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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Flo Clifford

Springboks and Japan to play first rugby match at Wembley in nine years

South Africa are set to face Japan at Wembley Stadium during their autumn international series, in the first rugby fixture to be played at the London venue since 2016.

The match will be a replay of the famous ‘Miracle of Brighton’, when Eddie Jones’ Japan side beat the Springboks 34-32 in the 2015 Rugby World Cup, in one of international rugby’s biggest upsets and a first-ever South African defeat to a Tier 2 side.

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