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1972 England Rugby Union Tour Of South Africa
This first tour undertaken by England to South Africa was organised with a demanding schedule, although with only one Test Match. Within two weeks and three days, seven matches were to be played, the first four at sea level, and the final three, including the Test Match, at the altitude in the highveld with only two days to acclimatise before a demanding fixture against Northern Transvaal. From the outset, under captain John Pullin and the management of Alec Lewis and John Elders, there was a buoyant and optimistic spirit in the squad, as if they were determined to erase the memories of the last few seasons of undistinguished English performances. Matches :''Scores and results list England's points tally first.'' Test Match Piet Greyling led a combination of Springboks who seemed hopelessly unsure of themselves. Dawie Snyman collected all the South African points with three penalties while England, with unspectacular competence, grabbed every scoring chance. Fullback Sam Doble ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England National Rugby Union Team
The England national rugby union team represents England in men's international rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. England have won the championship on 29 occasions (as well as sharing 10 victories) – winning the Grand Slam 13 times and the Triple Crown 26 times – making them the most successful outright winners in the tournament's history. They are currently the only team from the Northern Hemisphere to win the Rugby World Cup, having won the tournament in 2003, and have been runners-up on three other occasions. The history of the team extends back to 1871 when the English rugby team played their first official test match, losing 1–0 to Scotland. England dominated the early Home Nations Championship (now the Six Nations) which started in 1883. Following the schism of rugby football in 1895 into union and league, England did not win the Championship again until 1910. They first played aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawie Snyman
Dawid Stefanus Lubbe Snyman (born 5 July 1949) is a former South African rugby union player and coach. Playing career Snyman represented the Free State schools at two consecutive Craven Week tournaments. After school and completing his military training he enrolled at Stellenbosch University. In 1971, before playing provincial rugby, he was selected for the Springboks to tour Australia. Although he did not play in any test matches during the tour, being selected for the team made him only the third player, after JC van der Westhuizen and Danie Craven to represent the Springboks before playing for a province. He made his provincial debut for Western Province later during the 1971 season. Snyman's test debut was in 1972 at Ellis Park against the touring English side captained by John Pullin. Playing flyhalf, Snyman scored all the point for the Springboks in the 9–18 defeat to the English. During September to November 1972, Snyman toured with Gazelles, a South African under- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albie Bates
Albert Jacobus Bates (18 April 1941 – 26 October 2021) was a South African rugby union player and coach. Playing career Bates played his senior provincial rugby in South Africa for and . He made his test debut for the Springboks during the 1969–70 tour of Britain and Ireland, against at Twickenham. He also played test matches against the All Blacks The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987 ... in 1970 and the one-off test against in 1972. He also played in fourteen tour matches, scoring one try for the Springboks. Test history See also * List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 438 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bates, Albie 1941 births 2021 deaths South African rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players Leo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Webster
Jan Godfrey Webster (24 August 1946 — 5 February 2019) was an English rugby union international. Webster was born in Southport but his family would soon move to Walsall. He attended Queen Mary's Grammar School and had ambitions to became a footballer until the age of 14, when an approach from Aston Villa manager Joe Mercer was turned down by his headmaster. His early rugby was played with Walsall RFC. A scrum-half, Webster was capped 11 times for England in the early 1970s and is noted for his performances in two historic overseas victories. He was England's scrum-half in the country's first ever away win over the Springboks in 1972, as well as for the defeat of the All Blacks at Eden Park in 1973, which was the first win in New Zealand by a home nation. In both matches, he was rated to be among England's best players by pundits. Webster played much of his club rugby for Moseley and competed at county level for Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joggie Viljoen (rugby Union, Born 1945)
Joachim Frederick 'Joggie' Viljoen (14 May 1945 – 7 August 2023) was a South African rugby union player. Playing career Viljoen played provincial rugby in South Africa for and . He played six test matches for the Springboks and made his debut against the touring French team on 12 June 1971 at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein. He also played in all three test matches against Australia during the South African tour of Australia in 1971. His last test was against England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ... at Ellis Park in 1972. Viljoen scored two tries in his six test matches and another two tries in four tour matches. Test history Death Joggie Viljoen died in 12 August 2023, at the age of 78. See also * List of South Africa national rugby un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Old
