South Africans… get ready to be a part of yet another victory tour with the 2023 Rugby World Cup champs, the Springboks! The four-time record-breaking, winning team are set to embark on a four-day trophy tour starting this Thursday.
In what one can call an intense, nail-biting match, the Springboks beat New Zealand’s All Blacks 12-11.
According to the South African Rugby Union (also known as SA Rugby), the champs attended the gala World Rugby Awards ceremony in Paris on Sunday evening before heading for SA on Monday morning. “The Boks arrive back in South Africa on Tuesday (10h55) at OR Tambo International Airport and will commence the tour 48 hours later,” shares SA Rugby.
Below are the dates and locations as explained by the above-mentioned organisation:
- Thursday, 2 November – Pretoria, Johannesburg and Soweto (concluding at FNB Stadium)
- Friday, 3 November – Cape Town
- Saturday, 4 November – Durban
- Sunday, 5 November – East London
“The locations have been selected for population size in the first three instances and because of the Eastern Cape’s rugby significance in the fourth,” notes SA Rugby. “The route for each tour has been prepared in consultation with the respective local authorities and the South African Police Service.”
Bloemfontein, Nelson Mandela Bay and other centres will have satellite tours that will be scheduled for next year, as such tours following the Springboks’ 2019 victory were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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