Two members of St John's College run onto Rugby Park, Hamilton, while two supporters of Springbok Rugby Tour try to stop them, 1981

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Two members of St John's College run onto Rugby Park, Hamilton, while two supporters of Springbok Rugby Tour try to stop them, 1981

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Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This photograph shows a dramatic moment before the Springboks versus Waikato rugby game at Rugby Park in Hamilton on 25 July 1981. About 350 anti-tour protesters invaded the field. There were violent scenes as rugby supporters scuffled with protesters and pelted them with bottles, and the game had to be abandoned. The cross was carried on to the field by two students from St John’s Theological College in Auckland. In this image, two rugby supporters are trying to hold them back. The cross was...

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Image

Date created

1981

Creator

Peter Black

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/44053

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Athletic fields / Rugby / Grandstands / Spectators / Advertisements / Activists / Crosses / Protest movements / silver / photographic paper / photographic gelatin / gelatin silver prints / black-and-white prints / black-and-white photographs / works of art / black-and-white photography / Contemporary / Beer / Apartheid / Political issues / Waikato

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