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In June 2016, Ireland played a three test series against South Africa as part of the 2016 mid-year rugby union tests. It was the first time that Ireland had played a test series against South Africa in South Africa since 2004. They played the Springboks across the three weeks that the June International window is allocated to; 11 June–25 June. The series was part of the fourth year of the global rugby calendar established by the International Rugby Board, which runs through to 2019.
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Squads
Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 11 June, the first test match of the tour.
Ireland
On 25 May 2016, Joe Schmidt announced his 32-man squad for Ireland's June test series against South Africa.
On 2 June, Luke Fitzgerald, Dave Kearney, Rob Kearney and Jonathan Sexton were all ruled out of the tour after sustaining injuries in and after the Pro12 Grand Final. Craig Gilroy, Matt Healy, Ian Madigan and Tiernan O'Halloran were called up as their replacements.
Coaching team: