Sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era earliest days with the coloured cricketer Krom Hendricks excluded from provincial and national teams from the 1890s. However, the cricketing boycott was prompted by the reaction of the South African authorities to the selection of Basil D'Oliveira, a "Cape Coloured" South African, for the England national cricket team in 1968; see the D'Oliveira affair. The 1970 South African tour of England was called off and replaced by a "Rest of the World" tour featuring several South African players. The International Cricket Conference (ICC) imposed a moratorium on tours in 1970. There were several private tours in the 1970s and "rebel"
2006 South Africa rugby union tour of Ireland and England they made to their defensive patterns and saw it as an important learning cuve ahead of the World Cup the following year 2006 South Africa rugby union tour of Ireland and England The 2006 South Africa rugby union tour of Ireland and England was a series of matches played in November and December 2006 in Ireland and England by South Africa national rugby union team. The Springboks, coached by Jake White lost the test with Ireland, drew the series (1–1) to England and won against a World XV selection. A bad defeat against Ireland, that had never before scored four