1969–70 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Matches

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Scores and results list South Africa's points tally first.

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue	Status
Oxford University	3	6	5 November 1969	Twickenham, London	Tour match
Midland Counties East	11	9	8 November 1969	Welford Road, Leicester	Tour match
Newport	6	11	12 November 1969	Rodney Parade, Newport	Tour match
Swansea	12	0	15 November 1969	St Helens, Swansea	Tour match
Gwent	8	14	19 November 1969	Ebbw Vale	Tour match
London Counties	22	6	22 November 1969	Twickenham, London	Tour match
North West Counties	12	9	26 November 1969	White City Stadium, Manchester	Tour match
Ulster	0	0	29 November 1969	Ravenhill, Belfast	Tour match
New Brighton/North of Ireland	22	6	30 November 1969	New Brighton	Tour match
The North	37	3	2 December 1969	Aberdeen	Tour match
Scotland	3	6	6 December 1969	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Test match
Aberavon/Neath	27	0	10 December 1969	Talbot Athletic Ground, Aberavon	Tour match
Cardiff	17	3	13 December 1969	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	Tour match
Combined Services	14	6	16 December 1969	Aldershot Military Stadium, Aldershot	Tour match
England	8	11	20 December 1969	Twickenham, London	Test match
South West Counties	9	6	23 December 1969	Exeter	Tour match
Western Counties	3	3	27 December 1969	Bristol	Tour match
North East Counties	24	11	3 January 1970	Gosforth	Tour match
Midland Counties West	21	6	6 January 1970	Coventry	Tour match
Ireland	8	8	10 January 1970	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	Test match
Munster	25	9	14 January 1970	Limerick	Tour match
South of Scotland	3	3	17 January 1970	Galashiels	Tour match
Llanelli	10	9	20 January 1970	Stradey Park, Llanelli	Tour match
Wales	6	6	24 January 1970	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	Test match
Southern Counties	13	0	28 January 1970	Gloucester	Tour match
Barbarians	21	12	31 January 1970	Twickenham, London	Final Challenge