Head-To-Head: Ireland v South Africa

2017 GUINNESS SERIES MATCH: Saturday, November 11

IRELAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Aviva Stadium, 5.30pm (live RTE Two/www.rte.ie/live (ROI only)/Sky Sports Action/RTE Radio 1/IRFU Live Blog)

IRELAND: Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster); Andrew Conway (Garryowen/Munster), Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster), Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht), Jacob Stockdale (Ballynahinch/Ulster); Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster); Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster), Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) (capt), Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster), Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster), Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster), Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster), Sean O’Brien (UCD/Leinster), CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster)

Replacements: Rob Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster), Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster), John Ryan (Cork Constitution/Munster), James Ryan (UCD/Leinster), Rhys Ruddock (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht), Joey Carbery (Clontarf/Leinster), Darren Sweetnam (Cork Constitution/Munster).

SOUTH AFRICA: Andries Coetzee (Emirates Lions); Dillyn Leyds (DHL Stormers), Jesse Kriel (Vodacom Bulls), Damian de Allende (DHL Stormers), Courtnall Skosan (Emirates Lions); Elton Jantjies (Emirates Lions/NTT Shining Arcs); Ross Cronje (Emirates Lions), Tendai Mtawarira (Cell C Sharks), Malcolm Marx (Emirates Lions), Coenie Oosthuizen (Cell C Sharks), Eden Etzebeth (DHL Stormers) (capt), Lood de Jager (Vodacom Bulls), Siya Kolisi (DHL Stormers), Pieter-Steph du Toit (DHL Stormers), Francois Louw (Bath).

Replacements: Bongi Mbonambi (DHL Stormers), Steven Kitshoff (DHL Stormers), Wilco Louw (DHL Stormers), Franco Mostert (Emirates Lions/Ricoh Black Rams), Uzair Cassiem (Toyota Cheetahs), Rudy Paige (Vodacom Bulls), Handré Pollard (Vodacom Bulls), Francois Venter (Toyota Free State Cheetahs).

Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand)
Assistant Referees: Wayne Barnes (England), Ian Davies (Wales)
Television Match Official: David Grashoff (England)

Head-To-Head:

Played – 25
Ireland Won – 6
South Africa Won – 18
Drawn – 1

Ireland v South Africa: IRFU Stat Zone

Ireland v South Africa – 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
November 8, 2014 – Tour Match – Ireland 29 South Africa 15, Aviva Stadium
June 11, 2016 – Tour Match – South Africa 20 Ireland 26, Newlands Stadium
June 18, 2016 – Tour Match – South Africa 32 Ireland 26, Emirates Airline Park
June 25, 2016 – Tour Match – South Africa 19 Ireland 13, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

Biggest Wins And Margins:

South Africa: Points & Margin: 38-0, 1912 Tour Match
Ireland: Points & Margin: 32-15, 2006 Autumn Test

Individual Records In The Series:

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 2 (Harold Sugars, 1906 Tour Match); South Africa 4 (Stefan Terblanche, 1998 Summer Tour First Test)

Most Appearances – Ireland v South Africa:

8 – Malcolm O’Kelly
7 – Jamie Heaslip, Brian O’Driscoll, Ronan O’Gara, CJ van der Linde
6 – Girvan Dempsey, John Hayes, Victor Matfield, Percy Montgomery, Tendai Mtawarira, Paul O’Connell, JP Pietersen, John Smit, Peter Stringer
5 – Rory Best, Schalk Burger, Gordon D’Arcy, Jean de Villiers, Keith Earls, Eden Etzebeth, Shane Horgan, Kevin Maggs, Conor Murray, Donncha O’Callaghan, Adriaan Strauss, Andrew Trimble, David Wallace

Top Points Scorers – Ireland v South Africa:

56 – Percy Montgomery, Ronan O’Gara
52 – Jonathan Sexton
40 – Paddy Jackson
30 – Elton Jantjies
23 – Naas Botha, Gaffie du Toit
22 – Tom Kiernan
20 – Stefan Terblanche
16 – Eric Elwood, Pat Lambie, Morne Steyn
15 – Joost van der Westhuizen

