Western transvaal rugby history book

This page is dedicated to the legends of transvaal rugby. Craven week unofficial winners 19712014 schoolboyrugby blog. It was precipitated by sir theophilus shepstone who annexed the south african republic transvaal. Ultimate rugby experience, nooitgedacht, stellenbosch 2020. 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.

To say that our history is almost silent on black rugby as alleged by pieter, may have rung true in 1994, but since then many articles and books. One for the chuck, glimpses into the history of the maitlandparow and districkts cricket union, 19121976, 2015. We have the largest selection of out of print rugby books in the world. In the interview, henderson, a former scottish international and transvaal no 8, proudly told the author of this book that his was the first fully representative south african rugby team in history to have in its ranks players from all south africas population groups. Transvaal seemed to believe that as well and came down to the cape brimming with confidence. Blue bulls, golden lions, stormers, western province, sharks, natal sharks, free state cheetahs, southern spears, central cheetahs, south african barbarians, list of southern kings matches, south africa maccabiah rugby union team, eastern province. May 03, 2018 he had always carried a rule book around with him as a player and moved into refereeing to such effect that within a year he was taking charge of the first ever currie cup final the tournament had previously been played on a league basis in spite of the fact that one team was his own, western province and the other, transvaal, was. Its still mostly coaching, but it also draws on the reminiscences of gents playing career in more detail, a secondhand hardback without dust. South african rugby board, 1989 rugby football 272 pages.

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 second team under management of basil kenyon played 5 matches in september 1995 against western transvaal, north eastern districts, border, the 1955 british and irish lions and northern transvaal. Jonty winch, in his book, rhodesia rugby a history of the national side 18981979 wrote. In 1970 south africa of course won the 4 test series against brain lochore super all black team at home. For the moment we have set up this page for western transvaal rugby statistics where you can have a look at the last 12 matches they have played and. In 1922 transvaal took the cup to johannesburg for the first time in history. Unions that gained independence from transvaal are western transvaal in 1920, northern transvaal in 1938, eastern transvaal in 1948.

My first big match was in 1974 or 1975 western transvaal against western province at olienpark. Welcome to the default page for western transvaal rugby statistics. To this day, they are the only side to have played and won five consecutive cur. Next it expanded into the western transvaal towns, klerksdorp and. According to the sports lore, in 1823 william webb ellis, a pupil at rugby school, defied the conventions of the day that the ball may only be. The reshuffle by the south african selectors was slated by the rugby crazy public and the press. Founded in 1883, the team has won multiple titles, a record of 34 currie cup titles including the inaugural competition, the vodacom cup, the absa nite series, and the lion cup. Revised march 20 abstract this paper suggests that our appreciation of tswana history in the. They draw their players from the north west province.

Cape town south africas premier domestic rugby tournament dates back some 129 years to 1889 the year in which the south african rugby board was founded. Btw westville beat college that year in an unofficial match so was not recorded in the history books. A more formal and perhaps political and equally commendable book is that of historian and former western province cricketer prof andre odendaals btyond the tryline and the story of an african game, where he documents the vital and uphill role played by black sports administrators and athletes in the history of south african sport, especially rugby union. Unions that gained independence from transvaal are western transvaal.

Nov 01, 20 a more formal and perhaps political and equally commendable book is that of historian and former western province cricketer prof andre odendaals btyond the tryline and the story of an african game, where he documents the vital and uphill role played by black sports administrators and athletes in the history of south african sport. Two people, lions, rugby, scotland, june, sunday, tours, book, holiday. Unions that gained independence from transvaal are western transvaal currently the leopards in 1920, northern transvaal currently the blue bulls in 1938, and eastern transvaal currently the pumas in 1948. Aug 26, 2015 the reshuffle by the south african selectors was slated by the rugbycrazy public and the press. Pair made in heaven piet greyling with his transvaal side who got a share of the currie cup for the first time in 19 years having previously won it in 1952 when they shared the cup with northern transvaal in an epic final and controversial 1414 draw at ellis park in 1971. Sadly, tragedy struck at home in 1966 when i sustained a severe injury to. William somerset or sommie and douglas were famous footballers there. The mclook rugby collection a personal collection that tells the story of springbok rugby.

