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The British Lions rugby team leaves London to begin a controversial twenty-two-match tour of South Africa and Rhodesia.
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- 01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, May 7). The British Lions rugby team leaves London to begin a controversial twenty-two-match tour of South Africa and Rhodesia.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082733
South African History Online (2012) 'The British Lions rugby team leaves London to begin a controversial twenty-two-match tour of South Africa and Rhodesia.', South African History Online, 7 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082733 (Accessed: 6 August 2026).
South African History Online, The British Lions rugby team leaves London to begin a controversial twenty-two-match tour of South Africa and Rhodesia. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082733, (accessed 6 August 2026).
"The British Lions rugby team leaves London to begin a controversial twenty-two-match tour of South Africa and Rhodesia.." South African History Online, 7 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082733. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "The British Lions rugby team leaves London to begin a controversial twenty-two-match tour of South Africa and Rhodesia.." South African History Online. May 7, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082733.
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