The Springboks will face visitors Ireland at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday, 6 July. A look at their previous encounter in Pretoria.
Photo: SA Rugby website Photo: SA Rugby websitebetween the two nations since their very first encounter nearly 118 years ago when on 26 November 1906 South Africa won 15-12 at the Balmoral Showgrounds in Belfast..
when tries by James Dalton, Rassie Erasmus, Pieter Rossouw, Joost van der Westhuizen and Gary Teichmann, along with four conversions by Percy Montgomery, gave the Springboks their biggest ever home margin of victory over Ireland.matches have been held in Ireland, with South Africa boasting an impressive record on the Emerald Isle having triumphed inLast year’s Rugby World Cup clash in France was the first occasion that the sides had met on neutral ground.
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