Springboks
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I dont think it is quite like that.
It is not like a tennis draw; where the 1st and 2nd cedes are kept apart until the final.Australia is in Pool A for sure, and they are a 2nd Band team.
The 1st Band teams are drawn at random into Pools A to F.
So any Band One team could be matched with the Aussies in Pool AAs far as the draw goes, the winners of Pools A B E are on oneside, C D F on the other.
If the bokke are in A B or E, and the blacks are in C D or F; and if they both win thru, they can only meet in the final.Conversely; if the bokke and blacks are drawn into pools A & B, or into C & D; and they both win thru, they will meet in a quarter-final.
The random nature of the draw probably makes it worth a watch.
I lot of teams will know whether they have any chance of winning on Dec 3, nearly two years out form the actual comp.
I think every team will be hoping to be on the opposite side to the boks, haha.Or . . . it could turn out like 2019 when the boks lost in pool play, but it opened up the draw for them very nicely.
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2025 was the best year for the Springbokke. Credit to the coaching staff who strengthen all areas of their game. More pleasing was the young crop of players like SMZ, Moody, Hooker, Grobbies, Nortje coming through while players like AE, Willemse, Reinach, Wilco Louw improve into world class players.
The Springbok supporters are spoiled, long may this continue.
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Springboks’ confirmed 2026 fixtures
Nations Championship
4 July: vs England, Ellis Park, Johannesburg
11 July: vs Scotland, Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
18 July: vs Wales, Kings Park, Durban
Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry
22 August: vs All Blacks, Ellis Park, Johannesburg
29 August: vs All Blacks, Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
5 September: vs All Blacks, FNB Stadium, Johannesburg
12 September: vs All Blacks, TBC
Nations Championship
6-8 November: vs Italy, TBC
13-15 November: vs France, TBC
21 November: vs Ireland, TBC -
Ben Smith could be onto something here. But, then again maybe too much wishful thinking...
What a delightful little troll he is.https://www.rugbypass.com/news/fate-has-a-beautiful-gift-coming-for-rassie/
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@booboo said in Springboks:
@W32 I like a good troll of you Jaapies, but that's just gratuitous.
Indeed. Smacks of desperation. Perhaps he is looking at the recent panic in the NZRU, prospective coach after prospective coach saying they are not interested in the poisoned chalice and doing his own little panic. Those deep seated night terrors of large biltong eating men holding forth are sure to bring out the insecurity in the little man.
