South African Barbarians
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South African Barbarians is an invitational rugby union club formed in 1960 and styled along the lines of Barbarian F.C. The club is directly affiliated to the South African Rugby Union. The club was the first multi-racial South African rugby team to tour outside South Africa when it went to the United Kingdom in 1979. The club colours are a light and dark blue quartered jersey with the club badge.
The badge is similar to the badge used by the Barbarians F.C. in 1929.
Many well known international players from other countries have represented the club including Hugo Porta(Arg), Jean-Pierre Rives (Fra), Tom Grace (Ire) and Fergus Slattery (Ire).
As with other "Barbarian " clubs internationally the club has struggled to get fixtures in the professional era.
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