Ireland (6) 21 / Springboks (13) 23 (Final Score)

Ireland hosted the Springboks at Aviva Stadium, Landsdowne Road, Dublin at 19:30 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 and M-Net on TV in SA.

The Springboks forwards were monsterous and they dominated the first half and most of the set pieces.

The Irish came back strongly in the last 20 minutes and a comedy off errors by Sppringbok players nearly made the Irish comeback complete.

Well done to the Springboks though, a win I did not foresee!

3 / 0 for the Southern Hemisphere on the day.

Scores:

Ireland: 3 Penalties Jonathan Sexton, 1 Conversion Ronan O’Gara, 1 Try Tommy Bowe, 1 Try Rob Kearney

Springboks: 3 Penalties & 1 Conversion Morné Steyn, 1 Conversion Patrick Lambie, 1 Try Juan Smith, 1 Try Gio Aplon

  

Teams:

Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Brian O’Driscoll (captain), 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Luke Fitzgerald, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 David Wallace, 6 Stephen Ferris, 5 Mick O’Driscoll, 4 Donncha O’Callaghan, 3 Tony Buckley, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Tom Court, 18 Donncha Ryan, 19 Denis Leamy, 20 Peter Stringer, 21 Ronan O’Gara, 22 Keith Earls.

South Africa: 15 Gio Aplon, 14 Bjorn Basson, 13 Zane Kirchner, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Keegan Daniel, 20 François Hougaard, 21 Adi Jacobs, 22 Patrick Lambie.

Date: Saturday, 6 November 2010
Kick-off: 19.30 SA Time (GMT 17.30)
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Expected weather:  Scattered clouds with a 20 percent chance of rain, a high of 9°C and a northwester of 28 km/h. The temperature is set to drop to 2°C,  -2°C with windchill.
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant referees: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand), Keith Brown (New Zealand)
TMO: Hugh Watkins (Wales)

340 Responses to EOYT: Ireland vs Springboks – Game Thread

  • 242

    We will grind out a win like bobby said

  • 243

    Brings back memories of the first test against the Lions last year. We were then too well in the lead and then almost half the team were taken off. Same here. Why CHANGE so many all at once?????????????????????????

  • 244

    Penalty Bokke… come on, kick it out and maul from the lineout!

  • 246

    Need Frans Steyn at FB next week.

  • 247

    @ grootblousmile:Boks gonna give me a ulcer.

    This will be heart breaking if we lose.

  • 248

    Don’t concede a penalty… just don’t!!

  • 249

    Time is up….. come on hooter….

    Bokke winnnnnnnnnnn…. by 2 points…

  • 250

    Die bokke was baie lucky. Maar een ding is verseker. Kirchner & Jacobs mag nooit weer Springbok speel nie.

  • 251

    Amper weer verloor met al die sub veranderings.

  • 252

    I have a hat to eat…. hope I find a smallllll one…. hehehe

    Can’t be happier though!!

  • 253

    Bismark’s face tells the story, what i late fightback by Ireland , they nearly gave me a heart attack

  • 254

    Congratulations you Saffas. Your boys did not exactly wipe the floor with the Paddy’s tho!!

  • 255

    Dit was close,maar wen is wen.jacobs is soos jorrie mulder,pateties!

  • 256

    We win thank goodness for that. A win is a win but really should never have been this close. Defence almost cost us really bad in the end.

  • 257

    pdv….wat dink jy?????? Morne morne morne morne…… Francois nog op die bench na die game?????

  • 258

    bokke wen ten spyte van kak afrigting kak subs kak senters in die laaste 20 kak spel deur kirsner kak besluite deur die ref gelukkig was ons vaste vyf vol ysters ek sidder om te dink as soeper doeper scalk en fransie flou da was,ek skat ons kan se dankie vir vic bakkies juan biss beast jannie spies steggies cj en daniel,sonder hulle het ons gesink

  • 259

    @ Blue Bird:Nope but we should have. Plenty mistakes almost cost us the game.

    Need Frans Steyn for next week.

  • 260

    Zane speel teen die wereld se beste senterpaar en doen bleddie goed en dan die stront hier. Ag flok manne gee eer waar dit toekom. Gio het net daardie laaste skop goed gevang maar hy was heeltyd uit posisie. Zane het sy drie met n goeie pass gemaak. Komaan boys kyk bietjie met oop oe.

  • 261

    @ Puma:
    Hey Pumes….Divvy talks so quickly I can hardly understand him, mind you bet half of your countryman can’t understand the Scottish interviewer!!

  • 262

    Well… it’s a win…

    Our defence went pear when the backline subs came on…. specially when Jean was subbed.

    Under the circumstances, Zane who is not a center, contained D’Arcy and O’Driscoll…. apart from one badddd fumble near the end.

  • 263

    Ek kan nie glo al daai subs het opgekom nie
    Weereens gewen ten spyte van ons coach

  • 264

    @super hoeveel tackles het zane gemis,maar by gese hy het hom nie self gekies nie ,maar as jy daar is kan jou afrigter jou nie nog versuip deur adie liefie op te sit nie

  • 265

    toe jacobs opkom toe val die standaard total.ek hoop maar regte senters kry n kans volgende week.swak,swak subs deur snor.

  • 266

    260: stem met jou saam super. Zane kies homself nie daar nie, en behalwe vir een of twee slegte foute, het hy OK gedoen. Ek hoor niemand byt Lambie se kop af oor daardie mis skop nie.

    Almal het goed gespeel onder omstandighede, ook Aplon wat uit posisie moes speel.

    Meeste ouens was negatief, maar ons het gewen.

  • 267

    kan ons nie vir snor sub nie?

  • 268

    @ smallies72:
    Gaan soek jy dit maar ek gaan nie 80 minute kyk om dalk een te soek nie. Gio was swak op sy posisionele spel, Zane sou meer werd gewees het daar. Maar nou ja n hartaanval wen maar nog steeds n wen

  • 269

    Volgende week, sal ek vir Zane op heelagter sit, FS en JDV die senterpaar, FH op skrummie, die pak kan net so bly.

    Ons vaste vyf was skitterend, en Juan en Spies was goed met bal in hand.

  • 270

    laat ons maar die wen geniet,dit nie iets wat ons bok fans gereeld kry nie.

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