South African Rugby Board
The South African Rugby Board was the
South Africa under Apartheid
.
On 23 March 1992 the non-racial South African Rugby Union (SARU) and the South African Rugby Board (SARB) were merged to form the South African Rugby Football Union (SARFU).[1] The unified body changed its name in 2005 to the current South African Rugby Union.[citation needed]
Names
The Board had different names over the years. They are detailed below:[1]
- 1889: South African Football Board (SAFB);
- 1894: South African Rugby Football Board (SARFB);
- 1978: South African Rugby Board (SARB) – Suid-Afrikaanse Rugbyraad (SARR), absorbing the South African Rugby Football Federation (SARFF) and the South African Rugby Association (SARA).
See also
External links
References
- ^ a b de Wet, Wouter Jacobus (June 2021). 'n Geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse Rugbyraad (SARR): Ontstaan, ontwikkeling en vroeë bedrywighede, 1889-1956 (PDF) (PhD thesis) (in Afrikaans). Universiteit van die Vrystaat. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2023.