Springboks v Barbarians: How to watch the match in the UK, South Africa and USA
Leicester Fainga'anuku of the Barbarians and an inset of Springboks boss Rassie Erasmus.
South Africa take on the Barbarians on Saturday, June 28 in a warm-up game before their mid-year Tests against Italy and Georgia.
The match kicks off at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town and at 17:10 local time or 16:10 UK time.
If you are in South Africa, the match will be shown on SuperSport, which is on the DSTV network. Every single South Africa Test will be streamed on FloRugby and the FloSports app in the US and in the UK, and it will be shown on Sky Sports Action.
The consecutive world champions will take on the Baa-Baas before a double-header against Italy on 5 and 12 July in Pretoria and Port Elizabeth, respectively.
The Springboks will then play Georgia on 19 July in the final test games before the Autumn Internationals later in the year.
The match marks the return of veteran lock Lood de Jager, who last played for the Springboks in 2023. Morne van den Berg and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu are also back in the squad after injury.
Springboks team v the Barbarians
15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Jean-Luc du Preez, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nche
Replacements: 16 Marnus van der Merwe, 17 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 18 Neethling Fouche, 19 Franco Mostert, 20 Kwagga Smith, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Manie Libbok, 23 Andre Esterhuizen
Baa-Baas squad
The Baa-Baas squad is taking shape for the game in Cape Town. Head coach Robbie Deans has named former All Black captain Sam Cane in the squad, who joins fellow All Black Shannon Frizell.
Irish stars Peter O’Mahony and Cian Healy will play their final professional game as part of the Baa-Baas squad.
Confirmed squad players include:
Forwards: Sam Cane, Peter O’Mahony, Cian Healy, Shannon Frizell, Hoskins Sotutu, Ricky Riccitelli, Ruben van Heerden, Camille Chat, Will Collier, Hassane Kolingar, Josh Beehre, Paul Alo-Emile, David Ribbans, Lachlan Boshier.
Backs: Mark Tele’a, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, Peter Umaga-Jensen, Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens, Santiago Arata, Josh Jacomb, Leicester Faingaʻanuku, Joe Marchant.
Venue: DHL Stadium, Cape Town
Date: Saturday, 28 June
Kick-off: 17:10 (local), 16:10 (UK)
Broadcaster: SuperSport, Sky Sport
Referee: AJ Jacobs
Assistants: Christopher Allison, Stephan Geldenhuys
TMO: Egon Segonds
FPRO: Ben Crouse
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