MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia will play South Africa in a Rugby Championship take a look at at Sydney Football Stadium on Sept. 3, the primary worldwide sporting occasion at the venue since its A$828 million ($594 million) redevelopment.
Organisers will hope to fill the stadium the place all 42,500 seats can be underneath shelter as a part of the rebuild.
“To have the Wallabies taking over the world champion Springboks in entrance of over 40,000 supporters goes to be a tremendous expertise, and one I’m positive these in attendance will always remember,” Rugby Australia boss Andy Marinos mentioned in an announcement on Thursday.
The first sports activities occasion at the stadium adjoining to the Sydney Cricket Ground is anticipated to be a National Rugby League match within the leadup to the Wallabies take a look at.
Soccer governing physique Football Australia mentioned on Thursday the stadium would host a ladies’s pleasant between the nationwide ‘Matildas’ staff and Olympic champions Canada on Sept. 6.
The venue may even be used for the 2023 ladies’s soccer World Cup co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
($1 = 1.3931 Australian {dollars})
(Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
