Top Stats | South Africa u18 A vs Ireland u18

South Africa u18 A's took on Ireland u18 at Durbanville High School in South Africa in a high scoring encounter. The visitors walked away with a 36-39 victory over the South Africans.

Both teams scored five tries and converted four while South Africa kicked one penalty and Ireland two.

Lets dive into team stats from the match

Penalties conceded

On attack, South Africa threw 15 offloads and Ireland 9.

South Africa got over the gainline 60/72 times and Ireland 52/56.

In the set pieces, South Africa won 14/16 of their lineouts and Ireland 10/10. At the scrums, South Africa won 4/5 and Ireland 2/5.

In the defence category, South Africa were involved in 86 tackles. 8 Were dominant, 13 missed, 13 negative and 52 neautral. Ireland were involved in 76 tackles. 7 Dominant, 11 missed, 12 negative and 46 neutral.

Ireland had 6 linebreaks and won 6 turnovers while South Africa made 0 linebreaks and won 3 turnovers

Player stats-South Africa u18 A

Bernard du Toit and Andile Ndlovu were machines on defence. du Toit made 6 neatral tackles, 2 negative and 1 missed while Nclovu made 3 neautral, 1 negative, 2 missed and 2 dominant.

du Toit won one turnover and Quintin Potgieter two for the home team.

On attack, South Africa kicked four times. Zirk Meyer kicked two box kicks and Jeandre Uithaler and Reinhard Viljoen both one chip.

Player stats-Ireland u18

Geoff Wall and Ben Guerin was involved in over 20 tackle situations. Wall made 3 neutral, 3 negative, 3 missed and 3 dominant tackles. Guerin made 5 neatral,2 negative,1 missed and three dominant tackles.

Ireland won 6 turnovers during the match. Alex Lautsou 2, Jonathon Ginnety 1, James Browne 1, Tom Bell 1 and Charlie O’Connor 1.

On attack, Ireland kicked 8 times. 5 Tacktical kicks, two box kicks and one chip.

South Africa u18 A takes on Georgia u18 tomorrow and Ireland will play South Africa u18. Both matches will be at Boland Lanbou High School.