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# South Africa

This week
21st July 2024 - 27th July 2024
Ireland Men's Rugby 7s get off to winning start at the Olympics
Conroy and Kennedy get Ireland off to winning start at the Olympics
The Ireland men’s 7s team beat South Africa in their opener in Paris.
Last week
14th July 2024 - 27th July 2024
What a magical day in Durban said about South African rugby
This month
July 2024
'It put new life into my career to go to Leinster. I was blessed'
Heinke van der Merwe won two Heineken Cups with the Irish province in 2011 and 2012.
'That next development and evolution of the team has to come in November'
'I don't know if it's dangerous. It's one individual who said that' - Rassie
Nationals of South Africa and Botswana will now need a visa to travel to Ireland
South Africa beat Ireland in first Test in Pretoria
Ireland tour diary: South Africans are obsessed with rugby
The welcome for the Irish has been nothing but enthusiastic and genuine.
'It's a real privilege' - Ireland train with players from Alexandra township
'The concern I have is just the way we’ve looked, the way our players have looked individually'
Last month
June 2024
'It would have been awesome to play for Ireland but I was nearly 30'
Cormac Izuchukwu was supposed to be in Tequila this week
'It was a culture shock, straight into drinking so much Guinness!'
Why Jimmy O'Brien is the man to step up in Ireland's number 15 shirt
'I promised my mother-in-law we'd be back in three years but the rest is history'
'I do think it’s going to be his toughest challenge'
'It spiced it up' - Rassie reveals Zebo contacted him to clarify 'he hates the Irish' comments
'His ceiling is very, very high and we haven’t even seen the start of it yet'
'I feel sorry for Farrell a little bit in terms of what he’s picking from compared to Rassie'
South Africa too strong for Wales in first Test since World Cup triumph
Here's the Irish rugby lineup that will take on South Africa this summer
JGP and Conan miss tour as Ireland include 3 uncapped players
Sam Prendergast, Jamie Osborne, and Cormac Izuchukwu have been included by Andy Farrell.
A taste of what's to come - Ireland's spicy series with Springboks looms
South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa re-elected as his ANC party strikes late coalition deal
Conan and Ringrose to travel with Leinster to South Africa
Spain to join South Africa's ICJ case against Israel
South Africa's ANC having 'talks about talks' in effort to form coalition after losing majority
May
May 2024
South Africans turn out to vote as ANC party rule in balance
Munster set to sign South African flyer Thaakir Abrahams
Top UN court to rule on South Africa's Gaza ceasefire bid
'Israel must be stopped': South Africa urges UN court to order military withdrawal from Gaza
Rescuers search for workers still alive after apartment building collapse in South Africa
This year
2024
Boosted by returning big guns, Munster had a brilliant tour of South Africa
Graham Rowntree’s men flew home with a maximum 10 points.
Fianna Fáil MEP accuses Ursula von der Leyen of ‘silence’ on genocide case against Israel
Bus plunges off bridge in South Africa, kills 45 passengers
'It has to stop': Ireland will intervene in South Africa's genocide case against Israel
Murphy proud that Ulster 'stayed in the fight' in humid South Africa
President Higgins discusses ICJ case against Israel in phone call with South Africa president
South Africa to face Wales at Twickenham before Ireland games this summer