The Springboks will face 2013 Six Nations champions Wales in two Tests in Durban and Nelspruit during the Castle Lager Incoming Series in June, followed by a once-off international against Scotland in Port Elizabeth.
The fixtures were confirmed by the South African Rugby Union (SARU) on Wednesday.
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In total, the Springboks are scheduled to play 14 matches in 2014, of which 13 are Tests. The other, a non-Test Springbok match against a World XV on 7 June in Cape Town, is to be confirmed.
The two local Tests against Wales, on 14 and 21 June, will be played at Growthpoint Kings Park in Durban and the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, after which the Boks will host Scotland at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on 28 June.
The home Tests in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship will take place at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria (against Argentina), DHL Newlands in Cape Town (against Australia) and Ellis Park in Johannesburg (against New Zealand) as was announced last year.
The traditional November tour to the Northern Hemisphere will include a fourth Test this year, scheduled for 29 November against Wales.
“We’re very excited about the schedule for the year, which will give Heyneke Meyer and the Springboks a proper opportunity to test themselves a little more than a year away from the 2015 Rugby World Cup,” said Jurie Roux, SARU CEO.
“The four Tests in November, which will see us take on Ireland, England, Italy and Wales, will provide very good preparation in typical conditions they can expect at the World Cup. It will be a tough tour, but I know the Boks will be ready to take on the best from that part of the world.”
Roux said that the decision to play the additional Test against Wales in November and the planned match against a World XV had been taken to source additional income for Rugby World Cup preparations as well as provide extra time in camp for the Springbok squad.
2014 Springbok Fixtures:
Castle Lager Incoming Series
- 7 June: Springboks v World XV (Venue TBC)
- 14 June: Springboks v Wales (Growthpoint Kings Park, Durban)
- 21 June: Springboks v Wales (Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit)
- 28 June: Springboks v Scotland (Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth)
Castle Lager Rugby Championship
- 16 August: Springboks v Argentina (Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria)
- 23 August: Argentina v Springboks (Venue TBC)
- 6 September: Australia v Springboks (Patersons Stadium, Perth)
- 13 September: New Zealand v Springboks (Westpac Stadium, Wellington)
- 27 September: Springboks v Australia (DHL Newlands, Cape Town)
- 4 October: Springboks v New Zealand (Ellis Park, Johannesburg)
Castle Lager Outgoing Tour (all venues TBC by host unions)
- 8 November: Ireland v Springboks (AVIVA Stadium, Dublin)
- 15 November: England v Springboks (Twickenham, London)
- 22 November: Italy v Springboks (Venue TBC)
- 29 November: Wales v Springboks (Millennium Stadium, Cardiff)
Please note: All kick-off times will be confirmed at a later stage.
Why do JHB always get the NZ tests? We want to go and watch the All Blacks at Loftus!! FFS, Please round robin the NZ tests a bit SARU.
And then the world XV. Which country will release its players to play for a world XV a week before an international?
@ leon:
The week before? Hell all top 5 countries are playing test rugby that same weekend.
It is the dumbest fixture I have ever heard of.
Leon, the Ab’s love playing in the republic these days, after Gerty’s retirement we couldn’t lose.
wat my moer suur maak is dat bloem laasjaar n toets moes opgee,maar ons word die jaar sommer net oorgesien
Now that the Ellis park factor has been put to bed,
we can evaluate player V player for this years RC.
Black by 10 seems fair.
@ NZINCHINA:
Who’s Gerty?
Leon, ask your old man about the 76′ series in the republic, Gerty
was man of the series.
Good night.
8 @ NZINCHINA:
Why so aggro China… my cousin happens to be the man who broke your captain’s jaw in that series in ’86… but I don’t harbour angst against him or against the men from the land of the long white cloud… or for that matter against the referees in that series.
Neither do I harbour hate for the Flour Bomb Tour of 1981 and the way referees treated the Bokke on that tour and the abhorrent behaviour of some of the public on that tour.
The tour of ’76 was equally as “Just” as the 1981 Flour Bomb Tour to New Zealand, if not more so, from a refereeing perspective.
It’s what formed and shaped our rugby destinies….
In fact there should be reverence between South Africans and New Zealanders.. because we share such a joint passion for the game.
9: was dit nie 1986 nie, teen NZ Kavaliers ? Ou Burger was/is darem ‘n Bul in murg en been, boer hy nog daar in die Staat ?
10 @ Ben:
Ja dit was 1986 teen die Kavaliers.
Ja, Burger boer nog in Doornspruit of is dit nou Heuningspruit omgewing, tussen Viljoenskroon en Kroonstad, sover ek weet.
Ek’t meer kontak met sy suster as met hom… maar die familie hou mos maar tabs op mekaar se doen en late.
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