1963 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa

1963 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa
Summary	P W D L
Total	20 12 01 07
Test match	04 02 00 02
Opponent	P W D L
South Africa	4 2 0 2

The 1963 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of twenty matches played by the Australia national rugby union team between June and September 1963. The Wallabies tied the series with the Springboks winning two and losing two Tests.

The tour was one of the highlights of the successful "Thornett Era" of Australian Rugby, buoyed by the leadership skills of skipper John Thornett and the outstanding skills of greats of the game like Ken Catchpole, Peter Johnson and Rob Heming. Dick Marks and Peter Crittle also toured and would later become among the most influential administrators of Australian rugby.

Matches

Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue	Status
Eastern Transvaal	14	0	15 June 1963		Tour Match
Boland	30	13	22 June 1963		Tour Match
Southern Universities	8	11	26 June 1963	Newlands, Cape Town	Tour Match
Natal	13	14	29 June 1963	King's Park,	Tour Match
Rhodesia	12	5	6 July 1963	Salisbury	Tour Match
Transvaal	14	5	8 July 1963	Johannesburg	Tour Match
South Africa	3	14	13 July 1963	Pretoria	Test Match
Griqualand West	14	6	20 July 1963		Tour Match
Northern Transvaal	11	11	24 July 1963	Pretoria	Tour Match
Border	6	3	27 July 1963		Tour Match
South West Africa	24	6	31 July 1963		Tour Match
Western Transvaal	14	12	3 August 1963		Tour Match
South Africa	9	5	10 August 1963	Cape Town	Test Match
Eastern Province	10	3	14 August 1963		Tour Match
Junior Springboks	5	12	17 August 1963	Springs	Tour Match
Central Universities	28	11	20 August 1963		Tour Match
South Africa	11	9	24 August 1963	(Ellis park), Johannesburg	Test Match
Western Province	6	12	31 August 1963	Newlands, Cape Town	Tour Match
Orange Free State	8	14	2 September 1963		Tour Match
South Africa	6	22	7 September 1963	(Boet Erasmus), Port Elizabeth	Test Match

See also

• History of rugby union matches between Australia and South Africa