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1969 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa

FieldValue
teamBritish Lions
yearstart1974
matchplayed26
matchwon15
matchdraw0
matchlost11
testplayed4
testwon0
testdraw0
testlost4
opponent1
played14
won10
draw14
lost10

The **1969 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa ** was a series played by the Australia national rugby union team between June and September 1969. The "Wallabies" lost the series with Springboks by four tests to nil.

Squad

Full-backs

  • Arthur Neil McGill
  • Brian Anthony Weir

Wings

  • Terence Robert Forman
  • John Walter Cole
  • Peter Douglas Moore
  • Roderick Paul Batterham

Centres

  • Stephen Oliver Knight
  • Barry David Honan
  • Geoffrey Arnold Shaw
  • Philip Vivers Smith

Fly-halves

  • John Patrick Ballesty
  • Rupert George Rosenblum

Scrum-halves

  • John Noel Brian Hipwell
  • Michael Joseph Barry

Props

  • Roydon Barnett Prosser
  • James Russel Roxburgh
  • John Leslie Howard
  • Shane Stephen Sullivan

Hookers

  • Paul Darveniza
  • Bruce Stanton Taafe

Locks

  • Owen Frederick Butler
  • Stuart Carlton Gregory
  • Peter Norman Reilly
  • Anthony Morris Abrahams
  • Alan James Skinner

Loose forwards

  • Gregory Victor Davis (captain)
  • Hugh Alexander Rose
  • Roderick Kelleher
  • Barry Stuart McDonald
  • Michael Richard Cocks
  • Robert Neil Wood

Management

  • Charles Colbran Eastes (Manager)
  • Desmond Michael Connor (Assistant Manager)

Squad leadership

The Wallaby squad was captained by Greg Davis described by Howell as "a leader of men who believed a leader should lead....a single minded flanker who gave no quarter and asked for none". Davis was making his fifth overseas tour with the Wallabies but his first as captain.The former Wallaby and All Black Des Connor was the coach with the traditional title of "Assistant Manager".

Matches

Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.

Opposing TeamForAgainstDateVenueStatus
Eastern Transvaal271328 June 1969PAM Brink Stadium, SpringsTour Match
Orange Free State County Districts4792 July 1969North West Stadium, WelkomTour Match
Griqualand West13215 July 1969De Beers Stadium, KimberleyTour Match
Rhodesia16118 July 1969Hartsfield, BulawayoTour Match
Natal141912 July 1969Kings Park Stadium, DurbanTour Match
SA County Districts131214 July 1969Boland Stadium, WellingtonTour Match
South Western Districts312316 July 1969Recreation Ground, OudtshoornTour Match
Eastern Province17019 July 1969Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port ElizabethTour Match
Border22923 July 1969B.R.U. Ground, East LondonTour Match
South African Gazelles271726 July 1969PAM Brink Stadium, SpringsTour Match
Far Northern Transvaal26029 July 1969Pietersburg High School, PietersburgTour Match
South Africa11302 August 1969Ellis Park Stadium, JohannesburgTest Match
Boland3126 August 1969Boland Stadium, WellingtonTour Match
Western Province1489 August 1969Newlands Stadium, Cape TownTour Match
Central Universities261112 August 1969Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port ElizabethTour Match
South Africa91616 August 1969Kings Park Stadium, DurbanTest Match
North Eastern Cape121120 August 1969Botanical Gardens, Graaf-ReinetTour Match
Orange Free State251423 August 1969Free State Stadium, BloemfonteinTour Match
Western Transvaal61827 August 1969Olen Park, PotchefstroomTour Match
Northern Transvaal31330 August 1969Loftus Versfeld Stadium, PretoriaTour Match
South West Africa3881 September 1969South West Stadium, WindhoekTour Match
South Africa3116 September 1969Newlands Stadium, Cape TownTest Match
North Western Cape37610 September 1969Danie Kuys Stadium, UpingtonTour Match
Transvaal142313 September 1969Ellis Park Stadium, JohannesburgTour Match
Combined Services31916 September 1969Loftus Versfeld Stadium, PretoriaTour Match
South Africa81920 September 1969Free State Stadium, BloemfonteinTest Match

References

References

  1. Howell p189
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