The Springboks have just two more games left in 2025, which includes this weekend’s blockbuster battle against Ireland in Dublin that will precede one final encounter against Wales.

It’s this Saturday’s Test that will undoubtedly be one of the greatest challenges of the year, though, as the Springboks look to change their fortunes in Dublin, where they last won a Test in 2012.

The teams last met in South Africa in the Incoming Series in July 2024, with each side winning one game, and Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth said facing Ireland at home was a completely different challenge against a