Springboks vs England Test at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

Port Elizabeth rugby fans need to mark 23 June 2012 in their calendars when England will meet the Springboks in the final of a three match tour to South Africa.

The Springboks will also return to the FNB Stadium in Soweto for the final home Test of 2012 when they take on newly-crowned world champions New Zealand in the final encounter of the Castle Rugby Championship.

The Springboks also host England in a three-Test series, as well as take on Australia and Argentina in the enlarged southern hemisphere showpiece in a fascinating six-Test home programme. The venues were confirmed by the Executive Council in Cape Town on Thursday.

England arrive in June for what will be the first three-Test tour to South Africa by a single country since New Zealand visited these shores in 1996. The Tests will be played at Mr Price Kings Park in Durban, Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg and the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.

The full home Test schedule is as follows:

Castle Incoming Tours

• Saturday, 9 June: Springboks vs England – Mr Price Kings Park, Durban
• Saturday, 16 June: Springboks vs England – Coca Cola Park, Johannesburg
• Saturday, 23 June: Springboks vs England – Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

The Castle Rugby Championships

• Saturday, 18 August: Springboks vs Argentina – DHL Newlands, Cape Town
• Saturday, 29 September: Springboks vs Australia – Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
• Saturday, 6 October: Springboks vs New Zealand – FNB Stadium, Soweto

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