World champions South Africa announce Scotland, Georgia matches

Rugby World Cup champions South Africa will face Scotland twice and play a one-off match with Georgia in July next year.

The Springboks secured a famous victory over England in a surprisingly one-sided final in Japan last month, Rassie Erasmus' side running out 32-12 winners.

By contrast, Scotland failed to qualify from their pool after losing to Ireland and Japan.

The European nation will head to South Africa for a pair of fixtures on July 4 and 11, with the Springboks also scheduled to host Georgia the following week.

Springbok fixtures for July 2020 out! Who will be first to face the RWC champs? New opponents welcomed for the first time https://t.co/fg8p2jGDPw #StrongerTogether @Scotlandteam @GeorgianRugby pic.twitter.com/1wMpdPGZ9b

— Springboks (@Springboks) November 20, 2019

While South Africa and Scotland have met many times, the Boks have faced Georgia only once – in a pool match at the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

Georgia won one of their four games in Japan, beating Uruguay 33-7.

The venues and kick-off times for all three games will be confirmed at a later date.