 The tour squad had eight white players (SARB), eight coloured players (SARFF) and eight black players (SARA/SARU) and was managed by Chick Henderson, formerly of Oxford University RFC, Richmond RFC, Coventry RFC and Transvaal RFC and who had gained nine caps for Scotland.Attempts were made from the start to integrate the squad's three ethnic groups, with six of the eight white Barbarians rooming with black or coloured teammates on the first overnight stay.The squad was coached in English despite only two of the twenty four using English as their first language whilst tour singing was often in Xhosa.