GAVIN RICH: Tough away schedule gives Boks a chance to make a statement
Games against France, Ireland and New Zealand will provide an important litmus test
24 February 2025 - 04:59
First we saw the Springbok home schedule for this middle year between World Cups and we thought that’s a bit too easy. Then came the away schedule and the opposite feeling was evoked.
It’s going to be an easy passage into the new season for the Boks, with two home games against Italy before they host Georgia in a one-off Test. Italy are fast improving, as their Six Nations form has indicated, but they won’t be the tough opponents on home soil in July that Ireland were last year...
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