1965 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand

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Series of rugby union matches

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

31	23	00	08

Test match

06	01	00	05

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

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

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

Matches in New Zealand

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 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	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	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 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	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	3	20	18 September 1965	Eden Park, Auckland	Test match

South Africa national rugby union team

South African Rugby Union

History

Players

Competitions and trophies

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Matches

World Cup finals	1995 2007 2019 2023
By opponent	Argentina Australia Barbarians British & Irish Lions England France Ireland Italy New Zealand Scotland Wales
See also	New Zealand (1992)

Tours

Argentina and South America	1932 1959 1966 1972 1980 1993 1996 2000 2005
Australia	1921 1937 1956 1965 1971 1993
Europe	1906–07 1912–13 1931–32 1951–52 1960–61 1965 1969–70 1992 1994 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
New Zealand	1921 1937 1956 1965 1981 1994
North America	1981 2001

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Argentina	1983 1986 1995 2000
British & Irish Lions	1888 1899 1904 1908 1930 1950 1959 1966 1971 1989 2001 2013 2025
Canada	1985 1996
England	1963 1975 1988 1991 1997 1998 1999 2003 2004 2006 2010 2016 2022
Fiji	1952 1954 1961 1976 1984 1985 1989
France	1961 1968 1972 1981 1986 1990 1997 2002 2005 2008 2014 2021
Ireland	1967 1979 1994 1999 2003 2006 2008 2010 2018 ~~2020~~
Italy	1981 1986 1994 2005
Japan	1975
New Zealand	1884 1893 1897 1903 1905 1907 1910 1914 1920 1922 1924 1925 1926 1929 1932 1934 1938 1947 1951 1957 1960 1962 1968 1974 1979 1980 1984 1988 1991 1992
New Zealand Māori	1888–89 1922 1923 1926–27 1936 1949
Pacific Islanders	2004
Samoa	1994 2005
Scotland	1982 1992 1998 2004 2012
South Africa	1921 1937 1956 1965 1971 1993
South Korea	1987
Tonga	1973 1993
United States	1990 1999
Wales	1969 1978 1991 1996 2003 2007 2012 2024

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British & Irish Lions	1888 (no test) 1904 1908 1930 1950 1959 1966 1971 1977 1983 1993 2005 2017
Australia	1905 1913 1931 1936 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1962 1964 1972 1978 1982 1986 1990 1991
New South Wales	1882 1894 1921 1923 1925 1928
South Africa	1921 1937 1956 1965 1981 1994
Argentina	1979 1989 1997 2001 2004
England	1963 1973 1985 1998 2003 2004 2008 2010 2014 2024
France	1961 1968 1979 1984 1986 1989 1994 1999 2001 2003 2007 2013 2018
Ireland	1976 1992 1997 2002 2006 2008 2010 2012 2022
Italy	1980 (no test) 2002 2003 (no test)
Scotland	1975 1981 1990 1996 2000 2004
Wales	1969 1988 2003 2010 2016
Romania	1991 (no test)
Japan	1974
Fiji	1974 1980 1989 (no test) 1996 1997 2003
Western Samoa	1996 2005 (no test)
Pacific Islanders	2004
Canada	1995 2007

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