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It was probably the most discussed debut of any Irish player. The path of Bundee Aki to his first cap arrived amid a hail of criticism over the reside(...)

Joe Schmidt’s scribbled report card. Deeper analysis to follow. Some talk of Bundee Aki below. The Ireland coach understands karma, he knows not to s(...)

Rob Kearney Out of action more often than not these past two years and it showed. Jumped for high balls only to land empty handed. Failed to mop up (...)

Ireland 38 South Africa 3 In the end it was a pummelling, but Ireland had to put in plenty of hard graft and tackles before decorating the game with (...)

15 Andries Coetzee Age: 27 Height: 5’11” Weight: 92kg (14st 7lbs) Caps: 9 Points: 0 He has played in every test for South Africa this year. One aspect(...)

South Africa 37 Argentina 15 Ghana-born wing Raymond Rhule scored his first international try as South Africa claimed victory over Argentina in their(...)

South Africa 19 Ireland 13 There have been few more courageous Irish performances in a season-ending tour to one of the Southern Hemisphere big gun(...)

15 Jared Payne Serene for an hour, proving once again that he must remain as the Ireland fullback, but like many backs became irrelevant as Springb(...)

Although it’s hard to think of a better one-off Irish win, or certainly a better one day, Joe Schmidt struggled to put this epic 14-man Irish victory(...)

Necessity being the mother of invention, both Ireland and South Africa are likely to unveil much changed line-ups when Joe Schmidt and Allister Coetze(...)