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The contest between The Wallabies and The Springboks is one of the major rivalries in rugby union. Since 2000s, the two teams have competed for the Mandela Challenge Plate. The teams' first meeting was on 8 July 1933 at Newlands in Cape Town in the first of 5 tests on the 1933 Wallabies tour. The test was won 17–3 by South Africa who also won ...
The second Rugby Championship match in two weekends between Australia and South Africa could see contrasting streaks extended. The Wallabies haven’t won consecutive test matches in two years and ...
The Springboks play in green and gold jerseys with white shorts, and their emblem is the Springbok, a native antelope and the national animal of South Africa. The team has represented South African Rugby Union in international rugby union since 30 July 1891, when they played their first test match against a British Isles touring team.
The 2011 Tri Nations Series was the sixteenth annual Tri Nations rugby union series between the national rugby union teams of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, respectively nicknamed the All Blacks, Wallabies and Springboks. It was also the last series in which only these three teams participated.
Bledisloe Cup (1st) 1934-08-25 New Zealand: 3 3 SCG: Sydney: Drawn Match Details: 1936-09-05 New Zealand: 6 11 Athletic Park: Wellington New Zealand: Match Details: 1936 Australia tour Bledisloe Cup; 1936-09-12 New Zealand: 13 38 Carisbrook: Dunedin New Zealand: Match Details: 1936-09-23 NZ Māori: 31 6 Showgrounds Oval: Palmerston North ...
The Wallabies tied the series with the Springboks winning two and losing two Tests. The tour was one of the highlights of the successful "Thornett Era" of Australian Rugby, buoyed by the leadership skills of skipper John Thornett and the outstanding skills of greats of the game like Ken Catchpole, Peter Johnson and Rob Heming.
Since 1908 Australia and Wales have competed against each other in rugby union in forty-nine matches, Australia having won thirty-four, Wales fourteen, with one draw. Since 2007 the teams have competed for the James Bevan Trophy, which was created to celebrate 100 years of rugby between the two nations. [1]
The series then travelled to Australia for the Wallabies' three home matches. It opened with the second Bledisloe Cup match with the All Blacks, won by the All Blacks 19–18. [6] The Springboks then picked up a 32–25 bonus-point win over the Wallabies in Perth. [7] The Wallabies then defeated the Springboks 21–6, at Brisbane. [8]