Sold-out Suncorp awaits Boks
The Springboks are set to tackle the Wallabies in front of a sold-out crowd at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday, with fewer than 500 tickets left for the Rugby Championship opener.
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The Springboks are set to tackle the Wallabies in front of a sold-out crowd at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday, with fewer than 500 tickets left for the Rugby Championship opener.
Aware of their Brisbane hoodoo, the Springboks are opting not to carry historical baggage into the 2024 Rugby Championship opener against the Wallabies on Saturday.
Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt said the Boks were impressive in July, but he believes the world champions “get a bit of luck” with contentious officiating decisions.
The very best Springboks in the professional era have arrived in Brisbane as rugby royalty and left buried and tagged on a rugby tombstone, writes MARK KEOHANE.
Former Australia head coach Eddie Jones is reportedly set for a showdown against his old team when his Japan side hosts the Wallabies in November.
The Springboks will be officiated by six different referees in their Rugby Championship campaign, with England’s Luke Pearce in charge of the opener against the Wallabies in Brisbane.
Makazole Mapimpi is set for another spicy duel with Wallabies star Marika Koroibete after the Japan-based wing was recalled to Australia’s squad for the Rugby Championship.
Marika Koroibete is one of three Australia players returning from injury named in a 36-man squad for the 2024 Rugby Championship Tests against the Springboks Down Under.
Rassie Erasmus says Pieter-Steph du Toit’s availability to tackle the Wallabies could cause a change of plans with the Bomb Squad for the first Rugby Championship Test in Brisbane.
Rassie Erasmus says that while Evan Roos isn’t out of his plans, the Springboks want to give Elrigh Louw a crack at No 8 in the Rugby Championship.