| Team: | South Africa |
| Yearstart: | 1912 |
| Yearfinish: | 1913 |
| Destination: | Europe |
| Manager: | Max Honnet |
| Captain: | William Millar |
| Matchplayed: | 27 |
| Matchwon: | 24 |
| Matchdraw: | 0 |
| Matchlost: | 3 |
| Testplayed: | 5 |
| Testwon: | 5 |
| Testdraw: | 0 |
| Testlost: | 0 |
| Played1: | 1 |
| Won1: | 1 |
| Draw1: | 0 |
| Lost1: | 0 |
| Played2: | 1 |
| Won2: | 1 |
| Draw2: | 0 |
| Lost2: | 0 |
| Played3: | 1 |
| Won3: | 1 |
| Draw3: | 0 |
| Lost3: | 0 |
| Played4: | 1 |
| Won4: | 1 |
| Draw4: | 0 |
| Lost4: | 0 |
| Played5: | 1 |
| Won5: | 1 |
| Draw5: | 0 |
| Lost5: | 0 |
| Previous: | 1906–07 Europe |
| Next: | 1921 Aus & NZ |
In 1912-13 the South Africa national rugby union team toured England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, playing a series of test matches, as well as games against club, regional, and representative teams. South Africa accomplished their first Grand Slam by winning all four tests against the Home Nations sides, and also won the test match against France. This was the second South African tour of the Northern Hemisphere, after the very successful 1906 tour.
Although not managing to win all the matches on the tour, the Springboks won all five test matches against international opposition. Billy Millar was the tour captain even though he was the last person chosen for the tour and was not the selectors' choice of captain, but they were over-ruled by the South African Rugby Board.[1] Millar did have the advantage of being one of the few players to have toured Britain in the previous test, but was seen by the hosts as a fiery character and was not as popular with the players or fans as the 1906's tour captain, Paul Roos.[2] The other two members of the squad to have played in the 1906 tour were vice-captain Fred 'Uncle' Dobbin and Doug Morkel.
In the touring party were two sets of brothers; Richard, Freddie and John Luyt and Gerhard and Jack Morkel.[2]
Complete list of matches played by the Springboks in Europe:[3]
Test matches
| width=30px | width=100px | Date | width=150px | Opponents | width=120px | City | width=150px | Venue | width=40px | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Oct 1912 | Somerset RU | Bath | 24–3 | |||||||
| 2 | 5 Oct 1912 | Devon RU | Exeter | 8–0 | |||||||
| 3 | 10 Oct 1912 | Cornwall | Redruth | 15–6 | |||||||
| 4 | 12 Oct 1912 | Monmouthshire | Pontypool | Recreation Ground | 16–0 | ||||||
| 5 | 17 Oct 1912 | Glamorgan | Cardiff | Cardiff Arms Park | 35–3 | ||||||
| 6 | 19 Oct 1912 | Llanelli RFC | Llanelli | Stradey Park | 8–7 | ||||||
| 7 | 24 Oct 1912 | Newport RFC | Newport | Rodney Parade | 3–9 | ||||||
| 8 | 26 Oct 1912 | London Counties | Blackheath | 12–8 | |||||||
| 9 | 30 Oct 1912 | Combined Services | Portsmouth | 18–16 | |||||||
| 10 | 2 Nov 1912 | Northampton | 14–5 | ||||||||
| 11 | 6 Nov 1912 | Oxford University RFC | Oxford | 6–0 | |||||||
| 12 | 9 Nov 1912 | Leicester | 25–3 | ||||||||
| 13 | 14 Nov 1912 | Cambridge University | Cambridge | 24–0 | |||||||
| 14 | 16 Nov 1912 | London Counties | London | Twickenham Stadium | 8–10 | ||||||
| 15 | 20 Nov 1912 | Northern Counties | Newcastle | 17–0 | |||||||
| 16 | 23 Nov 1912 | Inverleith | 16–0 | ||||||||
| 17 | 27 Nov 1912 | Glasgow | New Anniesland | 38–3 | |||||||
| 18 | 30 Nov 1912 | Dublin | 38–0 | ||||||||
| 19 | 4 Dec 1912 | Belfast | 19–0 | ||||||||
| 20 | 7 Dec 1912 | Northern Counties | Birkenhead | Birkenhead Park | 21–8 | ||||||
| 21 | 14 Dec 1912 | Cardiff | Cardiff Arms Park | 3–0 | |||||||
| 22 | 19 Dec 1912 | Neath RFC | Neath | The Gnoll | 8–3 | ||||||
| 23 | 21 Dec 1912 | Cardiff RFC | Cardiff | Cardiff Arms Park | 7–6 | ||||||
| 24 | 26 Dec 1912 | Swansea RFC | Swansea | St Helen's Ground | 0–3 | ||||||
| 25 | 28 Dec 1912 | Gloucestershire RU | Bristol | 11–0 | |||||||
| 26 | 4 Jan 1913 | London | Twickenham Stadium | 9–3 | |||||||
| 27 | 11 Jan 1913 | Le Bouscat | Stade Sainte-Germaine | 38–5 |
| width=40px | Pl | width=40px | W | width=40px | D | width=40px | L | width=40px | Ps | width=40px | Pc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 441 | 101 |