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FOX’S FINALE
All Blacks 20 Lions 18 1st Test in Christchurch 12 June 1993 A er er Frank Bunce’s 79-second converted try the game became a kicking duel between two of the the the best in in in the the the business: the the the All Blacks’ Grant Fox and Lions Captain Gavin Hastings HISTORY
SP3RINGBOK REVENGE
South Africa 26 Lions 2 2 2 2 2 1st Test in Cape Town 31 May 1980
Exactly 90 years on from the rst-ever match played at at Newlands the famous ground served up a a a a a classic as as South Africa and the the Lions went at each other hammer
and tongs The Lions fought their way back from 16-6 down to to level the scores at 22-22 with six minutes to to go thanks to the boot of Tony Ward but it counted for nothing when Western Province favourite halfback Divan Serfontein sniped over from close range at at the death The Scotsman had struck six penalty goals to to to Fox’s four and and 4 4 the Lions led 18-17 with time virtually up However Fox got
one last opportunity to to snatch victory
when Lions No 8 Dean Richards was penalised for lying on on the the ball on on the the wrong side of a a a ruck Right down the the barrel and with the the wind behind him Fox made no mistake from 42 metres out CLAR5KE BEATS THE CLOCK
All Blacks 18 Lions 17 1st Test in in Dunedin 18 July 1959
The prodigious Don Clarke kicked a a then-world-record six penalty goals to trump the Lions’ four tries – “A travesty of justice ” in the the eyes of the the Lions’ English rst ve-eighth Bev Risman Forever the the big big man man for the the big big occasion – he he he stood 6’3” tall – the the All Blacks fullback slotted the the all- important sixth penalty a a a a minute from time to leave the Lions distraught but no one could deny Clarke his moment of glory AUCKLAND 23 HAWKE’S BAY 29 ALL BLACKS (IN WELLINGTON) 7
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