Overview
- South Africa won eight penalties from 16 scrums as Ireland’s pack repeatedly infringed, resulting in two Irish yellow cards.
- Ireland lock James Ryan faces a disciplinary hearing after his on-field yellow card for an incident involving Malcolm Marx.
- Referee Matthew Carley’s calls drew criticism, including a non-red sanction for Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu’s high contact and no upgrade of Ryan’s card.
- Nick Mallett said the world champions were far superior to the scoreline and described the scrum dominance as pointed and personal.
- Malcolm Marx was named Player of the Match and was presented with the World Rugby Player of the Year award in the changing room.