History of rugby union matches between Australia and South Africa
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The contest between The Wallabies
and The Springboks
is one of the major rivalries in rugby union
.
The team's first meeting was on 8 July 1933 at Newlands in Cape Town
in the first of 5 tests on the 1933 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa, and was won by South Africa 17-3. South Africa won that series 3-2.
South Africa have dominated their encounters, winning almost 60% of encounters. Both sides have exhibited a considerable home advantage, with Australia winning less than 25% of its matches played in South Africa and winning a majority of home games. Australia never won a multi-game series in South Africa, their best result being 2-2 in 1963. Australia did not win a home series until 1965.
Prior to 1972, South African teams were racially selected, organised by the whites-only South African Rugby Board
. Australia then supported the international boycott of sporting contacts with South Africa over the issue of apartheid. The teams did not meet again until 1992, when apartheid was being dismantled and the SARB had merged with the non-racial South African Rugby Union
.
In the professional era, extended tours of each country have been replaced by participation in an annual series involving the top teams of the Southern Hemisphere. From 1996 through 2011, Australia and South Africa competed alongside New Zealand in the Tri Nations series. Starting in 2012, the three nations will compete alongside Argentina
in The Rugby Championship. In the Tri Nations era, the Wallabies and Springboks played two or three encounters each year on a home-and-away basis; the Rugby Championship will feature two annual encounters, also on a home-and-away basis.
. In 1995
they were drawn in the same pool and host nation South Africa won 27-18, going on to win the cup. In 1999
Australia knocked South Africa out of the competition in a semi-final at Twickenham
, winning 27-21. In 2011
, Australia again knocked South Africa out of the competition, in a quarter-final at Westpac Stadium
in Wellington
, winning 11-9.
, named in honour of Nelson Mandela
. As with most similar trophies, the incumbent retains the plate in the event of a tied series. The plate has only been at stake in selected matches on a home-and-away basis.
Source:
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
and The Springboks
South Africa national rugby union team
The 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...
is one of the major rivalries in rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
.
The team's first meeting was on 8 July 1933 at Newlands in Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape 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...
in the first of 5 tests on the 1933 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa, and was won by South Africa 17-3. South Africa won that series 3-2.
South Africa have dominated their encounters, winning almost 60% of encounters. Both sides have exhibited a considerable home advantage, with Australia winning less than 25% of its matches played in South Africa and winning a majority of home games. Australia never won a multi-game series in South Africa, their best result being 2-2 in 1963. Australia did not win a home series until 1965.
Prior to 1972, South African teams were racially selected, organised by the whites-only South African Rugby Board
South African Rugby Board
The South African Rugby Board was the rugby union governing body of white South Africans between 1889 and 1992. The governing of white and coloured rugby union was handled separately during South Africa under Apartheid....
. Australia then supported the international boycott of sporting contacts with South Africa over the issue of apartheid. The teams did not meet again until 1992, when apartheid was being dismantled and the SARB had merged with the non-racial South African Rugby Union
South African Rugby Union
The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board...
.
In the professional era, extended tours of each country have been replaced by participation in an annual series involving the top teams of the Southern Hemisphere. From 1996 through 2011, Australia and South Africa competed alongside New Zealand in the Tri Nations series. Starting in 2012, the three nations will compete alongside Argentina
Argentina national rugby union team
The Argentina national rugby team, nicknamed Los Pumas, represents Argentina in international rugby union matches. The team, which plays in sky blue and white jerseys, is organised by the Argentine Rugby Union .Argentina played its first international rugby match in 1910 against a touring British...
in The Rugby Championship. In the Tri Nations era, the Wallabies and Springboks played two or three encounters each year on a home-and-away basis; the Rugby Championship will feature two annual encounters, also on a home-and-away basis.
Rugby World Cup
Australia and South Africa have met three times in the Rugby World CupRugby World Cup
The Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board and held every four years since 1987....
. In 1995
1995 Rugby World Cup
The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted and won by South Africa, and was the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country....
they were drawn in the same pool and host nation South Africa won 27-18, going on to win the cup. In 1999
1999 Rugby World Cup
The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, and the first to be held in rugby union's professional era. The principal host nation was Wales, although the majority of matches were played outside the country, shared between England, France, Scotland and Ireland...
Australia knocked South Africa out of the competition in a semi-final at Twickenham
Twickenham Stadium
Twickenham Stadium is a stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is the largest rugby union stadium in the United Kingdom and has recently been enlarged to seat 82,000...
, winning 27-21. In 2011
2011 Rugby World Cup
The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005...
