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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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Fri Jul 21, 2023
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Churchill Park
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Tonga Tonga
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Sapporo Dome
Japan Japan
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Fri Jul 28, 2023
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Apia Park
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Sat Jul 29, 2023
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Hanazono Rugby Stadium
Japan Japan
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Fri Aug 4, 2023
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Apia Park
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10:35pm EDT
Forsyth Barr Stadium
New Zealand New Zealand
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Sat Aug 5, 2023
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Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium
Japan Japan
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BT Murrayfield
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Principality Stadium
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Stadionul National Arcul de Triumf
Romania Romania
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Estadio Charrua
Uruguay Uruguay
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Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
Georgia Georgia
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Twickenham
England England
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Chile Chile
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Aviva Stadium
Ireland Ireland
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8:00pm
England England
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Sat Aug 19, 2023
10:00am EDT
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
Georgia Georgia
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10:00am
USA USA
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10:15am EDT
Principality Stadium
Wales Wales
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10:15am
South Africa South Africa
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3:05pm EDT
Stade de la Beaujoire
France France
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3:05pm
Fiji Fiji
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Fri Aug 25, 2023
2:30pm EDT
Twickenham
New Zealand New Zealand
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8:00pm EDT
Civitas Metropolitano
Spain Spain
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Italy Italy
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Japan Japan
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Stade Jean Dauger
Ireland Ireland
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8:00pm
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Sat Aug 26, 2023
10:15am EDT
Twickenham
England England
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10:15am
Fiji Fiji
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12:30pm EDT
BT Murrayfield
Scotland Scotland
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12:30pm
Georgia Georgia
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Sun Aug 27, 2023
11:45am EDT
Stade de France
France France
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11:45am
Australia Australia
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Sat May 13, 2023
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ISS Stadion
Norway Norway
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Denmark Denmark
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22
Sat May 6, 2023
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Budapest Rugby Center
Hungary Hungary
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8:00am
Latvia Latvia
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22
Sat Apr 29, 2023
FT
Daugava Stadium
Latvia Latvia
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6:00am
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43
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National Sports Academy Vasil Levski
Bulgaria Bulgaria
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8:00am
Slovenia Slovenia
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Kamberovica Polje
Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina
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Serbia Serbia
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40
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Prada de Moles Sports Stadium
Andorra Andorra
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11:00am
Norway Norway
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6
Sat Apr 22, 2023
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Yizreel Rugby Club
Israel Israel
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6:50am
Slovenia Slovenia
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7
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National Stadium
Andorra Andorra
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10:50am
Finland Finland
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Sat Apr 1, 2023
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Rugby Academy-Siauliai
Lithuania Lithuania
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7:00am
Sweden Sweden
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18
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Gradski sportski centar Makarska
Croatia Croatia
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10:00am
Switzerland Switzerland
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32
Sat Mar 25, 2023
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Rugby Academy-Siauliai
Lithuania Lithuania
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8:00am
Croatia Croatia
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39
Sat Mar 18, 2023
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Stadion Stari plac
Ukraine Ukraine
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9:00am
Sweden Sweden
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38
15
Sat Mar 11, 2023
FT
Stadion Lucko
Ukraine Ukraine
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8:00am
Switzerland Switzerland
LIVE
32
59
Sat Feb 25, 2023
FT
Gaborone Rugby Football Club
Botswana Botswana
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9:00am
Eswatini Eswatini
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111
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