Alan Gerald Bernard Old (born 23 September 1945) is an English rugby union player who had 16 caps for England. Old was an undergraduate at Queen Mary College and later studied for a year at Durham University, where he competed for Durham University RFC. In 1970 he was selected for North-Eastern Counties in their match against South Africa at Gosforth, part of the controversial 1969–70 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland. He made his debut for England against Wales in 1972 and made a further 15 appearances with his final one being against France in 1978. His 16 caps included four wins, although these were against New Zealand, South Africa, Australia and Wales. Old also played in the famous victory of the North of England over the touring All Blacks at Otley in 1979 with the English regional side running out 21-9 winners. Old was selected for the 1974 British Lions tour to South Africa but could not displace Phil Bennett at fly-half. He played in only fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gert Muller (rugby Union, Born 1948)
Gert Hendrik Muller (born 10 May 1948) is a former South African rugby union player. Playing career Muller represented the Schools team at the 1965 annual Craven Week tournament and after finishing school, he furthered his studies at Stellenbosch University. He made his senior provincial debut for Western Province in 1969 and in 1972 he relocated to Johannesburg and continued his playing career with Transvaal. Muller made his test debut for the Springboks in 1969 against the touring Australian team in the third test played at Newlands Newlands may refer to: Places Australia * Newlands, Queensland, a locality in the Whitsunday Region New Zealand * Newlands, Wellington, a suburb of Wellington South Africa * Newlands, Cape Town, a suburb of Cape Town * Newlands, Johannesbur ... in Cape Town on 6 September 1969. At the end of 1969 he toured with the Springboks to Britain and Ireland, play in the first test against Scotland as well as the fourth and last test on the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Preece
Peter Preece is a former rugby union international who represented England from 1972 to 1976. Educated at King Henry viii School, Coventry Early life Peter Preece was born on 15 November 1949 in Meriden. His father, Ivor Preece, was also a rugby union international who captained England and represented the British Lions in the 1950s. Rugby union career Preece made his international debut on 3 June 1972 at Ellis Park in the South Africa vs England match. Of the 12 matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on 4 occasions. He played his final match for England on 17 January 1976 at Twickenham in the England vs Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ... match. References 1949 births Living people English rugby union players Englan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joggie Jansen
Joachim Scholtz 'Joggie' Jansen (born 5 February 1948) is a former South African rugby union player. Playing career In 1964 as a sixteen-year-old, Jansen played for at the first ever Craven Week tournament. After school he went to the University of the Free State and played provincial rugby for and was a member of the Free State team that won the Currie Cup in 1976. Jansen made his test debut for the Springboks in 1970 against New Zealand at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria and played in all four tests during the series against the touring All Blacks. Jansen also gained fame in his first Test for his excellent tackle on All Black flyhalf Wayne Cottrell, that helped swing the momentum of the game in favour of the Springboks. In 1971 he played in the test series against France and Australia. His last test match was the losing test against England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Janion
Jeremy Paul Aubrey George Janion (born ) was a rugby union international wing who represented England in twelve matches between 1971 and 1975. Janion was educated at St. Edmund's College, Ware. He played for Saffron Walden, Bedford and London Counties before beginning his test career with an appearance for England U-25s against Fiji in 1970. He later left Bedford for Richmond from where he won the last of his England caps. He was a member of the Richmond team that won the Middlesex Sevens in 1974 and then played for Eastern Counties in the 1975 County Championship The County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). It bec ... final. References 1946 births Living people Bedford Blues players England international rugby union players English rugby union players People educated a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonie Roux
Ockert Antonie Roux (born 22 February 1947) is a former South African rugby union player. Playing career Roux represented schools in 1964 and played his senior provincial rugby in South Africa for Northern Transvaal. He made his test debut for the Springboks during the South African tour of Britain and Ireland in 1969 and 1970. His first test match was against at Murrayfield in Edinburgh, playing at centre. He played ss a centre in all three other tests on the tour and also against in 1972. He was then selected at fullback for two tests against the British Lions in 1974. Roux was an unused bench replacement a further 13 times in test matches and played in twenty-four tour matches, scoring fifteen points for the Springboks. Test history See also *List of South Africa national rugby union players South Africa national rugby union team players hold several international records. Several players from the South Africa national rugby union team have joined the IRB and Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Morley
Alan John George Morley MBE (born 25 June 1950 in Bristol, England) is a former English rugby union player. He played a record number of 519 times for Bristol, scoring 384 tries, between 1968 and 1986. He won 7 England caps, from 1972 to 1975, scoring 2 tries, 8 points on aggregate. He played at the 1975 Five Nations Championship, scoring a try. He was selected for the 1974 Lions tour but didn't make the Test side, having to compete with J.J. Williams, Billy Steele William Steele (born 19 May 1956 in Dunfermline) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker. Steele began his career in the early 1970s as a youngster with Rangers, although he failed to make a first-team appearance. In 1975, S ... and Andy Irvine. The highlight of his international career was probably scoring a try on his international début on 3 June 1972, against when an unfancied England side won 18-9. References External linksLions profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
