All Blacks head to Durban
The South African Rugby Union revealed that the threetimes World Cup champion All Blacks will play the Springboks in Durban on October 8 in a Rugby Championship encounter.
The Boks and Kiwis have played each other in Johannesburg five times in the last six years – with 2011 the exception, when they met in Port Elizabeth.
Durban last hosted a Boks versus All Blacks Test in 2009, with Newlands completely off the map (for the biggest face-off in the game) since 2008.
The exceptionally large All Black following in Cape Town, which have become increasingly vengeful towards the Boks (even spitting at players), is the main reason why Newlands will not hoist the All Blacks in the near future.
Bloemfontein (2009) and Pretoria (2006) have also not seen an All Black Test in years.
At least Australia have been regular visitors to Loftus Versfeld, while the Free State Stadium have not hosted any Test since 2010.
The World Cup finalists, the Wallabies, return to Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria.
Argentina will venture into new territory for the Pumas, in Nelspruit, when they take on the Boks in the opening round of the Rugby Championship on August 20.
* Meanwhile current Six Nations champions Ireland will play a three-Test series against the Springboks in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth in June 2016.
South Africa's home fixtures in 2016:
Series against Ireland
* 11 June: South Africa v Ireland, Newlands, Cape Town
* 18 June: South Africa v Ireland, Ellis Park, Johannesburg
* 25 June: South Africa v Ireland, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Rugby Championship (home fixtures)
* 20 August: South Africa v Argentina, Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
* 1 October: South Africa v Australia, Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
* 8 October: South Africa v New Zealand, Kings Park, Durban
* In another development it was revealed that the December meeting of the SARU General Council has been postponed by a week to December 11.
This is the meeting that will decide the fate of Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer.
It will be proceeded by a meeting of the Executive Council on 9 December.
