Head-To-Head: Ireland v South Africa

2010 GUINNESS SERIES: Saturday, November 6

IRELAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Aviva Stadium, 5.30pm (live RTÉ Two/BBC Two)

IRELAND: Rob Kearney; Tommy Bowe, Brian O’Driscoll (capt), Gordon D’Arcy, Luke Fitzgerald; Jonathan Sexton, Eoin Reddan; Cian Healy, Rory Best, Tony Buckley, Donncha O’Callaghan, Mick O’Driscoll, Stephen Ferris, David Wallace, Jamie Heaslip.

Replacements: Sean Cronin, Tom Court, Donnacha Ryan, Denis Leamy, Peter Stringer, Ronan O’Gara, Keith Earls.

SOUTH AFRICA: Gio Aplon; Bjorn Basson, Zane Kirchner, Jean de Villiers, Bryan Habana; Morne Steyn, Ruan Pienaar; Tendai Mtawarira, Bismarck du Plessis, Jannie du Plessis, Bakkies Botha, Victor Matfield (capt), Deon Stegmann, Juan Smith, Pierre Spies.

Replacements: Chiliboy Ralepelle, CJ van der Linde, Flip van der Merwe, Keegan Daniel, Francois Hougaard, Adi Jacobs, Patrick Lambie.

Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant Referees: Bryce Lawrence, Keith Brown (both New Zealand)
Television Match Official: Hugh Watkins (Wales)

Head-To-Head:

Played – 19
Ireland Won – 4
South Africa Won – 14
Drawn – 1

Previous Meetings:

November 24, 1906 – Tour Match – Ireland 12 South Africa 15, Balmoral Showgrounds
November 30, 1912 – Tour Match – Ireland 0 South Africa 38, Lansdowne Road
December 19, 1931 – Tour Match – Ireland 3 South Africa 8, Lansdowne Road
December 8, 1951 – Tour Match – Ireland 5 South Africa 17, Lansdowne Road
December 17, 1960 – Tour Match – Ireland 3 South Africa 8, Lansdowne Road
May 13, 1961 – Tour Match – South Africa 24 Ireland 8, Newlands
April 10, 1965 – Tour Match – Ireland 9 South Africa 6, Lansdowne Road
January 10, 1970 – Tour Match – Ireland 8 South Africa 8, Lansdowne Road
May 30, 1981 – Tour Match – South Africa 23 Ireland 15, Newlands
June 06, 1981 – Tour Match – South Africa 12 Ireland 10, ABSA Stadium
June 13, 1998 – Tour Match – South Africa 37 Ireland 13, Vodacom Park
June 20, 1998 – Tour Match – South Africa 33 Ireland 0, Loftus Versfeld
November 28, 1998 – Tour Match – Ireland 13 South Africa 27, Lansdowne Road
November 19, 2000 – Tour Match – Ireland 18 South Africa 28, Lansdowne Road
June 12, 2004 – Tour Match – South Africa 31 Ireland 17, Vodacom Park
June 19, 2004 – Tour Match – South Africa 26 Ireland 17, Newlands
November 13, 2004 – Tour Match – Ireland 17 South Africa 12, Lansdowne Road
November 11, 2006 – Tour Match – Ireland 32 South Africa 15, Lansdowne Road
November 28, 2009 – Tour Match – Ireland 15 South Africa 10, Croke Park

Biggest Wins And Margins:

Ireland: Points & Margin: 32-15, 2006 Autumn Test

South Africa: Points & Margin: 38-0, 1912 Tour Match

Individual Records In The Series Since 1998:

Most Points In A Match: Ireland 17 (Ronan O’Gara, 2004 Autumn Test); South Africa 20 (Stefan Terblanche, 1998 Summer Second Test)

Most Tries In A Match: Ireland 1 (by ten players); South Africa 4 (Stefan Terblanche, 1998 Summer Tour First Test)

Top Points Scorers – Ireland v South Africa Since 1998:

56 – Percy Montgomery
54 – Ronan O’Gara
23 – Gaffie du Toit
20 – Stefan Terblanche
16 – Eric Elwood
15 – Joost van der Westhuizen, Jonathan Sexton
10 – Johan Erasmus, Tyrone Howe, Bakkies Botha, Shane Horgan

Top Try Scorers – Ireland v South Africa Since 1998:

4 – Stefan Terblanche
3 – Joost van der Westhuizen
2 – Johan Erasmus, Tyrone Howe, Bakkies Botha, Shane Horgan
1 – Mark Andrews, Justin Bishop, James Dalton, Pieter Rossouw, Gary Teichmann, Keith Wood, Denis Hickie, Corne Krige, Andre Venter, Wayne Julies, Pedrie Wannenburg, Brian O’Driscoll, Jaque Fourie, Breyton Paulse, Ronan O’Gara, Marcus Horan, Andrew Trimble, David Wallace, Bryan Habana, Francois Steyn, Schalk Burger

Ireland – Form Guide From Start Of The 2009 Six Nations:

Won 30-21 v France home (Six Nations)
Won 38-9 v Italy away (Six Nations)
Won 14-13 v England home (Six Nations)
Won 22-15 v Scotland away (Six Nations)
Won 17-15 v Wales away (Six Nations)
Won 25-6 v Canada away (Summer Tour)
Won 27-10 v USA away (Summer Tour)
Drew 20-20 v Australia home (Autumn Series)
Won 41-6 v Fiji home (Autumn Series)
Won 15-10 v South Africa home (Autumn Series)
Won 29-11 v Italy home (Six Nations)
Lost 33-10 v France away (Six Nations)
Won 20-16 v England away (Six Nations)
Won 27-12 v Wales home (Six Nations)
Lost 23-20 v Scotland home (Six Nations)
Lost 66-28 v New Zealand away (Summer Tour)
Lost 22-15 v Australia away (Summer Tour)

