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Springboks play against Aussies at Loftus Versfeld in 2016

Local rugby fans will next year have the opportunity again to see the Springboks in action against one of the two top rugby nations in the world at Loftus Versfeld.

November 10, 2015
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The Springboks will play against the Wallabies at Loftus Versfeld on 1 October next year. Photo: Gordon Arons

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 earlier this week.

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

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November 10, 2015
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Koos Venter

Koos Venter is an experienced journalist who started his career 35 years ago, before the days of cellphones, modern computer systems, the internet and digital cameras, as a correspondent for Nexus, the former national magazine of the Department of Correctional Services. He has since worked for various other publications in all aspects of news coverage, as a columnist and in the production side of newspapers and online publications. Since 2007 he has specialized as a sports writer, while he is also regularly used as an analyst and commentator by several radio stations.
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