Rugby-South Africa to host Argentina in first leg of Rugby Championship

MELBOURNE: South Africa will start the Rugby Championship with back-to-back home tests against Argentina after the British and Irish Lions tour wraps up, Rugby Australia boss Andy Marinos said on Monday.

The Springboks and Pumas will then head to Australia and quarantine for two weeks while the Wallabies and New Zealand kick off their tournament with matches on Aug. 21 and Aug. 28, Marinos told reporters in a video call.With South Africa and Argentina to play the All Blacks twice each in New Zealand after the Australia swing, the Pumas will be the only one of the four southern hemisphere powers without a home match in the competition.

A crowd of over 50,000 attended the second 'State of Origin' rugby league match between Queensland and New South Wales at Lang Park on Sunday. To mitigate risk of COVID-19 infections, Marinos said the French and Australian teams would take a charter flight from Brisbane to Melbourne for the second test on July 13 and head back to Brisbane quickly for the final test on July 17.

France players and staff are undergoing a mandatory two weeks in hotel quarantine in Sydney, though they are able to hold closed training sessions daily."They're certainly not immune to it - they had to deal with it during the Six Nations so they've been really fantastic to work with," he said.

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