Lions super rugby history super rugby super 15 rugby. After the 1995 world cup, rugby was declared professional in south africa, after which the eastern transvaal rugby football union merged with the vaal triangle rugby union to form the gauteng falcons rugby union and. The valke rugby referee society vrrs was originally founded in 1947, and was previously known as the eastern transvaal rugby referee society. Before 1994, it was part of the nowdefunct transvaal province. This page is dedicated to the legends of transvaal rugby. Half a century later, in 1961, the union ceased to be part of the commonwealth of nations and became the republic of south africa. Tourist attractions in the eastern transvaal hubpages. World rugby one hundred years of rugby 18861986 edited by don rutherford. Contact details for eastern transvaal rubber stamps. In 1955 the british lions rugby union team toured southern and eastern africa. Paul bayvel of transvaal is pursued by eastern transvaal opponents in red during the 1972 currie cup final in springs. People are drawn to mpumalanga by the magnificent scenery, by the fauna and flora and by the saga of the 1870s gold rush era.
Eastern transvaal tennis union memorandum presented to the actonville management committee, 19 may, 1976. Eastern transvaal rugby jersey 1970s nr 10 match worn jersey size. After a long wait, i present to you the first boer war, also known as transvaal rebellion. The province forms a very important part of south africas heritage. Click the image above to purchase memorabilila for eastern transvaal v british isles 1955 or the link below to browse our rugby memorabilia. It shares borders with the south african provinces of limpopo to the north, gauteng to the west, the free state to the southwest, and kwazulunatal to the south. The falcons rugby union was founded in 1947 as the eastern transvaal rugby football union. The golden lions currently known as the xerox golden lions for sponsorship reasons is a south african professional rugby union team based in johannesburg, south africa who compete in the annual currie cup and vodacom cup. The mclook rugby collection a personal collection that tells the story of springbok rugby. The history of transvaal cricket by hayward kidson book.
Text in english, an in depth well illustrated history, a secondhand hardback with illustrated boards in very good condition. The limpopo river marked its border with botswana and zimbabwe to the north, while the vaal river marked its boundary with orange free state province to the south. The story of an african game is a groundbreaking book, the first to cover in detail the history and experiences of black african cricketers in south africa. The transvaal colony, which had been formed out of the bulk of the old south african republic after the second boer war, became the transvaal province in the new union. Prior to the establishment of the province, the term eastern transvaal was used to refer to the eastern part of transvaal province. Transvaal historical province, south africa britannica. The reshuffle by the south african selectors was slated by the rugbycrazy public and the press. The history of the limpopo and mpumalanga provinces is deeply intertwined with that of the original transvaal an area set aside by boer settlers, as an independent homeland. As the son of a provincial rugby player i attended many rugby matches, post rugby match functions and training exercises after the 1974 tour and never heard anything said like that the loss was a blow to afrikanerdom, but only admiration for how good the 1974 british lions were rugby wise and how they gave the springboks a rugby lesson. School of rugby is a schools rugby website which covers schoolsrugby as well as junior rugby from around south. School of rugby sa schools players school of rugby.
The next year greyling led his transvaal side to a 2519 win over eastern transvaal at pam brink stadium in springs to win the cup with the help of gerald bosch who dropped the winning points in the final minutes. Eastern transvaal v british isles rugby match 1955. In 1910, four british colonies united to form the union of south africa. Eastern transvaal 36, south western districts 3 eastern transvaal 10, vaal triangle 24 eastern transvaal 31, far north 23. It is one of only fourteen provincial unions in the country. Mpumalanga means place of the rising sun and is the name given to the new province in eastern transvaal in 1993. Many parts of this article are from the book victory or violence. The 1972 currie cup was the 34th edition of the currie cup, the premier annual domestic rugby union competition in south africa. Eastern transvaal pin unofficial pin manufactured in south africa, circa 1960s, with felt background. Epru is home to many big names in the world of rugby and will continue to to birth great rugby legends. Mpumalanga lies in eastern south africa, bordering eswatini and mozambique. Krugers departure from south africa, with a summarised account of the guerilla war to march 1901 of louis creswickes south africa and the transvaal war, published in 1901.
