Jack McGrath relishing trip into the unknown

Jack McGrath knows what it takes to beat the Springboks. He is equally aware that beating them in Dublin is one thing, attempting to repeat the trick in Cape Town quite another.

Jack McGrath relishing trip into the unknown

Ireland on Saturday have a first opportunity in 12 years to do just that and claim a first Test victory on South African soil.

But there is a reason the feat has not been accomplished previously in seven attempts going back to a first meeting here in 1961.

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