{"id":56938,"date":"2025-10-21T17:59:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/kolisi-epic-springboks-vs-all-blacks-series-in-2026-rugby-at-its-best\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T17:59:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:59:30","slug":"kolisi-epic-springboks-vs-all-blacks-series-in-2026-rugby-at-its-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/rugby\/kolisi-epic-springboks-vs-all-blacks-series-in-2026-rugby-at-its-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Kolisi: Epic Springboks vs All Blacks series in 2026, Rugby at its best!"},"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 official announcement of the 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 Springboks will return the visit in 2030, in what will be their first tour of New Zealand in the 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 Springboks in two consecutive World Cups, expressed his enthusiasm about it.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>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.<\/p><cite>Siya Kolisi<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe All Blacks captain, Scott Barrett, also shared his expectations for 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 highlighted the intensity that characterizes these encounters and anticipated a memorable tour.\n\nThe series of matches promises to be a highlight on the rugby calendar.\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 Rugby Championship, que los Springboks retuvieron despu\u00e9s de un comienzo dif\u00edcil en el torneo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<b>Dates for the &#8220;The Greatest Rugby Rivalry&#8221; Tour<\/b>\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 official announcement of the 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-56938","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\/56938","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=56938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}