1976_New_Zealand_rugby_union_tour_of_South_Africa

1976 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa

1976 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa

New Zealand rugby fixtures

In 1976 the All Blacks toured South Africa, with the blessing of the then-newly elected New Zealand Prime Minister, Rob Muldoon.[1] Twenty-five African nations, Afghanistan, Albania, Burma, Guyana, Iraq and Sri Lanka protested against this by boycotting the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[2] In their view the All Black tour gave tacit support to the apartheid regime in South Africa. The five Maori players on the tour, Bill Bush, Sid Going, Kent Lambert, Bill Osborne and Tane Norton, as well as ethnic-Samoan Bryan Williams, were offered honorary white status in South Africa. Bush asserts that he was deliberately provocative toward the apartheid regime while he was there.[3]

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The All Blacks achieved a record of 18 wins and 6 losses, and they lost the test series 3–1.

Matches

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References

  1. [1]
    Fortuin, Gregory (20 July 2006). "It's time to close the final chapter". The New Zealand Herald.
  2. [2]
    "On This Day 17 July 1976". bbc.co.uk. 17 July 1976. Retrieved 17 January 2007.
  3. [3]
    Rugby: Once was hatred, The New Zealand Herald, 18 April 2010
  4. [4]
    McLean, Terry, Goodbye to Glory: The 1976 All Black Tour of South Africa. Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed Ltd., 1976. ISBN 0-589-01008-5
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