, Australia again knocked South Africa out of the competition, in a quarter-final at Westpac Stadium
Westpac Stadium
Westpac Stadium, is a major sporting venue in Wellington, New Zealand. Due to its shape and silver coloured external walls, it is colloquially known as The Cake-Tin to the locals and other New Zealanders...
in Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
, winning 11-9.
Mandela Challenge Plate
In 2000 a perpetual trophy for matches between the two countries was established, the Mandela Challenge PlateMandela Challenge Plate
The Nelson Mandela Challenge Plate is a rugby union trophy contested between Australia and South Africa. It is named after South Africa's first post-apartheid president, Nelson Mandela....
, named in honour of Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing...
. As with most similar trophies, the incumbent retains the plate in the event of a tied series. The plate has only been at stake in selected matches on a home-and-away basis.
Mandela Plate winners
- 2000: Australia (1 game)
- 2001: Australia (1 game)
- 2002: South Africa (1 game)
- 2003: Australia (2 game, 2-0)
- 2004: Australia (2 game, 2-0)
- 2005: South Africa (2 games, 1-1)
- 2006: Australia (3 games, 3-0)
- 2007: Australia (2 games, 1-1)
- 2008: Australia (3 games, 3-0)
- 2009: South Africa (3 games, 2-1)
- 2010: Australia (3 games, 2-1)
- 2011: Australia (2 games, 2-0)
Statistics
Details | Played | Won by Australia | Won by South Africa | Drawn | Australia points | South Africa points |
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In Australia | 32 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 687 | 484 |
In South Africa | 40 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 578 | 871 |
Neutral venue | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 30 |
Overall | 74 | 32 | 41 | 1 | 1303 | 1385 |
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- Highest score: South Africa 61 points (61 - 22) Australia, 23 Aug 1997 at Loftus Versfeld, 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...
. This is also the highest combined score at 83 points. - Largest margin to Australia: 49 points (49-0) 15 Jul 2006, Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
- Largest margin to South Africa: 45 points (53-8) 30 Aug 2008, Ellis Park, Johannesburg
- Longest winning streaks
- South Africa, 7 games (twice: 19 Sep 1953 - 13 Jul 1963 and 2 Aug 1969 - 7 Aug 1971)
- Australia, 4 games (twice: 30 Oct 1999 - 26 Aug 2000 and 4 Sep 2010 - 9 Oct 2011)
- Most tries: 8 (on three occasions, all by South Africa: 5 Aug 1961, Johannesburg, 23 Aug 1997, Pretoria, and 30 Aug 2008, Johannesburg)
- Number of games held scoreless:
- Australia: 3 (26 Aug 1933, Port Elizabeth (11-0), 2 Jun 1956, Brisbane (9-0) and 26 May 1956, Sydney (9-0))
- South Africa: 1 (15 Jul 2006, Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, 49-0)
List of series
Details | Played | Won by Australia | Won by South Africa | Drawn |
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Overall | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
Year | Australia | South Africa | Series winner |
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1993 | 2 | 1 | |
1971 | 0 | 3 | |
1969 | 0 | 4 | |
1965 | 2 | 0 | |
1963 | 2 | 2 | draw |
1961 | 0 | 2 | |
1956 | 0 | 2 | |
1953 | 1 | 3 | |
1937 | 0 | 2 | |
1933 | 2 | 3 | |
Results
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29 September 2012 | Loftus Versfeld Loftus Versfeld Stadium Loftus 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... , Pretoria Pretoria Pretoria 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... |
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8 September 2012 | Patersons Stadium Subiaco Oval Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia... , Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000.... |
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9 October 2011 | Westpac Stadium Westpac Stadium Westpac Stadium, is a major sporting venue in Wellington, New Zealand. Due to its shape and silver coloured external walls, it is colloquially known as The Cake-Tin to the locals and other New Zealanders... , Wellington Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range... |
9 – 11 | 2011 Rugby World Cup 2011 Rugby World Cup The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005... |
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13 August 2011 | Mr Price Kings Park Kings Park Stadium Kings Park , is a stadium in the Kings Park Sporting Precinct in Durban, South Africa, which was originally built in 1891 and extensively renovated in the 1990s... , Durban Durban Durban 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... |
9 – 14 | 2011 Tri Nations Series 2011 Tri Nations Series 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 three teams... |
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23 July 2011 | ANZ Stadium, Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... |
39 – 20 | ||
4 September 2010 | Vodacom Park Free State Stadium The Free State Stadium , also known as Vodacom Park, is a stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa, used mainly for rugby union and association football... , Bloemfontein Bloemfontein Bloemfontein 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... |
39 – 41 | 2010 Tri Nations Series 2010 Tri Nations Series The 2010 Tri Nations Series is the fifteenth 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... |
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28 August 2010 | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | 44 – 31 | ||
24 July 2010 | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of... |
30 – 13 | ||
