28 November 2009 | ||||||
Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
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Captain: John Smit | Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales) | |||||
Coach: Peter de Villiers | Attendance: 82000 |
Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
Loose-head Prop | Tendai Mtawarira | Sharks | 24 | 21 | |
Hooker (C) | John Smit | Sharks | 31 | 92 | |
Tight-head Prop | BJ Botha | Ulster | 29 | 18 | |
Lock | Andries Bekker | WP | 25 | 20 | |
Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 32 | 91 | |
Flank | Heinrich Brüssow | Cheetahs | 23 | 12 | |
Flank | Schalk (jnr) Burger | WP | 26 | 54 | 1 try |
Eighthman | Danie Rossouw | Blue Bulls | 31 | 45 | |
Scrumhalf | Fourie du Preez | Blue Bulls | 27 | 54 | |
Flyhalf | Morné Steyn | Blue Bulls | 25 | 11 | 1 conversion, 1 dropgoal |
Left Wing | Bryan Habana | Blue Bulls | 26 | 56 | |
Inside Centre | Wynand Olivier | Blue Bulls | 26 | 26 | |
Outside Centre | Jaque Fourie | Lions | 26 | 53 | |
Right Wing | JP Pietersen | Sharks | 23 | 32 | |
Full Back | Zane Kirchner | Blue Bulls | 25 | 3 | |
Reserve | CJ van der Linde | Leinster | 29 | 57 | |
Reserve | Bismarck du Plessis | Sharks | 25 | 31 | |
Reserve | Dewald Potgieter | Blue Bulls | 22 | 0 | |
Reserve | Ruan Pienaar | Sharks | 25 | 35 | |
Reserve | Jean de Villiers | Munster | 28 | 54 |
Ireland: 5 penalties |
Team for the Ireland test: Back: Jaque Fourie, Jean Deysel, Schalk Burger, Andries Bekker, Danie Rossouw, JP Pietersen, Bismarck du Plessis, Ruan Pienaar Middle: Tendai 'Beast' Mtawarira, BJ Botha, Morné Steyn, Wynand Olivier, Dewald Potgieter, Zane Kirchner, Fourie du Preez, Heinrich Brussouw, Francois Hougaard Front: Bryan Habana, Dick Muir (asst coach), Victor Matfield, Peter de Villiers (coach), John Smit (captain), Arthrob Petersen (manager), CJ van der Linde, Gary Gold (asst coach), Jean de Villiers |