1937 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand
Opposing Team For Against Date Venue Status
Auckland 19 5 25 July 1937 Auckland Tour match
Waikato & King Country and Thames Valley 6 3 28 July 1937 Hamilton Tour match
Taranaki 17 3 31 July 1937 New Plymouth Tour match
Manawatu 39 3 4 August 1937 Palmerston North Tour match
Wellington 29 0 8 August 1937 Wellington Tour match
New Zealand 7 13 14 August 1937 Athletic Ground , Wellington Test match
Nelson , Golden Bay , Motueka , Marlborough 22 0 18 August 1937 Blenheim Tour match
Canterbury 23 8 22 August 1937 Christchurch Tour match
West Coast-Buller 31 6 26 August 1937 Greymouth Tour match
South Canterbury 43 6 28 August 1937 Timaru Tour match
New Zealand 13 6 4 September 1937 Christchurch Test match
Southland 30 17 8 September 1937 Invercargill Tour match
Otago 47 7 12 September 1937 Dunedin Tour match
Hawke 's Bay 21 12 15 September 1937 Napier Tour match
Poverty Bay , Bay of Plenty , East Coast 33 3 20 September 1937 Gisborne Tour match
New Zealand 17 6 25 September 1937 Eden Park , Auckland Test match
North Auckland 14 6 29 September 1937 Auckland Tour match
Matches in New Zealand
Scores and results list South Africa 's points tally first .
The 1937 South Africa tour to Australasia was one of the most successful Springbok tours in history, so much so that the touring team was nicknamed the Invincibles. The squad was captained by Philip Nel. The tour started on 26 June 1937 at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia with a 9-5 win over the Wallabies. The Springboks followed up the win with an emphatic 26-17 win on 17 July at the same grounds, outscoring the Wallabies 6 tries to 3 and taking the series 2-0. When the Springboks arrived in New Zealand later that year nobody expected them to win the series, as no other South African team had ever achieved the feat, and when the New Zealand leg of the tour kicked off on 14 August with a 13-7 loss to New Zealand at Athletic Park in Wellington, it seemed business as usual. Mr Nel and his men had other ideas however as they came back to deal New Zealand two convincing defeats; a 13-6 win at Lancaster Park in Christchurch and a 17-6 win at Eden Park in Auckland, taking the series 2-1. The latter translates into a 27-6 (5 try to nil) win using today's point system. The 1937 Springbok team remains the only Springbok team ever to have won a series in New Zealand and contained legendary players such as Danie Craven and Boy Louw.