South Africa national rugby union team

Events

1

Episodes

1

Years

1891

Every event in Historedia whose sources name South Africa national rugby union team, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. South Africa plays its first rugby union test match against the British Isles Lions

   1891

   Role: Springboks, the country's national team governed by the South African Rugby Union

   1. 130 July 1891 · Crusader Grounds, Port ElizabethFirst Test Match

      South Africa played its first test match against a British Isles touring team on 30 July 1891 at Port Elizabeth's Crusader Grounds, with Aston scoring the first try.

Sources

1. South Africa national rugby union team Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-04