This weekend Dupont lines up alongside club team-mate Thomas Ramos at half-back.

South Africa beat Scotland 18-3 at last year's World Cup in France but will be facing a side buoyed by last week's 57-17 rout of Fiji.

Slot appeared to have a tough ask to follow Jurgen Klopp.

The hosts and the visitors have developed a fierce rivalry ever since the Irish ended a 111-year wait by beating the All Blacks in Soldier Field, Chicago, in 2016.