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Springboks reveal who they will face in their first matches since RWC triumph
By Online Editors
World Cup winners South Africa have confirmed who they will face in 2020 in their first matches as champions.
Having lifted the trophy in Yokohama at the start of November and embarked on a champions tour of their country, Springboks rugby has been basking in the limelight and they have now revealed who Rassie Erasmus’ yet-to-be-announced successor will take on next July.
The Springboks will face Scotland and Georgia in three home Tests in the new international window, as part of the Castle Lager Incoming Series match schedule.
The newly-crowned World Cup champions are scheduled to play two Tests against Scotland - July 4 and 11 - before hosting Georgia on July 18.
It will be the Scots’ first visit to South Africa since June 2014, when the Boks beat them 55-6 in Port Elizabeth.
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The Springboks and Georgia have only met once before, in a pool match at the World Cup in 2003 in Sydney when South Africa won 46-19.
SA Rugby will confirm the venues and kick-off times of the three matches at a later stage.
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The author is 100% right. The Springboks know that they don't have near the natural attraction, mana, skill and mystic the All Blacks have. So, Chasing the sun 1 & 2 was concocted to overblow the Boks image on the back of a corruptly obtained “win". It's marketing ploy to force the Boks delusion as the World's Best. I guess World Rugby is also not to be believed when it came out with an apology about how the final was officiated. And if the 2023 final such a superb game by the Boks, then the Boks crying about Referee Bryce Lawrence for decades is also deserves a laugh. Chase the sun and get burned like a moth. A very well written literary piece that tore the Boks and Chasing the sun farce to shreds. 🖤All Blacks🏉
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