SA Gazelles

[Tato]

Hi, could any Southafrican friend help me please? I'm looking for the SA Gazelles history, statistics and everything.

I have few Southafrican rugby history books but I couldn't found to many about that team.

Thanks.

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

1955 - British & Irish Lions, Bloemfontein, Lost 12-15
1958 - France, Port Elizabeth, Won 9-5
1960 - New Zealand, Durban , Lost 6-20
1962 - British & Irish Lions, Pretoria, Lost 11-16
1963 - Australia, Springs, Won 12-5
1969 - Australia, Springs, Lost 17-27
1970 - New Zealand, Potchefstroom, Lost 25-29
1976 - New Zealand, Port Elizabeth, Lost 15-21
1980 - South American Jaguars, Pretoria, Lost 19-30
1980 - British & Irish Lions*, Johannesburg, Lost 6-17
1981 - Ireland , Pretoria, Won 18-15


Matches against Argentina are these:


1959 - Argentina 6-14 Junior Springboks, Buenos Aires
1959 - Argentina 6-20 Junior Springboks, Buenos Aires
1965 - Junior Springboks 6-11 Argentina, Johannesburg
1966 - Argentina 3-9 Gazelles, Buenos Aires
1966 - Argentina 15-20 Gazelles, Buenos Aires
1971 - Gazelles 12-6 Argentina, Port Elizabeth
1971 - Gazelles 0-12 Argentina, Pretoria
1972 - Argentina 6-14 Gazelles, Buenos Aires
1972 - Argentina 18-16 Gazelles Buenos Aires

 

[Gena_ZA]

This might assist you a bit

http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/south_africa.html

http://springbokrugby.webs.com/7thtourmatch.htm

http://www.sarugby.com/forum.cfm?threadid=1970

 

[Nielsch]

I am interested in the history of the Junior Springboks and Gazelle teams, during the years 1949 to 1981. I know that these teams played against the Australians (1953, 1969), British and Irish Lions (1955, 1962, 1968, 1974, 1980), French (1967), New Zealand (1949, 1960, 1970, 1976) and Ireland (1981) touring sides. If possible, please supply the match details as well as the two matches played by the Gazelles against Argentina during 1972. Philip McLachlan, South Africa

The Junior Springboks (basically a South Africa 'A' team) made their "Test" bow in 1932 on a tour of Argentina, winning the two "Tests" against the Pumas in Buenos Aires, 42-0 and 34-3. To distinguish them from "full" Springboks, the side of uncapped players wore blue shirts emblazoned with springbok head, red stockings and white shorts. They won all eight of their tour matches.


They did not meet the 1949 All Black tourists, but the players who came close to representing the full Springboks in their 4-0 whitewash of the New Zealanders that season were sent on the Junior Springbok tour of Rhodesia the following year. The side was led by Eric Norton of Eastern Province and included such well-known future players as "Chum" Ochse, Ernst Dinkelmann and Stephen Fry, who each went on to win full Springbok Test colours on the 1951-52 tour to Britain, Ireland and France.


The Junior Springboks did not meet the 1953 Wallabies, their first home match against a Test touring side occurring in 1955 against the British & Irish Lions. The match was played in Bloemfontein on September 14 - midway between the Lions' third and fourth Tests - and resulted in a narrow 15-12 win for the tourists. The Junior 'Boks had warmed up for the match by undertaking a six-match internal tour playing the top South African provincial sides.


Vivian Jenkins, who covered the Lions tour for the London Sunday Times, felt the match was akin to a fifth Test for the tourists and suggested that it should be dropped from future itineraries, arguing: "It is unfair to the visitors to ask them to take on such a stiff fixture on top of their other commitments."


Indeed, the Juniors did not meet every major tour side between 1949 and 1981. The relevant Junior Springboks (re-branded as the Gazelles from the mid-1960s) details are:
1955 - British & Irish Lions, Bloemfontein, Lost 12-15
1958 - France, Port Elizabeth, Won 9-5
1960 - New Zealand, Durban , Lost 6-20
1962 - British & Irish Lions, Pretoria, Lost 11-16
1963 - Australia, Springs, Won 12-5
1969 - Australia, Springs, Lost 17-27
1970 - New Zealand, Potchefstroom, Lost 25-29
1976 - New Zealand, Port Elizabeth, Lost 15-21
1980 - South American Jaguars, Pretoria, Lost 19-30
1980 - British & Irish Lions*, Johannesburg, Lost 6-17
1981 - Ireland , Pretoria, Won 18-15


* For the 1980 match against Bill Beaumont's Lions the team's official ***le reverted to Junior Springboks.


Argentina undertook non-Test tours of South Africa in 1965 and 1971, the Junior Springboks returned to Argentina in 1959, and the Gazelles toured Argentina in 1966 and 1972. The results of the matches played between the sides in those years were as follows:


1959 - Argentina 6-14 Junior Springboks, Buenos Aires
1959 - Argentina 6-20 Junior Springboks, Buenos Aires
1965 - Junior Springboks 6-11 Argentina, Johannesburg
1966 - Argentina 3-9 Gazelles, Buenos Aires
1966 - Argentina 15-20 Gazelles, Buenos Aires
1971 - Gazelles 12-6 Argentina, Port Elizabeth
1971 - Gazelles 0-12 Argentina, Pretoria
1972 - Argentina 6-14 Gazelles, Buenos Aires

1972 - Argentina 18-16 Gazelles Buenos Aires

http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/119691.html

 

[Tato]

Thanks a lot for the reply! I didn't know that the Junior Sringboks became the Gazelles! I have the original articles from all of those games except for the chronicles of the 1932 games.

Also thanks Gena_ZA por the links are very interesting webs!

Regards.