Argentina to Face South Africa in RWC 2019 Warm-Up

Argentina is to face South Africa in a RWC 2019 warm-up match. The fixture will take place in Pretoria after the completion of the Rugby Championship.

For South Africa the match is to be just one of two home matches in 2019. The two fixtures will be in Johannesburg and Pretoria, the former being a Rugby Championship match on Saturday, July 20 at against Australia, and the latter a RWC warm-up against Argentina on Saturday, August 17.

The 2019 Rugby Championship will be reduced. With it being a RWC year the four countries will not play each other home-and-away. Instead each country will play each other once.

2019 will also see no June Internationals. As such the Super Rugby season will run from February 16 through July 06 without a stoppage period for international duty.

South Africa’s Rugby Championship fixtures are to be one home game and two on the road. The Springboks will face both New Zealand and Argentina in away matches, a reversal of the 2015 Rugby Championship.

For Argentina this means home matches against South Africa, and New Zealand but a trip to Oceania to face Australia. Venues for Los Pumas’ home games are yet to be confirmed.

South Africa 2019:

Rugby Championship
July 20: South Africa vs Australia, Johannesburg
July 27: New Zealand vs South Africa, Wellington
August 10: Argentina vs South Africa, TBA

RWC Warm-Up:
August 17: South Africa vs Argentina, Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

RWC 2019 Group B Schedule:
September 21 : South Africa vs New Zealand, Yokohama
September 28: South Africa vs Namibia, Toyota
October 4: South Africa vs Italy, Shizuoka
October 8: South Africa vs Canada, Kobe