Report: Twickenham to host Southern Hemisphere powerhouses

Twickenham will host two Southern Hemisphere powerhouses ahead of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, according to a report by the Daily Mail.

New Zealand and South Africa are set to clash at the home of English Rugby as part of their preparations for the World Cup in France.

According to the report, England are planning four warm-up matches before the World Cup and there is speculation that they will take one of them away from their familiar home — as they did for the game against Italy in Newcastle in 2019.

One of those matches is set to be a box-office double-header at Twickenham, which will also involve the two leading southern superpowers going head-to-head. Whether the fixture would constitute part of an abbreviated Rugby Championship, or a one-off ‘friendly’ is unclear.

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