Western province vs transvaal at newlands on 27 september 1986. History and statistics currie cup steeped in history and tradition, the absa currie cup dates back to 1889 and is one of the oldest rugby competitions in the world. Jun 27, 2014 it was a tour of south africa that began against western transvaal on may 15 in potchefstroom and ended more than two months and 22 games later on july 27 with the final test against the. In 1997 the northern transvaal team, representing the northern transvaal rugby union ntru, was renamed, officially taking on their then nickname the blue bulls. Excerpt from south africa and the transvaal war, vol. 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. History the western transvaal rugby union had its origin from the transvaal rugby union in 1920 when it became the 10th member of senior rugby unions forming the south african rugby landscape. Transvaal played in 1895 for the first time in a currie cup final but lost against wp.

Where do the current all blacks rank among the very best. Northern transvaal south africa rugby book mc van zyl ebay. From the foundation of cape colony to the boer ultimatum of 9th oct. May 28, 2018 in the last year of vorsters rule namely 1977, the nonracial sarb was established and by the time pw botha became prime minister in 1978, it was already in existence and promoting nonracial rugby. His major works deal with the socalled handsuppers and joiners during the angloboer war of 18991902, black south african troops during the first world war, and he would like to think that the book he has cowritten on rugby and south african. One of the brightest stints in the history of springbok rugby was in 1970 and 1971. Ashwin willemse and the critics of south african rugby in the. School of rugby is a schools rugby website which covers schools rugby as well as junior rugby from around south africa. South african republic or zuidafrikaansche republiek 18561902, a boer republic also known as the transvaal in english. Golden lions news newspapers books scholar jstor april 2018 learn how and when to remove this template message. It was a tour of south africa that began against western transvaal on may 15 in potchefstroom. The mclook rugby collection all blacks in transvaal. World rugby one hundred years of rugby 18861986 edited by don rutherford.

The tournament is regarded as the cornerstone of south africas rugby heritage, and the coveted gold trophy remains the most prestigious prize in south african domestic rugby. Western transvaal played some inspired rugby at times with the springbok. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from wikipedia or other free sources online. A potted history of the newcastle rugby union in new south wales, australia. Northern transvaal vs western province 2 tries gerbrand grobler. Transvaal won the last tournament before the second world war in 1939. Free state western province blue bulls eastern province school of rugby previous teams school of rugby. The story of the awb of south africa, by arthur kemp. This is a excellent and very detailed book of 736 pages which covers the history, not only of the south african rugby football board but also the history of the various provincial rugby unions aswell as detailed histories of the international tours to and from south africa and the history of the currie cup. Adams, ashwyn western province rondebosch boys high 2015. In another book i found this picture of of an all black holding a gold bar above his head. Eastern transvaal pin unofficial pin manufactured in south africa, circa 1960s, with felt background.

He strode the red, fertile earth of the old western transvaal like. Rugby union in south africa is a very popular team sport, along with cricket and football, and is widely played all over the country. All blacks were required to carry pass books containing fingerprints, photo and. Western province is a south african rugby union team based in newlands, cape town, that participates in the annual currie cup and vodacom cup tournaments. The wp victories over transvaal and natal, in that year, were in essence accomplished because of the geniality and kicking ability of osler. Looking at this video you cannot but only agree on two things, that the men and women of the 1st world war generation were cut from an entirely different cloth to the rest of us, and the traditions of honour forged in blood and battle should be forever preserved and never be underestimated or simply disregarded for this or that. Western transvaal v british isles rugby programme 1955, 1955 british isles western transvaal rugby programme. 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. Most consecutive matches unbeaten in the currie cup. Western province were leading 98 and time was up when hansie brewis, the northern transvaal flyhalf, kicked the ball downfield, probably in desperation.

Krugers departure from south africa, with a summarised account of the guerilla war to march 1901 hertzogs advance. Golden lions new players in springbok squad robbie coetzee jaco kriel. The tswana of the western transvaal and eastern kalahari before 1820 fred morton department of history, university of botswana, private bag ub 00703, gaborone, botswana email. In the year 1914 there were actually 22 morkels playing first team rugby in various parts of south africa. Provinsie transvaal, commonly referred to as the transvaal. The history of vans rugby museum i became a rugby fan in 1965 aged 6. Some of the players described it as dull but manager ron burk said it was. 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. South africa the history of rugby by parker, mushtak new african. To fully appreciate the situation, and all that it embraces, the critic must stand at a suitable distance. Transvaal vs lion 1968 south african rugby, lions, victorious, diving, old school. Because namibia was formerly ruled by south africa, rugby in namibia was frequently influenced by events in that country and its domestic competition.

