Assistant coach Mzwandile Stick mentioned the Springboks arrived in Australia in excessive spirits and able to sort out the Wallabies of their 2024 Rugby Championship opener.
The Boks touched down on Thursday following an in a single day flight from Johannesburg and could have the remainder of the day without work to recuperate from the lengthy journey earlier than resuming their on-field preparations on Friday.
Rassie Erasmus’ 33-man squad laid basis for the two-Check tour in Johannesburg on Monday and Tuesday earlier than departing for Brisbane through Sydney on Wednesday night.
The Boks will kick off this yr’s version of the Rugby Championship on the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday, 10 August, earlier than making the journey to Perth for his or her second conflict towards the Wallabies on Saturday, 17 August on the Optus Stadium.
“It’s nice to be in Australia and it has definitely added to our pleasure for the Exams towards the Wallabies and the Rugby Championship as an entire,” mentioned Stick.
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“We had a clean journey to Brisbane with an in a single day flight to Sydney after which made the quick journey to Brisbane quickly after, so the gamers had been capable of relaxation effectively on the long-haul flight.
“They may have further time tonight to recuperate from the journey, after which we’ll hit the bottom operating on the coaching subject on Friday.”
Stick added that dealing with the Wallabies in Australia is at all times a giant problem: “Having a couple of additional days to acclimatise and familiarise ourselves with the circumstances will probably be invaluable.
“We began the season effectively with three victories in our 4 matches thus far (towards Wales, Eire and Portugal), and though we might have beloved to win the second Check towards Eire, we’ve base to construct from going into the Rugby Championship.
“Taking part in towards the likes of Australia, New Zealand and Argentina will certainly be a special problem to the groups we’ve confronted up to now this season, however we take pleasure in taking part in towards these groups and we’re actually wanting ahead to the competitors.”
The Boks will return to South Africa on Sunday, 18 August the place they’ll proceed the competitors towards the All Blacks on 31 August in Johannesburg and seven September in Cape City.
This will probably be adopted by a brief journey to Argentina to face Los Pumas in Santiago on Saturday, 21 September, earlier than they wrap up the event in Nelspruit towards Argentina on Saturday, 28 September.
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