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 matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) in South Africa and Rhodesia.

Results

The results of the tour were disappointing for the All Blacks, of whom much was expected after their victory in the 1956 home series. They lost the 4 test series 2 - 1, with one match drawn.

The New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU) complied with South Africa's apartheid-era, all-white policy by excluding Māori players, despite widespread protest, including a 150,000-signature petition against it. The "No Maoris, No Tour" campaign was the first major anti-tour movement, featuring protests at airports as the team departed.

Later tours

The Springboks subsequently toured New Zealand in 1965, playing teams containing Māori players. However, a proposed 1967 tour to South Africa was cancelled by the New Zealand government, because Māori players were still excluded by South African authorities. Instead an All Black tour to Europe was hastily arranged to take its place.

In Australia

No tests were played

Scores and results list All Blacks' points tally first. Opposing Team For Against Date Venue StatusNew South Wales27014 May 1960Moore Park, SydneyTour matchQueensland32314 May 1960Moore Park, SydneyTour matchVictoria-South Australia30617 May 1960Wade Park, OrangeTour matchNew South Wales Country38617 May 1960Wade Park, OrangeTour matchWestern Australia57021 May 1960Leederville Oval, PerthTour match

In Africa Scores and results list All Blacks' points tally first. Opposing Team For Against Date Venue StatusNorthern Universities45628 May 1960Olen Park, PotchefstroomTour match6631 May 1960Kings Park, DurbanTour matchGriqualand West2194 June 1960De Beers Stadium, KimberleyTour matchSW Africa2738 June 1960South West Stadium, WindhoekTour matchBoland16011 June 1960Boland Stadium, WellingtonTour matchWest. Prov. Universities14315 June 1960Newlands, Cape TownTour matchNorthern Transvaal27318 June 1960Loftus Versfeld, PretoriaTour matchSouth Africa01325 June 1960Ellis Park, JohannesburgTest matchA Rhodesian XV13929 June 1960KitweTour matchRhodesia29142 July 1960Slamis Stadium, SalisburyTest matchOrange Free State896 July 1960Free State Stadium, BloemfonteinTour matchJunior Springboks2069 July 1960Kings Park, DurbanTour matchEastern Province16313 July 1960Boet Erasmus, Port ElizabethTour matchWestern Province20816 July 1960Newlands, Cape TownTour matchSW District18619 July 1960OudtshoornTour matchSouth Africa11323 July 1960Newlands, Cape TownTest matchCentral Universities211227 July 1960Border RU Ground, East LondonTour matchEastern Transvaal11630 July 1960PAM Brink, SpringsTour matchSA Combined Services383 August 1960Loftus Versfeld, PretoriaTour matchTransvaal1936 August 1960Ellis Park, JohannesburgTour matchWestern Transvaal2839 August 1960Olen Park, PotchefstroomTour matchSouth Africa111113 August 1960Free State Stadium, BloemfonteinTest matchNorth-Eastern Districts15617 August 1960Aliwal NorthTour matchBorder30320 August 1960Border RU Ground, East LondonTour matchSouth Africa3827 August 1960Boet Erasmus, Port ElizabethTest matchA Transvaal XV933 September 1960Ellis Park, JohannesburgTour match

Cultural reaction

The Howard Morrison Quartet released "My Old Man's an All-Black", a parody of My Old Man's a Dustman, which noted the absence of Māori players from the touring side:

American satirist Tom Lehrer was touring New Zealand in April 1960 when Prime Minister Walter Nash officially refused to intervene in the New Zealand Rugby Football Union's plans to tour South Africa with only white players. On introducing his own song "Fight Fiercely, Harvard" in the Auckland Town Hall, he said "At this juncture of the evening's symposium, I wish to pay tribute to the New Zealand Rugby Football Union--for not allowing a little thing like human dignity to interfere with the great principles of the game." He would go on to pen original lyrics on the subject, which were published in the Auckland Star:

Notes

External links New Zealand in Australia and South Africa 1960 from rugbymuseum.co.nz