IRELAND beat South Africa 19-16 in a tough, gritty autumn international clash at the Aviva Stadium.
Johnny Sexton’s penalty heroics put enough daylight between the two sides with seven minutes left before the Springboks made a fight-back to no avail.
RESULT: Ireland 19-16 South AfricaIreland team: Hugo Keenan, Robert Baloucoune, Garry Ringrose, Robbie Henshaw, Mack Hansen, Johnny Sexton (captain), Conor Murray; Caelan Doris, Josh van der Flier, Peter OMahony, James Ryan, Tadhg Beirne, Tadhg Furlong, Dan Sheehan, Andrew Porter.South Africa team: Cheslin Kolbe, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Jesse Kriel, Damian de Allende, Makazole Mapimpi, Damian Willemse, Jaden Hendrikse; Jasper Wiese, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Siya Kolisi (captain), Lood de Jager, Eben Etzebeth, Frans Malherbe, Malcolm Marx, Steven Kitshoff.
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