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Men's Rugby World Cup 2023 · Stade de France, Saint-Denis · 23 September 2023Head-to-head
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Ireland won by 5 points.Half-time 3–7 · Tries 1–1

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6′47′59′64′66′77′335123%Own 2249%Own half58%Opp half63%Opp 22
← Ireland attack · South Africa attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
33′IrelandTry, Mack Hansen, converted3–5
51′South AfricaTry, Cheslin Kolbe, conversion missed8–7
6′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
47′South AfricaPenalty goal missed
59′IrelandPenalty goal scored
64′South AfricaPenalty goal missed
66′South AfricaPenalty goal missed
77′IrelandPenalty goal scored
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′
33′Mack Hansen51′Cheslin Kolbe
RSA

Team stats

IRE
51%Possession49%
48%Territory52%
89Carries93
383Metres gained218
4Clean breaks4
23Defenders beaten20
121Passes129
4Offloads2
134Tackles made119
20Tackles missed23
62/68Rucks won74/77
8/10Lineouts won12/18
9/11Scrums won5/7
1/3Mauls won1/1
3Turnovers won9
11Penalties conceded9
16Kicks from hand20
527Kick metres607
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 0/1, penalties 1/4 · IRE conversions 1/1, penalties 2/2. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Steven KitshoffProp
  2. 2Mbongeni MbonambiHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Franco MostertSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Jasper WieseNumber 8
  9. 9Faf de KlerkScrum-half
  10. 10Manie LibbokFly-half
  11. 11Cheslin KolbeWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Kurt-Lee ArendseWing
  15. 15Damian WillemseFull-back
  16. 16Deon FourieBench
  17. 17Ox NcheBench
  18. 18Trevor NyakaneBench
  19. 19Jean KleynBench
  20. 20RG SnymanBench
  21. 21Marco van StadenBench
  22. 22Kwagga SmithBench
  23. 23Cobus ReinachBench

Ireland

  1. 1Andrew PorterProp
  2. 2Ronan KelleherHooker
  3. 3Tadhg FurlongProp
  4. 4Tadhg BeirneSecond row
  5. 5James RyanSecond row
  6. 6Peter O'MahonyFlanker
  7. 7Josh van der FlierFlanker
  8. 8Caelan DorisNumber 8
  9. 9Jamison Gibson-ParkScrum-half
  10. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11James LoweWing
  12. 12Bundee AkiCentre
  13. 13Garry RingroseCentre
  14. 14Mack HansenWing
  15. 15Hugo KeenanFull-back
  16. 16Dan SheehanBench
  17. 17Dave KilcoyneBench
  18. 18Finlay BealhamBench
  19. 19Iain HendersonBench
  20. 20Ryan BairdBench
  21. 21Conor MurrayBench
  22. 22Jack CrowleyBench
  23. 23Robbie HenshawBench

Match officials

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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.