{"id":56349,"date":"2025-10-21T00:36:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T04:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/kolisi-anticipates-epic-clash-springboks-vs-all-blacks-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T00:36:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T04:36:48","slug":"kolisi-anticipates-epic-clash-springboks-vs-all-blacks-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/rugby\/kolisi-anticipates-epic-clash-springboks-vs-all-blacks-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Kolisi Anticipates Epic Clash: Springboks vs All Blacks in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"The captain of the South Africa rugby team, Siya Kolisi, has described the four-match home series against New Zealand in September 2026 as a &#8220;huge&#8221; event for the Springboks and for the franchise teams that will face the All Blacks.\n\nThe announcement of this important series, which marks the All Blacks&#8217; first visit to South Africa in 30 years, has been dubbed &#8220;The Greatest Rugby Rivalry.&#8221; The Boks will return the visit in 2030, traveling to New Zealand for the first time in their professional era.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This is going to be something huge and something this generation will never forget.<\/p><cite>Siya Kolisi<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nKolisi, who has led the Boks to consecutive World Cup victories, expressed his enthusiasm about it.\n\n&#8220;These are the tours we&#8217;ve only heard about. Experiencing this for the first time, as a Lions tour, is incredible for us as a group.&#8221;\n\n&#8220;I have no doubt that Springbok fans will be there waiting to welcome All Blacks fans to South Africa. Let&#8217;s get excited, let&#8217;s support it, and, people of South Africa, it&#8217;s an opportunity for us to show the world once again who we are and what we are about, we certainly can&#8217;t wait!&#8221;\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1020%2Fr1562908_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Siya Kolisi se enfrent\u00f3 a los All Blacks en el reciente Campeonato de Rugby, que los Springboks retuvieron despu\u00e9s de un comienzo dif\u00edcil en el torneo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nThe All Blacks captain, Scott Barrett, also shared his thoughts on the series.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This is a great rivalry, and one that is based on mutual respect, but for 80 minutes these are two teams that give it their all every time they play.<\/p><cite>Scott Barrett<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nBarrett added that the intensity is high and that it is shaping up to be a fantastic tour.\n\nHere are the matches of the &#8220;The Greatest Rugby Rivalry&#8221; tour:\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Friday, August 7: DHL Stormers vs. New Zealand at DHL Stadium, Cape Town<\/li><li>Tuesday, August 11: Hollywoodbets Sharks vs. New Zealand at Hollywoodbets Kings Park, Durban<\/li><li>Saturday, August 15: Vodacom Bulls vs. New Zealand at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria<\/li><li>Saturday, August 22: First Test &#8211; South Africa vs. New Zealand at Ellis Park, Johannesburg<\/li><li>Tuesday, August 25: Lions vs. New Zealand at Ellis Park, Johannesburg<\/li><li>Saturday, August 29: Second Test &#8211; South Africa vs. New Zealand at DHL Stadium, Cape Town<\/li><li>Saturday, September 5: Third Test &#8211; South Africa vs. New Zealand at FNB Stadium, Johannesburg<\/li><li>Saturday, September 12: Fourth Test &#8211; South Africa vs. New Zealand (venue to be announced)<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The captain of the South Africa rugby team, Siya Kolisi, has described the four-match home series against New Zealand in September 2026 as a &#8220;huge&#8221; event for the Springboks and for the franchise teams that will face the All Blacks. The announcement of this important series, which marks the All Blacks&#8217; first visit to South [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[4551,203,6393,5819],"class_list":{"0":"post-56349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rugby","7":"tag-all-blacks","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-south-africa","10":"tag-springboks"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}