1969–70 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland

The 1969–70 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland was a rugby union tour by the South Africa national rugby union team to the Northern Hemisphere.

There were a number of anti-apartheid protests throughout the tour.[1]

The controversial tour happened during the apartheid era in South Africa, and came shortly after the D'Oliveira affair. There were protests at many of the matches, by anti-apartheid campaigners, calling themselves 'Stop the Seventy Tour', organised by Peter Hain. Future British prime minister Gordon Brown was the group's Edinburgh organiser.[2]

Matches

Scores and results list South Africa's points tally first.
Opposing TeamForAgainstDateVenueStatus
Oxford University365 November 1969Twickenham, LondonTour match
Midland Counties East1198 November 1969Welford Road, LeicesterTour match
Newport61112 November 1969Rodney Parade, NewportTour match
Swansea12015 November 1969St Helens, SwanseaTour match
Gwent81419 November 1969Ebbw ValeTour match
London Counties22622 November 1969Twickenham, LondonTour match
North West Counties12926 November 1969White City Stadium, ManchesterTour match
Ulster0029 November 1969Ravenhill, BelfastTour match
New Brighton/North of Ireland22630 November 1969New BrightonTour match
The North3732 December 1969AberdeenTour match
Scotland366 December 1969Murrayfield, EdinburghTest match
Aberavon/Neath27010 December 1969Talbot Athletic Ground, AberavonTour match
Cardiff17313 December 1969Cardiff Arms Park, CardiffTour match
Combined Services14616 December 1969Aldershot Military Stadium, AldershotTour match
England81120 December 1969Twickenham, LondonTest match
South West Counties9623 December 1969ExeterTour match
Western Counties3327 December 1969BristolTour match
North East Counties24113 January 1970GosforthTour match
Midland Counties West2166 January 1970CoventryTour match
Ireland8810 January 1970Lansdowne Road, DublinTest match
Munster25914 January 1970LimerickTour match
South of Scotland3317 January 1970GalashielsTour match
Llanelli10920 January 1970Stradey Park, LlanelliTour match
Wales6624 January 1970Cardiff Arms Park, CardiffTest match
Southern Counties13028 January 1970GloucesterTour match
Barbarians211231 January 1970Twickenham, LondonFinal Challenge

References
  1. John Inverdale (20 September 2006). "Remembering bitter Springboks tour that paved a way for change". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  2. Carolyn Hitt (19 November 2002). "Rebel with a cause Hain recalls his days on the rugby protest frontline". Western Mail. The Free Library. Retrieved 23 April 2016.

Further reading
  • Geoff Brown and Christian Hogsbjerg, Apartheid is Not a Game: Remembering the Stop The Seventy Tour campaign (Redwords, 2020)
  • Peter Hain, Don't Play with Apartheid: The Background to the Stop the Seventy Tour Campaign (1971)


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