Head-To-Head: Ireland v South Africa

2014 GUINNESS SERIES MATCH: Saturday, November 8

IRELAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Aviva Stadium, 5.30pm (live RTÉ Two/Sky Sports 2 HD/RTÉ Radio 1/IRFU Live Blog)

IRELAND: Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster); Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), Jared Payne (Ulster), Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Connacht), Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster); Jonathan Sexton (Racing Metro 92), Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster); Jack McGrath (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Sean Cronin (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster), Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster), Paul O’Connell (Young Munster/Munster) (capt), Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster), Chris Henry (Malone/Ulster), Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster).

Replacements: Richardt Strauss (Old Wesley/Leinster), Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster), Rodney Ah You (Buccaneers/Connacht), Mike McCarthy (Lansdowne/Leinster), Rhys Ruddock (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster), Ian Madigan (Blackrock College/Leinster), Felix Jones (Shannon/Munster).

SOUTH AFRICA: Willie le Roux (FS Cheetahs); Cornal Hendricks (FS Cheetahs), Jan Serfontein (Blue Bulls), Jean de Villiers (Western Province) (capt), Bryan Habana (Toulon); Handré Pollard (Blue Bulls), Francois Hougaard (Blue Bulls); Tendai Mtawarira (Sharks), Bismarck du Plessis (Sharks), Jannie du Plessis (Sharks), Eben Etzebeth (Western Province), Victor Matfield (Blue Bulls), Marcell Coetzee (Sharks), Teboho ‘Oupa’ Mohoje (FS Cheetahs), Duane Vermeulen (Western Province).

Replacements: Adriaan Strauss (FS Cheetahs), Trevor Nyakane (FS Cheetahs), Coenie Oosthuizen (FS Cheetahs), Bakkies Botha (Toulon), Schalk Burger (Suntory), Cobus Reinach (Sharks), Pat Lambie (Sharks), JP Pietersen (Panasonic).

Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant Referees: Mathieu Raynal, Alexandre Ruiz (both France)
Television Match Official: Jim Yuille (Scotland)

Head-to-Head:

Played – 21
Ireland Won – 4
South Africa Won – 16
Drawn – 1

Ireland v South Africa: IRFU Stats Vault

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
November 6, 2010 – Tour Match – Ireland 21 South Africa 23, Aviva Stadium
November 10, 2012 – Tour Match – Ireland 12 South Africa 16, Aviva Stadium

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 twelve players); South Africa 4 (Stefan Terblanche, 1998 Summer Tour First Test)

Top Points Scorers – Ireland v South Africa Since 1998:

56 – Ronan O’Gara, Percy Montgomery
36 – Jonathan Sexton
23 – Gaffie du Toit
20 – Stefan Terblanche
16 – Eric Elwood, Morne Steyn
15 – Joost van der Westhuizen
13 – Pat Lambie
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, Tommy Bowe, Rob Kearney, Juan Smith, Gio Aplon, Ruan Pienaar

Ireland – Form Guide From Start Of The 2013 Six Nations:

Won 30-22 v Wales away (Six Nations)
Lost 12-6 v England home (Six Nations)
Lost 12-8 v Scotland away (Six Nations)
Drew 13-13 v France home (Six Nations)
Lost 22-15 v Italy away (Six Nations)
Won 15-12 v USA away (Summer Tour)
Won 40-14 v Canada away (Summer Tour)
Won 40-9 v Samoa home (Autumn Series)
Lost 32-15 v Australia home (Autumn Series)
Lost 24-22 v New Zealand home (Autumn Series)
Won 28-6 v Scotland home (Six Nations)
Won 26-3 v Wales home (Six Nations)
Lost 13-10 v England away (Six Nations)
Won 46-7 v Italy home (Six Nations)
Won 22-20 v France away (Six Nations)
Won 29-17 v Argentina away (Summer Tour)
Won 23-17 v Argentina away (Summer Tour)

South Africa – Form Guide From The Start Of The 2013 Rugby Championship:

Won 44-10 v Italy home (Quadrangular Tournament)
Won 30-17 v Scotland home (Quadrangular Tournament)
Won 56-23 v Samoa home (Quadrangular Tournament)
Won 73-13 v Argentina home (Rugby Championship)
Won 22-17 v Argentina away (Rugby Championship)
Won 38-12 v Australia home (Rugby Championship)
Lost 29-15 v New Zealand away (Rugby Championship)
Won 28-8 v Australia home (Rugby Championship)
Lost 38-27 v New Zealand home (Rugby Championship)
Won 24-15 v Wales away (Autumn Tour)
Won 28-0 v Scotland away (Autumn Tour)
Won 19-10 v France away (Autumn Tour)
Won 38-16 v Wales home (Summer Series)
Won 31-30 v Wales home (Summer Series)
Won 55-6 v Scotland home (Summer Test)
Won 13-6 v Argentina home (Rugby Championship)
Won 33-31 v Argentina away (Rugby Championship)
Lost 24-23 v Australia away (Rugby Championship)
Lost 14-10 v New Zealand away (Rugby Championship)
Won 28-10 v Australia home (Rugby Championship)
Won 27-25 v New Zealand home (Rugby Championship)

