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Steve Sumner at the 1982 Soccer World Cup
Images of the New Zealand All Whites captain Steve Sumner at the finals of the 1982 Soccer World Cup.
All Whites beat Australia on road to Spain
The New Zealand football team's famous 2-0 victory in Sydney was a defining moment in their epic qualifying campaign for the 1982 World Cup finals.
The 1987 Rugby World Cup
In a country where rugby is often referred to as a religion, hosting and winning the first Rugby World Cup was a big deal. The story of how the tournament came about mixes the worlds of sport, politics and money.
Further information - 1987 Rugby World Cup
This web feature was written by David Green and produced by the NZHistory.net.nz team. Links The 1987 Rugby World Cup includes match statistics for all games. Rugby at the Olympics Webb Ellis Cup Books Gerald Davies, The history of the Rugby World Cup, Viking, Melbourne, 2003 Joseph Romanos, The Judas game: the betrayal of New Zealand rugby, Darius Press, Wellington, 2002 Derek Wyatt, Rugby disunion, Victor Gollancz, London, 1995 Spiro Zavos, Watching the Rugby World Cup, Awa Press, Wellington, 2007
A world cup at last - 1987 Rugby World Cup
With the staging of the Rugby World Cup, rugby had established itself as a commercial market, and the financial viability of the world cup concept was assured.
Organising the tournament - 1987 Rugby World Cup
The Rugby World Cup was set to take place in May or June 1987, and two venues in Australia and eight in New Zealand would hold games.
The long road to the cup - 1987 Rugby World Cup
There were many obstacles along the road to the first Rugby World Cup.
Rugby News world cup preview issue, 1987
The 1987 Rugby World Cup preview edition of Rugby News (NZ)
Rugby News world cup cover, July 1987
This cover of Rugby News features the iconic image of All Black captain David Kirk holding the Webb Ellis Cup
Rugby News world cup cover, June 1987
Cover of Rugby News (UK), June 1987, featuring the Rugby World Cup 
Webb Ellis Cup
The Webb Ellis Cup is the trophy for the Rugby World Cup competition.
David Kirk kisses the Webb Ellis Cup, 1987
All Black captain David Kirk kisses the Webb Ellis Cup at Eden Park after the All Blacks won the Rugby World Cup final between New Zealand and France on 22 June 1987.
New Zealand's World Cup book, 1982
New Zealand’s World Cup: the inside story, by the coaching duo John Adshead and Kevin Fallon ('as told to Armin Lindenberg'), was one of several books published in 1982 to celebrate the All Whites’ epic qualifying campaign and finals’ appearance. The cover featured a young Ricki Herbert – himself now the national team coach – celebrating his match-winning goal against China at Mount Smart Stadium.
The World Cup - New Zealand cricket
A brief history  New Zealand's Black Caps were 1 of 16 teams competing in the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies during March and April 2007. The teams are divided into four groups of four, with the top two teams in each group then competing in a 'Super 8' format to determine the semi-finalists.
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