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The Springboks and New Zealand's national rugby team, the All Blacks, have a long tradition of intense and friendly sporting rivalry. [4] From 1948 to 1969, the South African apartheid regime affected team selection for the All Blacks, with selectors passing over Māori players for some All Black tours to South Africa. [5]
As a player, he may be best known for scoring 3 tries against the All Blacks in the famous "flour bomb" Test at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand on 12 September 1981. South Africa lost the game 25–22. Ray Mordt played a total of 18 tests (plus 7 tour games) [2] for the Springboks, scoring 12 tries for a total of 48 points. [3]
The 1980 South Africa rugby union tour of South America was a series of six matches played by the South Africa national rugby union team (the Springboks) in Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile in October 1980. The South Africa team won all six of their matches including both test matches against the South American Jaguars. [1]
The Springboks led 9-3 at the time and hung on to win 12-11. Cane was yellow-carded originally but the bunker upgraded it to red a few minutes later. All Blacks captain Cane banned for 3 games for ...
Breyton Paulse (born 25 April 1976 in De Keur, Koue Bokkeveld) is a South African former rugby union player who played on the wing for the national team, the Springboks, from 1999 to 2007. He played 64 test matches for South Africa, scoring 26 tries.
Date of birth 10 February 1961 (age 63) Place of birth: Paarl, South Africa: Height: 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Weight: 82 kg (181 lb) School: Noorder Paarl Secondary School: Notable relative(s) Chester Williams (nephew) Rugby union career
David Alfred Stewart (14 July 1935 – 22 November 2022) was a South African rugby union international. [1]Stewart was born in Cape Town and attended Wynberg High School.He played 11 test matches for the Springboks in the early 1960s, mostly as either a centre or fly-half.
The 1971 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia was a controversial six-week rugby union tour by the Springboks to Australia. Anti-apartheid protests were held all around the country. [1] The tour is perhaps most infamous for a state of emergency being declared in Queensland. In total, around 700 people were arrested whilst the Springboks ...