Ireland Women beat South Africa 38–17 in Cape Town to complete a 2–0 series win, with a Parsons hat-trick
Ireland Women beat South Africa Women 38–17 at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday 31 October 2026, SA Rugby itself confirmed in its own match report, read directly in this run — the visitors led 14–10 at half-time in the WXV Global Series clash. BBC Sport's full report of the same match, read via live-browser recovery in this run, records a hat-trick for winger Béibhinn Parsons, two tries for Aoife Dalton and one for captain Erin King, with Dannah O'Brien kicking four conversions; South Africa's tries came from Unam Tose, Sizophila Solontsi and Vainah Ubisi. Ireland also won the first Test at the same stadium, 40–27 on 24 October, so this completes a 2–0 series win. The result was first queued earlier today from the Sportradar result record alone (queue #588); it is published now that the federation's own report has been read directly.