DUBLIN - South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus said his "beer tasted better" after the Springboks beat Ireland 24-13 in a Test where the hosts were reduced to 12 men on Saturday at Lansdowne Road.
For Erasmus, who had a spell as Munster boss, it was his first-ever win as a coach at the ground and the first by a Springboks side since 2012.
South Africa, whose only defeat on their way to the 2023 World Cup triumph was at the hands of Ireland in their pool match, ran out deserved winners though they were helped by serial Irish indiscipline.
English referee Matthew Carley red-carded James Ryan and sin-binned Sam Prendergast, Jack Crowley, Andrew Porter and Paddy McCarthy.
"It was a great win against a team like Ireland, who have dominated against us since we've been together as a group," said Erasmus.
"If you look back at the last five games we've played, they are still three-two up against us, so we won't get carried away with the result, but the beer tastes a little better."
Farrell rejected the suggestion Ireland's first-half performance had been shambolic, with Ryan's 20-minute red card, and Prendergast, Crowley and Porter sin-binned.
Farrell preferred to term it "chaotic".
"It was a mad game," Farrell told Irish broadcaster RTE.
"I have never seen anything like that before and I've seen many things."
Farrell, who insisted despite a disappointing Six Nations campaign and defeats by New Zealand and South Africa in November that the team is in "a good place", said the fact the match ran for over two hours reflected his assessment.
"To say it was stop-start is an understatement with all the carry on with the cards, the stoppages for the scrums etc," said the 50-year-old Englishman.
Many will feel Carley should have sin-binned Springbok fly-half Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu early in the first half when he turned and put his shoulder to Tommy O'Brien's head.
South Africa's coaching team had claimed their team had been unfairly treated on the tour, beating both France and Italy in previous weeks despite playing with just 14 men.