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The Springboks team that faced New Zealand in 1921. By the first World War, New Zealand and South Africa had established themselves as rugby's two greatest powers. [21] [22] A Springbok tour to New Zealand and Australia in 1921 was billed as "The World Championship of Rugby". [23]
New Zealand: 9–5 20: 30 Aug: Waikato: Hamilton: Claudelands Racecourse: New Zealand: 6–0 21: 3 Sep: Hawke's Bay / Poverty Bay: Napier: McLean Park: New Zealand: 14–8 22: 7 Sep: New Zealand Māori: Napier: McLean Park: New Zealand: 9–8 23: 10 Sep: Nelson / Golden Bay-Motueka / Marlborough: Nelson: Trafalgar Park: New Zealand: 26–3 24: ...
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]
Etzebeth was selected by the Springboks in the 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, making an appearance in every one of the team's pool matches, including one off the bench in South Africa's historic 32–34 loss to Japan. After starting in the rest of the pool matches, Etzebeth started in the quarter-final win against Wales and the semi ...
The Springboks team that faced New Zealand in 1921. By the first World War New Zealand and South Africa had established themselves as rugby's two greatest powers. [22] [23] A New Zealand Army match tour of South Africa in 1919 paved the way for a Springbok tour to New Zealand and Australia in 1921.
The national open men's team is called the Tall Blacks, which is one of many national team nicknames, similar to that of the All Blacks, and relating to the New Zealand silver tree fern. [3] One of the Junior Tall Blacks' greatest accomplishments has been winning the 2016 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship , and therefore qualifying for the ...
New Zealand also hosted Japan (won series 3–0, 1991), Croatia (lost series 0–1, 1997) and Canada (tied series 1–1, 1998). [14] In 1997, New Caledonia joined the Tall Blacks and Australia for the Oceania Championship that was held in New Zealand. It was in this tournament that the Tall Blacks registered their largest ever win margin and ...
In 1973 a proposed Springbok (South African rugby team) tour of New Zealand was cancelled. In 1976 the South African government relented and allowed a mixed-race All Black team to tour South Africa. However, by this time international opinion had turned against any sporting contact with South Africa, and New Zealand faced significant ...