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Ireland stroll past South Africa to pick up first Autumn series win




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It was a great evening for Irish rugby as they demolished South Africa 38-3 in Dublin.

In a game that Ireland dominated from start to finish the boys in green kicked off a big weekend for Irish sport by picking up an impressive win.

Ireland had the perfect start as Johnny Sexton slotted over three penalties’ to give them a 9 point lead before Conway scored the first try of the game.

The game got even better after the break as Sexton added another penalty before Jantjies slotted over for the Springboks.

However that was as good as it got for the South African’s as Ireland pressed home there advantage by adding three further tries through Ruddock, Herring an Stockdale respectively.

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