The Springboks rugby union team of South…

July 1891 CE

The Springboks rugby union team of South Africa play their first international test match against the Lions team of the British Isles, and win by 4–0, on July 30, 1891.

The first British Isles tour takes place at Diocesan College.

These are the first representative games played by South African sides.

The tourists will win all twenty matches they play, conceding only one point.

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Cape Town (Kaapstad) Western Cape South Africa View →

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Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Cape Colony, British View →

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Games and Sports View →

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