Springbok home fixtures for 2016 confirmed

[bwana]

Current Six Nations champions Ireland will play a three-test series against the Springboks in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth in June 2016, the South African Rugby Union (SARU) announced on Friday.

SARU also confirmed that back-to-back Rugby World Cup champions, New Zealand, would venture away from Johannesburg for the first time since 2011 when they meet the Springboks at Growthpoint Kings Park, Durban, on 8 October in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship.

Rugby World Cup finalists Australia return to Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, while their semi-final opponents, Argentina, will venture into new territory for the Pumas, in Nelspruit, when they take on the Boks in the opening round of the Castle Lager Rugby Championship on 20 August.

Springbok home fixtures in 2016

Castle Lager Incoming Series v Ireland

· 11 June: South Africa v Ireland (1st Test), DHL Newlands, Cape Town
· 18 June: South Africa v Ireland (2nd Test), Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg
· 25 June: South Africa v Ireland (3rd Test), Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Castle Lager Rugby Championship (home fixtures)

· 20 August: South Africa v Argentina, Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
· 1 October: South Africa v Australia, Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
· 8 October: South Africa v New Zealand, Growthpoint Kings Park, Durban

Issued by SARU Corporate Affairs

 

[DanDango]

· 11 June: South Africa v Ireland (1st Test), DHL Newlands, Cape Town
· 18 June: South Africa v Ireland (2nd Test), Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg
· 25 June: South Africa v Ireland (3rd Test), Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

^^ This, NICE

 

[Stevi]

IRELAND!!! Awesome.
Def going to the JHB match

 

[Werner Harding]

Has Ireland ever played in SA in a series like that?

 

[DanDango]

Maybe in 1998 remember Stefan Terblanche hattrick, no just googled and we played 2 test at most in 1998 and 2004.

 

[MickeyD]

 

[CorrieDeBeer]

It is wrong to not play the AB's at home at altitude.

God Cheecky must have poltiked a hond-uit-'n-bos for PE to get a test. Seems like political connection can get your union a test.

Nelspruit??? So everyone in gauteng has to travel hundreds of kilometers to watch a test in a half full stadium. What a wonderful example this is of the new South Africa.

 

[Cray]

It is wrong to not play the AB's at home at altitude.

How has that worked out for the Boks recently? If anything I would suggest it was the Boks who succumbed to the altitude after 60 minutes.