Barrett looking forward to 'special tour' as All Blacks and Boks launch 'Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry'

The planned quadrennial tour will alternate between rugby union’s most successful two nations.

ON TOUR: New Zealand’s Jordie Barrett, Beauden Barrett and Scott Barrett celebrate. Pic: INPHO/Billy Stickland

Beauden Barrett is keen to be on the other side of a British & Irish Lions-type experience when the All Blacks rekindle their storied rivalry with the Springboks in an eight-game tour of South Africa next summer.

Both the New Zealand playmaker and South Africa’s back-to-back World Cup-winning captain Siya Kolisi drew on their experiences of playing against the Lions as the 2026 tour, dubbed “Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry” by promoters was confirmed for next August and September.