Teams

South Africa	Ireland
Tries Botha 2, Julies, Wannenburg	Tries Horgan
Cons du Toit	Cons none
Pens du Toit 3	Pens O'Gara 3
Drops none	Drops O'Gara
Team 15 FB Gaffie du Toit 14 W Breyton Paulse 13 C Marius Joubert 12 C Wayne Julies 11 W Henno Mentz 10 FH Jaco van der Westhuyzen 9 SH Fourie du Preez 1 P Os du Randt 2 H John Smit (c) 3 P Eddie Andrews 4 L Bakkies Botha 5 L Victor Matfield 6 F Schalk Burger 7 F Pedrie Wannenburg 8 N8 Jacques Cronje     Replacements 16 Hanyani Shimange 17 P CJ van der Linde 18 L Quinton Davids 19 F Gerrie Britz 20 Bolla Conradie 21 Jaque Fourie 22 Brent Russell	Team 15 FB Girvan Dempsey 14 W Shane Horgan 13 C Brian O'Driscoll (c) 12 C Gordon D'Arcy 11 W Geordan Murphy 10 FH Ronan O'Gara 9 SH Peter Stringer 1 P Reggie Corrigan 2 H Shane Byrne 3 P John Hayes 4 L Malcolm O'Kelly 5 L Paul O'Connell 6 F Simon Easterby 7 F David Wallace 8 N8 Anthony Foley     Replacements 16 H Frank Sheahan 17 P Marcus Horan 18 Donncha O'Callaghan 19 BR Alan Quinlan 20 Guy Easterby 21 David Humphreys 22 C Kevin Maggs

Notes

Result South Africa won by a margin of 14 points

Ground name Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

Attendance 37243

Referee AJ Spreadbury (England)

South Africa Test debuts EP Andrews, GJJ Britz, J Cronje, PF du Preez, H Mentz

Ireland Test debuts none

Other scores

2007 Rugby World Cup Qualifier
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England tour
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Wales tour
Argentina	50 - 44	Wales	Tucuman
African Championship D2
Burkina Faso	49 - 0	Mauritania	Dakar
Senegal	6 - 15	Malawi	Dakar
Asian Rugby Championship
China	24 - 24	Singapore	Shanghai
Churchill Cup
New Zealand Maori	69 - 31	USA	Calgary
FIRA Championship D3
Bosnia & Her	17 - 23	Austria
Six Nations B
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