TheBreakdown
Full time13 November 2004
Ireland
17–12
South Africa
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 2004Head-to-head

Ireland won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 23’TIreland try · Ronan O'Gara5–0
  2. 27’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery5–3
  3. 36’DIreland drop goal · Ronan O'Gara8–3
  4. 45’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara11–3
  5. 48’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery11–6
  6. 55’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara14–6
  7. 68’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara17–6
  8. 73’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery17–9
  9. 80’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery17–12

Line-ups

Ireland

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

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3Eddie AndrewsProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Schalk BurgerFlanker
  7. 7AJ VenterFlanker
  8. 8Joe Van NiekerkNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Jaco van der WesthuyzenFly-half
  11. 11Ashwin WillemseWing
  12. 12De Wet BarryCentre
  13. 13Marius JoubertCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Hanyani ShimangeBench
  17. 17CJ Van Der LindeBench
  18. 18Gerrie BritzBench
  19. 19Danie RossouwBench
  20. 20Michael ClaassensBench
  21. 21Jean De VilliersBench
  22. 22Gaffie du ToitBench

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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.