I was trying to find a picture of protesters after the Waikato game. Or the ones of the people who got pulled out of their houses that night and beaten up. Difficult to find. Probably through a still frame on something like this:
https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/patu-1983
Rugby has always had its own subtle way of eliminating dissent! That’s probably the simplest reason for politics free rugby of the past. Though more RW footy clubs like Lazio and the one Thom Doyle went to in Germany were probably similar in approach.
That’s why Johnny Warren’s book is named as it was. At that time local soccer was those unloved folk on the margins of society.
https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/patu-1983
Rugby has always had its own subtle way of eliminating dissent! That’s probably the simplest reason for politics free rugby of the past. Though more RW footy clubs like Lazio and the one Thom Doyle went to in Germany were probably similar in approach.
That’s why Johnny Warren’s book is named as it was. At that time local soccer was those unloved folk on the margins of society.