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to handle and the backs from both teams found themselves unable to interact in the game with any real purpose. The game ended in a 3–3 draw, and Roos took the opportunity after the game to again address the legacy of the Boer War, proclaiming, "...this tour will do far more to calm the troubled waters of South African life than years of legislation." Although a match against France was planned at the end of the tour, the game was not officially recognised, and the England encounter was Roos' final international game, ending with a record of played four, won three, drawn one.
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by the rest of the players to be the team captain. After being given the captaincy, Roos addressed the team by stating, "I would like to make absolutely clear at the outset we are not English-speaking or Afrikaans-speaking, but a band of happy South African"; as the tour took place just several years after the end of the
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and Roos was fit enough to lead his team out against international opposition for the third time. Conditions for the match were poor; the pitch resembled a morass and a drizzle that began half an hour before the kick off continued throughout the game. After 20 minutes the ball was extremely difficult
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winning season in 1905 and a win over the All Blacks in the 'Game of the Century'. The Glamorgan team that had run the South Africans close earlier in the tour had contained twelve internationals, and the Welsh were keen for revenge. Despite this, Roos was a popular figure in Wales, and with his deep
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In 1906 Roos was part of the first overseas touring South African team. The bulk of the team was made up of Western Province players, who had recently won the Currie Cup. Roos, who was the only player not to have undertaken a trial for the match as he was seen as a certainty for the team, was elected
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were worse than the England game, and after Roos lost the toss, the Welsh took advantage of the weather, using the wind to keep the ball behind the South Africans and choosing to dribble rather than handle the ball. The tour appeared to have caught up with the Springboks, who appeared slow, allowing
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while representing Western Province; the game ending in a 3–3 draw at Newlands. After his performance for Western Province, Roos was selected to represent the South African national team in 1903 in the final Test against the British Isles. The first two Test matches had both ended in draws, and when
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at centre prevented the pair's normal open game. South Africa scored three tries without reply, dominating the game 11–0. At the final whistle the South African supporters, assisted by Welsh fans, rushed onto the pitch and carried Roos from the field. Roos later stated that 'he considered it to be
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How pleasantly the Tour passed over from first to last. What hospitality we enjoyed, even in private homes. Never could a team wish for better treatment, both from governing bodies and from spectators, than was accorded to us. Coming as it did just after the Anglo-Boer War, the 1906 team probably
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As the tour headed towards its end, the South African's took control of the matches once again, beating Lancashire narrowly, but with decisive wins over Cumberland, Surrey and Cornwall. The team then returned to Wales for the last three games of the British leg of their tour. Continuing their
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A devout Christian, Roos was a popular rugby player and was chosen by his own teammates to captain the 1906 tour. Throughout the tour he saw the campaign as an attempt to improve the relationship between his fellow countrymen and the British after the events of the Second Boer War.
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of the Stellenbosch Boys' High School, formerly Stellenbosch Gymnasium, of which he was a former pupil and teacher. He held this post for thirty years and retired in 1940. In 1941 the name of Stellenbosch Boys' High School was changed to
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The tour to Britain, Ireland and France took in 29 matches, including Test games against the four Home Nations and a non-Test with the French national team. The tour began with great expectations, as the previous season had seen
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Cardiff to score four tries without reply. For only the second time on the tour, the South Africans had been beaten, this time by a convincing 17–0 scoreline. At the after-match dinner at the Queen's Hotel in
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impressive voice and "pronounced Dutch accent", he had spoken at church meetings throughout the tour; and Roos' cordial manner had paid dividends earlier in the tour after the game against
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tour Britain with incredible success. The first 15 games were against club and county teams, with the South Africans victorious in every encounter, though they were run close by a strong
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in Paris on 3 January 1907, just two days after the Cardiff defeat. Despite coming from a bad defeat played in sapping conditions, Paul Roos' team beat the French side 55–6.
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team, but was such a devout Christian, he refused to play or travel on a Sunday. This led to Roos refusing to play for the Western Province team in the
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of 1904 as it would mean he would need to travel on a Sunday. The Western Province captain wrote to a professor at
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the greatest honour of his life to be borne triumphant from the ground by supporters of his beaten opponents'.
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Paul Roos, Springbok Captain, of the first South African touring rugby team to the British Isles in 1906
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impressive form, South Africa beat a Monmouthshire team and then Roos lead his team in a victory over
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This article is about the South African rugby player. For the Australian rules footballer, see
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then printed an article referring to the 'Springboks'. The trip helped heal wounds after the
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for "Uncle Polla", "Polla" being a pet name for "Paul") was one of the first South African
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Tours of Reconciliation: Rugby, War and Reconstruction in South Africa, 1891–1907; pg 12
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Joint photo of Oxford University and the Springboks, the game in which Roos was injured.
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It was during the tour that the South African national rugby union team's nickname,
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member of parliament for Stellenbosch in 1948. He died on 22 September 1948.
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The final match of the series was against a France XV, and was played at the
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played no small part in healing the breach and restoring pleasant relations.
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The match against Wales was set for 1 December 1906, and was played at
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Prince Gwyn, Gwyn Nicholls and the First Golden Era of Welsh Rugby
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team. The first international encounter for the team was against
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and instilled a sense of national pride in the South Africans.
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the South Africans won, they took their first series against a
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The game against Wales was the most anticipated of the tour.
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had been unofficially crowned the World's best team after a
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on the wings, and captained by talismanic three-quarter
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on 30 October 1880 and completed his education there.
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in 1906. Roos was born near the South African town of
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Before his first international match Roos faced the
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Roos recollections of the 1906 tour, spoken in 1931
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Paul Roos (Australian rules footballer)

Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch Gymnasium
Gideon Roos
Western Province
South Africa
Afrikaans
Springbok
rugby union
first South African rugby team to tour overseas
Britain
Stellenbosch
Victoria College
Western Province
Currie Cup
Stellenbosch University
Gideon Roos
1903 touring British Isles
British team

Vincent Cartwright
Second Boer War
the Original All Blacks
Glamorgan County
Scotland
Oxford University
Paddy Carolin
Ireland

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