The 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) - in fact, the 1992 SA Barbarian side that played against Transvaal featured Philippe Sella (Fra), Philippe Saint-André (Fra), Peter Winterbottom (Eng) and Willie Ofahengaue (Aus)
As with other "Barbarian " clubs internationally the club has struggled to get fixtures in the professional era although it hosted a touring Welsh XV in June 1993 when (despite the inclusion of nine Springboks and three Namibian internationals) Wales ran out comfortable winners, 56-17. The SA Barbarians subsequently toured to the UK later on in the same year.
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