1960 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia and South Africa 1960 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia and South Africa The 1960 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa, was a series of rugby union match played by New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) in South Africa and Rhodesia. It was a very discussed tour, due the fact that South African authorities, imposed the exclusion of Maori players from the team. This racist politics created a lot of controversy in New Zealand. (see "Halt All Racist Tours") New Zealand Rugby union then refused any other tour for the successive 10 years until Maori and Samoan
1891 British Lions tour to South Africa 1891 British Lions tour to South Africa The 1891 British Isles tour to South Africa was the first British Isles rugby union tour of South Africa and only the second overseas tour conducted by a joint British team. Between 9 July and 7 September, the team played 20 games, including three Tests against the South Africa national rugby union team. The British Isles not only won all three Test matches, but also won all 17 provincial games. Although not named as such at the time, the tour is retrospectively recognised as a British Lions tour. After the South African Rugby