Springboks to return on Tuesday, trophy tour to start on Thursday
The Rugby World Cup champions are set to land at O.R Tambo International Airport on Tuesday morning following their victory in France.
The Springboks claimed a second successive Webb Ellis Cup with a 12-11 win against New Zealand on a wet and windy night in Paris on Saturday.
Handre Pollard kicked four penalties to seal a record fourth title for the Springboks.
The team attended the gala World Rugby Awards ceremony in Paris on Sunday night before departing South Africa on Monday morning.
They are expected to land at O.R Tambo at 10h55 on Tuesday morning.
SA Rugby says the trophy tour will commence 48 hours later.
"The tour will start in Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Soweto – concluding at FNB Stadium – on Thursday, and take in Cape Town (Friday, 3 November) and Durban (Saturday, 4 November) before concluding in the Eastern Cape (East London) on Sunday, 5 November.
The locations have been selected for population size in the first three instances and because of the Eastern Cape’s rugby significance in the fourth," says SA Rugby.
It says satellite tours to Bloemfontein, Nelson Mandela Bay, and other centres will be scheduled for 2024.
"Such tours following the 2019 victory had to be abandoned because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The route for each tour has been prepared in consultation with the respective local authorities and the South African Police Service.
“Route maps and timings will be published at www.springboks.rugby, on SA Rugby’s social media channels, and by local authorities in due course," it added.