Top Try Scorers – Ireland v South Africa:

4 – Stefan Terblanche
3 – Boetie McHardy, Jan Stegmann, Joost van der Westhuizen
2 – Bakkies Botha, Tommy Bowe, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Johan Erasmus, Danie Gerber, Colin Greenwood, Shane Horgan, Tyrone Howe, Bob Loubser, Jacky Morkel, JP Pietersen, Harold Sugars, Basie van Wyk, Ben-Piet van Zyl

Ireland – Form Guide From Start Of The 2016 Six Nations:

Drew 16-16 v Wales home (Six Nations)
Lost 10-9 v France away (Six Nations)
Lost 21-10 v England away (Six Nations)
Won 58-15 v Italy home (Six Nations)
Won 35-25 v Scotland home (Six Nations)
Won 26-20 v South Africa away (Summer Tour)
Lost 32-26 v South Africa away (Summer Tour)
Lost 19-13 v South Africa away (Summer Tour)
Won 40-29 v New Zealand neutral (Autumn Test)
Won 52-21 v Canada home (GUINNESS Series)
Lost 21-9 v New Zealand home (GUINNESS Series)
Won 27-24 v Australia home (GUINNESS Series)
Lost 27-22 v Scotland away (Six Nations)
Won 63-10 v Italy away (Six Nations)
Won 19-9 v France home (Six Nations)
Lost 22-9 v Wales away (Six Nations)
Won 13-9 v England home (Six Nations)
Won 55-19 v USA away (Summer Tour)
Won 50-22 v Japan away (Summer Series)
Won 35-13 v Japan away (Summer Series)

South Africa – Form Guide From Start Of 2016 Test Season:

Lost 26-20 v Ireland home (Summer Series)
Won 32-26 v Ireland home (Summer Series)
Won 19-13 v Ireland home (Summer Series)
Won 30-23 v Argentina home (Rugby Championship)
Lost 26-24 v Argentina away (Rugby Championship)
Lost 23-17 v Australia away (Rugby Championship)
Lost 41-13 v New Zealand away (Rugby Championship)
Won 18-10 v Australia home (Rugby Championship)
Lost 57-15 v New Zealand home (Rugby Championship)
Lost 37-21 v England away (Autumn Tour)
Lost 20-18 v Italy away (Autumn Tour)
Lost 27-13 v Wales away (Autumn Tour)
Won 37-14 v France home (Summer Series)
Won 37-15 v France home (Summer Series)
Won 35-12 v France home (Summer Series)
Won 37-15 v Argentina home (Rugby Championship)
Won 41-23 v Argentina away (Rugby Championship)
Drew 23-23 v Australia away (Rugby Championship)
Lost 57-0 v New Zealand away (Rugby Championship)
Drew 27-27 v Australia home (Rugby Championship)
Lost 25-24 v New Zealand home (Rugby Championship)

Ireland – Most-Capped Players:

133 Brian O’Driscoll
128 Ronan O’Gara
108 Paul O’Connell
105 John Hayes
104 Rory Best
98 Peter Stringer
95 Jamie Heaslip
94 Donncha O’Callaghan
92 Malcolm O’Kelly
82 Gordon D’Arcy
82 Girvan Dempsey
76 Rob Kearney
72 David Humphreys
72 David Wallace
72 Geordan Murphy
71 Eoin Reddan
70 Cian Healy
70 Kevin Maggs
70 Andrew Trimble
69 Tommy Bowe
69 Mike Gibson
67 Marcus Horan
66 Jonathan Sexton

Ireland – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

1083 Ronan O’Gara
612 Jonathan Sexton
560 David Humphreys
308 Michael Kiernan
296 Eric Elwood
245 Brian O’Driscoll
217 Ollie Campbell
195 Paddy Jackson
158 Tom Kiernan
150 Tommy Bowe

