Springboks silenced by super Ireland

Ireland’s heroic 17-12 victory at Lansdowne Road extinguished South Africa’s Grand Slam dream in nail-biting fashion and taught Springbok coach Jake White an embarrassing lesson in diplomacy.

Eddie O’Sullivan’s side hardly needed any extra inspiration to register only their second win against the Tri-Nations champions following a hugely disappointing summer tour to South Africa which resulted in two Test defeats.