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British and Irish Lions 1974 tour to South Africa
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/British_and_Irish_Lions_1974_tour_to_South_Africa
GPTKB entity
Statements (43)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:rugby_sevens
gptkbp:captain
gptkb:Willie_John_McBride
gptkbp:coach
gptkb:Syd_Millar
gptkbp:destination
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:draws
1
gptkbp:endDate
1974-07-27
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
British and Irish Lions 1974 tour to South Africa
gptkbp:location
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:South_West_Africa
gptkb:Rhodesia
gptkbp:matchesLost
0
gptkbp:matchesPlayed
22
gptkbp:matchesWon
21
gptkbp:mediaCoverage
extensive
gptkbp:nickname
gptkb:The_Invincibles
gptkbp:notableEvent
99 call
gptkbp:notableFor
The tour is considered one of the greatest achievements in rugby union history
The '99 call' was a pre-arranged team response to on-field violence
gptkbp:notablePlayer
gptkb:Andy_Irvine
gptkb:Phil_Bennett
gptkb:Fergus_Slattery
gptkb:Gareth_Edwards
gptkb:Mervyn_Davies
gptkb:JPR_Williams
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team
gptkbp:politicalContext
gptkb:apartheid_South_Africa
gptkbp:significance
first Lions team to go unbeaten in a full tour
gptkbp:startDate
1974-05-11
gptkbp:team
gptkb:British_and_Irish_Lions
gptkbp:testMatchesDrawn
1
gptkbp:testMatchesLost
0
gptkbp:testMatchesWon
3
gptkbp:testRuns
4
gptkbp:testSeriesResult
Lions won 3-0 (1 drawn)
gptkbp:testVenue
gptkb:Newlands,_Cape_Town
Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Kings Park, Durban
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
gptkbp:tourManager
Alun Thomas
gptkbp:unbeaten
true
gptkbp:year
1974
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Phil_Bennett
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7