At Aviva Stadium · Lansdowne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Only the published dates are confirmed for this programme.
Ireland face South Africa at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday, 21 November 2026, as part of the 2026 Nations Championship, with kick off at 5:30pm.
The Aviva Stadium’s own events listing confirms this fixture between Ireland and South Africa on this date. South Africa are the reigning Rugby World Cup champions, and a match against them is one of the standout fixtures of Ireland’s home rugby calendar whenever the two sides are drawn together. It falls in Irish rugby’s November international window, the main block of home autumn fixtures at the Aviva each year, when the IRFU’s senior men’s side play the visiting southern hemisphere and tier one nations.
The Aviva Stadium is Ireland’s national stadium for both rugby and football, built on the site of the old Lansdowne Road ground and shared by the IRFU and the FAI. For a November rugby international the crowd is typically the IRFU’s usual mix of provincial season ticket holders and general sale supporters, and matches against the current world champions tend to be among the best attended fixtures of the whole rugby season.
Aviva Stadium is on Lansdowne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Lansdowne Road DART station is a short walk from the ground, and Dublin Bus routes 4, 7, 8 and 18 also serve the stadium.
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