The next Springbok fixture is Italy at the Allianz Stadium in Turin on Saturday 7 November 2026, the first of three Nations Championship Tests in Europe. France follow at the Stade de France on Friday 13 November and Ireland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday 21 November, before the Nations Championship finals weekend at Twickenham from 27 to 29 November, where the opponent depends on the final standings. Kick-off times are not yet confirmed by two sources, so we have left them blank rather than guess. The Springboks have won 7 of their 9 Tests in 2026, scoring 306 points and conceding 212.
Springbok fixtures: November 2026
Dates, opponents and venues match on two independent fixture lists, SA Rugby Magazine’s 2026 Springbok schedule and Rugby World Rankings’ Springbok fixtures page. Wikipedia’s Nations Championship page gives the November window as the weekends of 6, 13 and 21 November, which agrees with both lists once you allow for the Italy game falling on the Saturday of the first weekend. One list prints estimated kick-off times; we publish SAST times only once a second source confirms them.
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Competition | Kick-off (SAST) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 7 Nov | Italy | Allianz Stadium, Turin | Nations Championship | To be confirmed |
| Fri 13 Nov | France | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris | Nations Championship | To be confirmed |
| Sat 21 Nov | Ireland | Aviva Stadium, Dublin | Nations Championship | To be confirmed |
| 27 to 29 Nov | Decided by standings | Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, London | Nations Championship finals weekend | To be confirmed |
How the Nations Championship works, from the competition’s Wikipedia page: twelve teams in two pools of six, with the Six Nations sides in one and the Rugby Championship sides plus Fiji and Japan in the other. Each team plays every team in the opposite pool once, three at home and three away, across the July and November windows. Points follow the usual system of 4 for a win, 2 for a draw, a bonus point for four or more tries and another for losing by fewer than 8 points. On finals weekend each team plays the side ranked in the same position in the other pool.
Springbok results 2026: every match so far
Every score below appears in at least two independent sources, named in the last column. The Wales score is confirmed by arithmetic as well: Wikipedia’s pool table gives South Africa 130 points for and 49 against from their three July games, and 45 plus 42 plus 43 is 130 while 21 plus 28 plus 0 is 49.
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Competition | Score (SA first) | Result | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 20 Jun | Barbarians | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha | Friendly | 80-31 | Won by 49 | SA Rugby Mag, Wikipedia |
| Sat 4 Jul | England | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | Nations Championship | 45-21 | Won by 24 | SA Rugby Mag, Wikipedia |
| Sat 11 Jul | Scotland | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | Nations Championship | 42-28 | Won by 14 | SA Rugby Mag, Wikipedia |
| Sat 18 Jul | Wales | Kings Park, Durban | Nations Championship | 43-0 | Won by 43 | SA Rugby Mag, Wikipedia pool totals |
| Sat 8 Aug | Argentina | Estadio Jose Amalfitani, Buenos Aires | Test | 17-10 | Won by 7 | SA Rugby Mag, RugbyPass |
| Sat 22 Aug | New Zealand | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | Rivalry series, 1st Test | 16-33 | Lost by 17 | Wikipedia tour page, SA Rugby Mag |
| Sat 29 Aug | New Zealand | Cape Town Stadium (DHL Stadium) | Rivalry series, 2nd Test | 33-26 | Won by 7 | Wikipedia tour page, SA Rugby Mag |
| Sat 5 Sep | New Zealand | FNB Stadium, Johannesburg | Rivalry series, 3rd Test | 29-24 | Won by 5 | Wikipedia tour page, SA Rugby Mag |
| Sat 12 Sep | New Zealand | M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore | Rivalry series, 4th Test | 43-28 | Won by 15 | Wikipedia tour page, SA Rugby Mag |
| Sat 26 Sep | Australia | Optus Stadium, Perth | Test | 38-42 | Lost by 4 | SA Rugby Mag, rugby.com.au |
The Barbarians match is listed for completeness but left out of every Test figure on this page, because it is not a full international. The Rivalry series against New Zealand finished 3-1 to South Africa after the All Blacks won the opener at Ellis Park, and the only other defeat of the year was the 42-38 loss to Australia in Perth.
The 2026 record in numbers: strong at home, November is all away
This is our own count from the nine verified Test results above.
| Where | Tests | W-L | Points for | Points against | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 6 | 5-1 | 208 | 132 | +76 |
| Neutral | 1 | 1-0 | 43 | 28 | +15 |
| Away | 2 | 1-1 | 55 | 52 | +3 |
| All Tests | 9 | 7-2 | 306 | 212 | +94 |
That is 34.0 points scored and 23.6 conceded per Test. Two numbers stand out. Six of the nine Tests were played in South Africa, and only one of the two away Tests was won. And all three remaining Nations Championship games are away from home, in Turin, Paris and Dublin, before a finals weekend in London. The July window was played entirely at home: three wins with 20 tries scored to 7 conceded and three try bonus points, which put South Africa top of their pool on 15 points after July. November reverses the venues.
Margins tell a closer story than the win count
Three of the seven wins came by 7 points or fewer, 17-10 in Buenos Aires and 33-26 and 29-24 against New Zealand, and the two defeats were by 17 and by 4. Against New Zealand and Australia combined, South Africa scored 159 points and conceded 153 across five Tests, a difference of just 6.
Why there is no Springbok pick on this page
Our published record covers football and a small number of other sports, and every pick in it is graded after the result, losses included. Read live from our homepage on 9 October 2026 it stands at 109 wins and 78 losses, 58 percent over 187 graded picks, and none of those 187 is a rugby pick. We will not attach a confidence figure to a Test match as if it carried the same track record. Rugby picks start only once we grade results from two independent sources the way we grade football. Until then this page is fixtures, results and arithmetic, and our rugby betting guide explains how the markets work.
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