After negotiations between the South African Rugby Union and members of the local organising committee, it was announced that the Test would be allowed to take place in Cape Town on the originally scheduled date because no World Cup match was to be played in Cape Town on that day, and the Test would be played at Newlands, which is not a World Cup venue. ولكن بعض مفاوضات بين الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم والاتحاد الجنوب الأفريقي للرجبي تقرر الإبقاء على المباراة حسب الجدول لأنه لا توجد مباراة ستقام في مدينة كيب تاون في نفس اليوم .