DUBLIN (AP) — Andy Farrell thought he'd seen it all on a rugby field.

The coach changed his mind after a madcap match on Saturday when his Ireland suffered a 20-minute red card and four yellow cards and couldn't stop South Africa from winning 24-13 for its first victory in Dublin since 2012.

“I haven't seen a game like that ever,” Farrell said.

It all came to a head at the end of a pulsating first half as Sam Prendergast, Jack Crowley and prop Andrew Porter were sin-binned and left Ireland with 12 men briefly and a halftime deficit of 19-7.

“That was the turning point,” Farrell acknowledged. "A few stupid errors from ourselves playing the ball through the ruck, and I think with three offside penalties. They're the manageable ones that you don't give a team like that access, but we di

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