SOUTH AFRICA RUGBY JERSEYS - SPRINGBOKS

SOUTH AFRICA 1937 - FREDDIE TURNER v NEW ZEALAND No 26

SOUTH AFRICA 1937 JERSEY - FREDDIE TURNER No 26 - The jersey is believed to have been exchanged with Doug Dalton during the 1937 Test Series and donated by Dalton to the Rugby Pub Museum, Auckland Collection. The jersey originates from this collection. During the 1937 Sprinboks v All Blacks test series, Freddie Turner played in all three test matches, scoring tries in the 2nd and 3rd tests. This was the first series victory by any team in New Zealand and maintained the Springboks dominance of world rugby, they were unbeaten in a test series between 1903 and 1956.

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no label double ply elasticated cuffs	embroidered directly onto the jersey with a double lined cotton backing to the reverse.	Black numbers sewn directly onto a white patch with black cotton, the white patch is then sewn onto the jersey with white cotton around the border and diagonally from corner to corner. What is unusual with this jersey is that the number 2 has some unfinished re-inforced stitching in black that was applied after the patch was put on the jersey.

Ref: WRM-0044-mmjyin.sa1937venz-turner26-WRM-rssss

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SOUTH AFRICA 1964 v WALES JERSEY - NELIE SMITH

date:	1964
manufacturer	Safnit
badge	embroidered
number	stitched directly to jersey
size:	42"

A No 9 South Africa international jersey from the collection of Clive Rowlands, Wales 1963-65. The jersey was worn by the Springbok scrum half Cornelius Michael 'Nelie' Smith (7 caps 1963-65) in the 24-3 victory over Wales. This was Wales' heaviest defeat for 40 years, at three points a piece at half time the Springboks powerful forwards dominated possession to add 21 unanswered points in the second half including a try by Nelie Smith in this jersey. 1964 was the 75th jubilee year for the South African Rugby Union and the badge used on this jersey was only used during 1963 and 1964.

badge	inside badge	number	inside number	label	label reverse
					not available, stitched top and bottom

Ref: WRM-0972-mmjyin.sa1964vewa-smith9-rysss

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SOUTH AFRICA - CORNE KRIGE v NEW ZEALAND

at Dunedin, 10th July 1999.

A jersey from one of the finest Springbok flankers to have worn the gold and green. Krige made his debut against Italy in 1999 captaining the side on his debut. This jersey is from his second international appearance also as captain against the All Blacks at Dunedin, the opening match of the 1999 Tri Nations series. Unfortunately, the Western Province man suffered a serious knee injury just 10 minutes into the fixture and was replaced. The All Blacks were comfortable winners, 28-0.

The jersey, a short sleeved (trimmed) No 6 by Nike, size XXL was worn by Corne Krige, the Springbok captain and sold by Krige for his designated charity in his Western Province farewell week.