 Rwendo rwomubatanidzwa werugby rweIreland rwomuSouth Africa rwa1998 rwakanga rwuri rwendo rwechitatu rweboka racho, rakanga ramboshanyira muna 1961 na1981. Vaviri Paul Wallace naKeith Wood vakanga vamboenda kuSouth AfricaneBritish neIrish Lions muna 1997. Dion OCuinneagain, akaberekerwa muCape Town, aive kaputeni weSouth Africa zvese pachikoro uye pamatanho manomwe, asati achinja kuvimbika. Akaita kutanga kwake kwepasi rose kweIreland mukukundwa kwe3713 kurwisa South Africa musi wa13 Chikumi 1998. 