The Springboks will arrive back in South Africa on Tuesday and embark on a four-day Rugby World Cup trophy tour from Thursday, SA Rugby has confirmed.

The Boks will attend the gala World Rugby Awards ceremony in Paris tonight before leaving France for South Africa tomorrow morning.

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The team and management will arrive back in South Africa on Tuesday (10:55) at OR Tambo International Airport and will commence the tour 48 hours later.

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According to a SA Rugby statement, the locations have been selected for population size in the first three instances and because of the Eastern Cape’s rugby significance in the fourth.

Satellite tours to Bloemfontein, Nelson Mandela Bay and other centres will be scheduled for 2024.

Route maps and timings will be published on SA Rugby’s official channels in due course.