Racism in New Zealand rugby union discontinuance of the tours. Many other protest groups developed from the same ideals promoted by HART, one prominent group that was very much involved in racial issues was CARE, an organisation that shared many members with HART. In 1976 the All Blacks toured South Africa, with five Maori players and one of Samoan origin. After the IOC did not sanction New Zealand in regard to the 1976 Summer Olympics, many African countries boycotted this Olympic Games. Although there were issues surrounding all the tours, the 1981 Tour is seen as the most controversial. There were protests all over New Zealand
1906–07 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe 1906–07 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe The 1906–07 South Africa tour of Europe was a collection of friendly rugby union games undertaken by the South Africa national team against the four British Home Nation teams. The tour also took in several matches against British and Irish club, county and invitational teams before finally travelling to France to play the national team. This was the inaugural South Africa tour and is recognised as the event that coined the phrase "Springboks" as a nickname for the South African team. The sports-themed South African novelty song "The Springboks' Waltz" was released