ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026
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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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@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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Finlay Christie will run rings around the Stormers
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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)Just plain weird that what could be the decider Test of an All blacks tour to South Africa won't be taking place in the Republic of South Africa.
