TheBreakdown
Full time11 November 2017
Ireland
38–3
South Africa
Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 2017Head-to-head

Ireland won by 35 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton3–0
  2. 15’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton6–0
  3. 21’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton9–0
  4. 27’TIreland try · Andrew Conway14–0
  5. 45’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies14–3
  6. 57’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton17–3
  7. 72’TIreland try · Rhys Ruddock22–3
  8. 73’CIreland conversion · Johnny Sexton24–3
  9. 78’TIreland try · Rob Herring29–3
  10. 79’CIreland conversion · Joey Carbery31–3
  11. 82’TIreland try · Jacob Stockdale36–3
  12. 84’CIreland conversion · Joey Carbery38–3

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Cian HealyProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3Tadhg FurlongProp
  4. 4Iain HendersonSecond row
  5. 5Devin TonerSecond row
  6. 6Peter O'MahonyFlanker
  7. 7Sean O'BrienFlanker
  8. 8CJ StanderNumber 8
  9. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11Jacob StockdaleWing
  12. 12Bundee AkiCentre
  13. 13Robbie HenshawCentre
  14. 14Andrew ConwayWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Rob HerringBench
  17. 17Dave KilcoyneBench
  18. 18John RyanBench
  19. 19James RyanBench
  20. 20Rhys RuddockBench
  21. 21Kieran MarmionBench
  22. 22Joey CarberyBench
  23. 23Darren SweetnamBench

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Coenie OosthuizenProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Francois LouwNumber 8
  9. 9Ross CronjeScrum-half
  10. 10Elton JantjiesFly-half
  11. 11Courtnall SkosanWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Dillyn LeydsWing
  15. 15Andries CoetzeeFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Wilco LouwBench
  19. 19Franco MostertBench
  20. 20Uzair CassiemBench
  21. 21Rudy PaigeBench
  22. 22Handre PollardBench
  23. 23Francois VenterBench

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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.