Ciarán Frawley: This is the best moment of my career

Ciarán Frawey says his match-winning dropgoal to beat South Africa is the best moment of his career, even if he admitted it was the "ugliest" strike of his life.

The Leinster out-half made himself the hero of Durban, landing a drop from more than 40 metres out to see Ireland complete a dramatic 25-24 comeback win against the world champions.

Twelve minutes earlier, Frawley's instinctive drop at goal had brought Ireland back within a point of the Springboks to give them a sliver of hope in a game they looked destined to lose.

But with the final moments of the game, he showed remarkable composure, firstly to perfectly weigh a grubber kick down the touchline which forced the Springboks to carry the ball into touch, before putting the team on his back to deliver the winning points.

"Definitely, definitely," Frawley told RTÉ Sport, when asked if it was the best moment of his career.

But the 26-year-old had to laugh as he looked back on the winning score.

"The strike was probably the ugliest dropgoal I've ever hit in my life.

"The one in Tottenham [in the Champions Cup final] was way better, which is funny. It worked out, which is key.

"Bladey [Caolin Blade] pulled the trigger at the right time. They were probably expecting us to pick and go a little bit more and get better field position. I felt there was no pressure on me when I went for the dropgoal.

"I hit it so ugly that it was on the left post, so I knew it would come back to the right. I was more just telling it to go, get over! The ref was looking at it as well.

"When they called it back for the TMO check, I was like 'Oh, God. Please, no!' but I'm just absolutely delighted, It's a proper way to finish a Test series."

The most impressive element of the dropgoal was that Frawley