A Brief Recollection of the 1969 Australian Schoolboys Rugby Tour to South Africa. (Part 2) By Greg Cornelsen HISTORY OF THE ASRU: #1: 1969 TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA (Part 2) The trials for the South African tour were hosted at Shore School’s Northbridge Oval in Sydney in early July 1969. My only recollection of the trials was Russell Fairfax’s brilliance. Brian Haywood and I were selected from The Armidale School. I asked our school coach why Albert Age, a PNG boy, wasn’t considered, which was my introduction to SA’s apartheid. Very fortunately for me and several of the boys, the touring party was to be a U17 Australian Schoolboys side. An U18 side would have been much stronger of course. I was selected as a lock having only ever played as a #8, another lucky break. I only told that to coach Bill Toft when we were on the flight to … Continued
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