Ireland stun Boks 25-24 in second Test in Durban: LIVE

Ireland beat the Springboks 25-24 in a thrilling second Test in Durban on Saturday, with replacement back Ciaran Frawley slotting two late drop-goals to get the win for his team.

In a see-saw affair, Ireland led 16-6 at half-time after a dominant first half, with Conor Murray scoring the only try.

The Boks hit back strongly in the second half, with Handre Pollard kicking several penalties to put the world champions ahead, but Frawley’s two late drop-goals did the job for the visitors.

The South Africans won the first Test 27-20 at Loftus the week before to make this a drawn series at 1-1.

Ireland flyhalf Jack Crowley also struck four penalties and a conversion. For the Boks, Pollard slotted eight penalties without a miss.

Below is how The Citizen covered the match.

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The Boks’ coach Rassie Erasmus opted to go into the match at Kings Park in Durban with the same 23 players who did duty in Pretoria last week, while Andy Farrell of Ireland made several changes to his team, some forced through injury, others being tactical changes.

Centre Bundee Aki, scrumhalf Craig Casey and hooker Dan Sheehan missed out through injury, while flanker Peter O’ Mahony, who led the Irish at Loftus, was relegated to the bench for this Test.

Teams (15-1)

South Africa

Willie le Roux; Cheslin Kolbe, Jesse Kriel, Damian de Allende, Kurt-Lee Arendse; Handre Pollard, Faf de Klerk; Kwagga Smith, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Siya Kolisi (capt); Franco Mostert, Eben Etzebeth; Frans Malherbe, Bongi Mbonambi, Ox Nche. Bench: Malcolm Marx, Gerhard Steenekamp, Vincent Koch, Salmaan Moerat, RG Snyman, Marco van Staden, Grant Williams, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu

Ireland

Jamie Osborne; Calvin Nash, Garry Ringrose, Robbie Henshaw, James Lowe; Jack Crowley, Conor Murray; Caelan Doris (capt), Josh van der Flier, Tadhg Beirne; James Ryan, Joe McCarthy; Tadhg Furlong, Ronan Kelleher, Andrew Porter: Bench: Rob Herring, Cian Healy, Finlay Bealham, Ryan Baird, Peter O’Mahony, Caolin Blade, Ciaran Frawley, Stuart McCloskey