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, four yellow cards and an equally uncharacteristic 18 penalties. For a time, Ireland was down to 12 men.

The Springboks turned the pressure into four tries, one of them a penalty try. They hadn’t won in Dublin since 2012 and ended up with their biggest win there over Ireland since 1998. They have three straight wins 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 tra

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