1976 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa

1976 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa
Manager Noel Stanley
Tour captain(s) Andy Leslie
Summary
P W D L
Total
24 18 0 6
Test match
4 1 0 3
Opponent
P W D L
 South Africa
4 1 0 3

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 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, Billy 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]

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

Matches

Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first.

Opposing Team For Against Date Venue Status
Border/North East Cape24030 June 1976Border R.U. Ground, East LondonTour Match
Eastern Province28153 July 1976Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port ElizabethTour Match
South African Proteas2537 July 1976Goodward, Cape TownTour Match
SA Invitation XV312410 July 1976Newlands, Cape TownTour Match
Boland42614 July 1976Boland Stadium, WellingtonTour Match
Western Province111217 July 1976Newlands, Cape TownTour Match
SA Gazelles211520 July 1976Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port ElizabethTour Match
South Africa71624 July 1976Kings Park, DurbanTest Match
Western Transvaal42328 July 1976Olen Park, PotchefstroomTour Match
Transvaal121031 July 1976Ellis Park, JohannesburgTour Match
South African Universities2194 August 1976Loftus Versfeld, PretoriaTour Match
Eastern Transvaal26127 August 1976Pam Brink Stadium, SpringsTour Match
Orange Free State Country Invitation XV31610 August 1976Welkom Ground, WelkomTour Match
South Africa15914 August 1976Free State Stadium, BloemfonteinTest Match
Quagga-Barbarians323118 August 1976Ellis Park, JohannesburgTour Match
Northern Transvaal272921 August 1976Loftus Versfeld, PretoriaTour Match
Transvaal Country Invitation XV481324 August 1976Witbank Ground, WitbankTour Match
Natal421328 August 1976King's Park, DurbanTour Match
Leopards31031 August 1976Mdantsana, East LondonTour Match
South Africa10154 September 1976Newlands, Cape TownTest Match
NW Cape Invitation XV34176 September 1976Danie Kuys Stadium, UpingtonTour Match
Orange Free State101511 September 1976Free State Stadium, BloemfonteinTour Match
Griqualand West26314 September 1976de Beers Stadium, KimberlyTour Match
South Africa141518 September 1976Ellis Park, JohannesburgTest Match

Touring party

Name Position Local Club Province (NZRU) Age (in 1976) Height Occupation Caps
Kit Fawcett Fullback NZ Universities Auckland 22 6'1" Student –
Laurie Mains Fullback Southern Otago 30 5'11" Land Agent 4
Grant Batty Three-quarters Otumoetai Cadets Bay of Plenty 24 5'5" Manager 10
Terry Mitchell Three-quarters Linwood Canterbury 25 5'8" Carpenter –
Bill Osborne Three-quarters Kaierau Wanganui 20 5'9" Stock agent 1
Neil Purvis Three-quarters Wanaka Otago 24 5'10" Farmer 1
Bruce Robertson Three-quarters Ardmore College Counties 23 6'1" Teacher 10
Bryan Williams Three-quarters Ponsonby Auckland 25 5'10" Lawyer 22
Doug Bruce Five-eighth Oxford Canterbury 28 5'10" Teacher –
Lyn Jaffray Five-eighth Eastern Otago 25 5'10" Lamb buyer 3
Joe Morgan Five-eighth Mid-Northern North Auckland 30 5'10" Farmer 2
Duncan Robertson Five-eighth Zingari-Richmond Otago 29 5'10" Builder 6
Lyn Davis Scrum-half Suburbs Canterbury 32 5'8" Commercial grower 1
Sid Going Scrum-half Mid-Northern North Auckland 32 5'7" Farmer 22
Andy Leslie No. 8 Petone Wellington 31 6'2" Mercer 6
Alan Sutherland No. 8 Opawa Marlborough 31 6'3" Shearer 11
Kevin Eveleigh Flanker Feilding Manawatu 28 6'0" Farm contractor –
Ian Kirkpatrick Flanker Ngapata Poverty Bay 29 6'3" Farmer 30
Lawrie Knight Flanker Ngapata Poverty Bay 26 6'3" Doctor –
Ken Stewart Flanker Balfour Southland 23 6'0" Farmer 7
Hamish Macdonald Lock Kaikohe North Auckland 28 6'3" Farmer 9
Frank Oliver Lock Invercargill Marist Southland 27 6'3" Tree Planter –
Gary Seear Lock Southern Otago 24 6'5" Draughtsman –
Peter Whiting Lock Ponsonby Auckland 29 6'6" Teacher 16
Billy Bush Prop Belfast Canterbury 27 6'1" Commercial fisherman 4
Brad Johnstone Prop North Shore Auckland 25 6'3" Builder –
Kent Lambert Prop Technical College Old Boys Manawatu 24 5'11" Shearer 6
Kerry Tanner Prop New Brighton Canterbury 29 6'2" Publican 6
Graeme Crossman Hooker Eastern Districts Bay of Plenty 30 5'10" Teacher –
Tane Norton Hooker Linwood Canterbury 32 6'0" Company representative 19
Perry Harris Prop (tour replacement) Te Kawau Manawatu 30 6'1" Farmer –

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References

  1. ↑ Fortuin, Gregory (20 July 2006). "It's time to close the final chapter". The New Zealand Herald.
  2. ↑ "On This Day 17 July 1976". bbc.co.uk. 17 July 1976. Retrieved 17 January 2007.
  3. ↑ Rugby: Once was hatred, New Zealand Herald, 18 April 2010
  4. 1 2 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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