11 November 2017
Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin
South Africa
3
Ireland
38
Captain: Eben Etzebeth Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand)
Coach: Allister Coetzee Attendance: 51,000
Team - Combined caps: 439 (starting 15)
PositionPlayerProvinceAgePrev TestsScoring
Loose-head Prop Tendai Mtawarira Sharks 3295 
Hooker Malcolm Marx Lions 2311 
Tight-head Prop Coenie Oosthuizen Sharks 2829 
Lock (C) Eben Etzebeth WP 2663 
Lock Lood de Jager Blue Bulls 2432 
Flank Siya Kolisi WP 2625 
Flank Pieter-Steph du Toit WP 2529 
Eighthman Francois Louw Bath 3254 
Scrumhalf Ross Cronjé Lions 286 
Flyhalf Elton Jantjies Lions 27201 penalty
Left Wing Courtnall Skosan Lions 269 
Inside Centre Damian de Allende WP 2527 
Outside Centre Jesse Kriel Blue Bulls 2325 
Right Wing Dillyn Leyds WP 255 
Full Back Andries Coetzee Lions 279 
Reserve Wilco Louw WP 231 
Reserve Steven Kitshoff WP 2519 
Reserve Francois Venter Cheetahs 263 
Reserve Handré Pollard Blue Bulls 2322 
Reserve Uzair Cassiem Cheetahs 276 
Reserve Bongi Mbonambi WP 2611 
Reserve Franco Mostert Lions 2615 
Reserve Rudy Paige Blue Bulls 2811 
Ireland: 4 tries, 3 conversions, 4 penalties
Match pictures:
Team for the Dublin test:
Back: Dillyn Leyds, Wilco Louw, Uzair Cassiem, Malcolm Marx, Franco Mostert, Handre Pollard, Damian de Allende, Steven Kitshoff
Middle: Ross Cronjé, Andries Coetzee, Francois Venter, Courtnall Skosan, JJ Fredericks (presented jerseys), Jesse Kriel, Elton Jantjies, Bongi Mbonambi, Rudy Paige
Front: Lood de Jager, Francois Louw, Siya Kolisi, Allister Coetzee (coach), Eben Etzebeth (captain), Ian Schwartz (manager), Tendai Mtawarira, Coenie Oosthuizen, Pieter-Steph du Toit