1969–70 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland

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The 1969–70 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland was a rugby union tour by the South Africa national rugby union team to the Northern Hemisphere.

There were a number of anti-apartheid protests throughout the tour.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/2346183/Remembering-bitter-Springboks-tour-that-paved-a-way-for-change.html|title=Remembering bitter Springboks tour that paved a way for change|last=John Inverdale|date=20 September 2006|work=The Telegraph|publisher=Telegraph Media Group|access-date=27 April 2013}}

The controversial tour happened during the apartheid era in South Africa, and came shortly after the D'Oliveira affair. There were protests at many of the matches, by anti-apartheid campaigners, calling themselves 'Stop the Seventy Tour', organised by Peter Hain. Future British prime minister Gordon Brown was the group's Edinburgh organiser.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Rebel+with+a+cause+Hain+recalls+his+days+on+the+rugby+protest...-a094440166|title=Rebel with a cause Hain recalls his days on the rugby protest frontline.|last=Carolyn Hitt|date=19 November 2002|work=Western Mail|publisher=The Free Library|access-date=23 April 2016}}