South Africa – Form Guide From Start Of The 2009 Test Season:

Won 26-21 v British & Irish Lions home (Lions Test Series)
Won 28-25 v British & Irish Lions home (Lions Test Series)
Lost 28-9 v British & Irish Lions home (Lions Test Series)
Won 28-19 v New Zealand home (Tri Nations)
Won 31-19 v New Zealand home (Tri Nations)
Won 29-17 v Australia home (Tri Nations)
Won 32-25 v Australia away (Tri Nations)
Lost 21-6 v Australia away (Tri Nations)
Won 32-29 v New Zealand away (Tri Nations)
Lost 20-13 v France away (Autumn Tour)
Won 32-10 v Italy away (Autumn Tour)
Lost 15-10 v Ireland away (Autumn Tour)
Won 34-31 v Wales away (Summer Series)
Won 42-17 v France home (Summer Series)
Won 29-13 v Italy home (Summer Series)
Won 55-11 v Italy home (Summer Series)
Lost 32-12 v New Zealand away (Tri Nations)
Lost 31-17 v New Zealand away (Tri Nations)
Lost 30-13 v Australia away (Tri Nations)
Lost 29-22 v New Zealand home (Tri Nations)
Won 44-31 v Australia home (Tri Nations)
Lost 41-39 v Australia home (Tri Nations)

Ireland – Most-Capped Players:

103 Brian O’Driscoll
102 John Hayes
99 Ronan O’Gara
92 Malcolm O’Kelly
91 Peter Stringer
82 Girvan Dempsey
72 David Humphreys
70 Kevin Maggs
70 Paul O’Connell
69 Mike Gibson

Ireland – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

963 Ronan O’Gara
560 David Humphreys
308 Michael Kiernan
296 Eric Elwood
217 Ollie Campbell
215 Brian O’Driscoll
158 Tom Kiernan
145 Denis Hickie
113 Tony Ward
112 Mike Gibson

Ireland – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

40 Brian O’Driscoll
29 Denis Hickie
21 Shane Horgan
19 Girvan Dempsey
18 Geordan Murphy
17 Brendan Mullin
15 Tommy Bowe
15 Kevin Maggs
15 Keith Wood
14 Ronan O’Gara

South Africa – Most-Capped Players:

102 Percy Montgomery
102 John Smit
101 Victor Matfield
89 Joost van der Westhuizen
80 Os du Randt
77 Mark Andrews
68 Bakkies Botha
66 Bryan Habana
66 Andre Venter
65 Juan Smith
65 CJ van der Linde

South Africa – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

893 Percy Montgomery
312 Naas Botha
269 Morne Steyn
240 Joel Stransky
221 Braam van Straaten
190 Bryan Habana
190 Joost van der Westhuizen
181 Jannie de Beer
171 Andre Pretorius
156 Henry Honiball

South Africa – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

38 Bryan Habana
38 Joost van der Westhuizen
30 Jaque Fourie
26 Breyton Paulse
25 Percy Montgomery
21 Pieter Rossouw
20 James Small
19 Jean de Villiers
19 Danie Gerber
19 Stefan Terblanche

World Rugby All-Time Top Points Scorers:

1178 Jonny Wilkinson (1111-England, 67-Lions)
1127 Dan Carter (New Zealand)
1090 Neil Jenkins (1049-Wales, 41-Lions)
1010 Diego Dominguez (983-Italy, 27-Argentina)
967 Andrew Mehrtens (New Zealand)
963 Ronan O’Gara (Ireland)
911 Michael Lynagh (Australia)
893 Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
878 Matt Burke (Australia)
868 Stephen Jones (815-Wales, 53-Lions)
752 Chris Paterson (Scotland)
733 Gavin Hastings (667-Scotland, 66-Lions)

World Rugby All-Time Top Try Scorers:

64 David Campese (Australia)
53 Shane Williams (51-Wales, 2-Lions)
50 Rory Underwood (49-England, 1-Lions)
49 Doug Howlett (New Zealand)
46 Christian Cullen (New Zealand)
46 Joe Rokocoko (New Zealand)
44 Jeff Wilson (New Zealand)
41 Brian O’Driscoll (40-Ireland, 1-Lions)
41 Gareth Thomas (40-Wales, 1-Lions)
40 Chris Latham (Australia)

Note: Daisuke Ohata scored 69 tries for Japan, but not all against major international opposition

The ‘100 Caps’ Club:

139 George Gregan (Australia)
119 Jason Leonard (114-England, 5-Lions)
118 Fabien Pelous (France)
111 Philippe Sella (France)
110 George Smith (Australia)
109 Brian O’Driscoll (103-Ireland, 6-Lions)
104 John Hayes (102-Ireland, 2-Lions)
103 Gareth Thomas (100-Wales, 3-Lions)
102 Stephen Larkham (Australia)
102 Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
102 John Smit (South Africa)
101 David Campese (Australia)
101 Victor Matfield (South Africa)
101 Ronan O’Gara (99-Ireland, 2-Lions)
101 Alessandro Troncon (Italy)
100 Chris Paterson (Scotland)