Background to 1981 Springbok tour

Background to 1981 Springbok tour

1. The Springbok team and New zealand have always had a healthy rivalry especially when it came to rugby

2. From the 1940s to the 1960s, the south african aparthied has an influence on the player selections: saying that maori players were unable to

   • Because of this opposition to of race based teams grew in the 50s and 60s
     • pior to the all blacks tour in 1960 150,000 new zealanders signed a petition supporting a policy of "no marois no tour"
       • The tour still happened and HART was formed

3. In 1976 the All blacks toured with the blessing of newly elected prime minister Robert Muldoon.

   • Twenty five nations protested against by boycotting the montreal olympics
     • In their view the all black tour gave tacit support to the apartheid regime
       • The 1976 tour contributed to the creation of the gleneagles agreement adopted by the common headsof government meeting in 1977