An NFL Stadium in Baltimore Hosts Its First Rugby Match on Saturday and South Africa Lead the Series Two-One
The fourth Test between the Springboks and the All Blacks has been taken to M&T Bank Stadium, which has never staged rugby before.
South Africa and New Zealand play a fourth and final Test at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Saturday 12 September, listed at five in the afternoon local time. It is the first rugby match ever staged at the ground, which opened in 1998, seats 70,745 and has a natural grass surface.
South Africa lead the series 2-1. The All Blacks won the opener 33-16 at Ellis Park. The Springboks took the second 33-26 in Cape Town and the third 29-24 at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on 5 September.
In Johannesburg, Ardie Savea scored twice in the first half for New Zealand before going off late in the half with an apparent torso injury. Will Jordan and Samisoni Taukei'aho also crossed. South Africa scored through Kurt-Lee Arendse, Jesse Kriel, Malcolm Marx and a penalty try, and controlled the match after Savea left.
A South African win takes the series 3-1. A New Zealand win squares it 2-2. Karl Dickson of England referees.
Five in the afternoon on the American east coast is five in the morning on Sunday in Malaysia and Singapore, four in Thailand. Early even by the standards of northern-hemisphere rugby.