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.[1]
Matches
Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.