SA Rugby has announced that the world-champion Springbok rugby team is set to kick off a four-day trophy tour, visiting key regional cities starting from Thursday, 2 November 2023.
What Can I Expect From The Springbok Trophy Tour Gauteng?
The tour will start in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Soweto – concluding at FNB Stadium – on Thursday, 2 November, and take in Cape Town (Friday, 3 November) and Durban (Saturday, 4 November) before concluding in the Eastern Cape (East London) on Sunday, 5 November.
Pretoria, 2 November:
Parade starts at 9:30am in an easterly direction down Stanza Bopape Street
-Right into End Street
-Right into Pretorius Street in a westerly direction
-Left into Gordon Street (which becomes Jan Shoba Street)
-Left into Park Street
-Left into Kirkness Street, past Loftus Versfeld
-Right into Jorissen Street (becomes Kotze Street, A Reyeng route into Nana Sita)
-Right into Paul Kruger Street and around Church Square
-Right into Madiba Street
-10:30- to 11:00 stop at Tshwane House for a visit with the Mayor and then depart to Johannesburg
Johannesburg, 2 November:
Parade starts at 2pm at 1 Jan Smuts Avenue in Braamfontein to Metro Centre and across the Nelson Mandela Bridge
-Onto FNB Bank City in Simmonds Street, the FNB CEO will deliver a speech from the Springbok bus roof
-Down Simmonds Street Right into Commissioner Street, which becomes Main Reef Road
-Left into Nasrec Road, past Riverlea and past the Joburg Expo Centre
-South to into Ben Naude Street
-Left into Immink Road
-Right into Chris Hani Street past Maponya Mall
-Right into Klipspruit Valley Road
-Left into Kumalo Main Road and left into Vilakazi Street, and onto the Hector Pieterson Memorial
-Down Peta Street, left at Klipfontein and right onto the Soweto Highway
-Take Shaft 17 Offramp right onto Nasrec Road into SAFA House Gate
-Players will walk on the field at FNB Stadium, meet the Mayor
-Departure SAFA House on Nasrec Road Right at Randshow Road towards the N12
Satellite tours to Bloemfontein, Nelson Mandela Bay and other centres will be scheduled for 2024. Such tours after the 2019 victory had to be abandoned because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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SA Rugby has announced that the world-champion Springbok rugby team is set to kick off a four-day trophy tour, visiting key regional cities starting from Thursday, 2 November 2023.
What Can I Expect From The Springbok Trophy Tour Gauteng?
The tour will start in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Soweto – concluding at FNB Stadium – on Thursday, 2 November, and take in Cape Town (Friday, 3 November) and Durban (Saturday, 4 November) before concluding in the Eastern Cape (East London) on Sunday, 5 November.
Pretoria, 2 November:
Parade starts at 9:30am in an easterly direction down Stanza Bopape Street
-Right into End Street
-Right into Pretorius Street in a westerly direction
-Left into Gordon Street (which becomes Jan Shoba Street)
-Left into Park Street
-Left into Kirkness Street, past Loftus Versfeld
-Right into Jorissen Street (becomes Kotze Street, A Reyeng route into Nana Sita)
-Right into Paul Kruger Street and around Church Square
-Right into Madiba Street
-10:30- to 11:00 stop at Tshwane House for a visit with the Mayor and then depart to Johannesburg
Johannesburg, 2 November:
Parade starts at 2pm at 1 Jan Smuts Avenue in Braamfontein to Metro Centre and across the Nelson Mandela Bridge
-Onto FNB Bank City in Simmonds Street, the FNB CEO will deliver a speech from the Springbok bus roof
-Down Simmonds Street Right into Commissioner Street, which becomes Main Reef Road
-Left into Nasrec Road, past Riverlea and past the Joburg Expo Centre
-South to into Ben Naude Street
-Left into Immink Road
-Right into Chris Hani Street past Maponya Mall
-Right into Klipspruit Valley Road
-Left into Kumalo Main Road and left into Vilakazi Street, and onto the Hector Pieterson Memorial
-Down Peta Street, left at Klipfontein and right onto the Soweto Highway
-Take Shaft 17 Offramp right onto Nasrec Road into SAFA House Gate
-Players will walk on the field at FNB Stadium, meet the Mayor
-Departure SAFA House on Nasrec Road Right at Randshow Road towards the N12
Satellite tours to Bloemfontein, Nelson Mandela Bay and other centres will be scheduled for 2024. Such tours after the 2019 victory had to be abandoned because of the Covid-19 pandemic.