The 1921 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand was the third tour made by the Springboks rugby team, and their first tour to Australia and New Zealand. South Africa played three Test matches against the All Blacks. The series was drawn 1–all, and the long-running controversy between the countries over the All Blacks' inclusion of Maori players began.^[1]

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1921 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand
The South Africa side for their first ever Test match against New Zealand
Summary	P W D L
Total	24 20 02 02
Test match	03 01 01 01
Opponent	P W D L
NSW Waratahs [note 1]	3 3 0 0
New Zealand	3 1 1 1
Tour chronology
Previous tour	1912–13 Europe
Next tour	1931–32 Britain & Ireland

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The Springboks played five matches in Australia, winning them all. The three most important matches against New South Wales, were retroactively accorded Test status by the Australian Rugby Union in 1986, but remain as tour matches only for the South African Rugby Board.

South Africa then played nineteen matches in New Zealand, winning fifteen, losing two and drawing two.^[2]

Complete list of matches played by the Springboks in Australia and New Zealand

  Test matches

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#	Date	Rival	City	Venue	Country	Score
1	18 Jun	Victoria XV	Melbourne		Australia	51–0
2	25 Jun	New South Wales [note 1]	Sydney	Showground	Australia	25–10
3	27 Jun	New South Wales [note 1]	Sydney	Showground	Australia	16–11
4	2 Jul	New South Wales [note 1]	Sydney	University Oval	Australia	28–9
5	6 Jul	Metropolitan	Sydney		Australia	14–8
6	13 Jul	Wanganui	Wanganui	Cooks Gardens	New Zealand	11–6
7	16 Jul	Taranaki	Taranaki	Pukekura Park	New Zealand	0–0
8	20 Jul	Wairarapa	Masterton	Memorial Park	New Zealand	18–3
9	23 Jul	Wellington	Wellington	Athletic Park	New Zealand	8–3
10	27 Jul	West Coast-Buller	Greymouth	Rugby Park	New Zealand	33–3
11	30 Jul	Canterbury	Christchurch	Lancaster Park	New Zealand	4–6
12	3 Aug	South Canterbury	Timaru	Fraser Park	New Zealand	34–3
13	6 Aug	Southland	Invercargill	Rugby Park	New Zealand	12–0
14	10 Aug	Otago	Dunedin	Carisbrook	New Zealand	11-3
15	13 Aug	New Zealand	Dunedin	Carisbrook	New Zealand	5–13
16	17 Aug	Manawatu / Horowhenua	Palmerston North	Palmerston North Showgrounds	New Zealand	3–0
17	20 Aug	Auckland / North Auckland	Auckland	Eden Park	New Zealand	24–8
18	24 Aug	Bay of Plenty	Rotorua	Arawa Park	New Zealand	17–9
19	27 Aug	New Zealand	Auckland	Eden Park	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	17 Sep	New Zealand	Wellington	Athletic Park	New Zealand	0–0

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Notes

• History of rugby union matches between New Zealand and South Africa