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Updated / Monday, 14 Dec 2020
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Ireland last faced South Africa in Dublin in 2017
Ireland have been drawn in Pool B alongside champions South Africa and Scotland for the 2023 Rugby World Cup In France.
Since Ireland beat the Springboks 38-3 in a 2017 Guinness Series at the AViva Stadium, South Africa have established themselves as the dominant force in global rugby - winning last year s World Cup in Japan.
Ireland beat Scotland at that tournament in the pool stages and are very familiar with Gregor Townsend s side, after this year s Six Nations and Autumn Nations Cup.
The set-up of the pools also mean that if Ireland progress from the pool stage, they will face a team from Pool A, almost certainly either New Zealand or hosts France, leaving them with a tricky World Cup route.