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13 May 1961
Newlands, Cape Town
South Africa
24
Ireland
8
Captain:
Johan Claassen
Referee:
Piet Calitz (South Africa)
Coach:
Hennie Muller
Attendance: 35,000
Team - Combined caps: 87 (starting 15)
Position
Player
Province
Age
Prev Tests
Scoring
Loose-head Prop
Fanie Kuhn
Tvl
25
7
Hooker
Ronnie Hill
Rhodesia
26
2
Tight-head Prop
Piet du Toit
Boland
25
11
Lock
Piet J van Zyl
WP
27
0
Lock (C)
Johan Claassen
W-Tvl
31
21
Flank
Hugo van Zyl
WP
28
11
Flank
Martin Pelser
Tvl
27
8
Eighthman
Doug Hopwood
WP
26
7
1 try
Scrumhalf
Piet Uys
N-Tvl
23
3
Flyhalf
Charlie Nimb
WP
22
0
3 conversions, 1 penalty
Left Wing
Hennie van Zyl
Tvl
25
7
Inside Centre
Colin Greenwood
WP
25
0
2 tries
Outside Centre
Dave Stewart
WP
25
4
Right Wing
Ben-Piet van Zyl
WP
25
0
2 tries
Full Back
Lionel Wilson
WP
27
6
Ireland: 1 try, 1 conversion, 1 penalty
Match pictures:
Team for the Ireland test
:
Back
:
Charlie Nimb
,
Ronnie Hill
,
Lionel Wilson
,
Colin Greenwood
,
Piet Uys
Middle
:
Ben-Piet van Zyl
,
Piet van Zyl
,
Martin Pelser
,
Hennie van Zyl
,
Doug Hopwood
,
Fanie Kuhn
Seated
:
Hugo van Zyl
,
Johan Claassen
(
captain
),
Hennie Muller
(
coach
),
Dave Stewart
,
Piet du Toit