I was in standard 5, Junior school, remember being totally blown away and fascinated by these super Rugby players from New Zealand, that's when I became a Life long supporter of the All Blacks, even made a scrap book with all the newspaper articles and photos ❤️
@gregbooth1551
Жыл бұрын
The straw coloured fields, along with the mystique of the Boks...blew my mind, sad that this magic has been lost.
@kevinoliver4931
2 жыл бұрын
Enjoyable channel..lots of rugby from the good old days. More test rugby from the 70s/80s please!! When rugby was rugby! 👍
@JackKinross
2 жыл бұрын
Incredible memories, I was 15 years old, it was the first time we could watch Test matches live from South Africa, all the other games were on the radio, I took in every one. Amazing rivalry with referring which was interesting to say the least. Will never forget Morgan's try, a classic ABs moment. Boks v ABs, still the ultimate for me.
@david10101961
2 жыл бұрын
Similar memories for me! I recall delayed B&W TV highlights of the earlier tour by Lochore's ABs in 1970, although I was very young then, but also getting up in the middle of the night as a teenager to watch these matches in '76. Players like Going, Kirkpatrick, Williams were my boyhood heroes. Joe Morgan's try came out of nowhere, and Super Sid's goalkicking was a revelation in this match. The third test was a disaster with the Fawcett blunder leading the Oosthuizen try, and the awful incident involving Peter Whiting's ear. The Ellispark test featured the controversial non penalty try award with the clash of the two Robertsons. It all seems like only yesterday.
@sakabula2357
2 жыл бұрын
@@david10101961 ok..that's way before my time...what happened to the guys ear?Peter Whiting
@david10101961
2 жыл бұрын
@@sakabula2357 You can see the incident in this video of the game kzitem.info/news/bejne/orBpl3mVfn12iaA Advance to 1:05:07 and watch as Springbok lock van Heerden (#5) jumps into the ruck and scrapes Whiting's ear off the side of his head. Then the Newlands crowd slow clap the All Blacks for taking too long to get Whiting's ear bandaged. He had his ear sewn back on properly after the match. The ABs didn't have any suitable replacements so he had to continue playing. That's the way it was back in those days. On the 1970 tour Colin Meads played more than 70 minutes of a match against Eastern Transvaal with a broken arm.
@sakabula2357
2 жыл бұрын
@@david10101961 Thank you..yes Rugga was another game back then..I've also heard of a guy who lost a testicle but I think that was more recent.
@henry-nr5np
2 ай бұрын
Pope could score but didn't catch hands hands ai so ai
@trinsol9794
2 жыл бұрын
The boks will always be our old foe it was bloody hard to beat them on home soil.
@contrarian717
2 жыл бұрын
You NZ fans always só diplomatic. Love you guys!
@kingrhs1
2 жыл бұрын
I was there that day,sitting in the commentator’s box with my schoolmate from Wellington College Keith Quinn. Unfortunately a week or so later at Ellis Park a South African ref stole the 4th test from a far superior All Black side. Thank god those days are over RIP Keith Murdoch You were one of New Zealand’s greats
@MarsFKA
11 ай бұрын
The South African Rugby Union was so desperate to have the all Blacks tour in 1976 that they even offered the NZRFU neutral referees for the Tests. The NZRFU turned the offer down and that was the moment when New Zealanders knew that the All Blacks were never going to win the series. South African referees traditionally had a reputation that made touring teams feel like they were playing sixteen in the opposing teams. Thing balanced out more fairly once the rules were changed to make neutral referees in Tests mandatory for all countries.
@bunnychowmuncher
9 ай бұрын
@@MarsFKA FYI The Boks were undefeated in Test Series for 55 years in a row home AND away. They won a series in NZ in 1937. If they were impossible to beat in South Africa but could not beat an egg outside of South Africa you may have a point but that is not the case. In 1992 out of all the Five Nations teams only England had beaten them in Europe. Wales even with that Brilliant 1970's team never beaten the Boks until 1999. France had won in South Africa but never in France at that stage. SA had the best record home and away out of all rugby teams in 1992. Use some logic based on real results - not bitter scapegoats and the Boks did not get up to tricks like jumping out of lineouts to win games. Its was all graft and sweat.
@speeddemon9555
2 жыл бұрын
this was a time when rugby wasn't the watered down game of league it is today, no soccer antics those days, BRING BACK RUCKING !!
