1971 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia

South African rugby team tour to Australia which sparked anit-apartheid protests September 2024 November 2020 The 1971 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia was a controversial six-week rugby union tour by the Springboks to Australia. Anti-apartheid protests were held all around the country.People's History of Australia 2020-04-09 People's History of Australia Podcast. Episode 3 – Racists go home! Protesting the 1971 Springbok tour of Australia https://commonslibrary.org/peoples-history-of-australia-podcast/#Episode_3_-_Racists_go_home_Protesting_the_1971_Springbok_tour_of_Australia 2023-02-28 The Commons Social Change Library en-AU The tour is perhaps most infamous for a state of emergency being declared in Queensland.In total, around 700 people were arrested whilst the Springboks were on tour. Overview The first games were then played in Adelaide and Perth, which were disrupted mainly by youth-led protesters. The third match was set to take place in Melbourne. A 5,000 strong crowd, made up mostly of university students, gathered in the streets of Melbourne to march on Olympic Park in protest.https://www.theage.com.au/education/mild-in-the-streets-20050425-ge01gx.html Mild in the streets 25 April 2005 The Age Police had set up a wall of units around the stadium, around 650 policemen many armed with batons and some on horseback. In Sydney, several people, including the Secretary of the New South Wales Builders Labourers Federation, attempted to saw down the goal posts at the Sydney Cricket Ground prior to the match.http://media.uow.edu.au/releases/2001/springboks.html Focus on Springbok tour on eve of anniversary - Media @ UOW media.uow.edu.au https://web.archive.org/web/20160330224729/http://media.uow.edu.au/releases/2001/springboks.html 30 March 2016 In addition, a gigantic anti-apartheid effigy was hung from the Sydney Harbour Bridge but subsequently cut down. Queensland premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen declared a month-long state of emergency.http://www.cpa.org.au/garchve05/1252worth.html The Guardian 2006-06-12 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060825053755/http://www.cpa.org.au/garchve05/1252worth.html 25 August 2006myPolice 2017-02-14 FROM the VAULT - Springbok Tour of Queensland https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2017/02/14/vault-springbok-tour-queensland/ 2021-09-17 Museum en-AU Protests at the Tower Mill Motel where the South African team were staying were responded to by police.2021-07-23 50th Anniversary of the 'Tower Mill' Protests State Library Of Queensland https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/50th-anniversary-tower-mill-protests 2021-09-17 www.slq.qld.gov.au en The game was instead played at the Exhibition Ground, being moved from its original venue at Ballymore, as it was deemed easier to erect barricades at the Exhibition Ground.http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/stadiums.php?id=20 Brisbane Exhibition Ground - Austadiums www.austadiums.com A two-metre chain wire fence was erected to separate players and spectators, backed up by police in full riot gear standing ten meters apart and facing the spectators.http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/cultural_heritage/heritage_places/ekka_history/sport_at_the_exhibition_grounds/ Sport at the Exhibition Grounds - EPA/QPWS 2007-08-09 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070927191748/http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/cultural_heritage/heritage_places/ekka_history/sport_at_the_exhibition_grounds/ 27 September 2007 According to Meredith Burgmann and Peter McGregor, both leading firebrands, the rugby tour was a crucial target but to stop the summer's cricketing visit was the ultimate goal.Burghmann 2008.James Middleton, Breaking the rules: the campaign in Australia against apartheid, Greenleft Weekly, 17 November 1993. Retrieved 30 July 2024. This was an extensive interview conducted by Middleton with McGregor from the documentary Political Football, which concerned the anti-apartheid protests in Australia during the early 1970s. They were successful in this regard as the cricket tour was called off due to security reasons. Seven players of the Australia national rugby union team – Jim Boyce, Tony Abrahams, Paul Darveniza, Terry Forman, Barry McDonald, James Roxburgh and Bruce Taafe – who had previously toured South Africa for three months in 1969 and seen the effects of the "ruthless" apartheid system "both in everyday life in South Africa and within the rugby stadiums themselves", declared "their opposition to the continuation of sporting ties with the South African Republic".Wallabies