Programming note: Official Springboks World Cup Send Off to be broadcast live on Thursday on SABC2 and SuperSport, and in high definition.

As South Africans take to the streets in Sandton tomorrow afternoon (Thursday) to officially bid farewell to the national rugby team leaving for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, there will be live coverage on SABC2 and on several SuperSport channels, including high definition (HD) of the Springboks World Cup Send Off.

SABC2 will have live coverage on Thursday from 17:00 for a full hour with the Tsonga and Venda news following at 18:00. At 22:00 tomorrow night SABC2 will carry a special highlights package of the Springboks World Cup Send Off.

SuperSport will also have live coverage of the Springboks World Cup Send Off from 16:40 on Thursday afternoon and will stay with it until the end of the event. The Springboks World Cup Send Off will be carried live on both SuperSport 1 (DStv 201) and SuperSport 4 (DStv 204), as well as in HD on SUperSport HD 1 (DStv 171).