Boks Gear Up For 2025 International Rugby Season

The Springboks are gearing up for a bumper 2025 international season , which includes 14 test matches and a game against the Barbarians in June.

The Springboks year will constitute 137 days in total, and the end result will be to achieve as good a ranking as possible ahead of the 2027 Rugby World Cup draw at the end of the year.

The Springbok coaching staff have a mountain of work to get through this year.

They have already touched base with some 84 players ahead of the 2025 season, and with 15 matches on the horizon it is all about building strength and depth for the World Cup in 2027.

Having 15 matches, I would think it is only the second time in history that we have played fifteen. In 2007, there were 17 matches. So, it will be the first time in a long time and I think we need that because we still want to filter and sift some players and give a lot of players an opportunity, says Springboks Coach Rassie Erasmus.