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The 2024 Rugby Championship [a] was the thirteenth edition of the annual Southern Hemisphere rugby union competition, involving Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. New Zealand was the defending champion. [4] [5] On 28 September, South Africa won the championship for the first time since 2019 after a 48–7 win against Argentina ...
20 July 2024 South Africa 64–21 Portugal: Free State, Bloemfontein 17:00 SAST Try: Jan-Hendrik Wessels Phepsi Buthelezi Kurt-Lee Arendse Ben-Jason Dixon Lukhanyo Am Makazole Mapimpi (3) Quan Horn Andre-Hugo Venter Con: Manie Libbok (2) Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (5) Referee: Hollie Davidson
After the national team won the 1995 Rugby World Cup, black rugby pioneer Dan Qeqe stated, "The Springboks play for all of us." [ 81 ] In March 2004, the South African Sports Commission ratified a decision for the Protea to be the official rugby emblem on blazers and caps, allowing the Springbok to remain on the team jersey and the traditional ...
New Zealand (the All Blacks) and South Africa (the Springboks) have been playing Test Match Rugby against each other since 1921 when the All Blacks beat the Springboks in Dunedin 13–5. It is argued to be the biggest rivalry in rugby history. There is considerable history behind these matches, much of it off the field.
The 2024 mid-year rugby union internationals (also known as the summer internationals in the Northern Hemisphere) are international rugby union matches mostly played in the Southern Hemisphere during the July international window.
The Ireland rugby union team toured South Africa in July 2024. They played two test matches against the South Africa rugby union team, as part of the 2024 Summer Internationals. [1] It was Ireland's seventh tour to South Africa, and their first test series against the Springboks since 2016. [2]
February 3 – March 17: / / / / / / / 2024 Rugby Europe Championship; February 3 – April 12: / / / 2024 Rugby Europe Women's Championship; October 28, 2023 – April 13: / / / / / 2023–24 Rugby Europe Trophy; Club competitions. December 8, 2023 – May 25: / / / / / 2023–24 European Rugby Champions Cup (final in London)
Fiji defeated Wales for only the second time across 15 tests, and the first time since the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Wales equalled the worst losing streak in their history, matching the record of 10 consecutive test defeats set in 2002–2003. [26] Blair Murray (Wales) made his international debut. [27]