South Africa v England Rugby Union 1972

[richardwoods]

Does anyone know if any footage of this test match exist? Television in SA did not exist at the time as its development was suppressed by the white minority government for political reasons. I would seriously doubt that the BBC thought it worth sending a team to cover the tour back then but not sure if any cinema film footage for news-reals were made, SA being Rugby mad I would be surprised if they weren't. It would be good to see some of what was a rare and famous England victory in the 1970s?

[richardwoods]

Just to bump this thread to see if anyone new on the forum has any ideas on this.

[Deleted]

that might be a question for the BBC Archives, England Rugby team or maybe the SA team (since they could have filmed it an kept it for a later date to be shown).

[richardwoods]

Cheers, will give it a go!