The 1969–70 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland was a rugby union tour by the South Africa national rugby union team to the Northern Hemisphere.
There were a number of anti-apartheid protests throughout the tour.
The controversial tour happened during the apartheid era in South Africa, and came shortly after the D'Oliveira affair. There were protests at many of the matches, by anti-apartheid campaigners, calling themselves 'Stop the Seventy Tour', organised by Peter Hain. Future British prime minister Gordon Brown was the group's Edinburgh organiser.
Matches Scores and results list South Africa's points tally first. Opposing Team F A Date Venue Oxford University36 5 November 1969 Twickenham, London Midland Counties East119 8 November 1969 Welford Road, Leicester Newport61112 November 1969 Rodney Parade, Newport Swansea12015 November 1969 St Helens, Swansea Gwent814 19 November 1969 Ebbw Vale London Counties226 22 November 1969 Twickenham, London North West Counties129 26 November 1969 White City Stadium, Manchester Ulster00 29 November 1969 Ravenhill, Belfast New Brighton/North of Ireland226 30 November 1969 New Brighton The North373 2 December 1969 Aberdeen 36 6 December 1969 Murrayfield, Edinburgh Aberavon/Neath270 10 December 1969 Talbot Athletic Ground, Aberavon Cardiff173 13 December 1969 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Combined Services146 16 December 1969 Aldershot Military Stadium, Aldershot 811 20 December 1969 Twickenham, London South West Counties96 23 December 1969 Exeter Western Counties33 27 December 1969 Bristol North East Counties2411 3 January 1970 Gosforth Midland Counties West216 6 January 1970 Coventry 88 10 January 1970 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Munster259 14 January 1970 Limerick South of Scotland33 17 January 1970 Galashiels Llanelli109 20 January 1970 Stradey Park, Llanelli 66 24 January 1970 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Southern Counties130 28 January 1970 Gloucester Barbarians2112 31 January 1970 Twickenham, London
References
External links International results at ESPN Sports campaigns carried out by the Anti Apartheid Movement Tour Links
Further reading Geoff Brown and Christian Hogsbjerg, Apartheid is Not a Game: Remembering the Stop The Seventy Tour campaign (Redwords, 2020) Peter Hain, Don't Play with Apartheid: The Background to the Stop the Seventy Tour Campaign (1971)