5 September 2009 | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | 21 – 6 | 2009 Tri Nations Series 2009 Tri Nations Series The 2009 Tri Nations Series was the fourteenth 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... |
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29 August 2009 | Subiaco Oval Subiaco Oval Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia... , Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000.... |
25 – 32 | ||
8 August 2009 | Newlands Newlands Stadium Newlands 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 Town Cape Town Cape 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... |
29 – 17 | ||
30 August 2008 | Coca-Cola Park Ellis Park Stadium Ellis 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... , Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg 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... |
53 – 8 | 2008 Tri Nations Series 2008 Tri Nations Series The 2008 Tri Nations Series was the thirteenth annual Tri Nations competition between the national rugby union teams of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa... |
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23 August 2008 | ABSA Stadium Kings Park Stadium Kings Park , is a stadium in the Kings Park Sporting Precinct in Durban, South Africa, which was originally built in 1891 and extensively renovated in the 1990s... , Durban Durban Durban 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... |
15 – 27 | ||
19 July 2008 | Subiaco Oval, Perth | 16 – 9 | ||
7 July 2007 | Telstra Stadium, Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... |
20 – 18 | 2007 Tri Nations Series 2007 Tri Nations Series The 2007 Tri Nations Series was an annual rugby union competition between the national teams of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The series began in South Africa on 16 June, with a Test between South Africa and Australia at Newlands, Cape Town and ended on 21 July in Eden Park, Auckland... |
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16 June 2007 | Newlands, Cape Town | 22 – 19 | ||
9 September 2006 | Ellis Park Ellis Park Stadium Ellis 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... , Johannesburg |
24 – 16 | 2006 Tri Nations Series 2006 Tri Nations Series -Week 2:-Week 3:-Week 4:* All Blacks retain Bledisloe Cup-Week 5:-Week 6:-Week 7:-Week 8:-Week 9:-External links:* * *... |
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5 August 2006 | Telstra Stadium, Sydney | 20 – 18 | ||
15 July 2006 | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | 49 – 0 | ||
20 August 2005 | Subiaco Oval, Perth | 19 – 22 | 2005 Tri Nations Series 2005 Tri Nations Series -Round Two:-Round Three:-Round Four:-Round Five:-Round Six:-External links:* at Rugby.com.aurugby union schedule for 2005... |
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30 July 2005 | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | 22 – 16 | ||
23 July 2005 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | 33 – 20 | ||
9 July 2005 | Telstra Stadium, Sydney | 30 – 12 | ||
21 August 2004 | ABSA Stadium, Durban | 23 – 19 | 2004 Tri Nations Series 2004 Tri Nations Series The 2004 Tri Nations Series, an annual rugby union competition between the national teams of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, was the ninth in the series. The competition is organised by SANZAR, a consortium of the three countries' rugby union federations... |
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31 July 2004 | Subiaco Oval, Perth, | 30 – 26 | ||
2 August 2003 | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | 29 – 9 | 2003 Tri Nations Series 2003 Tri Nations Series The 2003 Tri Nations Series was contested from 12 July to 16 August between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The All Blacks won the tournament.-Table:-Results:... |
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12 July 2003 | Newlands, Cape Town | 26 – 22 | ||
17 August 2002 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | 33 – 31 | 2002 Tri Nations Series 2002 Tri Nations Series The 2002 Tri Nations Series was contested from 13 July to 17 August between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The All Blacks won the tournament.-Table:-Results:... |
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27 July 2002 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of... |
38 – 27 | ||
18 August 2001 | Subiaco Oval, Perth | 14 – 14 | draw | 2001 Tri Nations Series 2001 Tri Nations Series The 2001 Tri Nations Series was contested from 21 July to 1 September between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams... |
28 July 2001 | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | 20 – 15 | ||
26 August 2000 | Kings Park, Durban | 18 – 19 | 2000 Tri Nations Series 2000 Tri Nations Series The 2000 Tri Nations Series was contested from 15 July to 26 August between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams... |
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29 July 2000 | Stadium Australia, Sydney | 26 – 6 | ||
8 July 2000 | Colonial Stadium, Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... |
44 – 23 | ||
30 October 1999 | Twickenham Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stadium is a stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is the largest rugby union stadium in the United Kingdom and has recently been enlarged to seat 82,000... , London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... |
27 – 21 | 1999 Rugby World Cup 1999 Rugby World Cup The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, and the first to be held in rugby union's professional era. The principal host nation was Wales, although the majority of matches were played outside the country, shared between England, France, Scotland and Ireland... |
