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Bill Osborne: Former All Black looks back on the 1976 tour to South Africa
Weekend Sport with Jason Pine›
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As the Greatest Rivalry Tour continues, Piney looks back on previous All Blacks tours of South Africa.
All Blacks legend Bill Osborne was only 21 years old during the 1976 tour, in which he played in two test matches off the bench.
Apartheid was still in place at the time of the tour, and Osborne told Piney he was pretty naive about it, but made an effort to visit communities and form new thoughts about it.
He says initially his overriding thoughts were about representing the All Blacks jersey and making it even greater, but politics couldn't be ignored, and they learned a lot about humanity.
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