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Cape Town - The South African Rugby Union (SARU) on Wednesday confirmed that the Springboks will play the Barbarians at Twickenham on Saturday 4 December 2010 (kick off 14:30), bringing down the curtain on the team’s International season.
The match will be the seventh meeting between the teams and concludes the Springboks’ end-of-season tour, which features Tests against the four Home Unions during November.
“The Barbarians fixture has become the grand finale of the European autumn series and we’re delighted to be taking part once again,” said Andy Marinos, SARU manager of national teams.
“The fixture has a character all of its own and is an opportunity for the players to demonstrate their skills against the very best international players but with different pressures to that of the Test arena.
“The Barbarians routinely produce an outstanding combination as they showed when a team featuring several Springboks beat the All Blacks last season.
“There’ll also be plenty of incentive for our players following our last game against them in 2007.”
The Springboks were beaten 22-5 by the Barbarians at Twickenham in the final match of the 2007 season and the historical record between the teams stands at three wins apiece.
Barbarians' president Micky Steele-Bodger said: “As the years go by, our long-established fixtures against the the major powers of the southern hemisphere are, if anything, becoming more and more popular.
“Success breeds success, not necessarily in terms of match results but in providing an attractive environment where true followers are almost guaranteed an entertaining afternoon of top-class sport. We look forward to another such occasion next December.”
The match will be the seventh meeting between the teams and concludes the Springboks’ end-of-season tour, which features Tests against the four Home Unions during November.
“The Barbarians fixture has become the grand finale of the European autumn series and we’re delighted to be taking part once again,” said Andy Marinos, SARU manager of national teams.
“The fixture has a character all of its own and is an opportunity for the players to demonstrate their skills against the very best international players but with different pressures to that of the Test arena.
“The Barbarians routinely produce an outstanding combination as they showed when a team featuring several Springboks beat the All Blacks last season.
“There’ll also be plenty of incentive for our players following our last game against them in 2007.”
The Springboks were beaten 22-5 by the Barbarians at Twickenham in the final match of the 2007 season and the historical record between the teams stands at three wins apiece.
Barbarians' president Micky Steele-Bodger said: “As the years go by, our long-established fixtures against the the major powers of the southern hemisphere are, if anything, becoming more and more popular.
“Success breeds success, not necessarily in terms of match results but in providing an attractive environment where true followers are almost guaranteed an entertaining afternoon of top-class sport. We look forward to another such occasion next December.”