The club has the most supporters of any currie cup team. Many parts of this article are from the book victory or violence. Rugby, football game played with an oval ball by two teams of 15 players in rugby union play or players in rugby league play. Terreblanche was raised in a deeply devout traditional boer protestant household. Barry johns 1st international wales v australia 1966, secure your piece of history now. On a rugby blog posted by one pietman on 6 february 20, he pietman claims that ellis, playing for transvaal, busted springbok cricket player peter kirstens kneecap with a deliberate kick while the latter represented western province in a match played at ellispark in 1974 sic. Western province vs transvaal, a bit of currie cup history. 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. Dresie and casie, developmentally disabled twins, by roger ballen, western transvaal, south africa, 1993 2953x2953 close. Claassen has featured prominently in every one of them. Salisbury, rhodesia sad news from prince edwards old. Rugby union in namibia is a popular team sport in namibia and its predecessor province of south west africa.

A book chronicling welsh rugby in the early 1950s under the captaincy of the legendary john gwilliam. The golden lions is a south african professional rugby union team based in johannesburg. The sport, as one may have guessed, is rugby union, which in the south. Rugby history a great selection of rugby books rugby relics. It was a historic occasion the last time western province and the then transvaal met in the currie cup final back in 1986. The union was formed in 1920 and was originally called western transvaal. The problem with 100 and 200m times as a measure of speed on the rugby field imo is that in rugby explosive speed over 40m is more critical than top end. Lourens oberholzer we bid farewell to lourens oberholzer, former sa schools 1982, western transvaal, and transvaal player who passed away at the age of 54, in dubai. The south african activist and former president nelson mandela 191820 helped bring an end to apartheid and was an advocate for human rights around the globe.

Text in english, an in depth well illustrated history, a secondhand hardback with illustrated boards in very good condition. Transvaal rugby a famous catfight lions vs cheetahs. It was the game kirsten got injured and after which he stopped playing rugby to focus on. Welcome to the default page for eastern transvaal rugby statistics. All good things come to an end, we believe, and it seemed that this would be the end of the run of four successive victories in the currie cup. Posts about transvaal scottish written by peter dickens. Total 9 users including 0 member, 9 guests, 0 bot online. A number of states and administrative divisions have carried the name transvaal. Click the image above to purchase memorabilila for western province v transvaal 1991 or the link below to browse our rugby memorabilia. The waterhole rugby museum and private pub posts facebook. Northern transvaal vs natal 1 try transvaal vs free state 1 try aj venter. The national team is among the strongest in the world and has been ranked in the top seven of the world rugby rankings since its inception in 2003. Free state had klippies kritzinger at lock, the big springbok who had played for five provinces transvaal, natal, free state, northern free state and western transvaal. The ntru itself became the blue bulls rugby union and the super rugby team operated by the union was renamed simply the bulls when vodacom became the teams major sponsor their name was added.

The highwater mark of a dominant era in south african rugby for western province, their run of consecutive currie cup titles would come to an end the following year as northern transvaal reclaimed the crown, but nothing can be taken away from the team of the 1980s. Both rugby union and rugby league have their origins in the style of football played at rugby school in england. Western transvaal v british isles rugby programme 1955. Western province dominated local south african rugby during the early 1980s. That same year i saw peter kirsten playing for wp against transvaal at ellispark. The mclook rugby collection piet greyling personal collection of pictures with match descriptions. Transvaal is a historical geographic term associated with land north of i. All blacks in transvaal the mclook rugby collection. In 1910, four british colonies united to form the union of south africa. He specializes in social and cultural history with a particular interest in war and society. Bennie osler who dominated provincial rugby in sa from 1925 to 1936. Commemorative hardcover book on the history of namibian rugby if and. It was the first clash between the british and the transvaal boers. They reached the final again in 1897 losing once again against wp but won it 1922, 1939, 1950 and 1952.