All Blacks confirm 2022 home test schedule against Ireland


Posted June 12, 2022 by charlesviator

New Zealand Rugby confirmed the three-Test series will begin at Eden Park on Saturday, July 2, followed by Tests in Dunedin on July 9 and Wellington on July 16.

 
New Zealand Rugby [NZR] has showed this year’s domestic test time table for the All Blacks and the Black Ferns.

The All Blacks will kick their 2022 take a look at marketing campaign off with a three-check collection towards Ireland in July, and NZR introduced on Tuesday that the excursion will start at Eden Park in Auckland on July 2.

The two facets will then do battle at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin on July nine, earlier than rounding out the series at Sky Stadium in Wellington on July sixteen.

The following month, the All Blacks will return to New Zealand after having travelled to South Africa to play Rugby Championship assessments in opposition to the Springboks to host Los Pumas throughout two checks in Hamilton and Christchurch.

The first of those tests can be held at Orangetheory Stadium on August 27, and might be accompanied via a 2d successive conflict at FMG Stadium Waikato on September 3.

Both suits will act as Rugby Championship fixtures, with the check at Orangetheory Stadium the primary the All Blacks could have performed in Christchurch in view that their 41-13 win over the Springboks in 2016.

The sixth and final New Zealand-primarily based test the All Blacks are scheduled to play this year is in opposition to the Wallabies at Eden Park on September 24 in a match that doubles as a Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup conflict.

Confirmation of those six matches means extra than half the assessments the All Blacks are set to play this 12 months had been cemented.

Other All Blacks suits that have been officially showed for this 12 months includes the 2 assessments towards the Springboks, so that it will be performed at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on August 6 and at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on August 13.

An end-of-year test towards England at Twickenham in London on November 19 has additionally been locked in by the Rugby Football Union.

No affirmation has but been made from in which in Australia the primary of the two Bledisloe Cup matches against the Wallabies can be held, nor has there been an official declaration concerning the remainder of New Zealand’s give up-of-yr assessments.

However, NZR leader govt Mark Robinson revealed in advance this year that two of those November checks will come against Wales and Scotland, whilst affirmation of any other check – in all likelihood to be in opposition to Japan – is also predicted at a later date.

“The All Blacks have a big season ahead with the Steinlager Series against Ireland and a tough Rugby Championship schedule,” Robinson said in a statement on Tuesday.

“I know Foz [All Blacks head coach Ian Foster] and the team can’t wait for the season to kick off and I’m sure fans feel the same way.

“We have not hosted Ireland since 2012 and Argentina have not played here since 2018, so we cannot wait to welcome two great rugby rivals and their fans to our country.”

Meanwhile, NZR also announced four home fixtures for the Black Ferns in the lead-up to their World Cup campaign in New Zealand later this year.

The Black Ferns will play their first test on Kiwi shores since 2019 when they host Australia at a yet-to-be confirmed venue in the opening match of the Pacific Four Series on June 6.

That match, the first to be played by the Black Ferns under the guidance of new director of rugby Wayne Smith and his assistants Whitney Hansen and Wesley Clarke, will be followed by a clash against Canada at Trusts Arena in Auckland on June 12,

New Zealand’s third and final test of the series will be against the United States at Semenoff Stadium in Whangarei on June 18. More News >> https://nzvirerugby.com/

The Black Ferns will also host the first of two Laurie O’Reilly Series tests against the Wallaroos at Orangetheory Stadium in Christchurch on August 20, with the second to be staged in Australia.

All of those fixtures precede a World Cup campaign that kicks-off for the Black Ferns against Australia at Eden Park in Auckland on October 8.
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