Boks on Grand Slam tour

January 29, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

The Springboks will play all four of the ‘Home Unions’ in November as part of their end-of-year tour. SARU made the announcement on Friday following confirmation of the fixture programme by the International Rugby Board (IRB).

The Springboks start the tour against Ireland in Dublin on November 6, having accepted an invitation to provide the opposition for hosts Ireland when they officially open the new Aviva Stadium (the redeveloped Lansdowne Road).

The Springboks then play Wales, Scotland and England on the following Saturdays. The tour is planned to end with a fixture against the Barbarians at a venue to be confirmed.

Meanwhile the venue of the Springboks’ season-opening Test against France on June 12 remains undecided. SARU are hoping to meet the local organising committee of the FIFA 2010 World Cup to arrive at a final decision on the availability of the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town.

Springbok end-of-year tour fixtures

Saturday, November 6, Ireland v South Africa (Aviva Stadium, Dublin)

Saturday, November 13, Wales v South Africa (Millennium Stadium, Cardiff)

Saturday, November 20, Scotland v South Africa (Murrayfield, Edinburgh)

Saturday, November 27, England v South Africa (Twickenham, London)

Saturday, December 4, Barbarians v South Africa (TBC)

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6 Comments

  1. Ollie_ Shark Attack Ollie says:
    January 29th, 2010 at 5:31 pm Reply to this comment

    Holy cow, that means that the Boks have a unique opportunity to take on all the NH main teams this year. Just add Italy and it could be something very special

  2. Ollie_ Shark Attack Ollie says:
    January 29th, 2010 at 5:33 pm Reply to this comment

    Make that MAIN NH teams

  3. Boertjie Boertjie says:
    January 29th, 2010 at 5:53 pm Reply to this comment

    Grand Slam or
    naam gat maak,
    as Duiwel says.

  4. JT_BOKBEFOK! JT says:
    January 29th, 2010 at 6:23 pm Reply to this comment

    Use it to blood the 2nd stringers for the WC :wave:

  5. DavidS Champion Supporter DavidS says:
    January 29th, 2010 at 8:48 pm Reply to this comment

    Naam gat maak

    2/4

    with Wales being a close run affair and at least one ref to cheat us and at least one red card

  6. bok_in_oz bryce_in_oz says:
    January 30th, 2010 at 3:13 am Reply to this comment

    Reply to JT @ 6:23 pm:

    Nup… take along a ‘real’ mid-week A team for that… and take the Boks out of the shitty CC and in S15 the opening all-RSA rounds…

    Boks need to be playing every test ‘together’ and in conditioning for the rest of the period…

    I could care less about the CC, S14 in the lead-up to the RWC… 3N will be important (much like playing England before the last RWC)…