The 2019 champions missed four kicks out of five to go down 13-8 to a resilient Ireland side in an almighty struggle at the Stade de France
Hansen’s try, his side’s only one of the match, virtually secured Ireland’s place in the quarter-finals but more importantly gave them a psychologically huge victory over a side many predict they will face here again in a month’s time with theBut South Africa will believe they had
enough in the tank to beat the world No 1 side, only for Manie Libbok and Faf de Klerk to leave 11 points on the pitch in missed kicks., which did help create Cheslin Kolbe’s 51st-minute try, but two more penalties, both won by the Irish scrum, was enough to earn them a seismic victory.
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