{"id":483705,"date":"2026-02-16T13:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T13:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/483705\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T13:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T13:08:08","slug":"rugby-australia-reveals-venue-for-wallabies-v-springboks-clash-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/483705\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby Australia reveals venue for Wallabies v Springboks clash &#8211; australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<p>NEWS: Rugby Australia has finalised the Test schedule for the Wallabies in 2026, and it includes the fixture against the Springboks<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, it was revealed that Perth\u2019s Optus Stadium will host the battle for the Nelson Mandela Challenge Plate on Sunday, September 27.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a venue where the Wallabies hold the spectator record for a sporting event, with over 61,000 supporters attending the 2019 Bledisloe Cup Test.<\/p>\n<p>The fixture will take place two weeks after the Boks\u2019 fourth Test against the All Blacks at Baltimore\u2019s M&amp;T Bank Stadium in the USA.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Wallabies\u2019 final home Test of the year will be held at Sydney\u2019s Accor Stadium on October 17 against New Zealand in what will be the second Bledisloe Cup Test in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The first Bledisloe Cup fixture will take place at Eden Park on October 10.<\/p>\n<p>See Wallabies\u2019 home Test schedule below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Wallabies-home-Tests-2026-680x850.jpg.webp.webp\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"Wallabies home Tests 2026\" width=\"620\" height=\"775\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWS: Rugby Australia has finalised the Test schedule for the Wallabies in 2026, and it includes the fixture&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-483705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}