The 1969 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa was a series played by the Australia national rugby union team between June and September 1969. The "Wallabies" lost the series with Springboks by four tests to nil.
Squad Full-backs Arthur Neil McGill Brian Anthony Weir
Wings Terence Robert Forman John Walter Cole Peter Douglas Moore Roderick Paul Batterham
Centres Stephen Oliver Knight Barry David Honan Geoffrey Arnold Shaw Philip Vivers Smith
Fly-halves John Patrick Ballesty Rupert George Rosenblum
Scrum-halves John Noel Brian Hipwell Michael Joseph Barry
Props Roydon Barnett Prosser James Russel Roxburgh John Leslie Howard Shane Stephen Sullivan
Hookers Paul Darveniza Bruce Stanton Taafe
Locks Owen Frederick Butler Stuart Carlton Gregory Peter Norman Reilly Anthony Morris Abrahams Alan James Skinner
Loose forwards Gregory Victor Davis (captain) Hugh Alexander Rose Roderick Kelleher Barry Stuart McDonald Michael Richard Cocks Robert Neil Wood
Management Charles Colbran Eastes (Manager) Desmond Michael Connor (Assistant Manager)
Squad leadership The Wallaby squad was captained by Greg Davis described by Howell as "a leader of men who believed a leader should lead....a single minded flanker who gave no quarter and asked for none".Howell p189 Davis was making his fifth overseas tour with the Wallabies but his first as captain.The former Wallaby and All Black Des Connor was the coach with the traditional title of "Assistant Manager".
Matches Scores and results list Australia's points tally first. Opposing Team For Against Date Venue StatusEastern Transvaal271328 June 1969PAM Brink Stadium, SpringsTour MatchOrange Free State County Districts4792 July 1969North West Stadium, WelkomTour MatchGriqualand West13215 July 1969De Beers Stadium, KimberleyTour MatchRhodesia16118 July 1969Hartsfield, BulawayoTour MatchNatal141912 July 1969Kings Park Stadium, DurbanTour MatchSA County Districts131214 July 1969Boland Stadium, WellingtonTour MatchSouth Western Districts312316 July 1969Recreation Ground, OudtshoornTour MatchEastern Province17019 July 1969Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port ElizabethTour MatchBorder22923 July 1969B.R.U. Ground, East LondonTour MatchSouth African Gazelles271726 July 1969PAM Brink Stadium, SpringsTour MatchFar Northern Transvaal26029 July 1969Pietersburg High School, PietersburgTour MatchSouth Africa11302 August 1969Ellis Park Stadium, JohannesburgTest MatchBoland3126 August 1969Boland Stadium, WellingtonTour MatchWestern Province1489 August 1969Newlands Stadium, Cape TownTour MatchCentral Universities261112 August 1969Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port ElizabethTour MatchSouth Africa91616 August 1969Kings Park Stadium, DurbanTest MatchNorth Eastern Cape121120 August 1969Botanical Gardens, Graaf-ReinetTour MatchOrange Free State251423 August 1969Free State Stadium, BloemfonteinTour MatchWestern Transvaal61827 August 1969Olen Park, PotchefstroomTour MatchNorthern Transvaal31330 August 1969Loftus Versfeld Stadium, PretoriaTour MatchSouth West Africa3881 September 1969South West Stadium, WindhoekTour MatchSouth Africa3116 September 1969Newlands Stadium, Cape TownTest MatchNorth Western Cape37610 September 1969Danie Kuys Stadium, UpingtonTour MatchTransvaal142313 September 1969Ellis Park Stadium, JohannesburgTour MatchCombined Services31916 September 1969Loftus Versfeld Stadium, PretoriaTour MatchSouth Africa81920 September 1969Free State Stadium, BloemfonteinTest Match
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