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20th November 2025
02:00pm GMT
Ireland take on South Africa this Saturday (kick-off, 5.40pm) at the Aviva Stadium, in their fourth game of the Autumn Nations Series.
After an impressive 46-19 win over Australia last weekend, Ireland will fancy their chances against the world's top side, especially having won four of the last five meetings between the teams.
There are three changes to the XV that took on the Wallabies, with Garry Ringrose in at outside centre in place of Robbie Henshaw, Andrew Porter back starting with Paddy McCarthy dropping to the bench, and Josh van der Flier has returned from his injury to take his place in the backrow.
Robbie Henshaw and Nick Timoney have dropped out of the 23 altogether, while Tom Farrell will look to win his second cap off the bench.
15. Mack Hansen (Corinthians/Connacht)(29)
14. Tommy O’Brien (Blackrock College/Leinster)(5)
13. Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster)(68)
12. Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht)(67)
11. James Lowe (Leinster)(42)
10. Sam Prendergast (Lansdowne/Leinster)(12)
9. Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster)(45)
1. Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster)(78)
2. Dan Sheehan (Lansdowne/Leinster)(34)
3. Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster)(81)
4. James Ryan (UCD/Leinster)(75)
5. Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster)(64)
6. Ryan Baird (Dublin University/Leinster)(32)
7. Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster)(74)
8. Caelan Doris (St Mary’s College/Leinster)(54)(captain)
Replacements:
16. Rónan Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster)(42)
17. Paddy McCarthy (Dublin University/Leinster)(3)
18. Finlay Bealham (Corinthians/Connacht)(53)
19. Cian Prendergast (UCD/Connacht)(7)
20. Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)(54)
21. Craig Casey (Shannon/Munster)(23)
22. Jack Crowley (Cork Constitution/Munster)(29)
23. Tom Farrell (Lansdowne/Munster)(1).
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