Date: Saturday, July 5 Venue: Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin Kick-off: 19:05 local (08:05 BST, 07:05 GMT) Referee: Nic Berry (Australia) Assistant referees: Christophe Ridley (England), Takehito Namekawa (Japan) TMO: Damon Murphy (Australia) FPRO: Brett Cronan (Australia) When this tour was initially announced, there was feverish excitement at the prospect of two of the world’s best going head-to-head,
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Springboks v Italy preview
Date: Saturday, July 5 Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Kick-off: 17:10 (local), 16:10 (UK) Referee: Hollie Davidson (SRU) Assistants: Matthew Carley (RFU), Andrew Brace (IRFU) TMO: Andrew Jackson (RFU) FPRO: Tual Trainini (FFR) The Springboks’ season finally gets underway at Loftus Versfeld as Rassie Erasmus’ men tackle Italy in Pretoria. Erasmus’ charges made light work of the Barbarians in Cape Town last week, powering to a
Waratahs v British & Irish Lions preview
Waratahs openside flanker Charlie Gamble and British & Irish Lions counterpart Josh van der Flier. Date: Saturday, July 5 Venue: Allianz Stadium Stadium, Brisbane Kick-off: 20:00 local (11:00 BST, 10:00 GMT) Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand) Assistant referees: James Doleman (New Zealand), Angus Mabey (New Zealand) TMO: Richard Kelly (New Zealand) FPRO: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa) The British & Irish Lions will be
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MATCH PREVIEW: England v Scotland
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