The International Rugby Board announced the pool draws for the 2015 Rugby World Cup on Thursday at Twickenham, London. South Africa are in Pool B with Scotland, Samoa, Asia 1 and Americas 2. There are 870 days left until South Africa’s first match kicks off in England on 19 September 2015 at Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club.

SARU CEO Jurie Roux said:

The Springboks have a proud record at Rugby World Cups and I’m confident they will be there again at the business end of the tournament in 2015, but we have to ensure our planning is perfect for this tournament if we are going to do our country proud over in England.

Heyneke Meyer, Springbok coach said:

Playing in parts of the UK that we normally don’t see, such as Brighton, Birmingham and Newcastle, is exciting.

In the end however, the games still have to be won and it doesn’t matter where we play, we have to ensure we get more points on the scoreboard than our opponents.

The Rugby World Cup is still more than two years away and a lot of rugby will be played between now and then, but we now have an opportunity to put all our planning into place for that tournament.

Fixtures for the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England and Wales:

Friday, September 18 (Pool A) England v Oceania 1 – Twickenham Stadium
Saturday, September 19 (Pool C) Tonga v Europe 1 – Kingsholm Stadium
Saturday, September 19 (Pool D) Ireland v Americas 1 – Millennium Stadium
Saturday, September 19 (Pool B) South Africa v Asia 1 – Brighton Community Stadium
Saturday, September 19 (Pool D) France v Italy – Twickenham Stadium
Sunday, September 20 (Pool B) Samoa v Americas 2 – Brighton Community Stadium
Sunday, September 20 (Pool C) New Zealand v Argentina – Wembley Stadium
Sunday, September 20 (Pool A) Wales v Playoff Winner – Millennium Stadium
Wednesday, September 23 (Pool B) Scotland v Asia 1 – Kingsholm Stadium
Wednesday, September 23 (Pool A) Australia v Oceania 1 – Millennium Stadium
Wednesday, September 23 (Pool D) France v Europe 2 – Olympic Stadium
Thursday, September 24 (Pool C) New Zealand v Africa 1 – Olympic Stadium
Friday, September 25 (Pool C) Argentina v Europe 1 – Kingsholm Stadium
Saturday, September 26 (Pool D) Italy v Americas 1 – Elland Road
Saturday, September 26 (Pool B) South Africa v Samoa – Villa Park
Saturday, September 26 (Pool A) England v Wales – Twickenham Stadium
Sunday, September 27 (Pool A) Australia v Playoff Winner – Villa Park
Sunday, September 27 (Pool B) Scotland v Americas 2 – Elland Road
Sunday, September 27 (Pool D) Ireland v Europe 2 – Wembley Stadium
Tuesday, September 29 (Pool C) Tonga v Africa 1 – Sandy Park
Thursday, October 1 (Pool D) France v Americas 1 – stadiummk
Thursday, October 1 (Pool A) Wales v Oceania 1 – Millennium Stadium
Friday, October 2 (Pool C) New Zealand v Europe 1 – Millennium Stadium
Saturday, October 3 (Pool B) Samoa v Asia 1 – stadiummk
Saturday, October 3 (Pool B) South Africa v Scotland – St James’ Park
Saturday, October 3 (Pool A) England v Australia – Twickenham Stadium
Sunday, October 4 (Pool C) Argentina v Tonga – Leicester City Stadium
Sunday, October 4 (Pool D) Ireland v Italy – Olympic Stadium
Tuesday, October 6 (Pool D) Americas 1 v Europe 2 – Leicester City Stadium
Tuesday, October 6 (Pool A) Oceania 1 v Playoff Winner – stadiummk
Wednesday, October 7 (Pool C) Africa 1 v Europe 1 – Sandy Park
Wednesday, October 7 (Pool B) South Africa v Americas 2 – Olympic Stadium
Friday, October 9 (Pool C) New Zealand v Tonga – St James’ Park
Saturday, October 10 (Pool B) Samoa v Scotland – St James’ Park
Saturday, October 10 (Pool A) Australia v Wales – Twickenham Stadium
Saturday, October 10 (Pool A) England v Playoff Winner – Manchester City Stadium
Sunday, October 11 (Pool D) Italy v Europe 2 – Sandy Park
Sunday, October 11 (Pool B) Americas 2 v Asia 1 – Kingsholm Stadium
Sunday, October 11 (Pool C) Argentina v Africa 1 – Leicester City Stadium
Sunday, October 11 (Pool D) France v Ireland – Millennium Stadium

Saturday, October 17 Quarter-Final 1: Winner Pool C v Runner-Up Pool D – Millennium Stadium
Saturday, October 17 Quarter-Final 2: Winner Pool B v Runner-Up Pool A – Twickenham Stadium
Sunday, October 18 Quarter-Final 3: Winner Pool D v Runner-Up Pool C – Millennium Stadium
Sunday, October 18 Quarter-Final 4: Winner Pool A v Runner-Up Pool B – Twickenham Stadium

Saturday, October 24 Semi-Final 1: Winner QF1 v W QF2 – Twickenham Stadium
Sunday, October 25 Semi-Final 2: Winner QF3 v W QF4 – Twickenham Stadium

Friday, October 30 Bronze Final – Olympic Stadium

Saturday, October 31 Final – Twickenham Stadium

[Source: Sport24]