South Africa tour - Lansdowne Road, 8 November 2014, 17:30 local, 17:30 GMT
Ireland (6) 29 - 15 (3) South Africa (FT)

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Timeline

Time Ireland  Score  South Africa
0 start of first half start of first half
8 Sexton - penalty goal 3 - 0
23 Sexton - penalty goal 6 - 0
37 6 - 3 Pollard - penalty goal
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
41 Ruddock - try 11 - 3
42 Sexton - conversion 13 - 3
46 Mohoje - sub off
Burger - sub on
49 Hendricks - sub off
Pietersen - sub on
50 Strauss - sub on
BW du Plessis - sub off
56 13 - 8 Hougaard - sub off
Reinach - sub on
Coetzee - try
57 Cronin - sub off
Strauss - sub on
13 - 10 Pollard - conversion
62 Sexton - penalty goal 16 - 10
64 Etzebeth - sub off
Botha - sub on
66 Strauss - yellow card
Mtawarira - sub off
Nyakane - sub on
Lambie - sub on
Pollard - sub off
70 Sexton - penalty goal
O'Donnell - sub on
O'Mahony - sub off
19 - 10 Oosthuizen - sub on
JN du Plessis - sub off
71 Bowe - try 24 - 10 Coetzee - sub off
BW du Plessis - sub on
73 McCarthy - sub on
Toner - sub off
Sexton - sub off
Madigan - sub on
Kearney - sub off
Jones - sub on
Sexton - conversion
Kilcoyne - sub on
Ross - sub off
Ah You - sub on
McGrath - sub off
26 - 10
76 BW du Plessis - sub off
Coetzee - sub on
78 Madigan - penalty goal
Payne - sub off
Reddan - sub on
29 - 10
79 29 - 15 Pietersen - try
80 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result Ireland won by a margin of 14 points
 
Ground name Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance 51100
 
Referee R Poite (France)
 
Ireland Test debuts JB Payne
South Africa Test debuts none

Teams

Ireland South Africa
Tries Ruddock (41), Bowe (71) Tries Coetzee (56), Pietersen (79)
Cons Sexton (42, 73) Cons Pollard (57)
Pens Sexton (8, 23, 62, 70), Madigan (78) Pens Pollard (37)

Match stats

Ireland   South Africa
2 Tries 2
2 from 2 Conversion goals 1 from 2
5 from 5 Penalty goals 1 from 2
100.0% Kick at goal success 50.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
27 Kicks from hand 18
83 Passes 133
72 Runs 118
232 Metres run with ball 355
Attacking
43% (46%/41%) Possession (1H/2H) 57% (54%/59%)
38% (35%/39%) Territory (1H/2H) 62% (65%/61%)
4 Clean breaks 5
13 Defenders beaten 26
0 Offloads 7
57 from 62 (91.9%) Rucks won 83 from 87 (95.4%)
7 from 7 (100.0%) Mauls won 5 from 9 (55.6%)
8 Turnovers conceded 19
Defensive
143/26 Tackles made/missed 79/13
85.0% Tackling success rate 86.0%
Set pieces
6 won, 2 lost (75.0%) Scrums on own feed 3 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
13 won, 4 lost (76.5%) Lineouts on own throw 12 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
Discipline
10 (0) Penalties conceded (Freekicks) 11 (1)
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Ire stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Kearney 0/0 0 4/1/10 64 1 4 0 1 3/0 0/0 2 0/0
W Bowe 1/0 5 1/2/5 16 1 1 0 2 5/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Payne 0/0 0 0/0/6 25 1 0 0 0 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
C Henshaw 0/0 0 1/2/6 4 0 1 0 0 8/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Zebo 0/0 0 1/0/5 45 0 2 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Sexton 0/0 16 11/14/2 23 0 1 0 1 9/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH Murray 0/1 0 7/56/3 8 0 0 0 1 4/2 0/0 0 0/0
P McGrath 0/0 0 0/0/3 2 0 0 0 0 17/3 0/0 2 0/0
H Cronin 0/0 0 0/0/3 8 0 1 0 0 7/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Ross 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 9/2 0/0 1 0/0
L Toner 0/0 0 0/2/6 2 0 0 0 2 7/1 6/0 0 0/0
L O'Connell 0/0 0 0/0/3 2 0 0 0 0 17/0 3/0 1 0/0
F O'Mahony 0/0 0 1/3/4 6 0 1 0 1 9/1 2/0 0 0/0
F Ruddock 1/0 5 0/1/8 12 1 1 0 0 14/2 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Heaslip 0/0 0 0/2/4 13 0 0 0 0 14/2 1/0 0 0/0
(H) Strauss 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 1 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Kilcoyne 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Ah You 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/3 0/0 0 0/0
(L) McCarthy 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) O'Donnell 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Reddan 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Madigan 0/0 3 1/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Jones 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

SA stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB le Roux 0/1 0 9/14/13 73 2 3 2 3 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Hendricks 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Serfontein 0/0 0 0/2/8 27 1 5 1 2 6/1 0/0 2 0/0
C de Villiers 0/0 0 0/3/7 36 1 1 1 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Habana 0/0 0 0/0/5 17 0 2 0 2 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Pollard 0/0 5 5/16/8 18 0 1 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Hougaard 0/0 0 2/62/4 10 0 2 0 3 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Mtawarira 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
H BW du Plessis 0/0 0 0/1/3 3 0 0 0 1 6/0 0/0 2 0/0
P JN du Plessis 0/0 0 0/1/3 0 0 0 0 1 10/2 0/0 1 0/0
L Etzebeth 0/0 0 0/1/7 14 0 1 1 0 2/0 1/2 0 0/0
L Matfield 0/0 0 0/1/7 1 0 0 1 0 8/0 9/0 0 0/0
F Coetzee 1/0 5 0/3/10 14 0 4 1 2 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Mohoje 0/0 0 0/0/7 15 0 1 0 1 5/0 1/1 0 0/0
N8 Vermeulen 0/0 0 0/3/13 44 0 0 0 1 2/2 0/0 1 0/0
(H) Strauss 0/0 0 0/0/4 5 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 1/0
(P) Nyakane 0/0 0 0/0/2 13 0 3 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Oosthuizen 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Botha 0/0 0 0/0/3 0 0 0 0 1 2/1 1/0 0 0/0
(F) Burger 0/0 0 0/2/5 0 0 0 0 1 7/0 0/0 2 0/0
(SH) Reinach 0/0 0 2/19/1 1 0 0 0 1 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Lambie 0/0 0 0/3/2 7 0 1 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Pietersen 1/0 5 0/1/4 57 1 2 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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