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Blast from the past: Massive All Black versus Springbok punch-up

By Online Editors

Tuesday 23 Jul 2019

WATCH: Rugby was very different back in 1981.

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Still very much amateur, the play was as intense as ever, but there certainly wasn’t much control regarding foul play.

And with a fierce rivalry between New Zealand and South Africa, it was almost a given that things would boil over.

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