New Zealand get rapturous reception as S.Africa tour begins in Cape Town 'home'

CAPE TOWN, July 31 : New Zealand are relishing the opportunity to play an old-school tour of South Africa for the first time in 30 years but are well aware of the challenge of facing the four-times world champions in their own backyard.The All Blacks play three tests in South Africa and another against the Springboks in Baltimore, United States, and take on provincial sides the Stormers, Bulls, Sharks and Lions in warm-up fixtures.They begin against the Stormers in Cape Town on August 8, with the first test in Johannesburg two weeks later.The team were greeted by several thousand All Blacks fans in an open training clinic on Friday, a throwback to when many South Africans chose to support New Zealand over the Springboks during apartheid. "It's a pretty tight schedule and you've got times w