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1963 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa

FieldValue
teamAustralia
yearstart1963
matchplayed20
matchwon13
matchdraw1
matchlost6
testplayed4
testwon2
testdraw0
testlost2
opponent1
played14
won12
draw10
lost12

The **1963 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa ** was a series of twenty matches played by the Australia national rugby union team between June and September 1963. The Wallabies tied the series with the Springboks winning two and losing two Tests.

The tour was one of the highlights of the successful "Thornett Era" of Australian Rugby, buoyed by the leadership skills of skipper John Thornett and the outstanding skills of greats of the game like Ken Catchpole, Peter Johnson and Rob Heming. Dick Marks and Peter Crittle also toured and would later become among the most influential administrators of Australian rugby.

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Matches

Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.

Opposing TeamForAgainstDateVenueStatus
Eastern Transvaal14015 June 1963PAM Brink Stadium, SpringsTour Match
North Eastern Districts9818 June 1963Danie Craven Rugby Stadium, BurgersdorpTour Match
Boland301322 June 1963Boland Stadium, WellingtonTour Match
Western Province Universities91126 June 1963Newlands, Cape TownTour Match
131429 June 1963Kings Park Stadium, DurbanTour Match
Rhodesia XV22112 July 1963Kitwe, ZimbabweTour Match
Rhodesia1256 July 1963Salisbury, ZimbabweTour Match
Transvaal1458 July 1963Ellis Park Stadium, JohannesburgTour Match
South Africa31413 July 1963Loftus Versfeld Stadium, PretoriaTest Match
South Western Districts161117 July 1963Van Riebeeck Ground, Mossel BayTour Match
Griqualand West14620 July 1963De Beers Stadium, KimberleyTour Match
Northern Transvaal111124 July 1963Loftus Versfeld Stadium, PretoriaTour Match
Border6327 July 1963BCE Stadium, East LondonTour Match
South West Africa24631 July 1963South West Stadium, WindhoekTour Match
Western Transvaal14123 August 1963Olën Park, PotchefstroomTour Match
Northern Universities9156 August 1963Ellis Park Stadium, JohannesburgTour Match
South Africa9510 August 1963Newlands Stadium, Cape TownTest Match
Eastern Province10314 August 1963Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port ElizabethTour Match
Junior Springboks51217 August 1963PAM Brink Stadium, SpringsTour Match
Central Universities281120 August 1963Free State Stadium, BloemfonteinTour Match
South Africa11924 August 1963Ellis Park Stadium, JohannesburgTest Match
Western Province61231 August 1963Newlands, Cape TownTour Match
Orange Free State8142 September 1963Free State Stadium, BloemfonteinTour Match
South Africa6227 September 1963Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port ElizabethTest Match

References

References

  1. Meares and Howell; Wallaby Legends; Lothian Books, 2005
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