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FROM THE BURNT REMAINS OF THE ROTORUA RUGBY MUSEUM.

ONE OF THE MOST INFAMOUS & RARE SIGNED RUGBY BALLS TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION!

DUNLOP LEATHER RUGBY BALL SIGNED BY BOTH 1981 TEAMS AND SOME SUPPORT STAFF

on 19 July 1981. Despite all the pre-tour rhetoric and debate, few anticipated that the country was about to descend into near civil war, ‘a war played out twice a week’ as the Springboks moved from game to game.

A country divided

For 56 days in July, August and September 1981, New Zealanders were divided against each other in the largest civil disturbance seen since the 1951 waterfront dispute. More than 150,000 people took part in over 200 demonstrations in 28 centers, and 1500 were charged with offenses stemming from these protests.