A tour that divided world rugby
Billy Beaumont’s British and Irish Lions’ visit to apartheid-torn SA in 1980 earned worldwide condemnation
31 May 2020 - 18:09
The weekend marked 40 years since the British and Irish Lions kicked off their Test series against the combat-starved Springboks at Newlands.
Despite a one-off match against a World XV to mark the opening of Loftus Versfeld in 1977 and two clashes against a South American side earlier in 1980‚ Bill Beaumont’s Lions were the first team of international repute to play the Boks in four years...
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