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Full time18 June 2016
South Africa
32–26
Ireland
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tour 2016Head-to-head

South Africa won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies3–0
  2. 11’PIreland penalty · Paddy Jackson3–3
  3. 15’PIreland penalty · Paddy Jackson3–6
  4. 24’PIreland penalty · Paddy Jackson3–9
  5. 28’PIreland penalty · Paddy Jackson3–12
  6. 34’TIreland try · Devin Toner3–17
  7. 35’CIreland conversion · Paddy Jackson3–19
  8. 56’TSouth Africa try · Ruan Combrinck8–19
  9. 58’CSouth Africa conversion · Elton Jantjies10–19
  10. 60’TIreland try · Jamie Heaslip10–24
  11. 62’CIreland conversion · Paddy Jackson10–26
  12. 64’TSouth Africa try · Warren Whiteley15–26
  13. 70’TSouth Africa try · Pieter-Steph Du Toit20–26
  14. 71’CSouth Africa conversion · Elton Jantjies22–26
  15. 76’TSouth Africa try · Damian de Allende27–26
  16. 77’CSouth Africa conversion · Elton Jantjies29–26
  17. 81’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies32–26

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Adriaan StraussHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Pieter-Steph Du ToitSecond row
  6. 6Francois LouwFlanker
  7. 7Siya KolisiFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Faf de KlerkScrum-half
  10. 10Elton JantjiesFly-half
  11. 11Lwazi MvovoWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Lionel MapoeCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Trevor NyakaneBench
  18. 18Julian RedelinghuysBench
  19. 19Franco MostertBench
  20. 20Warren WhiteleyBench
  21. 21Rudy PaigeBench
  22. 22Morne SteynBench
  23. 23Ruan CombrinckBench

Ireland

  1. 1Jack McGrathProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3Tadhg FurlongProp
  4. 4Devin TonerSecond row
  5. 5Quinn RouxSecond row
  6. 6Iain HendersonFlanker
  7. 7Rhys RuddockFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Paddy JacksonFly-half
  11. 11Craig GilroyWing
  12. 12Stuart OldingCentre
  13. 13Robbie HenshawCentre
  14. 14Andrew TrimbleWing
  15. 15Jared PayneFull-back
  16. 16Richardt StraussBench
  17. 17Dave KilcoyneBench
  18. 18Finlay BealhamBench
  19. 19Donnacha RyanBench
  20. 20Sean ReidyBench
  21. 21Kieran MarmionBench
  22. 22Ian MadiganBench
  23. 23Tiernan O'HalloranBench

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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

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.