hooker among ‘Anti-Apartheid Seven’ was eminent neurologist, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 June 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024. Dubbed the "Rugby Seven" and the "Anti-Apartheid Seven", their non-violent action was an "unprecedented stance in refusing to play against the Springboks".Spiro Zavos, How the Wallabies battled against apartheid in South Africa, The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 September 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2024. The anti-apartheid protests had influenced the cancellation of the South African cricket team tour in Australia in 1971–72. Fixtures Scores and results list South Africa's points tally first. 24 December 2011 The 1971 Springbok tour blogs.sport24.co.za 26 November 2013 http://blogs.sport24.co.za/mclook/2011/12/24/the-1971-springbok-tour/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120704092029/http://blogs.sport24.co.za/mclook/2011/12/24/the-1971-springbok-tour/ 4 July 2012Tour details Opposing Team F A Date Venue Western Australia Western Australia4418 26 June 1971 Perry Lakes Stadium, Perth South Australia South Australia430 30 June 1971 Norwood Oval, Adelaide Victoria Victoria500 3 July 1971 Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne New South Wales Sydney2112 6 July 1971 SCG, Sydney New South Wales New South Wales253 10 July 1971 SCG, Sydney New South Wales New South Wales Country193 13 July 1971 Wade Park, Orange Australia1911 17 July 1971 SCG, Sydney Australian Capital Territory Australian Capital Territory343 21 July 1971 Manuka Oval, Canberra Queensland Queensland3314 24 July 1971 Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane Australia Junior Wallabies3112 27 July 1971 Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane Australia146 31 July 1971 Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane Queensland Queensland Country4514 3 August 1971 Gold Park, Toowoomba Australia186 7 August 1971 SCG, Sydney Touring group 30% Manager Flappie Lochner Coach Johan Claassen Hookers Piston van Wyk Robbie Barnard Props Hannes Marais (capt) Sakkie Sauermann Martiens Louw Locks Frik du Preez John Williams Johan Spies Loose forwards Tommy Bedford Morne du Plessis Jan Ellis Piet Greyling Thys Lourens Albie Bates as replacement 60% Fullbacks Ian McCallum Tonie Roux Wings Syd Nomis Gert Muller Hannes Viljoen Andy van der Watt as replacement Centres Peter Cronje Joggie Jansen Peter Swanson Flyhalves Piet Visagie Dawie Snyman Scrumhalves Joggie Viljoen Dirk de Vos Test matches South Africa won the Test Series 3–0 17 July 1971 – Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, South Africa 19–11 Australia South Africa: McCallum, Nomis, Cronje, Jansen, Viljoen, Visagie, J Viljoen, Du Plessis, Ellis, Greyling, Williams, Du Preez, Marais (c), Van Wyk and Sauermann Tries by Hannes Viljoen, Joggie Viljoen and Jan Ellis. Ian McCallum 2 conversions and penalty and Piet Visagie drop goal. Australia Captain Greg Davis 31 July 1971 – Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, South Africa 14–6 Australia First try: Piet Visagie 7 August 1971 – Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney. South Africa 18–6 Australia See also 1981 South Africa rugby union tour of New Zealand References Further reading Larry Writer, Pitched Battle: In the Frontline of the 1971 Springbok Tour of Australia, Melbourne: Scribe Publications, 2006. External links Breaking the rules: the campaign in Australia against apartheid - Green Left Weekly, 7 December 2005 History Of The Game, rugby.com.au - includes match image Arielle Bernhardt, Australians block cricket and impede rugby tour of apartheid South Africa, 1971, The Commons Library Meredith Burgmann, The Sydney Morning Herald, "The day apartheid was hit for six", 23 August 2008 Mild in the streets. The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 April 2005 Springbok Tour Protests Remembered, 1 July 2001 Focus on Springboks tour on eve of anniversary - University of Wollongong media release, 2001 Sport at Exhibition Grounds - Environmental Protection Agency, Queensland Springboks 1971 - Radio National's The Sports Factor with Amanda Smith, 29 June 2001 TV Programs worth watching, The Guardian, 9 November 2005 - review of the ABC documentary, Political Football Go Home Springboks - Radio National's Hindsight with Claudia Taranto, 7 September 2003 Springbok tour Springbok tour Springbok tour Category:Sports riots Category:South Africa national rugby union team tours of Australia South Africa Rugby Union Tour of Australia, 1971 Category:Rugby union controversies Category:Rugby union and apartheid Springbok tour Category:Sports scandals in Australia Category:Riots and civil disorder in Australia