@david10101961
2 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more, the game is so patterned and predictable today, with so many stoppages for TMO interference as we are forced to watch 15 different camera angle slo-mos, scrums being repeatedly reset, penalties being converted into even more scrums, red cards reducing the game to a 15 v 14 non-contest, pedantic rulings, decisions being overturned, super-pumped athletes being benched and replaced merely because they are tired. Except for the aerial pingpong, it is very much like league, players from both sides being fanned out across the field, but with an unlimited tackle count. When a team gets inside their opponent's 22, the defending side inevitably infringes and there's penalty advantages, followed by either driving mauls from lineouts or more scrums, and possible yellow cards and penalty tries as these maneuvers are near impossible to defend against without somehow infringing. And indeed you're right, they call still call them rucks but there is no rucking. JJ Stewart would be turning in his grave. :)
@gregbooth1551
Жыл бұрын
LOVE IT!!!
@user-wv4xc1us6u
2 жыл бұрын
Joe Morgan ( Mid Northern club mate of super Sid ) old school player, score a test try, up and straight back to halfway, no high fives, or pointing to the heavens.
@MrT67
2 жыл бұрын
I never knew Sid Going was a kicker. I saw Bruce Robertson play his last rep game for Counties in 1982. It was a shield challenge against Canterbury.
@alanhayward8237
2 жыл бұрын
For a short while we didn't have a recognized kicker and even Bryan Williams shared some of the kicks.
@MrAhuapai
11 ай бұрын
@@alanhayward8237 Ir wasnt a short while.When Joe Karam the AB fullback defected to league NZ took years to find a reliable kicker. In that period every one got a shot .
@napoleanbonaparte1701
2 жыл бұрын
Going goes, Going's going, Going's STILL going. He was certainly a goer.
@trace8153
2 жыл бұрын
nah it was going going GONE
@H4RedOctober
3 ай бұрын
Wow! This first test zI ever saw. Joe Morgan scored his try right in front of us. 50 years ago!
@laidsgpr63
2 ай бұрын
Great to watch the All Blacks vs Springboks !! Two of best sides on the planet !!
@alanhayward8237
2 жыл бұрын
Old AB rugby .. hard and fierce .. love it.
@Pihasanddunes1
Жыл бұрын
I note Keith Quinn mentioning AB captain Andy Leslie playing his 8th test. Leslie was in his 3rd season here, having debuted against the Wallabies in 1974 and playing in every AB test since. If this was in the modern era, with teams playing 13-14 tests per year, Leslie in his third season and having played every match he was up for would be in about his 32nd test. How times have changed.
@darren2514fv
Жыл бұрын
These 10 Tests including this series Australia (A) 3 Tests 1974 Ireland (A) 1974, Scotland (H) 1975 (The All Blacks only played 1 Test match in 1975), 1976 Ireland (H) South Africa (A) 4 Tests
@Pihasanddunes1
Жыл бұрын
Yes, imagine the modern All Blacks playing one home test per year, as they did in 1975 and 1976 and no home tests at all in 1974.
@patrickols
2 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing how different the play look’s compare to today’s game.
@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4
2 жыл бұрын
It was nuts back then, the further back you go the more rediculous it was, like no pads on the posts, no advertising signs the players run off into the crowd after scoring, people sitting down on the sidline lol 30:000 spectators and 1 cop on each side of the feild
@gregbooth1551
Жыл бұрын
@@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 according to us Kiwis lifting in the lineout was technically illegal, hence our moaning about that 1976 series!
@paul5434
8 ай бұрын
Damn that Joe Morgan tri is one of the best ive seen ❤ That pole Axe tackle he just did is to much❤
@donnybrascocoliogne819
9 ай бұрын
2023 and it's still the greatest rival in Rugby 🏉..........
@richardgrant418
8 ай бұрын
71,000 spectators - a BIG ground. But the goal posts only look big enough for a kiddies game!
@tonylove4800
2 жыл бұрын
O wow. What memories. I watched this at 15 and can clearly remember Morgan's try (of course) and Eveleigh playing like a man possessed even though he'd replaced Stewart whom I adored. We should have at least drawn that series. The refereeing was to fault but NZ turned down neutral refs! Interesting to see wingers throwing the ball into the lineout. And Going kicking for goals?? We picked Mains as a specialist fullback and he didn't play any tests. He wasn't a great fullback, sure, but he was the only goal-kicker.
