TheBreakdown
Full time12 June 2004
South Africa
31–17
Ireland
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa · Tour 2004Head-to-head

South Africa won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’TSouth Africa try · Bakkies Botha5–0
  2. 9’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara5–3
  3. 12’PSouth Africa penalty · Gaffie du Toit8–3
  4. 14’TIreland try · Shane Horgan8–8
  5. 18’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara8–11
  6. 22’PSouth Africa penalty · Gaffie du Toit11–11
  7. 47’DIreland drop goal · Ronan O'Gara11–14
  8. 52’TSouth Africa try · Wayne Julies16–14
  9. 58’TSouth Africa try · Bakkies Botha21–14
  10. 71’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara21–17
  11. 74’TSouth Africa try · Pedrie Wannenburg26–17
  12. 76’CSouth Africa conversion · Gaffie du Toit28–17
  13. 82’PSouth Africa penalty · Gaffie du Toit31–17

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3Eddie AndrewsProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Schalk BurgerFlanker
  7. 7Pedrie WannenburgFlanker
  8. 8Jacques CronjeNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Jaco van der WesthuyzenFly-half
  11. 11Henno MentzWing
  12. 12Wayne JuliesCentre
  13. 13Marius JoubertCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Gaffie du ToitFull-back
  16. 16Hanyani ShimangeBench
  17. 17CJ Van Der LindeBench
  18. 18Quinton DavidsBench
  19. 19Gerrie BritzBench
  20. 20Bolla ConradieBench
  21. 21Jaque FourieBench
  22. 22Brent RussellBench

Ireland

  1. 1Reggie CorriganProp
  2. 2Shane ByrneHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Anthony FoleyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Geordan MurphyWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Shane HorganWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Frankie SheahanBench
  17. 17Marcus HoranBench
  18. 18Donncha O'CallaghanBench
  19. 19Alan QuinlanBench
  20. 20Guy EasterbyBench
  21. 21David HumphreysBench
  22. 22Kevin MaggsBench

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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.