- 1937 South Africa rugby union tour to Australasia
The 1937 South Africa tour to Australasia was one of the most successful Springbok tours in history, so much so that the touring team was nicknamed the "Invincibles". The squad was captained by
Philip Nel .The tour started on the 26th of June
1937 at theSydney Cricket Ground inSydney ,Australia with a 9-5 win over the Wallabies. The Springboks followed up the win with an emphatic 26-17 win on the 17th of July at the same grounds, outscoring the Wallabies 6 tries to 3 and taking the series 2-0.When the Springboks arrived in
New Zealand later that year nobody expected them to win the series, as no other South African team had ever achieved the feat, and when the New Zealand leg of the tour kicked off on the 14th of August with a 13-7 loss to New Zealand at Athletic Park inWellington , it seemed business as usual.Mr Nel and his men had other ideas however as they came back to deal New Zealand two convincing defeats; a 13-6 win at Lancaster Park in
Christchurch and a 17-6 win atEden Park inAuckland , taking the series 2-1. The latter translates into a 27-6 (5 try to nil) win using today's point system.The 1937 Springbok team remains the only Springbok team ever to have won a series in New Zealand and contained legendary players such as
Danie Craven andBoy Louw .Matches of the tour
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