@MrRobert2040
14 күн бұрын
Eveleigh was a legend.
@paul5434
8 ай бұрын
BG is the difference in my opinion his defence is destroying the South Africans. They can't get any momentum BG is the Man on this Day ❤
@floydkingi4364
Жыл бұрын
If you look hard enough you can see a few blades of grass, that ground looks as hard as rock!
@russellturner1909
2 жыл бұрын
Horah 👍👍👍 we need more of these
@user-te3jc3sl7r
Жыл бұрын
Coach JJ Stewart left out 2nd test heroes Doug Bruce and Kevin Eveleigh for the 3rd test which they lost.
@MrRobert2040
14 күн бұрын
I have to admit the coaching, particularly selection, was very suspect back in the day.
@stingray4real
3 ай бұрын
RIP Sid Going
@wellingtonian2009
2 жыл бұрын
Wow the pitch is basically a dust bowl.
@nepiahemopo1702
3 ай бұрын
Weren't they such perfect conditions! Watching it on TV in NZ.
@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4
2 жыл бұрын
The year I was born, these teams would get blitzed by a club side these days they give possession away so readily, that's nuts, southland once held possession of the ball for 20 minutes to run the clock down because they were ahead by 2 points vs counties for the ranfurly Shield, Auckland would hold possession of the ball for as long as possible and run it up , look how long the held the sheild from 1985 till 1994
@mazambane286
2 жыл бұрын
I don't believe today's players could handle this type of rugby? They're way too soft.
@peterpiper482
2 жыл бұрын
Total panic from the NZ Coach.Wouldn;t play the only fullback and goal kicker and lost the series. Don't worry about Fozzie,this tour was a disaster
@chrischilton8455
6 ай бұрын
Joe Morgan played out of his skin in this game. Beegee, Super Sid and Pole Whiting were right up there too. What a shame the home refs ruined this series. It should have at least been drawn.
@paul5434
8 ай бұрын
Damn how good was that ABs number 6 tackle. True AB rugby it's the blind side where the fu*k are you 😡😊 Its cool 😎 there he is 😊👍
@thebonecrusherofrugby3983
2 жыл бұрын
All my people that were hard asf could've made a real allblack team back then true story
@henry-nr5np
2 ай бұрын
They lost 1970 and 1976 SA were really strong
@johncourtneidge
5 ай бұрын
Interesting to see an absence of violence by either side.
@donallally4892
2 жыл бұрын
Rugby was really fierce, and the refereeing was very poor, it was like Lions and Tigers tearing at each other
@garthfairfield8043
2 жыл бұрын
Really let the field harden up for them. Dusty concrete lol
@richardgrant418
Жыл бұрын
I saw the Boks play a LOT better in Australia 5 years earlier
@huepix
2 ай бұрын
William Bush wouldn't last 5 mins on the field these days. His season would be over
@mdjcsmith
Жыл бұрын
It says Bloemfontein, but do you know which stadium this is? Over 70,000!
@antstry77
Жыл бұрын
Of course, the old Free State Stadium. The new stadium was built in its place in the mid-1990 for the RWC hosted in SA.
@antstry77
Жыл бұрын
The old Ellis Park could host almost 100k! Some estimate there were that many present in 1955 for the 1st Test between SA and the B&I Lions.
@mdjcsmith
Жыл бұрын
@@antstry77 No way?? Was this Free State Stadium mainly seated or standing room only? I remember it from the early 90s with the athletics track, but the stands seemed much smaller than what I can see here
@antstry77
Жыл бұрын
@@mdjcsmith it was mainly seating room, from what I remember during my visits in the 80's and early 90's. You are right, it was the same one with the athletics track which made way for the new Free State Stadium built for the 1995 RWC. I think they might have used additional temporary stands for the tests vs NZ in 1976 and the Lions in 1980, but don't hold me to that!😉
@mdjcsmith
Жыл бұрын
@@antstry77 thanks mate. I wonder if there's any old photos of those bumper crowds somewhere.
@santiagogarciapinto8188
Жыл бұрын
Those were mens. No stupid red cards. No line and maul, you only need talent and strategy! You cant seen that today.
@jamescooper-hope6930
2 жыл бұрын
29 countries boycotted the Montreal Olympics because this tour by the ABs was given the green light. Why did NZ rugby continue to appease apartheid South Africa? A shameful part of our history.
