South Africa has confirmed their home schedule for next year's international rugby season.
Ireland, which have won four of their last six meetings, will face the Springboks in three tests in South Africa in June, 2016.
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) announced they would host Ireland on consecutive Saturdays starting on June 11, with the matches to be staged in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth respectively.
The Rugby World Cup bronze medallists begin the home leg of their Rugby Championship campaign when they entertain Argentina in Nelspruit on August 20, before embarking on three away games.
They return home to play Australia in Pretoria on October 1.
World champions New Zealand will play their first test in South Africa away from Johannesburg's Ellis Park since 2011 when they take on the Boks a week later in Durban (October 8).
SPRINGBOKS 2016 FIXTURES
Series versus Ireland
June 11: 1st test, Newlands, Cape Town
June 18: 2nd test, Ellis Park, Johannesburg
June 25: 3rd test, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Rugby Championship
August 20: vs Argentina, Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
October 1: vs Australia, Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
October 8: vs New Zealand, Kings Park, Durban
