Rugby's Greatest
Rivalry
OVERVIEW
ABOUT
Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry, presented by Castle Double Malt, was launched in 2026. An alternating quadrennial tour between South Africa and New Zealand, RGR marks a defining new chapter for the intense rivalry between the sport’s most successful and storied nations as the Springboks and the All Blacks go head-to-head in four Tests, three in South Africa and one in the USA, while the tourists will also face the four South African franchises, the DHL Stormers, Hollywoodbets Sharks, Vodacom Bulls and 10bet Lions in non-Tests.
THE HISTORY
The Springboks and the All Blacks first clashed in 1921 and are the two most successful Test sides in the world, having won seven of the 10 Rugby World Cup tournaments to date. And 2026 marks 30 years since New Zealand’s last major tour of South Africa, where the visitors embarked on an eight-match schedule, culminating in a historic 2-1 Test series win. In the reciprocal 2030 iteration, South Africa will conduct their first professional era tour to New Zealand, as their last full tour to the Land of the Long White Cloud was in 1994.
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