Springbok home fixtures for 2016 confirmed

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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 (1^stTest), DHL Newlands, Cape Town
18 June: South Africa v Ireland (2^ndTest), Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg
25 June: South Africa v Ireland (3^rdTest), Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Castle Lager Rugby Championship (home fixtures)