Ireland – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

46 Brian O’Driscoll
30 Tommy Bowe
29 Denis Hickie
26 Keith Earls
21 Shane Horgan
19 Girvan Dempsey
18 Geordan Murphy
17 Brendan Mullin
17 Andrew Trimble
16 Ronan O’Gara
15 Kevin Maggs
15 Keith Wood
14 George Stephenson
13 Jamie Heaslip
13 Rob Kearney
12 Keith Crossan
12 David Wallace

South Africa – Most-Capped Players:

127 Victor Matfield
117 Bryan Habana
111 John Smit
109 Jean de Villiers
102 Percy Montgomery
95 Tendai Mtawarira
89 Joost van der Westhuizen
88 Ruan Pienaar
86 Schalk Burger
85 Bakkies Botha
80 Os du Randt
79 Bismarck du Plessis
77 Mark Andrews
76 Fourie du Preez
75 CJ van der Linde
72 Jaque Fourie
70 Jannie du Plessis
70 JP Pietersen
70 Juan Smith

South Africa – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

893 Percy Montgomery
736 Morne Steyn
335 Bryan Habana
312 Naas Botha
240 Joel Stransky
221 Braam van Straaten
198 Elton Jantjies
190 Handre Pollard
190 Joost van der Westhuizen
181 Jannie de Beer
171 Andre Pretorius
160 Jaque Fourie

South Africa – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

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

World Rugby All-Time Top Points Scorers:

1598 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)
837 Florin Vlaicu (Romania)
835 Merab Kvirikashvili (Georgia)

World Rugby All-Time Top Try Scorers:

67 Bryan Habana (South Africa)
64 David Campese (Australia)
60 Shane Williams (58-Wales, 2-Lions)
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)
46 Julian Savea (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:

148 Richie McCaw (New Zealand)
141 Brian O’Driscoll (133-Ireland, 8-Lions)
139 George Gregan (Australia)
134 Gethin Jenkins (129-Wales, 5-Lions)
132 Keven Mealamu (New Zealand)
130 Ronan O’Gara (128-Ireland, 2-Lions)
127 Victor Matfield (South Africa)
126 Stephen Moore (Australia)
126 Sergio Parisse (Italy)
124 Bryan Habana (South Africa)
119 Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy)
119 Alun Wyn Jones (110-Wales, 9-Lions)
119 Jason Leonard (114-England, 5-Lions)
118 Fabien Pelous (France)
118 Tony Woodcock (New Zealand)
116 Adam Ashley-Cooper (Australia)
116 Nathan Sharpe (Australia)
115 Paul O’Connell (108-Ireland, 7-Lions)
112 Marco Bortolami (Italy)
112 Dan Carter (New Zealand)
111 Ross Ford (110-Scotland, 1-Lions)
111 Philippe Sella (France)
111 John Smit (South Africa)
111 George Smith (Australia)
110 Stephen Jones (104-Wales, 6-Lions)
109 Jean de Villiers (South Africa)
109 Chris Paterson (Scotland)
107 John Hayes (105-Ireland, 2-Lions)
107 Kieran Read (New Zealand)
106 Mauro Bergamasco (Italy)
106 Merab Kvirikashvili (Georgia)
105 Sean Lamont (Scotland)
104 Rory Best (Ireland)
104 Florin Vlaicu (Romania)
104 Martyn Williams (100-Wales, 4-Lions)
103 Matt Giteau (Australia)
103 Andrea Lo Cicero (Italy)
103 Ma’a Nonu (New Zealand)
103 Gareth Thomas (100-Wales, 3-Lions)
102 Davit Kacharava (Georgia)
102 Stephen Larkham (Australia)
102 Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
101 David Campese (Australia)
101 Alessandro Troncon (Italy)
101 Vasco Uva (Portugal)
100 Jamie Heaslip (95-Ireland, 5-Lions)
100 Adam Jones (95-Wales, 5-Lions)
100 Mils Muliaina (New Zealand)