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Cavaliers weren't the official team of NZ and weren't sectioned by the government of the time. NZRFU thumbed their noses at the government and the nz people who were against apartheid. Players who toured later admitted they had been paid in diamonds (were they blood diamonds) They played at the expense of those South african who were subject to racism and abuse. If it wasn't for our stance against apartheid if it wasn't for our belief in justice, SA may not be the entity it is now. You have a lot to be proud of now with the success of the boks, but don't confuse your past successes with anything meanful on the world stage.1986 tour shouldn't have happened and I'm pretty sure today's it wouldn't. 1986 rugby between a nz team and boks is nothing to be proud of.
How a court can stop a sporting team from touring another country for whatever fancy reason in a supposedly FREE society is still a mystery to me. Whist I didn’t agree with apartheid this was wrong too as I believed then and believe now.
As the only protestor arrested and charged in 1960, judge hit me with a hundred pounds penalty , it was an enormous satisfaction to be in the leading group that charged and occupied the rugby park Hamilton and we cancelled the game. We did not stop the tour but we knew we had won the war. I still choke up when I recall Mandela described the news as ''the sun had come out from the clouds''
`Skinner was not ''an ex-boxer'', he had been a champion amateur boxer as a teenager but had focused on rugby even at that stage and has not boxed in 10 years, and never again.
The abiding myth of the 1976 Olympic boycott needs to be scotched once & for all. it was a perfect excuse for cash strapped African countries not to attend. When asked Kaunda confirmed this in 1992 making it clear that attending The Olympics was not a cheap exercise. At least until 1984!
Love this history long live south Africa and New Zealand. Moari we apologise to you for the unfair trestment. We love you kiwis. We are brothers. Warriors in Rugby. 2023 as well. AUSTRALIA please come back to Rugby. We both need you.
As a youngster growing up in Manenberg the hatred was so strong that we all went for the All Blacks.We never had the opportunity to Learn an African language which I still felt today was such an injustice .Times has changed now we Sing combined National Anthem. Which is more About God help Africa.
Fascinating video and very enjoyable. With the advent of the "second tier" nations raising playing standards from the bottom up, the RWC holders must be seen as the best in the world. In a way, SA is undergoing the same experience as players that were not brought up in a rugby household are given the opportunity to play. Professionalism breeds pragmatism in terms of selection and the better player will get the nod 99.99% of the time, and that's exactly as it should be. SA now has a huge catchment pool for its rugby players, growing every time they win the RWC. I suspect that as long as internal politics are kept out of the way, that SA will dominate world rugby for some time to come
Growing up with rugby league in Sydney, and not being a private school boy myself, I was unaware of the considerable traditions of rugby union discussed in this excellent video. Where I lived, union was an archaic amateur sport played by men who weren't good enough to play league (sorry, but it's true). Russell Fairfax and Ray Price switched to league with great success, and were immediately banished from rugby union. I was unaware there was even a Rugby World Cup until the 1990's. When the Wallabies won the RWC, Australia in fact were world champions in a sport which was barely heard of back home. Rugby is now professional like all other football codes, wonderfully bringing it into the modern era. League stars can nowadays switch to rugby union where there is no salary cap like league. Few ever choose to do so. Presently, the Wallabies are sliding downwards as they have no league stars in the team and most Pacific Island stars are busy making money in the National Rugby League, the world's premier club rugby competition.
@@brianodriscoll2725 Yes I know the RWC is an excellent tournament once every four years. The NRL is a club competition with 17 teams from Australia and NZ. Remember, league is a professional game which can only be played in nations which can afford a professional competition. (Please note that France would have had its own NRL if the Nazi-sponsored Vichy regime had not confiscated all of the French rugby league’s considerable assets and given them over to the rugby union).
39:45 I was up in the stands to the left behind this kick (in a Wallabies Jersey). What a great moment it was! Today's Wallabies are hopeless and hapless and I gave up on them years ago.
But isnt it suspicious that the first time they have a neutral ref in SA NZ wins and since neutral refs SA record against NZ is shocking even in SA.Also no colored players were allowed to play in SA up till recent times so SA never got the full measure
Fitzpatrick was a real fucking drama queen, bashing the ground for what? It's only a game mate, not a war, if it was a war your arse would have been toast.
Matches in South Africa: pARTISAnS ReFeReeS Matches in NZ: GReaT SiDE whO diN'T CHeAt aNd iF it dID, It ChEATED To NOt BE IntiMiDatED Not biased documentary at all...
Awesome documentary South Africa are still at the top of World Rugby, so is New Zealand but WR have changed the game where it no longer a game between Nations but more to bridge the gap between the NH & the SH who have dominated the RWC since 1987. We now have countries playing with import players eligible on 3yr Residency that can now play against their country of birth. Seems to go against the spirit of a country and who we are. Professional Contracts playing for clubs not a worry but not International Test Matches or ban players playing against their country of birth in these teams but ok against other teams. My opinion.
🇳🇿 *THE UNTOUCHABLES* 🇳🇿 CRAIG DOWD OLO BROWN FITZPATRICK WHITELOCK RETALLICK MEADS - C MCCAW *BUCK - V.C* GRAHAM BACHOP D.C MA'A NONU REIKO IOANE JONAH KIRWIN CULLEN *IMPACT* WOODCOCK HAYMAN MEALAMU ALI WILLIAMS *MICHAEL JONES* AARON SMITH BEAUDEN BARRETT *WILL JORDAN* Next 7 to make the team in order. Kieran Read Zinny Ben Smith Andy Haden Kronfield Joe Roks Andrew Mehrtens
It is great for world rugby that the British and Irish Lions concept has continued in the professional era when some thought it might come to an end with the emphasis for the 4 home unions being the RWC every 4 years rather than Lions tours. Another unique fact about the Lions is that they are the only International rugby team that does not play in RWC tournaments for obvious reasons.
Not so unique the New Zealand Maori team play Internationals as well, and don't play in the RWC too. All Blacks our main team, may see some Maoris playing for them, pale face one's too.
Im still sick over the fact that he never fought Tyson. Tyson really did his best to avoid every other hard punching iron chinned pressure fighter his entire career.
Me and my family fleed chch after the February earthquake we were crying taking off in the plane bound for Palmerton north as we didn't know if we would see extended family again. We finally returned to christchurch a month later
