Afrigather Eire grabbed a dramatic one-point victory over the Springboks in Durban on Saturday night to not solely degree the two-Take a look at Collection, but in addition hand the Rugby World Cup champions their first defeat since lifting the Webb Ellis Cup final yr.
Eire utterly dominated the primary half, the Springboks got here out and fought again excellently within the second half to take the lead with mere seconds remaining.
However substitute flyhalf Ciaran Frawley got here up clutch as he slotted an ideal drop aim with the clock within the crimson to offer Ireland a exceptional stoppage-time win.
What makes Frawley’s cameo efficiency much more distinctive, is the truth that it was his second drop aim of the sport, having executed one earlier within the recreation to get his staff inside touching distance of the Springboks on the scoreboard.
FRAWLEY’S HEROICS STEER IRELAND PAST STUNNED SPRINGBOKS
Watch Frawley’s match-winning and series-defining drop aim beneath.
SPRINGBOKS VS IRELAND SCORERS AND TEAMS
Springboks 24 (6) – Penalty targets: Handre Pollard (8).
Eire 25 (16) – Attempt: Conor Murray. Conversion: Jack Crowley. Penalty targets: Crowley (4). Drop targets: Ciaran Frawley (2).
Springboks – 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Kwagga Smith, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche.
Subs: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Salmaan Moerat, 20 RG Snyman, 21 Marco van Staden, 22 Grant Williams, 23 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu.
Eire – 15 Jamie Osborne, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 James Lowe, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Caelan Doris (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Tadhg Beirne, 5 James Ryan, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Ronan Kelleher, 1 Andrew Porter.
Subs: 16 Rob Herring, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 Ryan Baird, 20 Peter O’Mahony, 21 Caolin Blade, 22 Ciaran Frawley, 23 Stuart McCloskey.
