1969–1970_South_Africa_rugby_union_tour_of_Britain_and_Ireland

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

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

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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

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Scores and results list South Africa's points tally first.
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References

  1. [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. [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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