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14 August 1999 | Newlands, Cape Town | 10 – 9 | 1999 Tri Nations Series 1999 Tri Nations Series The 1999 Tri Nations Series was contested from 10 July to 28 August between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The All Blacks won the tournament.-Table:-Results:... |
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17 July 1999 | Lang Park, Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of... |
32 – 6 | ||
22 August 1998 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | 29 – 15 | 1998 Tri Nations Series 1998 Tri Nations Series The 1998 Tri Nations Series was contested from 11 July to 22 August between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The Springboks won the tournament.-Table:-Results:... |
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18 July 1998 | Subiaco Oval, Perth | 13 – 14 | ||
23 August 1997 | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | 61 – 22 | 1997 Tri Nations Series 1997 Tri Nations Series The 1997 Tri Nations Series was contested from 19 July to 23 August between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The All Blacks continued their unbeaten record to win their second tournament.-Results:... |
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2 August 1997 | Lang Park, Brisbane | 32 – 20 | ||
3 August 1996 | Vodacom Park Free State Stadium The Free State Stadium , also known as Vodacom Park, is a stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa, used mainly for rugby union and association football... , Bloemfontein Bloemfontein Bloemfontein 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... |
25 – 19 | 1996 Tri Nations Series 1996 Tri Nations Series The 1996 Tri Nations Series was contested from 6 July to 10 August between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The All Blacks won the inaugural tournament.-Table:-Results:... |
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13 July 1996 | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | 21 – 16 | ||
25 May 1995 | Newlands, Cape Town | 18 – 27 | 1995 Rugby World Cup 1995 Rugby World Cup The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted and won by South Africa, and was the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country.... |
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21 August 1993 | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | 19 – 12 | 1993 Tour | |
14 August 1993 | Ballymore Stadium Ballymore Stadium Ballymore is the name of a rugby union stadium situated in Herston, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It was the home of Queensland Rugby Union, and used to be the home ground for the Queensland Reds and the Brisbane Strikers Football Club. The Queensland Reds have since moved to Suncorp Stadium... , Brisbane |
28 – 20 | ||
31 July 1993 | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | 12 – 19 | ||
29 August 1992 | Newlands, Cape Town | 3 – 26 | ||
7 August 1971 | Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian... , Sydney |
6 – 18 | 1971 Tour | |
31 July 1971 | Exhibition Ground Brisbane Exhibition Ground The Brisbane Exhibition Ground , is a showground established in Brisbane during 1875 especially for Ekka . The Exhibition ground is owned and operated by the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland... , Brisbane |
6 – 14 | ||
17 July 1971 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 11 – 19 | ||
20 September 1963 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | 19 – 8 | ||
6 September 1969 | Newlands, Cape Town | 11 – 3 | 1969 Tour | |
16 August 1969 | Kings Park, Durban | 16 – 9 | ||
2 August 1969 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | 30 – 11 | ||
26 June 1965 | Lang Park, Brisbane | 12 – 8 | 1965 Tour | |
19 June 1965 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 18 – 11 | ||
7 September 1963 | Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth | 22 – 6 | 1963 Tour | |
24 August 1963 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | 9 – 11 | ||
10 August 1963 | Newlands, Cape Town | 5 – 9 | ||
13 July 1963 | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | 14 – 3 | ||
12 August 1961 | Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth | 23 – 11 | 1961 Tour | |
5 August 1961 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | 28 – 3 | ||
2 June 1956 | Exhibition Ground, Brisbane | 0 – 9 | 1956 Tour | |
26 May 1956 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 0 – 9 | ||
26 September 1953 | Crusader Park, Port Elizabeth | 22 – 9 | 1953 Tour | |
19 September 1953 | Kingsmead Sahara Stadium Kingsmead Kingsmead is a cricket ground in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It operates under the sponsorship-based name of Sahara Stadium Kingsmead where Sahara is the trademark of a sponsor from the IT industry. Its stated capacity is 25,000, although grass terracing makes up part of the viewing area.... , Durban Durban Durban 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... |
18 – 8 | ||
5 September 1953 | Newlands, Cape Town | 14 – 18 | ||
22 August 1953 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | 25 – 3 | ||
17 July 1937 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 17 – 26 | 1937 Tour | |
26 June 1937 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 5 – 9 | ||
2 September 1933 | Springbok Park Springbok Park OUTsurance Oval is a multi-purpose stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches. It is the home of the Eagles cricket team... , Bloemfontein |
4 – 15 | 1933 Tour | |
26 August 1933 | Crusader Park, Port Elizabeth | 11 – 0 | ||
12 August 1933 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | 12 – 3 | ||
22 July 1933 | Kingsmead, Durban | 6 – 21 | ||
8 July 1933 | Newlands, Cape Town | 17 – 3 |