Ireland confirmed composure beneath stress and took benefit of some unforced errors by the guests to beat the Springboks 19-16 (half-time 6-6) in a hard-fought Test match on the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday night.
Yet, sure refereeing choices have been as soon as once more hotly debated as the house group definitely appeared to get the rub of the inexperienced on some events, with questionable passes picked up by followers – however not the officials – within the lead-up to two Ireland tries.
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“I’ll never blame the ref,” Springbok captain Siya Kolisi mentioned post-match. “Both tries were checked [by the TMO] and then there’s nothing else you can do. I thought he was fair and Ireland played very well.”
These sentiments have been echoed by coach Jacques Nienaber, who additionally mentioned the group would proceed to work on bettering their goal-kicking, which proved pricey on Saturday.
“We’re working on it. We and the players measure their goalkicking, so they know at what percentage they’re kicking at during the week. It’s tough, in some instances a miss is actually a kick that hits the posts. It is what it is. None of the goalkickers go out there to miss a goal.
“Johnny (Sexton) didn’t try to miss his first conversion, for example, but the key is he nailed the big ones and we didn’t. I’ll never blame a player for that. They must just keep working on it, which they are.”
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The Springboks misplaced a hard-fought victory in Dublin on Saturday – and slipped to fourth within the World Rugby rankings.
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The Springboks went down 19-16 at a sold-out Aviva Stadium after the scores have been dead-locked at 6-6 at half-time.
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It was Ireland’s seventh win over the reigning world champion Springboks within the final 11 Tests relationship again to 2004.
It was a troublesome Test for South Africa’s goal-kickers with Damian Willemse enduring an off-night and Cheslin Kolbe faring little higher.
Ireland prolonged their lead atop the World Rugby standings by 0.60 factors, whereas the Springboks misplaced an equal variety of factors and dropped to fourth.
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The Springboks will subsequent be in motion in opposition to France in Marseille subsequent Saturday, 12 November.
Kick-off is at 22:00 (SA time).
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SCORERS:
Ireland
Tries: Josh van der Flier, Mack Hansen
Penalties: Johnny Sexton (3)
South Africa
Tries: Franco Mostert, Kurt-Lee Arendse
Penalties: Damian Willemse, Cheslin Kolbe
TEAMS:
Ireland
15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Robert Baloucoune, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Mack Hansen, 10 Johnny Sexton (captain), 9 Conor Murray, 8 Caelan Doris, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 James Ryan, 4 Tadhg Beirne, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan, 1 Andrew Porter
Substitutes: 16 Rob Herring, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 Kieran Treadwell, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Jamison Gibson-Park, 22 Joey Carbery, 23 Jimmy O’Brien
South Africa
15 Cheslin Kolbe, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Damian Willemse, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Steven Kitshoff
Substitutes: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Ox Nche, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Franco Mostert, 20 Deon Fourie, 21 Kwagga Smith, 22 Faf de Klerk, 23 Willie le Roux