Ireland 38-3 South Africa
Date:
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
Attendance: 51,000
Ireland v South Africa Match Reports
Ireland scored four tries at the Aviva Stadium as they demolished the Springboks 38-3 in the opening match of the 'Guinness Series'. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Autumn Internationals: Ireland demolish Springboks in record 38-3 win
- BBC: Record-breaking Ireland hammer South Africa
- Guardian: Johnny Sexton unshakeable in Ireland’s biggest ever win over South Africa
- Telegraph: Johnny Sexton leads humbling of World Cup rivals
- Sky Sports: Woeful Springboks hammered by Joe Schmidt's men
- RTE: Impressive Ireland run up record score against sorry Springboks
- Irish Independent: Clinical Ireland put sorry Springboks to the sword in record-breaking win
- Irish Times: Ireland expose gulf in class with South Africa
- iAfrica: Irish post record win over Springboks
- IRFU: Late Flurry Fires Ireland To Record Win Over Springboks
Ireland v South Africa - Match Highlights
Ireland v South Africa - Match Stats
Ireland: (14) 38
Try: Conway (25'), Ruddock (71'), Herring (76'), Stockdale (81')
Conversion: Sexton (73'), Carbery (78', 81'+1)
Penalty: Sexton (4', 15', 20', 57')
South Africa: (0) 3
Penalty: Jantjies (44')
Man of the Match: Johnny Sexton (Ireland)
Ireland v South Africa - Team Line-ups
Ireland Team
Forwards
- 1 Cian Healy
- 2 Rory Best (Captain)
- 3 Tadhg Furlong
- 4 Iain Henderson
- 5 Devin Toner
- 6 Peter O'Mahony
- 7 Sean O'Brien
- 8 CJ Stander
Backs
- 9 Conor Murray
- 10 Johnny Sexton
- 11 Jacob Stockdale
- 12 Bundee Aki
- 13 Robbie Henshaw
- 14 Andrew Conway
- 15 Rob Kearney
Replacements
- 16 Rob Herring
- 17 Dave Kilcoyne
- 18 John Ryan
- 19 James Ryan
- 20 Rhys Ruddock
- 21 Kieran Marmion
- 22 Joey Carbery
- 23 Darren Sweetnam
South Africa Team
Forwards
- 1 Tendai Mtawarira
- 2 Malcolm Marx
- 3 Coenie Oosthuizen
- 4 Eben Etzebeth (Captain)
- 5 Lood de Jager
- 6 Siya Kolisi
- 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit
- 8 Francois Louw
Backs
- 9 Ross Cronje
- 10 Elton Jantjies
- 11 Courtnall Skosan
- 12 Damian de Allende
- 13 Jesse Kriel
- 14 Dillyn Leyds
- 15 Andries Coetzee
Replacements
- 16 Bongi Mbonambi
- 17 Steven Kitshoff
- 18 Wilco Louw
- 19 Franco Mostert
- 20 Uzair Cassiem
- 21 Rudy Paige
- 22 Handré Pollard
- 23 Francois Venter