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Springboks to play Georgia in first Test since winning World Cup Issued on: 10/05/2021 - 12:39 South Africa fly-half Handre Pollard runs past England number 8 Billy Vunipola during the 2019 Rugby World Cup final in Japan. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU AFP/File 2 min Johannesburg (AFP) World champions South Africa will play for the first time since winning the Rugby World Cup in November 2019 when they host Georgia in a two-Test series this July, SA Rugby announced Monday. The Springboks are preparing for three matches against the touring British and Irish Lion...

Springboks to face Georgia in British and Irish Lions tune-up Share CAPE TOWN - At last, the world champions are back! The Springboks, who have not played a single game since winning the 2019 Rugby World Cup, will be in action in early July to prepare for the upcoming British and Irish Lions series. SA Rugby announced on Monday that Jacques Nienaber’s debut Test will be against Georgia on the weekend of July 2-3, with the second match to follow a week later. Exact dates and venues will be confirmed in due course. The announcement will come as a major relief for Nienaber, after a possible Te...

The world champion Springboks will play two Tests against Georgia later this year. The matches are slated for the weekends of 2/3 and 9/10 July. The only prior meeting between the nations was at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. The Georgia in two Tests later this year. It will be the first time Georgia tour these shores, and the first time the two countries duel since their only previous meeting at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, when the Boks won 46-19. It will also be the world champions' first Test since beating England in the Rugby World Cup final in Japan on 2 November 2019...

There is sure to never be another British & Irish Lions series like the 2021 tour to South Africa, thanks to the hurdles Covid-19 has placed in front of it.  The fact that the Springboks will play their first match in 19 months just weeks before they face the British & Lions in the first Test, underlines what a fraught time it has been for rugby, sport in general and the world at large. Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber, who was appointed in early 2020, faced the very real prospect of taking charge of his first Test as head coach against the 2021 Lions. It was a challenge he was willing to ac...

Georgia offer Boks some needed preparation before Lions series © Copyright (c) Daily Maverick , All Rights Reserved There is sure to never be another British & Irish Lions series like the 2021 tour to South Africa, thanks to the hurdles Covid-19 has placed in front of it.  The fact that the Springboks will play their first match in 19 months just weeks before they face the British & Lions in the first Test, underlines what a fraught time it has been for rugby, sport in general and the world at large. Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber, who was appointed in early 2020, faced the very real pro...