@seanharrington730
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed, it wasn't just NZ, the Lions were there in 1980, shameful all around
@4Q_4Q2
9 ай бұрын
What's more shameful is that the racist policies in SA are worse today. SA is the only country in the world that has policies that protect the majority against the minority. Over 100 000 whites murdered by blacks since 1994, and the world says nothing. The world fought against segregation back then, but i guess murdering people today is ok.
@bighardman33
2 жыл бұрын
Was Colin Meads playing?
@seanharrington730
2 жыл бұрын
No, retired in 1971
@stevebrown9387
2 жыл бұрын
Did they water the pitch in 70s
@johnsmith-ht3sy
2 жыл бұрын
South African winters are freezing cold and dry, no rain, ground becomes concrete.
@Go_for_it652
2 жыл бұрын
This contest resulted in a boycott of the 1976 Montreal Olympics by African Nations.
@johnsmith-ht3sy
2 жыл бұрын
Nobody missed them.
@MrAhuapai
2 жыл бұрын
People forget that rugby ruined the Olympics that year. Because of this tour by NZ to SA African countries boycotted the Montreal games. No neutral refs at the time meant that it was very difficult to win away so the Boks won.NZ benefitted in a twist of fate because John Walker of NZ won the 1500 gold because the world record holder Filbert Bayi of Tanzania was unable to compete.
@simpslayer7839
2 жыл бұрын
How you remember something so old
@MrAhuapai
2 жыл бұрын
@@simpslayer7839 The seventies is something we would call in living memory
@Rotowhaka
Жыл бұрын
And from all account, they (Montreal in particular and Canada) were really filthy at NZ, to the point if you were a Kiwi at those games it was better to say you were were a Aussie
@NoName-hg6cc
11 ай бұрын
"Non neutral referees meant it was difficult to win away" goes for Boks too....
@MrAhuapai
11 ай бұрын
@@simpslayer7839 I remember the event and the time pretty clearly. I also researched an article on OAU boycott the Montreal Olympics
@millerbiz
2 жыл бұрын
When I played school boy rugby you never celebrated a try.
@icemn
2 жыл бұрын
was daar nie water in 1976 nie? Die gras se nee… ek wil nie op daai pitch getackle word nie… se moer…
@antstry77
2 жыл бұрын
Tipiese wintersdag in Bloem...
@colincorn8678
Ай бұрын
Can see how Snyman got selected -it was courtesy of Doc Craven.He was shite
@Longtack55
2 жыл бұрын
The All Blacks often were represented by farmers, lawyers and teachers.
@sakabula2357
2 жыл бұрын
Same with SA those days..few policemen and SADF members as well
@admiralbenbow5083
2 жыл бұрын
So was everybody else.
@johnsmith-ht3sy
2 жыл бұрын
And nobody got sponsored or payed.
@sakabula2357
2 жыл бұрын
@@johnsmith-ht3sy Got a couple of beers after the game at most..good times
@stuarth43
2 жыл бұрын
i was there, pretty tame and nowhere near as good as today's GAME, used to wrestle with Billy Bush on the Whakatane wharf 1964 Brian Williams could foot it today, Kirky, Going Robertson, Murgon, Whiting
@bodgiesteve8849
2 жыл бұрын
union was just as scrappy back then, as it is now.
@thebonecrusherofrugby3983
2 жыл бұрын
They didn't want Maoris to enter there country back then how racist
@ruthcarter1360
2 жыл бұрын
Same racist scenario back in 1976, in South Africa 🧐 no players of colour, aah wasn't Bryan Williams their no 11 Samoan? He was brilliant and so fast awesome 👍
@richardmcgrath9729
2 жыл бұрын
The 1960 tour was last racially selected All Blacks team to Africa.. obviously BG Williams in 1970 and again in 76 plus Sid Going and Billy Bush
@ruthcarter1360
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 👍 yeah Bryan Williams 😍 was my ultimate hero
@richardmcgrath9729
2 жыл бұрын
@@ruthcarter1360 Same here..even though I'm from Wellington he was as big a hero as he was to all my AK friends...huge thighs...speed.. devastating sidestep and Elvis 68 Comeback Special looks and sideburns!
@ruthcarter1360
2 жыл бұрын
He was fantastic role model and built as solid as a rock 💖, no 11 Jersey forever 💜
@firmfoundation7421
2 жыл бұрын
Rugged as!
@tumanako7312
Жыл бұрын
Racist playing racist, f u nz for letting this happen
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