Boks game in Townsville

The All Blacks and Springboks will clash for their 100th test at a venue no-one could have predicted at the start of the rugby season.

The traditional rugby foes will play their historic encounter at the Queensland Country Bank Stadium in Townsville on Saturday, September 25 as the Rugby Championship is played out in a series of double-headers in Queensland, with one exception.

That is the third Bledisloe Cup test between the All Blacks and Wallabies, which will be played in Perth. While September 4 has been the widely speculated date for that fixture, Sanzaar said yesterday the date was yet to be confirmed.