JOHANNESBURG – Following their arrival in Johannesburg from the triumphant Rugby World Cup campaign in Japan, the Springboks are set to embark on a five-day victory Trophy Tour.
The Springboks’ RWC Trophy Tour kicks off in Gauteng on Thursday when they will travel through parts of Pretoria, Johannesburg and Soweto, parading the Webb Ellis Cup from an open-top bus.
The route plans for Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town (Friday to Monday) will be communicated in the next day or two.
The route plan for Gauteng
Pretoria:
08h30 to 09h30: Union Building South Lawns
09h30: Parade starts in an easterly direction down Stanza Bopape Street
Right into End Street
Right into Pretorius Street in a westerly direction
Left into Gordon Street (which becomes Jan Shoba Street)
Right into Burnett Street
Left into Park Street
Left into Kirkness Street, past Loftus Versfeld
Right into Jorissen Street (becomes Kotze Street, A Reyeng route into Nana Sita)
Right into Paul Kruger Street and around Church Square
Right into Madiba Street
10h30 to 11h00 Stop at Tshwane House and then depart to Johannesburg
South African Rugby team captain Siya Kolisi holds the Webb Ellis Cup as he is greeted by hundreds of fans upon his arrival at Johannesburg's O.R. Tambo airport on Tuesday. Photo: AP Photo/Jerome Delay
Johannesburg and Soweto:
14h00: Parade starts at 1 Jan Smuts Avenue in Braamfontein to Metro Centre and across the Nelson Mandela Bridge
Onto FNB Bank City in Simmonds Street
Onto Nasrec Road past Riverley and to the FNB Stadium
South to Ben Naude Street
Left into Immink Road
Right into Chris Hani Street past Maponya Mall
Right into Klipspruit Valley Road
Left into Kumalo Main Road and left into Vilakazi Street and onto the Hector Pieterson Memorial
From approximately 15h45 to 16h15: past Orlando Stadium