SOUTH AFRICA 20-26 IRELAND
BEST TRY SHOWS HE IS UP FOR THE JOB
Pat Lambie missed an early penalty attempt to put the Springboks in front, the traffic was largely one-way and it was the tourists who drew first blood when referee Mathieu Raynal punished the hosts for pulling down a lineout drive.
Rory Best went to the corner and, again, the maul came down. Iain Henderson carried the advantage at the home side, before Luke Marshall deftly chipped the ball in behind for Jared Payne to dot down.
It was to be a double-blow for the home side who lost Lood de Jager to the sin-bin for the maul offence as Jackson converted the try.
Things turned in the South Africans' direction on 22 minutes, however, as Ireland's early good work was undone by a red card for Stander.
Raynal reviewed the incident several times, before concluding that the 26-year-old had been reckless and reached for his pocket.
Lambie was forced off and despite losing their number 10, the home side scented blood and Elton Jantjies narrowed the gap to four with a penalty before a piece of deft skill saw the Lions star put Lwazi Mvovo over.
And things got worse for Ireland as the referee reviewed the footage and found that Robbie Henshaw had gone high and late on Jantjies after the pass, so he was handed 10 minutes in the sin-bin as the conversion sailed over.
Despite playing the rest of the half with 13 men, Ireland somehow managed to go in level as Jackson landed an opportunistic drop-goal before Conor Murray brilliantly denied a Duane Vermeulen charge and Jackson forced Mvovo into touch.
Slick hands from Payne saw Andrew Trimble make gains up the right, his inside pass was touched by Willie le Roux and captain Best pounced with a big carry.
Murray picked and went, slipping De Jager's tackle to put his side in front.
Jackson converted and almost added another try when he slipped inside Frans Malherbe and chipped ahead, but Faf de Klerk was too quick for him and averted the danger.
Indeed, Jackson came close to making it a two-score game with a long-range penalty, but his effort came back off the post.
He made no mistake with his next effort from closer range, but South Africa hit back instantly when Pieter-Steph du Toit intercepted the fly-half's pass and raced in under the posts
P Pietersen looked like he might have scored with the clock having ticked past 80, but a combination of Payne, Henshaw and Jackson forced him into touch.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-3636713/South-Africa-20-26-Ireland-Joe-Schmidt-s-14-man-secure-historic-win-against-odds-Cape-Town.html#ixzz4BSJ8OJYK
This was an amazing win for Ireland as it showed that they can do very well witjhout players like Johnny Sexton and Paul O Conell when it comes to playing abroad and maybe a new generation can come through for Japan but to me now they must go and win the series now and make some form of history as this is a week South Africa and I deffinitely think it can be done.You you have got to see the positive in this as South Afreica and not the negative.
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