Ireland’s ecstasy as cool Frawley steals it

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER

South Africa..................... 24pts
Penalties: Pollard 19, 35, 45, 48, 53, 57, 61, 65

Ireland............................... 25pts
Tries: Murray 14
Conversions: Crowley 15
Penalties: Crowley 6, 38, 42, 59
Drop goals: Frawley 70, 80
Ireland finished their 55-week long season with a last second win over the world champions when replacement Ciaran Frawley smashed over the second of two audacious and majestic late dropped goals.
Frawley’s prodigious boot, from hand and with his beloved dropped goal, has been acknowledged for a while down Leinster way but perhaps the...

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