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1956 rugby ball and John Minto helmet from Te Papa

Simon Morton looks at the connection between two items from the Te Papa collection: the rugby ball used in the deciding test of the 1956 Springbok tour and 1981 anti-apartheid protester John Minto’s helmet.

This video Appears In 2 Articles:

  • All Black- Maori protest poster
    1981 Springbok tour
  • Sound clip: Yvette Williams at the 1952 Olympics
    The 1950s

Keywords

protest
rugby
springboks
Credit

Tales from Te Papa, episode 4. Video supplied via YouTube by Te Papa.

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1 comment has been posted about 1956 rugby ball and John Minto helmet from Te Papa

What do you know?

Paul Hewson

Posted: 03 Jun 2013

I am pretty sure there was a black African player in the 1981 Springboks team to New Zealand?