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Tag Archives: rugby tour
Argentina’s First Test Match
Earlier in the year, Eduardo García Sáenz provided a tour report of the British & Irish Lions 1910 tour of Argentina. Here he provides more detail, including local match reports, on Argentina’s first ever test-match on the same tour… Continue reading
Posted in Argentina, Countries
Tagged argentinarugby, international rugby, rugby, rugby history, rugby tour, rugby union
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#FromTheVaults – British Isles Dinner Menu, 1904
For this month’s #FromTheVaults we wanted to share with you this charming little dinner menu from the British Isles tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1904 – the first time a British team played both countries on the same tour… Continue reading
Posted in #FromTheVaults, Australia, Lions, Museum Collection, New Zealand
Tagged british and irish lions, international rugby, rugby, rugby history, rugby tour, rugby union
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Murrayfield in December 1978
Some sporting occasions remain etched in your memory for ever and can be recalled at will… Continue reading
Posted in Countries, New Zealand, Twickenham
Tagged all blacks, international rugby, rugby, rugby history, rugby tour, rugby union
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The 1910 British & Irish Lions tour of Argentina
In 1910 the British and Irish Lions toured Argentina for the first time. Under the captaincy of John Raphael, they contested Los Pumas first international test-match… Continue reading
Posted in Argentina, Countries, Lions
Tagged agentina, british and irish lions, rugby, rugby history, rugby tour, rugby union
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The Stellenbosch Three-quarter line
If asked to name the most illustrious three-quarter line from one club or country, northern hemisphere rugby historians are most likely to name the Oxford University and Scotland three-quarter line of the 1920s… Continue reading
Posted in International Players
Tagged rugby, rugby tour, rugby union, springboks, stellenbosch
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Rugby’s Greatest Upsets Part 2 – Wales v New Zealand, 1905
New Zealand had set down a marker of quality when defeating a tired and injury ravaged British Lions side at the tail end of their tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1904. The tourists had comfortably defeated Australia in … Continue reading
Posted in New Zealand, Wales
Tagged new zealand rugby, rugby, rugby tour, rugby union, wales rugby
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