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The national rugby union teams of England and South Africa (the Springboks) have been playing each other in Test rugby since 1906, and by October 2023 had met in 46 Test matches. South Africa lead the series by 28 wins to 16, with 2 matches drawn. Their first meeting was on 8 December 1906, as part of South Africa's first tour of Europe, with ...
Initially designed to be held every two years, the trophy was first contested as a one-off match in 2000, with Australia winning the game 44-23 at Melbourne's Docklands Stadium. The second, played in Ellis Park , Johannesburg in 2002, was also South Africa's home game in the Tri Nations , and was won 33–31 by South Africa.
Round 2: New Zealand vs South Africa - Saturday, July 15 - 8.05am, Sky Sports Action (GMT) Round 2: Australia vs Argentina - Saturday, July 15 - 10.45am, Sky Sports Action (GMT)
Australia and South Africa have met three times in the Rugby World Cup. 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, after extra-time. In 2011, Australia again knocked South ...
History. McAfee represented Australia in both fifteens and sevens. She was a member of the Wallaroos squads to the 2002 and 2006 Rugby World Cups. She was also a member of the 2010 Rugby World Cup squad that finished in third place. McAfee captained the Australian sevens team to the inaugural women's 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens, they eventually ...
South Africa and Wales have competed against each other in rugby union since 1906. Of the 41 matches played to date, South Africa have won 33, with one match drawn and seven wins for Wales. Wales won their first away match against South Africa in 2022. Since 2007, the winner has been awarded the Prince William Cup, which was created to ...
The 1971 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia was a controversial six-week rugby union tour by the Springboks to Australia. Anti- apartheid protests came to being all around the country. [1] The tour is perhaps most infamous for a state of emergency being declared in Queensland. In total, around 700 people were arrested whilst the ...
The Prince William Cup was created in 2007 by the Welsh Rugby Union and celebrates 100 years of rugby union history between Wales and South Africa. It is named after the Vice Royal Patron of the WRU, the Prince of Wales, who presented the cup, at the inaugural match, held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 24 November 2007.