Bok coach Nienaber satisfied with progress after team camp in Cape Town

“There’s a little over six months left before the international showpiece and we need to make every minute count on and off the field to ensure we achieve the goals we set out and peak at the right time.” 

The Springboks will kick off the international season against Australia in Pretoria on July 8 in the opening round of the shortened Rugby Championship. 

It will be followed by clashes against New Zealand at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland a week later and Argentina in Johannesburg on July 29, their final match on home soil for the year. 

The Boks will then make the journey to Buenos Aires in August to take on the Pumas, before facing Wales and the All Blacks in RWC warm-up matches in Cardiff and London in the final build-up to France. 

South Africa will launch their RWC title defence on September 10 against Scotland in Marseille, followed by Romania in Bordeaux (September 17), Ireland in Paris (September 23) and Tonga in Marseille (October 1).