Ireland – Most-Capped Players:

133 Brian O’Driscoll
128 Ronan O’Gara
105 John Hayes
98 Peter Stringer
94 Paul O’Connell
94 Donncha O’Callaghan
92 Malcolm O’Kelly
82 Girvan Dempsey
79 Gordon D’Arcy
77 Rory Best
72 David Humphreys
72 David Wallace
72 Geordan Murphy
70 Kevin Maggs
69 Mike Gibson

Ireland – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

1083 Ronan O’Gara
560 David Humphreys
391 Jonathan Sexton
308 Michael Kiernan
296 Eric Elwood
245 Brian O’Driscoll
217 Ollie Campbell
158 Tom Kiernan

Ireland – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

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

South Africa – Most-Capped Players:

117 Victor Matfield
111 John Smit
103 Bryan Habana
102 Jean de Villiers
102 Percy Montgomery
89 Joost van der Westhuizen
83 Bakkies Botha
80 Os du Randt
80 Ruan Pienaar
77 Mark Andrews
75 CJ van der Linde
73 Schalk Burger
72 Jaque Fourie
70 Fourie du Preez
70 Juan Smith

South Africa – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

893 Percy Montgomery
688 Morne Steyn
312 Naas Botha
280 Bryan Habana
240 Joel Stransky
221 Braam van Straaten
190 Joost van der Westhuizen
181 Jannie de Beer
171 Andre Pretorius
160 Jaque Fourie

South Africa – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

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

World Rugby All-Time Top Points Scorers:

1448 Dan Carter (New Zealand)
1246 Jonny Wilkinson (1179-England, 67-Lions)
1090 Neil Jenkins (1049-Wales, 41-Lions)
1083 Ronan O’Gara (Ireland)
1010 Diego Dominguez (27-Argentina, 983-Italy)
970 Stephen Jones (917-Wales, 53-Lions)
967 Andrew Mehrtens (New Zealand)
911 Michael Lynagh (Australia)
893 Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
878 Matt Burke (Australia)
809 Chris Paterson (Scotland)

World Rugby All-Time Top Try Scorers:

64 David Campese (Australia)
60 Shane Williams (58-Wales, 2-Lions)
56 Bryan Habana (South Africa)
50 Rory Underwood (49-England, 1-Lions)
49 Doug Howlett (New Zealand)
47 Brian O’Driscoll (46-Ireland, 1-Lions)
46 Christian Cullen (New Zealand)
46 Joe Rokocoko (New Zealand)
44 Jeff Wilson (New Zealand)
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:

141 Brian O’Driscoll (133-Ireland, 8-Lions)
139 George Gregan (Australia)
134 Richie McCaw (New Zealand)
130 Ronan O’Gara (128-Ireland, 2-Lions)
121 Keven Mealamu (New Zealand)
119 Jason Leonard (114-England, 5-Lions)
118 Fabien Pelous (France)
117 Victor Matfield (South Africa)
116 Nathan Sharpe (Australia)
112 Gethin Jenkins (107-Wales, 5-Lions)
111 Philippe Sella (France)
111 John Smit (South Africa)
111 George Smith (Australia)
110 Stephen Jones (104-Wales, 6-Lions)
110 Tony Woodcock (New Zealand)
109 Chris Paterson (Scotland)
107 John Hayes (105-Ireland, 2-Lions)
107 Marco Bortolami (Italy)
105 Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy)
105 Sergio Parisse (Italy)
104 Martyn Williams (100-Wales, 4-Lions)
103 Bryan Habana (South Africa)
103 Andrea Lo Cicero (Italy)
103 Gareth Thomas (100-Wales, 3-Lions)
102 Jean de Villiers (South Africa)
102 Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
102 Stephen Larkham (Australia)
101 David Campese (Australia)
101 Dan Carter (New Zealand)
101 Paul O’Connell (94-Ireland, 7-Lions)
101 Alessandro Troncon (Italy)
100 Adam Ashley-Cooper (Australia)
100 Mauro Bergamasco (Italy)
100 Adam Jones (95-Wales, 5-Lions)
100 Mils Muliaina (New Zealand)