1921 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand explained

Team:	South Africa
Yearstart:	1921
Yearfinish:	1921
Destination:	Australasia
Matchplayed:	24
Matchwon:	20
Matchdraw:	2
Matchlost:	2
Testplayed:	3
Testwon:	1
Testdraw:	1
Testlost:	1
Played1:	3
Won1:	3
Draw1:	0
Lost1:	0
Played2:	3
Won2:	1
Draw2:	1
Lost2:	1
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The 1921 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand was the third tour made by the Springboks rugby team, and their first tour to Australia and New Zealand. South Africa played three Test matches against the All Blacks. The series was drawn 1–all, and the long-running controversy between the countries over the All Blacks' inclusion of Maori players began.^[1]

The Springboks played five matches in Australia, winning them all. The three most important matches against New South Wales, were retroactively accorded Test status by the Australian Rugby Union in 1986, but remain as tour matches only for the South African Rugby Board.

South Africa then played nineteen matches in New Zealand, winning fifteen, losing two and drawing two.^[2]

Match summary

Complete list of matches played by the Springboks in Australia and New Zealand

Test matches

width=20px		width=60px	Date	width=230px	Rival	width=130px	City	width=130px	Venue	width=80px	Country	width=40px	Score
1	18 Jun		Melbourne			51–0
2	25 Jun				Australia	25–10
3	27 Jun				Australia	16–11
4	2 Jul				Australia	28–9
5	6 Jul	Metropolitan			Australia	14–8
6	13 Jul				New Zealand	11–6
7	16 Jul				New Zealand	0–0
8	20 Jul				New Zealand	18–3
9	23 Jul				New Zealand	8–3
10	27 Jul				New Zealand	33–3
11	30 Jul				New Zealand	4–6
12	3 Aug				New Zealand	34–3
13	6 Aug				New Zealand	12–0
14	10 Aug				New Zealand	11-3
	13 Aug				New Zealand	5–13
16	17 Aug	/			New Zealand	3–0
17	20 Aug	/			New Zealand	24–8
18	24 Aug				New Zealand	17–9
	27 Aug				New Zealand	9–5
20	30 Aug				New Zealand	6–0
21	3 Sep	/			New Zealand	14–8
22	7 Sep				New Zealand	9–8
23	10 Sep	/ /			New Zealand	26–3
	17 Sep				New Zealand	0–0

Notes:

**Balance**
width=100px	Played in	width=40px	Pl	width=40px	W	width=40px	D	width=40px	L	width=40px	Ps	width=40px	Pc
Australia	5	5	0	0	134	38
New Zealand	19	15	2	2	244	81
Total	24	20	2	2	378	119

Match details

First Test


	FB
	W	Jack Steel
	C	George Aitken (c)
	C	Mark Nicholls
	W	Percy Storey
	FH
	SH	Harry Nicholls
	WF
	P
	P	Bill Duncan
	F
	L	Jim Moffitt
	L	Jock Richardson
	F
	L	Andrew White


	FB	Gerhard Morkel
	W	Attie van Heerden
	C	Charlie Meyer
	C	Wally Clarkson
	W	Henry Morkel
	FH	Mannetjies Michau
	SH	Taffy Townsend
	P
	H	Theuns Kruger
	P	Phil Mostert
	L	Baby Michau
	L
	F	Alf Walker
	F	Tokkie Scholtz
	N8	Boy Morkel (c)

Second Test


	FB
	W	John Steel
	C	George Aitken (c)
	C	Mark Nicholls
	W
	FH	Cecil Badeley
	SH
	WF
	P
	P
	F	Les McLean
	L	Jim Moffitt
	L
	F
	L	Alfred West


	FB	Gerhard Morkel
	W	Henry Morkel
	C
	C	Wally Clarkson
	W	Bill Zeller
	FH
	SH
	P
	H
	P	Phil Mostert
	L	Tank van Rooyen
	L
	F
	F
	N8	Boy Morkel (c)

Third Test


	FB
	W	John Steel
	C	Mark Nicholls
	C	Karl Ifwersen
	W
	FH	Billy Fea
	SH	Edward Roberts (c)
	WF
	P
	P
	F	Les McLean
	L	Jim Moffitt
	L
	F
	L	Alfred West


	FB	Gerhard Morkel
	W	Attie van Heerden
	C
	C	Sarel Strauss
	W	Bill Zeller
	FH
	SH
	P
	H
	P	Nic du Plessis
	L	Tank van Rooyen
	L
	F
	F
	N8	Boy Morkel (c)

Notes and References

News: All Blacks magic: New Zealand rugby . BBC. 10 August 2010. Sean. Davies. 21 October 2008.
Book: Jenkins, Vivian . Vivian Jenkins. Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1982–83. 1983 . Rothmans Publications Ltd . 0-907574-13-0. 320–321 .