DUBLIN (AP) — South Africa beat Ireland in Dublin for the first time in 13 years, winning 24-13 after a dramatic and chaotic incident-packed match on Saturday.

The Irish struggled to handle the Springboks' physicality and a green mist descended in which they conceded a 20-minute red card and four yellow cards. For a time, Ireland was down to 12 men.

South Africa turned the pressure into four tries, one of them a penalty try, and a third straight win on their European tour with only lowly Wales to visit.

The penalty try, awarded against Ireland's backpedalling scrum in first-half injury time, lifted the Springboks to a 19-7 lead as a train of Irish players were brandished with yellow cards by referee Matthew Carley.

Carley's halftime whistle prompted loud booing from the packed crowd in

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