1958 France rugby union tour of South Africa
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- Scores and results list France's points tally first.
Date Opponent Location Result Score Match 1 12 July Rhodesia Zimbabwe national rugby union teamThe Zimbabwe national rugby union team is the rugby union team representing Zimbabwe. They are considered to be a third tier rugby union nation...Salisbury HarareHarare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...Won 19–0 Match 2 16 July Northern Blue BullsThe Blue Bulls, for sponsorship reasons known as the Vodacom Blue Bulls, or more popularly by their Afrikaans name die Blou Bulle, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament...
and Western TransvaalLeopards (rugby team)The Leopards, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. They play out of Potchefstroom at Olën Park as well as the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg...Loftus Versfeld Loftus Versfeld StadiumLoftus Versfeld Stadium is a rugby and association football stadium situated in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The stadium has a capacity of 51,762 for rugby union and hosted the 2009 Currie Cup final...
, PretoriaPretoriaPretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...Lost 18–19 Match 3 19 July Eastern Transvaal Falcons (rugby team)The Falcons, or Valke in Afrikaans, are a South African rugby union team in Gauteng province that participates in the annual Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup tournaments....
, NatalNatal SharksThe Natal Sharks are a South African rugby union team that participate in the annual Currie Cup and Super Rugby tournaments. The Sharks home stadium is Kings Park. They draw most of their players from the KwaZulu-Natal Province. The Sharks are the current representative team of the Natal rugby...
and TransvaalGolden LionsThe Golden Lions is a provincial rugby team based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The team was originally known as Transvaal, before changes to the political landscape in South Africa forced a name change to the Gauteng Lions, before again being changed to the Golden Lions. For sponsorship reason...Springs Springs, GautengSprings is a city on the East Rand in the Gauteng province of South Africa.It lies 50 km east of Johannesburg. The name of the city derives from the large number of springs in the area; it has a population of more than 200,000, and is situated at 5,340 ft a.s.l...Won 16–14 Match 4 22 July Orange Free State Free State CheetahsThe Free State Cheetahs , currently named the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, for sponsorship reasons, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. They are governed by the Free State Rugby Union and are based at the 37,076-capacity Vodacom Park in...
, Griqualand WestWildeklawer GriquasThe GWK Griquas are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. Their home ground is Hoffe Park Stadium, known for sponsorship reasons as GWK Park in Kimberley, and they draw their players from Northern Cape Province. They were previously known as...
and South West AfricaNamibia national rugby union teamThe Namibian rugby union team, nicknamed the Welwitschias or Biltongboere, represents Namibia at rugby union. Although they are a tier-three nation in the International Rugby Board tier system, the team have participated in all three Rugby World Cup competitions since their first appearance in 1999...Bloemfontein BloemfonteinBloemfontein is the capital city of the Free State Province of South Africa; and, as the judicial capital of the nation, one of South Africa's three national capitals – the other two being Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Pretoria, the administrative capital.Bloemfontein is popularly and...Drew 11–11 Match 5 26 July SOUTH AFRICA South Africa national rugby union teamThe South African national rugby union team are 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners. They are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.Although South Africa was instrumental...Newlands Newlands StadiumNewlands Stadium, currently referred to as DHL Newlands for sponsorship reasons, is located in Cape Town, South Africa.The stadium currently has a capacity of 51,900 people, but is not an all seater venue....
, Cape TownCape TownCape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...Drew 3–3 Match 6 30 July Western Province Western Province (rugby team)DHL Western Province is a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. The team has won the Currie Cup on 32 occasions and has the most supporters of any Currie Cup team...
, BolandBoland CavaliersThe Boland Cavaliers , are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament...
and South Western DistrictsEagles (rugby team)The South Western Districts Eagles, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. They play out of George at Outeniqua Park....Wellington Wellington, Western CapeWellington is a town in the Western Cape Winelands 45 minutes from Cape Town, in South Africa with a population of approximately 58,300. Wellington's economy is centered around agriculture such as wine, table grapes, citrus fruit and a brandy industry. The town is located 75 km north-east of...Lost 8–38 Match 7 2 August Junior Springboks Emerging SpringboksThe Emerging Springboks are the second national rugby union team in South africa after the national side. They compete every year in the Nations Cup alongside the full national teams of Namibia, Romania and Georgia as well as Argentina Jaguars and Italy A. Now and again they also play touring sides...Port Elizabeth Lost 5–9 Match 8 6 August Border Border BulldogsThe Border Bulldogs are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. They are governed by the Border Rugby Union and are based in East London....
, Eastern ProvinceMighty ElephantsThe Eastern Province Kings are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup tournaments and are governed by the Eastern Province Rugby Union...
and North Eastern DistrictsEast London Won 16–9 Match 9 9 August South African Universities Durban DurbanDurban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...Won 32–16 Match 10 16 August SOUTH AFRICA South Africa national rugby union teamThe South African national rugby union team are 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners. They are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.Although South Africa was instrumental...Ellis Park Ellis Park StadiumEllis Park Stadium, also known because of its sponsorship by The Coca-Cola Company as Coca-Cola Park, is a rugby union and association football stadium in the city of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It hosted the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, which was won by the country's...
, JohannesburgJohannesburgJohannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...Won 9–5
First Test
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FB | 15 | Mickey Gerber |
RW | 14 | Jan Prinsloo Jan Prinsloo Johannes "Jan" Albertus Prinsloo was a South African rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s who at representative level played rugby union for South Africa, and at provincial level for Western Province, playing at Wing, i.e. number 11 or 14, and at... |
IC | 13 | Jeremy Nel |
OC | 12 | Wilf Rosenberg Wilf Rosenberg Wilfred "Wilf" Rosenberg was a South African rugby union and rugby league player.He was nicknamed the Flying Dentist.He was the son of a rabbi.... |
LW | 11 | Loftie Fourie |
FH | 10 | Ian Kirkpatrick |
SH | 9 | Popeye Strydom Popeye Strydom Coenraad Frederik "Popeye" Strydom was a South Africa national rugby union team player. In all, Strydom made six appearances for the Springboks between 1955 and 1958.... |
LP | 1 | Chris Koch |
HK | 2 | Bertus van der Merwe |
TP | 3 | Spiere du Toit |
LL | 4 | Johan Steenekamp |
RL | 5 | Johan Claassen (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... ) |
BF | 6 | Hugo van Zyl |
OF | 7 | Martin Pelser |
N8 | 8 | Butch Lochner Butch Lochner George Philip "Butch" Lochner is a former South African international rugby union player. He made nine appearances for the Springboks between 1955 and 1958, mostly as a number eight. He also scored two tries during his international career, at a time when tries were worth three points... |
Pierre Danos
Pierre Danos played for AS Béziers which he won one titles of French Champion, in 1961 and one Challenge Yves du Manoir. He earned his first cap with the French national team on 29 July 1954 against Argentina at Buenos Aires...
Lucien Mias
Lucien Mias is a former international rugby union player for France. His usual position was Lock. He won the 1959 edition, captained the French team to their first Five Nations Championship. Mias was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2005.-External links:*...
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Jean Barthe
Jean Barthe , was a French rugby league and rugby union player.-Rugby union:Jean Barthe started his career in FC Lourdes which he won three titles of French Champion, for 1956, 1957, 1958 and one Challenge Yves du Manoir. He earned his first cap with the French national team on 29 July 1954 against...
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Second Test
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FB | 15 | Mickey Gerber |
RW | 14 | Jan Prinsloo Jan Prinsloo Johannes "Jan" Albertus Prinsloo was a South African rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s who at representative level played rugby union for South Africa, and at provincial level for Western Province, playing at Wing, i.e. number 11 or 14, and at... |
IC | 13 | Joe Kaminer Joe Kaminer Joe Kaminer was a South African rugby union player.Kaminer, who is Jewish, was born in Warmbad and schooled in Pietersburg. He played a single test for the Boks, making his debut on 16 Aug 1958, with the Boks losing against France at Ellis Park... |
OC | 12 | Alan Skene Alan Skene Alan Leslie Skene was a South African dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s who at representative level played rugby union for South Africa, and at provincial level for Western Province, playing at... |
LW | 11 | Loftie Fourie |
FH | 10 | Jeremy Nel |
SH | 9 | Tommy Gentles |
LP | 1 | Chris Koch |
HK | 2 | Abie Malan |
TP | 3 | Spiere du Toit |
LL | 4 | Jan Pickard Jan Pickard Jan Albertus Jacobus Pickard was a South African rugby union international who played as a lock. Born in Paarl and a product of Stellenbosch University, Pickard made his provincial debut for Western Province in 1951. He is the grandfather of Francois Louw, who also played for Western Province and... |
RL | 5 | Johan Claassen (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... ) |
BF | 6 | Dawie Ackermann |
OF | 7 | Louis Schmidt |
N8 | 8 | Butch Lochner Butch Lochner George Philip "Butch" Lochner is a former South African international rugby union player. He made nine appearances for the Springboks between 1955 and 1958, mostly as a number eight. He also scored two tries during his international career, at a time when tries were worth three points... |
Pierre Danos
Pierre Danos played for AS Béziers which he won one titles of French Champion, in 1961 and one Challenge Yves du Manoir. He earned his first cap with the French national team on 29 July 1954 against Argentina at Buenos Aires...
Lucien Mias
Lucien Mias is a former international rugby union player for France. His usual position was Lock. He won the 1959 edition, captained the French team to their first Five Nations Championship. Mias was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2005.-External links:*...
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Captain (sports)
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Jean Barthe
Jean Barthe , was a French rugby league and rugby union player.-Rugby union:Jean Barthe started his career in FC Lourdes which he won three titles of French Champion, for 1956, 1957, 1958 and one Challenge Yves du Manoir. He earned his first cap with the French national team on 29 July 1954 against...
Forwards
Raoul BarrièreJean Barthe
Robert Baulon
Jean Carrère
Louis Casaux
Michel Celaya
Pierre Danos
Jean Dupuy
Louis Echave
Pierre Fremaux
Jean de Grogorio
André Haget
Pierre Lacaze
Pierre Lacroix
Jacques Lepatey
Arnaud Marquesuzaa
Roger Martine
Bernard Mommejat
François Moncla
Aldo Quaglio
Henri Rancoule
Lucien Roge
Alfred Roques
Guy Stener
Michel Vannier
Roger Vigier