1992 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia and South Africa 1992 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia and South Africa The 1992 New Zealand tour rugby to Australia and South Africa was the 28th tour by the All Blacks to Australia, and their 6th tour to South Africa. It was first official visit by the New Zealand team to South Africa since the controversial tour of 1976. The Wallabies defeated the All Blacks in the test series played in Australia by two tests to one, but the All Blacks went undefeated in South Africa including the one test match against the Springboks. The All Blacks lost the Bledisloe Cup
History of the South Africa national rugby union team Olympics in protest, and the next year, in 1977, the Commonwealth signed the Gleneagles Agreement, which discouraged any sporting contact with South Africa. In response to the growing pressure the segregated South African rugby unions merged in 1977. Four years later Errol Tobias would become the first non-white South African to represent his country when he took the field against Ireland. A planned 1979 Springbok tour of France was stopped by the French government, who announced that it was inappropriate for South African teams to tour France. The Lions toured South Africa in 1980. The team completed a flawless non-Test