Springboks will be based in Toulon, Paris for 2023 World Cup

The Springboks have selected Toulon as their base for the pool stages of the Rugby World Cup in 2023 in France.

South Africa will also be based in Paris for a week leading into the third pool match against Ireland at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. 

Jacques Nienaber's men will defend their title with the tournament scheduled to kick off from 8 September until 28 October.

As defending champions and the current top-ranked team on the World Rugby rankings, South Africa had a selection of three potential bases in the south of France.

Following a thorough inspection of the options by Nienaber and the team's head of operations, Charles Wessels, a decision was made to select the city on the Mediterranean coast as their preferred base for the international extravaganza.

Pool A: New Zealand, France, Italy, Uruguay, Africa 1

Pool B: South Africa, Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Asia/Pacific 1 qualifier

Pool C: Wales, Australia, Fiji, Georgia, Final qualifier winner

Pool D: England, Japan, Argentina, Samoa, Americas 2 

The Springboks are in Pool B and will start their campaign off against Scotland (10 September) at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille before facing Spain at Stade de Bordeaux (17 September), Ireland at Stade de France in Saint-Denis (23 September) and the top qualifier from the Asia/Pacific region in Marseille (1 October) in the pool stages.

South Africa will spend 28 days in Toulon, setting up base at Grand Hotel Des Sablettes-Page, which is a swift 24-minute journey from Toulon Rugby Club's RCT campus.

"Toulon Rugby Club's RCT campus hosts some of the best training and team facilities in the regions we visited... The facility is excellent, housing a high-performance gym, and indoor synthetic pitch, outdoor pitch, fixed cameras to