SOUTH AFRICA: NEW ZEALAND'S ALL BLACKS RUGBY UNION TEAM BEATEN BY PROVINCIAL SIDE WITH FIRST TEST AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA YET TO COME.
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SOUTH AFRICA: NEW ZEALAND'S ALL BLACKS RUGBY UNION TEAM BEATEN BY PROVINCIAL SIDE WITH FIRST TEST AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA YET TO COME.
- Title: SOUTH AFRICA: NEW ZEALAND'S ALL BLACKS RUGBY UNION TEAM BEATEN BY PROVINCIAL SIDE WITH FIRST TEST AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA YET TO COME.
- Date: 19th July 1976
- Summary: 1. GV All Blacks (in dark strip) attacking and scoring try 0.16 2. GV All Blacks attacking again and scoring another try 0.27 3. GV White crowd watching 0.32 4. GV Western Province attacking and missing try 0.46 5. GV Play resumes and Western Province retrieve ball from All Blacks to score try by number 14 1.07 6. GV Western Province taking conversion kick 1.15 7. GV Midfield play before final whistle 1.54 "Batty's on to the loose ball and so is Stewart - Kirkpatrick - ten metres line - Kirkpatrick - it's Jaffray; Williams outside and in the clear - Williams going for the corner. Bossy Clarke is in, and inside to Jaffray and that's four points. Osborne 22 metres; took Leslie with him, inside to Kirkpatrick - the easiest of plays to Duncan Robertson. That's Serfontein now Blair; and Snyman did not bother to look where he was. That's short left, the overlap is here (indistinct), Bossy Clark and Batty nearly the intercept, Snyman the advantage rule. Away goes Morne Du Plessis inside to Chris Pope. Weight of the world on his shoulders at the moment and he gets it. The ball kicked away, Williams will try a drop for sure if he can get himself into position, Brian Williams, spilling the ball, and this a chance - away go the Western Province with Chris Pope in the van - Bill Osborne, Bill Osborne, Osborne away up the middle for himself; back is Snyman - across - and that's it, Western Province have beaten the All Blacks and a deserved victory with tries to New Zealand by Jaffray and Duncan Robertson." This was the first defeat the All Blacks has suffered since 1973 when they lost to England at Eden Park, and it thrilled the home team's supporters. A great deal of controversy surrounds this tour by the All Blacks. It led to, among other things, a walkout at the Olympics by 21 African nations in protest against New Zealand's sporting links with South Africa. Initials CL/1845 SPORT: RUGBY UNION TELERECORDING Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 2nd August 1976 13:00
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- Location: CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
- Country: South Africa
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