The Ireland rugby union team toured South Africa in July 2024. They played two test matches against the South Africa rugby union team, as part of the 2024 Summer Internationals. It was Ireland's seventh tour to South Africa, and their first test series against the Springboks since 2016.
Fixtures Date Venue Home Score Away Source 6 July 2024 Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria 27–20 Report 13 July 2024 Kings Park Stadium, Durban 24–25 Report
Squads Ireland On 18 June 2024, Ireland head coach Andy Farrell named a 35-player squad for the summer tests against South Africa. Dave Heffernan and the uncapped Nathan Doak were added to the squad after injuries to Craig Casey and Dan Sheehan in the first test.
Ages, caps and clubs are as of 13 July 2024
South Africa On 25 June 2024, South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus named a 39-player squad for their incoming test series, with matches against Ireland and Portugal.Erasmus names strong squad for Castle Lager Incoming Series
Ages, caps and clubs are as of 6 July 2024, the date of the first test.
Matches South Africa vs Ireland (1st test)
FB 15Willie le RouxRW 14Cheslin KolbeOC 13Jesse KrielIC 12Damian de AllendeLW 11Kurt-Lee Arendse FH 10Handré Pollard SH 9 Faf de Klerk N8 8 Kwagga SmithBF 7 Pieter-Steph du ToitOF 6 Siya Kolisi (c) RL 5 Franco Mostert LL 4 Eben Etzebeth TP 3 Frans Malherbe HK 2 Bongi Mbonambi LP 1 Ox Nché Substitutions:HK 16Malcolm Marx PR 17Gerhard Steenekamp PR 18Vincent Koch LK 19Salmaan Moerat LK 20RG Snyman FL 21Marco van Staden SH 22Grant Williams FH 23Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu Coach: Rassie Erasmus FB 15Jamie Osborne RW 14Calvin NashOC 13Robbie Henshaw IC 12Bundee AkiLW 11James LoweFH 10Jack Crowley SH 9 Craig Casey N8 8 Caelan DorisOF 7 Josh van der FlierBF 6 Peter O'Mahony (c) RL 5 Tadhg BeirneLL 4 Joe McCarthy TP 3 Tadhg Furlong HK 2 Dan Sheehan LP 1 Andrew Porter Replacements:HK 16Rónan Kelleher PR 17Cian Healy PR 18Finlay Bealham LK 19James Ryan LK 20Ryan Baird SH 21Conor Murray FH 22Ciarán Frawley CE 23Garry Ringrose Coach: Andy Farrell Player of the Match: Pieter-Steph du Toit (South Africa) Assistant referees: Karl Dickson (England) Mike Adamson (Scotland) Television match official: Ben Whitehouse (Wales) Foul play review officer: Ian Tempest (England) Notes: Jamie Osborne (Ireland) made his international debut. This was South Africa's first victory over Ireland since 2016.
South Africa vs Ireland (2nd test)
FB 15Willie le Roux RW 14Cheslin KolbeOC 13Jesse KrielIC 12Damian de AllendeLW 11Kurt-Lee ArendseFH 10Handré PollardSH 9 Faf de Klerk N8 8 Kwagga SmithBF 7 Pieter-Steph du ToitOF 6 Siya Kolisi (c) RL 5 Franco Mostert LL 4 Eben Etzebeth TP 3 Frans Malherbe HK 2 Bongi Mbonambi LP 1 Ox Nché Substitutions:HK 16Malcolm Marx PR 17Gerhard Steenekamp PR 18Vincent Koch LK 19Salmaan Moerat LK 20RG Snyman FL 21Marco van Staden SH 22Grant Williams FH 23Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu Coach: Rassie Erasmus FB 15Jamie OsborneRW 14Calvin Nash OC 13Garry RingroseIC 12Robbie HenshawLW 11James LoweFH 10Jack Crowley SH 9 Conor Murray N8 8 Caelan Doris (c) OF 7 Josh van der Flier BF 6 Tadhg Beirne RL 5 James Ryan LL 4 Joe McCarthyTP 3 Tadhg Furlong HK 2 Rónan Kelleher LP 1 Andrew Porter Replacements:HK 16Rob Herring PR 17Cian Healy PR 18Finlay Bealham LK 19Ryan Baird FL 20Peter O'Mahony SH 21Caolin Blade FH 22Ciarán Frawley CE 23Stuart McCloskey Coach: Andy Farrell Player of the Match: Ox Nché (South Africa) Assistant referees: Luke Pearce (England) Craig Evans (Wales) Television match official: Ian Tempest (England) Foul play review officer: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
See also 2024 mid-year rugby union tests 2024 England rugby union tour of New Zealand 2024 France rugby union tour of Argentina and Uruguay 2024 Wales rugby union tour of Australia
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