Kick-off time in EVERY Test this weekend

The third and final ‘real’ weekend of end-of-year Test action will take place between Friday and Sunday this week/weekend with no fewer than eight matches scheduled.

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From a South African point of view, the pick of the Tests is the one between the Springboks and Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday.

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Honorable mention for Sunday’s clash between Scotland and Australia.

Saturday’s match will South Africa’s third and final fixture on their end-of-year tour.

Rassie Erasmus’s side opened their tour with a 32-15 win over Scotland at Murrayfield in Edinburgh and then saw off England 29-20 at the Allianz Stadium in London last weekend,

Be sure to stay glued to The South African website for all the fixtures, results, match reports – and more!

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WEEKEND TEST FIXTURES

All times SA

FRIDAY, 22 NOVEMBER

France vs Argentina – 22:10

SATURDAY, 23 NOVEMBER

Spain vs USA – 13:45

Ireland vs Fiji – 17:10

Romania vs Uruguay – 18:00

Wales vs South Africa – 19:40

Italy vs New Zealand – 22:10

SUNDAY, 24 NOVEMBER

Scotland vs Australia – 15:40

England vs Japan – 18:10

LATEST WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS AHEAD OF THE WEEKEND

RANK	COUNTRY	POINTS
1	South Africa	92.78
2	Ireland	90.78
3	New Zealand	90.09
4	France	88.08
5	Argentina	85.40
6	Scotland	82.70
7	England	82.31
8	Australia	82.17
9	Fiji	80.07
10	Italy	78.92
11	Wales	74.01
12	Georgia	73.85
13	Japan	72.95
14	Samoa	72.68
15	USA	68.90
16	Portugal	68.82
17	Spain	67.10
18	Uruguay	65.94
19	Tonga	65.46
20	Romania	64.13

TEAMS

Wales

15 Blair Murray, 14 Tom Rogers, 13 Max Llewellyn, 12 Ben Thomas, 11 Rio Dyer, 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Ellis Bevan, 8 Taine Plumtree, 7 Jac Morgan, 6 James Botham, 5 Will Rowlands, 4 Christ Tshiunza, 3 Gareth Thomas, 2 Dewi Lake (captain), 1 Archie Griffin

Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Keiron Assiratti, 19 Freddie Thomas, 20 Tommy Reffell, 21 Rhodri Williams, 22 Eddie James, 23 Josh Hathaway

South Africa

15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Thomas du Toit

Substitutes: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Eben Etzebeth, 20 RG Snyman, 21 Cameron Hanekom, 22 Cobus Reinach, 23 Handre Pollard