost van der Westhuizen0–13
  5. 31’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara3–13
  6. 33’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara5–13
  7. 33’TIreland try · Denis Hickie10–13
  8. 45’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara13–13
  9. 51’TSouth Africa try · Corne Krige13–18
  10. 65’TIreland try · Tyrone Howe18–18
  11. 79’PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten18–21
  12. 93’CSouth Africa conversion · Braam van Straaten18–23
  13. 93’TSouth Africa try · Andre Venter18–28

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Peter ClohessyProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Gary LongwellSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Eric MillerFlanker
  7. 7Kieron DawsonFlanker
  8. 8Anthony FoleyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Tyrone HoweWing
  12. 12Rob HendersonCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Denis HickieWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Frankie SheahanBench
  17. 17Justin FitzpatrickBench
  18. 18Paddy JohnsBench
  19. 19Andy WardBench
  20. 20Brian O'MearaBench
  21. 21David HumphreysBench
  22. 22Shane HorganBench

South Africa

  1. 1Robbie KempsonProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3Willie MeyerProp
  4. 4Mark AndrewsSecond row
  5. 5Albert van den BergSecond row
  6. 6Andre VenterFlanker
  7. 7Corne KrigeFlanker
  8. 8Andre VosNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Percy MontgomeryFly-half
  11. 11Pieter RossouwWing
  12. 12Grant EsterhuizenCentre
  13. 13Robbie FleckCentre
  14. 14Chester WilliamsWing
  15. 15Thinus DelportFull-back
  16. 16Charl MaraisBench
  17. 17Ollie le RouxBench
  18. 18Hottie LouwBench
  19. 19AJ VenterBench
  20. 20Dan van ZylBench
  21. 21Braam van StraatenBench
  22. 22Deon KayserBench

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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.