ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026
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@NTA said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
After last night do they bother?
Well the players certainly didn't....
I hope they do, but our tight forwards need a collective kick up the backside, and repeatedly over the next 12 months if it's to be a competitive series.
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@Donsteppa said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
@NTA said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
After last night do they bother?
Well the players certainly didn't....
I hope they do, but our tight forwards need a collective kick up the backside, and repeatedly over the next 12 months if it's to be a competitive series.
That kick target should probably be renamed their bokside - it was clear who owned it last night.
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Maybe it should be a tour by a combined NZ, Argentina and Australia team?
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@Donsteppa said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
@sparky said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
Maybe it should be a tour by a combined NZ, Argentina and Australia team?
So a combined Argentinian and Australian team with T. All Black (copyright, ACT Crusader)
I probably wouldn't pick one of our loose forwards in a combined team. Might be a first that.
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@reprobate said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
@Donsteppa said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
@sparky said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
Maybe it should be a tour by a combined NZ, Argentina and Australia team?
So a combined Argentinian and Australian team with T. All Black (copyright, ACT Crusader)
I probably wouldn't pick one of our loose forwards in a combined team. Might be a first that.
First time I can remember where we could barely feature
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@mikedogz said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
Is there still a shortened Four Nations planned for next year?
To answer your question, no there isn't - there's no Rugby Championship planned for next year at all (but a full one planned for 2027, unlike recent World Cup years).
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Two of the three confirmed tests are in Johannesburg. Durban or Pretoria for the 4th test?
Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour fixtures 2026
Friday 7 August: Stormers v New Zealand, DHL Stadium, Cape Town
Tuesday 11 August: Sharks v New Zealand, Kings Park, Durban
Saturday 15 August: Bulls v New Zealand, Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Saturday 22 August: South Africa v New Zealand, Ellis Park, Johannesburg (first Test)
Tuesday 25 August: Lions v New Zealand, Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Saturday 29 August: South Africa v New Zealand, DHL Stadium, Cape Town (second Test)
Saturday 5 September: South Africa v New Zealand, FNB Stadium, Johannesburg (third Test)
Saturday 12 September: South Africa v New Zealand. Venue to be announced (fourth Test) -
@Bovidae said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
Two of the three confirmed tests are in Johannesburg. Durban or Pretoria for the 4th test?
likely London.
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@Bovidae said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
Two of the three confirmed tests are in Johannesburg. Durban or Pretoria for the 4th test?
Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour fixtures 2026
Friday 7 August: Stormers v New Zealand, DHL Stadium, Cape Town
Tuesday 11 August: Sharks v New Zealand, Kings Park, Durban
Saturday 15 August: Bulls v New Zealand, Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Saturday 22 August: South Africa v New Zealand, Ellis Park, Johannesburg (first Test)
Tuesday 25 August: Lions v New Zealand, Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Saturday 29 August: South Africa v New Zealand, DHL Stadium, Cape Town (second Test)
Saturday 5 September: South Africa v New Zealand, FNB Stadium, Johannesburg (third Test)
Saturday 12 September: South Africa v New Zealand. Venue to be announced (fourth Test)Gonna be some walking wounded after that tour.
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@Bovidae said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
Two of the three confirmed tests are in Johannesburg. Durban or Pretoria for the 4th test?
Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour fixtures 2026
Friday 7 August: Stormers v New Zealand, DHL Stadium, Cape Town
Tuesday 11 August: Sharks v New Zealand, Kings Park, Durban
Saturday 15 August: Bulls v New Zealand, Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Saturday 22 August: South Africa v New Zealand, Ellis Park, Johannesburg (first Test)
Tuesday 25 August: Lions v New Zealand, Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Saturday 29 August: South Africa v New Zealand, DHL Stadium, Cape Town (second Test)
Saturday 5 September: South Africa v New Zealand, FNB Stadium, Johannesburg (third Test)
Saturday 12 September: South Africa v New Zealand. Venue to be announced (fourth Test)Thats a harder schedule than the British and Irish Lions face and they have 4 countries to pick from.
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@Jet said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
@Bovidae said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
Two of the three confirmed tests are in Johannesburg. Durban or Pretoria for the 4th test?
Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour fixtures 2026
Friday 7 August: Stormers v New Zealand, DHL Stadium, Cape Town
Tuesday 11 August: Sharks v New Zealand, Kings Park, Durban
Saturday 15 August: Bulls v New Zealand, Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Saturday 22 August: South Africa v New Zealand, Ellis Park, Johannesburg (first Test)
Tuesday 25 August: Lions v New Zealand, Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Saturday 29 August: South Africa v New Zealand, DHL Stadium, Cape Town (second Test)
Saturday 5 September: South Africa v New Zealand, FNB Stadium, Johannesburg (third Test)
Saturday 12 September: South Africa v New Zealand. Venue to be announced (fourth Test)Gonna be some walking wounded after that tour.
You would hope its a very large tour squad
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@bayimports said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
@Jet said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
@Bovidae said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
Two of the three confirmed tests are in Johannesburg. Durban or Pretoria for the 4th test?
Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour fixtures 2026
Friday 7 August: Stormers v New Zealand, DHL Stadium, Cape Town
Tuesday 11 August: Sharks v New Zealand, Kings Park, Durban
Saturday 15 August: Bulls v New Zealand, Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Saturday 22 August: South Africa v New Zealand, Ellis Park, Johannesburg (first Test)
Tuesday 25 August: Lions v New Zealand, Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Saturday 29 August: South Africa v New Zealand, DHL Stadium, Cape Town (second Test)
Saturday 5 September: South Africa v New Zealand, FNB Stadium, Johannesburg (third Test)
Saturday 12 September: South Africa v New Zealand. Venue to be announced (fourth Test)Gonna be some walking wounded after that tour.
You would hope its a very large tour squad
I’d say about 40 players. Plus about 25 coaches, medico and hangers on….
The BIL squad to OZ this year was originally 38, but I think there was at least another 10 players called up as cover or as official injury replacements.
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@Grooter said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
@Bovidae it will be exhilarating watching the likes of George Bell, Luke Jacobson & Riley Higgins over breakfast as they really show URC teams what's what
Don't forget Kaylum Boshier.
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Finlay Christie will run rings around the Stormers