A must see if youre in mpumalanga or eastern transvaal as. History of kruger park transvaal republic south africa. Salisbury, rhodesia sad news from prince edwards old. An understanding of the history of this province is essential in the understanding of. Whilst only two club members made the provincial side, which beat the tourists 27 3 and captained by a quin, h. The history of transvaal cricket by hayward kidson book a fascinating and comprehensive account of the history of cricket in the transvaal. School of rugby eastern transvaal 1992 school of rugby. It includes part of the old transvaal and the former homeland kangwane, as well as parts of gazankulu and lebowa.
Welcome to the default page for eastern transvaal rugby statistics. The team is governed by the golden lions rugby union glru, and was originally known as transvaal after transvaal province, before changes to the political landscape in. Mpumalanga the mpumalanga province is located in the northeast of south africa and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country. Yeah right, collin meads might have been a central figure in new zealand and of all black rugby but was definitely not such a central figure outside this tiny island that the incident would or did as a matter of fact. The falcons rugby union was originally founded in 1947, and was previously known as the eastern transvaal rugby football union. This is a book that will forever change the way we look at south africas cricket. Rugby programs from the 1970s and 1980s, all from kings park other than one from woodburn stadium natal v all blacks 28 august 1976 natal v all blacks 22 august 1970 natal v eastern province june 1981 south africa v ireland 6 june 1981 natal v british lions 17 may 1980 natal v france 29 october 1980 natal v cardiff 25 august 1979 natal v northern transvaal 19 july 1980 natal v zimbabwe 6. It is long overdue, coming 195 years after the first recorded game of cricket in this country was played at the green point common, cape town, in 1808. The eastern transvaal area map the tourist in south africa 19651966. Terreblanche was raised in a deeply devout traditional boer protestant household. Eastern transvaal definition of eastern transvaal by the. The mclook rugby collection all blacks in transvaal.
Lions super rugby history the lions formerly known as the cats were a south african rugby union team competing in the super rugby competition. The picture is from wessel oosthuizens book, portrait of rugby. Formerly known as the eastern transvaal, mpumalanga is one of south africas top tourist destinations. Jonty winch, in his book, rhodesia rugby a history of the national side 18981979 wrote.
The story of the awb of south africa, by arthur kemp. Eminent historians have called it a black african game. Murdoch is one of the most tragic stories in new zealand rugby history. The tournament was won by transvaal for the sixth time. Eastern transvaal synonyms, eastern transvaal pronunciation, eastern transvaal translation, english dictionary definition of eastern transvaal. South eastern transvaal nel, pieter 1983 patriot south eastern transvaal nell, jacques 1977 grey college free state ngoro, mlindazwe 2006 st. The mclook rugby collection 1970 last three matches. For the moment we have set up this page for eastern transvaal rugby statistics where you can have a look at the last 12 matches they have played and. After the 1995 world cup rugby was declared professional in south africa, after which the eastern transvaal rugby football union merged with the vaal triangle rugby union to form the valke rugby. The lions drew the test series against south africa, each team winning two of the four matches. Eugene ney terreblanche was born on 31 january 1944 in the dry western transvaal, and was killed the 3rd april 2010 in ventersdorp, at his farm, by two of his black workers.
The eastern transvaal area map the tourist in south. After the 1995 world cup, rugby was declared a professional sport in south africa, after which the eastern transvaal rugby football union merged with the vaal triangle rugby union to form the gauteng falcons rugby union. Nonracial sports history project, transvaal, records, 19691988. Keith murdoch who, according to gabriel david in his book rugby and be damned demonstrated he was the strongest prop in world rugby when playing against northern transvaal. Ashwin willemse and the critics of south african rugby in. The provinces name was eastern transvaal, from its initial establishment in 1994 until 24 august 1995.
The eastern transvaal is really beautiful and there is so much to see and do here but a very interesting place to stop is at pilgrims rest. Yeah right, collin meads might have been a central figure in new zealand and of all black rugby but was definitely not such a central figure outside this tiny island that the incident would or did as a matter of fact shook up the rest of the world. The first gold rush in south africa took place in 1873 when gold was discovered near the town of sabie on the mpumalanga escarpment. Nonracial sports history project, transvaal, records, 19692005. I consider ian robertson to be south africas best back.
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