Teams

South Africa	Ireland
Tries Gerber 2, Louw	Tries McGrath, McLennan
Cons Botha	Cons Campbell 2
Pens Botha 3	Pens Campbell
Team 15 FB Gysie Pienaar 14 W Edrich Krantz 13 C Danie Gerber 12 C Errol Tobias 11 W Gerrie Germishuys 10 FH Naas Botha 9 SH Divan Serfontein 1 P Richard Prentis 2 H Willie Kahts 3 P Martiens le Roux 4 L Kevin de Klerk 5 L Louis Moolman 6 F Rob Louw 7 F Theuns Stofberg 8 N8 Wynand Claassen (c)     Replacements 16 P Ockie Oosthuizen 17 Robert Cockrell 18 Thys Burger 19 Tommy du Plessis 20 De Wet Ras 21 Tim Cocks	Team 15 FB John Murphy 14 W Terry Kennedy 13 C David Irwin 12 C Ollie Campbell 11 W Freddie McLennan 10 FH Paul Dean 9 SH Robbie McGrath 1 P Philip Orr 2 H John Cantrell 3 P Ginger McLoughlin 4 L Jerry Holland 5 L Brendan Foley 6 F Fergus Slattery (c) 7 F John O'Driscoll 8 N8 Willie Duggan     Replacements 16 C John Hewitt 17 FB Kevin O'Brien 18 Harry Harbison 19 Des Fitzgerald 20 Ronan Kearney 21 Barry O'Connor

Notes

Result South Africa won by a margin of 8 points

Ground name Newlands Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance 37000

Referee F Palmade (France)

South Africa Test debuts W Claassen, OW Oosthuizen, EG Tobias

Ireland Test debuts PM Dean, JA Hewitt, JJ Holland, JJ Murphy

Points scoring rules try 4, conversion 2, penalty goal 3, drop goal 3

Other scores

England tour
Argentina	19 - 19	England	Buenos Aires