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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 ...
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 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 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 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.
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.
World Cup-champion South Africa gave the previously unbeaten Wallabies a harsh reality check on Saturday, leading 14-0 early and beating Australia 33-7 in the opening Rugby Championship match for ...
X filed a notice of appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco dismissed X's case on March 25, calling it "evident" that X sued ...