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Ellis
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Ellis Park is South Africa’s finest rugby stadium and it hosted the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Discover more with RugbyPass, your resident rugby gurus.

About Ellis Park

Ellis Park, which is officially known as Emirates Airline Park for sponsorship reasons, is South Africa’s finest rugby stadium. Home to the Lions (United Rugby Championship) and the Golden Lions (Currie Cup), it also hosted the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Ellis Park was inducted into the RugbyPass Hall of Fame in 2021.

The history of Ellis Park can be traced back to 1927. At the time, Transvaal Rugby Football Union (now the Golden Lions Rugby Union) paid Mr J. D. Ellis (who the ground is named after), £600 for the grass. The original stadium was then built with a £5,000 loan from the council. In total, the stadium only took eight months to build and the first test was played at the venue in 1928.  

Ever since, Ellis Park has been synonymous with rugby in South Africa. However, although it’s mainly a rugby stadium, the ground also hosted six cricket test matches between 1948 and 1954, and football matches continue to be played at the ground. In 2010, it hosted the quarter-final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Plus, it has also hosted concerts by Eminem, The Rolling Stones and Whitney Houston.

However, Ellis Park primarily remains a rugby stadium and it has hosted some of South Africa’s biggest games. In 1955, a crowd of more than 100,000 packed into Ellis Park to watch the Springboks take on the British and Irish Lions. In addition, the stadium hosted the 1995 Rugby World Cup final, which was won by South Africa.

Although it’s a world class stadium, Ellis Park has sadly seen several accidents over the years. Most notably, in 2001, a stampede during a football game killed 43 people.

However, since its redevelopment in 2009, Ellis Park has firmly re-established itself as one of South Africa’s premier sporting venues. Now, it neighbours Johannesburg Stadium (athletics), Standard Bank Arena, Ellis Park Tennis Stadium and an Olympic-class swimming pool.

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Rugby Academy-Siauliai
Lithuania Lithuania
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Czech Republic Czech Republic
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Stade de Luxembourg
Luxembourg Luxembourg
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Sat Apr 5, 2025
7:00am EDT
Tsirio Stadium
Cyprus Cyprus
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Andorra Andorra
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Hibernians Stadium
Malta Malta
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Israel Israel
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Kamberovica Polje
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Kosovo Kosovo
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Stade de Luxembourg
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Poland Poland
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Sat Apr 12, 2025
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Atatürk Olympic Stadium
Turkey Turkey
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Serbia Serbia
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9:00am EDT
Budapest Rugby Center
Hungary Hungary
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Ukraine Ukraine
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Trelleborg Rugby Stadium
Sweden Sweden
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Poland Poland
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Fri Apr 18, 2025
11:00am EDT
National Stadium Vasil Levski
Bulgaria Bulgaria
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Moldova Moldova
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Race Course Ground
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Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
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Sat Apr 19, 2025
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Erritsø GIF Rugby
Denmark Denmark
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Latvia Latvia
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Sun Apr 20, 2025
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Fri Apr 25, 2025
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Israel Israel
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Fri May 2, 2025
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Austria Austria
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Fri May 9, 2025
8:00pm EDT
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Kalevi Keskstaadion
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Lystlunden Stadion
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Loftus Versfeld
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Korea Republic Korea Republic
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3:05am EDT
Forsyth Barr Stadium
New Zealand New Zealand
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France France
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3:40pm EDT
Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi
Argentina Argentina
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England England
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7:30pm EDT
American Legion Memorial Stadium
USA USA
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McDonald Jones Stadium
Australia Australia
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11:30pm
Fiji Fiji
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Fri Jul 11, 2025
8:00pm EDT
Kobe Misaki Stadium
Japan Japan
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8:00pm
Wales Wales
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Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
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8:00pm
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Romania Romania
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Sky Stadium
New Zealand New Zealand
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France France
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Estadio Bicentenario
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3:40pm
England England
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American Legion Memorial Stadium
USA USA
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8:00pm EDT
Mbombela Stadium
South Africa South Africa
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Georgia Georgia
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Brazil Brazil
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Argentina Argentina
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Japan National Stadium
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Allianz Stadium
England England
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11:10am
Australia Australia
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1:40pm EDT
Scottish Gas Murrayfield
Scotland Scotland
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4:10pm EDT
Soldier Field
Ireland Ireland
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4:10pm
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Aviva Stadium
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7:40am
Japan Japan
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10:10am EST
Scottish Gas Murrayfield
Scotland Scotland
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10:10am
New Zealand New Zealand
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12:40pm EST
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12:40pm
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Allianz Stadium
England England
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12:40pm
Fiji Fiji
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3:10pm EST
France France
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3:10pm
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Sun Nov 9, 2025
10:10am EST
Principality Stadium
Wales Wales
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10:10am
Argentina Argentina
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7:40am EST
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7:40am
South Africa South Africa
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10:10am EST
Allianz Stadium
England England
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10:10am
New Zealand New Zealand
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12:40pm EST
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Wales Wales
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12:40pm
Japan Japan
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3:10pm EST
France France
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3:10pm
Fiji Fiji
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Aviva Stadium
Ireland Ireland
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3:10pm
Australia Australia
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Sun Nov 16, 2025
10:10am EST
Scottish Gas Murrayfield
Scotland Scotland
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10:10am
Argentina Argentina
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Fri Nov 21, 2025
7:00pm EST
Georgia Georgia
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7:00pm
Japan Japan
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Sat Nov 22, 2025
10:10am EST
Principality Stadium
Wales Wales
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10:10am
New Zealand New Zealand
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12:40pm EST
Aviva Stadium
Ireland Ireland
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12:40pm
South Africa South Africa
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3:10pm EST
France France
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3:10pm
Australia Australia
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3:10pm EST
Italy Italy
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3:10pm
Samoa Samoa
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Sun Nov 23, 2025
8:40am EST
Scottish Gas Murrayfield
Scotland Scotland
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8:40am
Tonga Tonga
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11:10am EST
Allianz Stadium
England England
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11:10am
Argentina Argentina
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Sat Nov 29, 2025
10:10am EST
Principality Stadium
Wales Wales
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10:10am
South Africa South Africa
LIVE
0
0
Sat Mar 8, 2025
FT
Marketa Stadium
Czech Republic Czech Republic
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8:00am
Luxembourg Luxembourg
LIVE
40
16
Sat Feb 22, 2025
FT
National Rugby Stadium Gdynia
Poland Poland
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10:00am
Croatia Croatia
LIVE
58
27
Sat Feb 1, 2025
FT
National Stadium
Andorra Andorra
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10:00am
Israel Israel
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