▁defeat ▁by ▁winning ▁the ▁four - match ▁test ▁series ▁ 2 – 1 ▁with ▁one ▁draw . ▁Later ▁that ▁same ▁year ▁the ▁Spring b oks ▁tou red ▁Europe , ▁and ▁they ▁defeated ▁all ▁four ▁Home ▁un ions ▁for ▁their ▁fourth ▁Grand ▁S lam . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁British ▁L ions ▁tour ▁to ▁South ▁Africa ▁lost ▁all ▁three ▁tests . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁the ▁tour ing ▁Wall ab ies ▁beat ▁the ▁Spring b oks ▁in ▁consecutive ▁tests , ▁the ▁first ▁team ▁to ▁do ▁so ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 6 ▁British ▁team . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁in ▁Wales ' ▁first ▁over se as ▁tour ▁they ▁played ▁one ▁test ▁match ▁against ▁South ▁Africa , ▁losing ▁ 3 – 2 4 , ▁their ▁biggest ▁defeat ▁in ▁ 4 0 ▁years . ▁ ▁South ▁Africa ▁had ▁a ▁poor ▁year ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁losing ▁matches ▁in ▁a ▁tour ▁of ▁Ireland ▁and ▁Scotland , ▁and ▁in ▁a ▁tour ▁of ▁Australia ▁and ▁New ▁Zealand . ▁ ▁The ▁planned ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁tour ▁by ▁the ▁All ▁Black s ▁was ▁cancel led ▁by ▁the ▁New ▁Zealand ▁Rugby ▁Football ▁Union ▁after ▁the ▁South ▁African ▁government ▁refused ▁to ▁allow ▁Ma ori ▁players . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁the ▁L ions ▁tou red ▁and ▁lost ▁three ▁Test s ▁and ▁drew ▁one . ▁ ▁Next ▁year ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 9 – 7 0 ▁Spring b ok ▁tour ▁to ▁the ▁UK ▁and ▁Ireland ▁the