Where to find the Springboks on their RWC Champions Tour in SA
Fresh from their win of the 2019 Rugby World Cup (RWC) in Japan, the Springboks will tour South Africa showing off the Webb Ellis Cup.
The Springboks will kick off their RWC Champions Tour in Gauteng on Thursday, 7 November with the parade including stops in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Soweto.
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The RWC squad will also parade the Webb Ellis Cup in several other locations before concluding the tour in Cape Town on Monday, 11 November.
The planned RWC Champions Tour stops are as follows:
- Thursday, 7 November: Pretoria, Johannesburg and Soweto
- Friday, 8 November: Durban
- Saturday, 9 November: East London
- Sunday, 10 November: Port Elizabeth
- Monday, 11 November: Cape Town
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Pretoria:
- 8. 30 to 9.30 am: Union Building South Lawns
- 9.30 am: Parade starts in an easterly direction down Stanza Bopape Street
- Right into End Street
- Right into Pretorius Street in a westerly direction
- Left into Gordon Street (which becomes Jan Shoba Street)
- Right into Burnett Street
- Left into Park Street
- Left into Kirkness Street, past Loftus Versfeld
- Right into Jorissen Street (becomes Kotze Street, A Reyeng route into Nana Sita)
- Right into Paul Kruger Street and around Church Square
- Right into Madiba Street
- 10.30 to 11 am Stop at Tshwane House and then depart to Johannesburg
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Johannesburg and Soweto:
- 2pm: Parade starts at 1 Jan Smuts Avenue in Braamfontein to Metro Centre and across the Nelson Mandela Bridge
- Onto FNB Bank City in Simmonds Street
- Onto Nasrec Road past Riverley and to the FNB Stadium
- South to Ben Naude Street
- Left into Immink Road
- Right into Chris Hani Street past Maponya Mall
- Right into Klipspruit Valley Road
- Left into Kumalo Main Road and left into Vilakazi Street and onto the Hector Pieterson Memorial
- From approximately 3.45 to 4.15pm: past Orlando Stadium
Durban
- 9.15 am: Tour starts on Centenary Boulevard in Umhlanga
- Right onto Umhlanga Rocks Drive
- Then onto the M41 and the M2
- Take the Curnick Ndlovu Highway offramp and make a right towards Mount Moriah
- Left onto the M577 Route
- Right onto Queen Nandi Drive
- Left on Amanzimtoti Road
- Approximately 9.30 am: drive past KwaMashu Station
- Right onto Malendela Road
- Right onto Queen Nandi Drive over M577 Route
- Right onto R102 Chris Hani Road
- Onto Riverside Road towards the M4 Ruth First Highway
- South onto the M4 Ruth First Highway and onto Stalwart Simelane Street, which becomes Florence Nzama Street
- Right onto Anton Lambede Street
- Approximately 10.30 am: Mayoral visit stop at Durban City Hall
- 11. 00 am: Depart City Hall via Anton Lambede Street
- Right onto Brooke Road
- Right onto Dr Pixley Kaseme Street to OR Tambo Parade and turn left
- North via Battery Beach Road
The route plans for East London (9 Nov), Port Elizabeth (10 Nov) and Cape Town (11 Nov) will be communicated in due course.
Please note all times are subject to change.