AFTERMATH: RUGBY WORLD CUP

Record ID: 892914

  • Title: AFTERMATH: RUGBY WORLD CUP
  • Date: 26th June 1995
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  • City: JOHANNESBURG
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: 95JUN26V01
  • Story Text:AFTERMATH: RUGBY WORLD CUP:
    INTERVIEWS WITH DT MIKE OWEN, ALL BLACK TEAMì
    DOCTOR; BRIAN LOCHORE, CAMPAIGN MANAGER & HELDERì
    PEREIRA, SOUTHERN SUN GROUP CHIEF OPERATINGì
    EXECUTIVE re Food poisoning of the All Blacks

    13.02.39 ALL BLACK TEAM DOCTOR, DR MIKE OWEN
    IT CAME ON RAPIDLY THURSDAY AT 17:00 - WITHIN 5-6ì
    HRS 2 THIRDS OF SQUAD AFFECTED BY VOMITING &ì
    DIAHORREA We have done tests to try find out theì
    cause of the illness but laboratory tests haveì
    shown no source of bacteria - THAT LEAVES IT OPENì
    TO CONJECTURE TO CAUSE
    13.03.51 JEFF WILSON & ANDREW MEHRTENS = SEVERELYì
    AFFECTED
    13.04.22 I was pretty happy come Saturday morningì
    that the team had made a very good physicalì
    recovery from the illness the only one who wasì
    possible still struggling at that stage was Jeffì
    Wilson although he actually stated that he felt OKì
    clearly he wasn't OK the fact that he couldn'tì
    last the 80 minutes in the game and had to comeì
    off because he had run out of energy butì
    physically I felt the team had made a very goodì
    recovery and as you are aware the impact of theì
    illness on Thursday Friday caused a considerableì
    disruption in the team's prepations so pobablyì
    mentally it had more of an impact than physically.

    13.07.24 BRIAN LOCHORE CAMPAIGN MANAGER
    Probably more mentally than physically...someì
    players that weren't up to scratch on Saturday...
    13.08.06 REASON FOR DEFEAT? No certainly notì
    within our camp. We know it was a disruptiveì
    period & it did annoy us because clearly it was aì
    big game & you wanted a smooth passage into it butì
    certainly we haven't used it as an excuse forì
    being beaten. I think we were fairly beaten on theì
    day - unfortunately it took a 100 minutes to doì
    it.
    13.08.41 NO EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS DELIBERATEì
    ATTEMPT TO POISON ALL BLACKS
    13.09.24 THURSDAY'S LUNCH
    13.16.50 EXT GV'S OF HOTEL

    14.13.13 SOUTHERN SUN GROUP CHIEF OPERATINGì
    EXECUTIVE, HELDER PEREIRA ...major concern wasì
    that the All Black team was eating outside theì
    hotel premises....
    14.14.23 ...if the allegations are that there wasì
    food poisoning & that the food poisoning wasì
    contracted at the hotel, those allegations weì
    would refute in the strongest of terms
    14.14.52 ....if they do pursue in seriousì
    allegations...we will reserve our rights to takeì
    any further action but at this stage it's not ourì
    intention to take it any further...
    14.15.31 The allegations that any food poisoningì
    contracted at the Sandton Crown Plaza, we'd sayì
    most definitely unfounded!
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