The Springboks will face the All Blacks in a Rugby World Cup warm-up match in August – and it’s prone to be a sell-out judging by the variety of tickets already bought.
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The two rugby giants will collide in what will likely be their closing warm-up recreation forward of the World Cup in France beginning on 8 September.
And house is quickly operating out to look at the conflict at Twickenham on Friday, 25 August with 50 000 tickets already bought as per a Springbok tweet.
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Meanwhile, the Springboks kick off their worldwide season in opposition to Australia in Pretoria on Saturday, 8 July within the opening spherical of the shortened Rugby Championship.
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That will likely be adopted by clashes in opposition to New Zealand on the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland per week later, and Argentina in Johannesburg on Saturday, 29 July – their closing match on residence soil for the yr.
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The Springboks will then make the journey to Buenos Aires in August to tackle the Pumas earlier than going through Wales and the All Blacks in Rugby World Cup warm-up matches in Cardiff and London within the closing build-up to the worldwide showpiece in France.
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RUGBY WORLD CUP FIXTURES
South Africa will launch their Rugby World Cup title defence on Sunday, 10 September, in opposition to Scotland in Marseille, which will likely be adopted by pool matches in opposition to Romania in Bordeaux (17 September), Ireland in Paris (23 September) and Tonga in Marseille (1 (*50*)).
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The Rugby World Cup quarter-finals will likely be performed on the weekend of 14/15 (*50*), with the semi-finals on 20/21 (*50*) and the ultimate on Saturday, 28 (*50*).
SPRINGBOKS‘ 2023 CALENDER
Rugby Championship:
Saturday, 8 July – Springboks vs Australia (Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria)
Saturday, 15 July – Springboks vs New Zealand (Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland)
Saturday, 29 July – Springboks vs Argentina (Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg)
RWC warm-up fixtures:
Saturday, 5 August – Springboks v Argentina (Buenos Aires)
Saturday, 19 August – Boks vs Wales (Principality Stadium, Cardiff)
Friday, 25 August – Boks vs New Zealand (Twickenham, London)
RWC FIXTURES
Sunday, 10 September – Springboks v Scotland (Stade Velodrome, Marseille)
Sunday, 17 September – Boks v Romania (Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux)
Saturday, 23 September – Springboks v Ireland (Stade de France, Paris)
Sunday, 1 (*50*) – Boks v Tonga (Stade Velodrome, Marseille)
Weekend of 14/15 (*50*) – Quarter-finals
Weekend of 21/22 (*50*) – Semi-finals
Saturday, 28 (*50*) – Final
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