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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]
On 20 February 2021 Wiese scored Leicester's first try in a win against Wasps but was sent off in the first half for hitting an opponent's head with a dangerous ruck clear out, [56] and was subsequently banned for four weeks. [57] On 5 June 2021 Wiese was called up to the Springboks squad for their test series against the British and Irish ...
Initially, the first Springboks refused to play against a Devon side that included Jimmy Peters, the first black player to represent England. [83] Notable figures like Danie Craven , a legendary official, national coach, and Springbok scrumhalf, reluctantly complied with government demands to have Māori players excluded from the visiting All ...
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 ...
Truscott toured with the Springboks in 1992 to France and England. He did not play in any test matches for the Springboks but played in four tour matches. [ 1 ] In 1993, Truscott received a two-year ban after testing positive for the use of the banned stimulant. [ 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]
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]
With several new players aboard, the 2006 Springboks defeated Scotland twice in South Africa, before a loss to France ended their long undefeated home record. A bad start to the 2006 Tri Nations Series saw them lose 49–0 to the Wallabies. The Springboks put together better games in the following two matches, losing in the final minutes in the ...