TheBreakdown
Autumn Nations Series 2025 · Aviva Stadium, Dublin · 22 November 2025Head-to-head
Full-time reportFull time
South Africa won by 11 points.Half-time 7–12 · Tries 1–4 · IRE 4 yellow cards · RSA 1 yellow card

Pitch map

Layers

Swipe the pitch sideways to see it full size.

43437454676113Attacks2040Ball won1071142525757019191342041540%Own 2248%Own half52%Opp half87%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
IRE12520
RSA15419
← South Africa attack · Ireland 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
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
4′South AfricaTry, Damian Willemse0–5
34′South AfricaTry, Cobus Reinach, converted0–10
37′IrelandTry, Dan Sheehan, converted5–12
45′South AfricaTry10–19
46′South AfricaTry, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, conversion missed10–24
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

Drag to replay the match on the pitchSwipe the chart sideways for the full match.
08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′5 IRE cards · 1 RSA card
4′Damian Willemse34′Cobus Reinach37′Dan Sheehan45′RSA46′Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
IRE

Team stats

RSA
50%Possession50%
42%Territory58%
120Carries97
234Metres gained325
3Clean breaks5
19Defenders beaten20
152Passes112
7Offloads9
125Tackles made154
20Tackles missed19
93/97Rucks won59/63
8/11Lineouts won18/21
4/4Scrums won12/16
3/3Mauls won6/7
8Turnovers won4
18Penalties conceded13
29Kicks from hand31
694Kick metres608
Goal kicking
IRE conversions 1/1, penalties 2/3 · RSA conversions 1/3, penalties 0/0. 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

Ireland

  1. 1Andrew PorterProp
  2. 2Dan SheehanHooker
  3. 3Tadhg FurlongProp
  4. 4James RyanSecond row
  5. 5Tadhg BeirneSecond row
  6. 6Ryan BairdFlanker
  7. 7Josh van der FlierFlanker
  8. 8Caelan DorisNumber 8
  9. 9Jamison Gibson-ParkScrum-half
  10. 10Sam PrendergastFly-half
  11. 11James LoweWing
  12. 12Bundee AkiCentre
  13. 13Garry RingroseCentre
  14. 14Tommy O'BrienWing
  15. 15Mack HansenFull-back
  16. 16Ronan KelleherBench
  17. 17Paddy McCarthyBench
  18. 18Finlay BealhamBench
  19. 19Cian PrendergastBench
  20. 20Jack ConanBench
  21. 21Craig CaseyBench
  22. 22Jack CrowleyBench
  23. 23Tom FarrellBench

South Africa

  1. 1Boan VenterProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Thomas Du ToitProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Ruan NortjeSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Jasper WieseNumber 8
  9. 9Cobus ReinachScrum-half
  10. 10Sacha Feinberg-MngomezuluFly-half
  11. 11Cheslin KolbeWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Canan MoodieWing
  15. 15Damian WillemseFull-back
  16. 16Johan GrobbelaarBench
  17. 17Gerhard SteenekampBench
  18. 18Wilco LouwBench
  19. 19RG SnymanBench
  20. 20Andre EsterhuizenBench
  21. 21Kwagga SmithBench
  22. 22Grant WilliamsBench
  23. 23Manie LibbokBench

Match officials

Sample data
Referee
Sample Referee
Assistant referee
Sample Assistant 1
Assistant referee
Sample Assistant 2
TMO
Sample TMO

Sample data Match officials is placeholder content: TheBreakdown has no data source for it yet, so nothing here is real.

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.