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 (1stTest), DHL Newlands, Cape Town
- 18 June: South Africa v Ireland (2ndTest), Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg
- 25 June: South Africa v Ireland (3rdTest), 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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