History between Ireland and South Africa

The Springboks will take on Ireland this weekend at the Aviva Stadium. Both teams have had a great run coming into this match, with Ireland winning 4/5 and South Africa 5/5 matches. The last time they met was on 13 July 2024 with Ireland winning 24-25 in South Africa

The last 4 matches were all decided with a points difference of 7 or less. In 2024 they met twice, South Africa winning 27-20 and Ireland next with 24-25. In 2023 at the Rugby World Cup, Ireland won 8-13 and in 2022, Ireland won 19-16.

These two teams have played each other 30 times, with Ireland winning 10, 1 draw and 19 defeats.

Johnny Sexton is Ireland top points scorer with 1101 points and Ronan O'Gara second with 1083.

For South Africa, Percy Mongomery leads with 893 points and Handre Pollard with 825.

A standout game was the second test in 2024. Edge of your seat stuff