Match report

The Springboks beat Ireland by 24-13 (half-time 19-7) at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin for the first time since 2012, with a strong push in the last 20 minutes of the first half tilting the momentum towards the visitors before the game became a bit scrappy in the second half.

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Double Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx became the fourth South African to be crowned the World Rugby Men’s 15s Player of the Year on Saturday in a historic occasion for South African rugby, with two Boks winning the award back-to-back for the first time in history.

Team announcement

Eleven players involved in their season-ending HSBC SVNS World Championship victory in Los Angeles in May will be part of the Springbok Sevens squad for the 2026 HSBC SVNS opener in Dubai next weekend, while Blitzbok head coach Philip Snyman added experienced stalwarts Christie Grobbelaar and Donavan Don to his team.

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Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and Irish-born assistant coach Felix Jones spoke highly of Ireland on Friday as the teams prepare to battle it out at the Aviva Stadium, with the Bok skipper saying they had to be at their best and use all their opportunities if they want to walk away with the result in Dublin on Saturday.

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Springbok Women head coach Swys de Bruin expressed his satisfaction after a wider training squad completed a first alignment camp for the 2026 season in Stellenbosch on Friday.