The World Number one side Ireland faced the reigning World Champions South Africa in an electric encounter inside the State de France in Paris. The match was one of the most hotly anticipated fixture of the Pool stages of Rugby World Cup 2023, with an atmosphere to match it! After some incredible physicality, set-piece battles and tactical nous, the game went down to the wire, but Ireland managed to hold on against the Springboks and in doing so, laid down a marker to everyone else in the tournament ahead of the quarter-finals.

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00:00:00 – Lineup Graphics by South Africa
00:01:17 – Lineup Graphics by Ireland
00:02:33 – Pre Match by South Africa
00:02:43 – Match Start by Ireland
00:03:05 – Clean Break by Kurt-Lee Arendse
00:03:47 – Penalty Goal by Manie Libbok
00:03:57 – Line break by Dundee Aki
00:05:57 – Long Try by Mack Hansen
00:07:38 – Conversion by Johnny Sexton
00:07:49 – First Half End by Ireland
00:08:28 – Second Half Start by South Africa
00:08:58 – Penalty by James Ryan
00:09:32 – Penalty Goal by Faf de Klerk
00:09:56 – Maul formed by Eben Etzebeth
00:10:13 – Long Try by Cheslin Kolbe
00:11:03 – Conversion by Manie Libbok
00:11:10 – Penalty by Frans Malherbe
00:11:22 – Penalty Goal by Johnny Sexton
00:11:33 – Penalty by Tadhg Furlong
00:11:47 – Penalty Goal by Manie Libbok
00:11:57 – Restart by Johnny Sexton
00:12:09 – Tackle by Andrew Porter
00:12:16 – Penalty by Dan Sheehan
00:12:25 – Penalty Goal by Faf de Klerk
00:12:34 – Penalty by Ox Nche
00:12:55 – Penalty Goal by Jack Crowley
00:13:09 – Match End by Ireland

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