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1965 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand

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1965 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand
Summary
P W D L
Total
31 23 0 8
Test match
6 1 0 5
Opponent
P W D L
 Australia
2 0 0 2
 New Zealand
4 1 0 3

The 1965 South Africa rugby union tour of Australasia was a long series of matches played in 1965 by South Africa national rugby union team in Australia and New Zealand. It was not a successful tour. The Springboks lost both test matches against Australia and three of their four matches with All Blacks.

Matches in Australia

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

Opposing Team For Against Date Venue Status
Western Australia Western Australia 2nd XV 102 0 10 June 1965 Perth Tour match
Western Australia Western Australia 60 0 10 June 1965 Perth Tour match
Victoria (state) Victoria 52 6 12 June 1965 Melbourne Tour match
New South Wales New South Wales 3 12 14 June 1965 Sydney Tour match
Australia Australia 11 18 19 June 1965 Cricket Ground, Sydney Test match
Queensland Queensland 50 5 22 June 1965 Ballymore, Brisbane Tour match
Australia Australia 8 12 26 June 1965 Lang Park, Brisbane Test match

Matches in New Zealand

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

Opposing Team For Against Date Venue Status
Poverty Bay /
East Coast
32 3 30 June 1965 Rugby Park, Gisborne Tour match
Wellington 6 23 3 July 1965 Athletic Park, Wellington Tour match
Manawatu /
Horowhenua
30 8 7 July 1965 Showgrounds, Palmerston North Tour match
Otago 7 5 10 July 1965 Carisbrook, Dunedin Tour match
New Zealand New Zealand Juniors 23 3 14 July 1965 Lancaster Park, Christchurch Tour match
Taranaki 11 3 17 July 1965 Rugby Park, New Plymouth Tour match
Southland 19 6 21 July 1965 Rugby Park, Invercargill Tour match
Canterbury 6 5 24 July 1965 Lancaster Park, Christchurch Tour match
West Coast-Buller 11 0 27 July 1965 Rugby Park, Greymouth Tour match
New Zealand New Zealand 3 6 31 July 1965 Athletic Park, Wellington Test match
Wanganui /
King Country
24 19 4 August 1965 Cooks Gardens, Wanganui Tour match
Waikato 26 13 7 August 1965 Rugby Park, Hamilton Tour match
North Auckland 14 11 11 August 1965 Okara Park, Whangārei Tour match
Auckland 14 15 14 August 1965 Eden Park, Auckland Tour match
Marlborough /
Nelson /
Golden Bay-Motueka
45 6 17 August 1965 Lansdowne Park, Blenheim Tour match
New Zealand New Zealand 0 13 21 August 1965 Carisbrook, Dunedin Test match
South Canterbury /
Mid Canterbury /
North Otago
28 13 25 August 1965 Fraser Park, Timaru Tour match
New Zealand New Zealand Maori 9 3 28 August 1965 Athletic Park, Wellington Tour match
Wairarapa /
Bush
36 0 31 August 1965 Memorial Park, Masterton Tour match
New Zealand New Zealand 19 16 4 September 1965 Lancaster Park, Christchurch Test match
New Zealand Universities 55 11 8 September 1965 Eden Park, Auckland Tour match
Hawke's Bay 30 12 11 September 1965 McLean Park, Napier Tour match
Bay of Plenty /
Counties
33 17 14 September 1965 Rugby Park, Rotorua Tour match
New Zealand New Zealand 3 20 18 September 1965 Eden Park, Auckland Test match