Provincial Classics
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@nonpartizan said in Provincial Classics:
On the subject of Counties - I just saw a photo of Bruce Robertson sporting a Counties jersey with the number on the front of the jersey.
Was this something that only Counties did or did other provincial teams also do that in this era?
Reckon that was a Counties only thing
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@booboo said in Provincial Classics:
@nonpartizan said in Provincial Classics:
On the subject of Counties - I just saw a photo of Bruce Robertson sporting a Counties jersey with the number on the front of the jersey.
Was this something that only Counties did or did other provincial teams also do that in this era?
Reckon that was a Counties only thing
Tx booboo. It threw me for a second cos I can't ever recall seeing a rugby jersey with the numbers on the front.
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@booboo said in Provincial Classics:
@kiwiinmelb said in Provincial Classics:
@nonpartizan said in Provincial Classics:
@kiwiinmelb said in Provincial Classics:
I went to a shield game at Eden Park in 79 I think it was that left an impression on me , I was about 17, Auckland had only just won it
Auckland v Counties , Counties won, they had a team that was flying at the time, I was living in Auckland but had done most of my growing up in Counties area, there with my Auckland mates ,
Those were the days where you could take your own Beer into the ground, chilli bins full of it , place was rocking,
There were drunken punch ons out in the streets leaving the ground, spot fires breaking out everywhere ,like scenes from an old western movie with random knocked out bodies around the place, which wasnt much of a big deal then , different times thats for sure
That sounds epic.
Yeah it was but my memory failed me , Auckland won
I recall the game. Auckland came back and I think Richard Dunn (brother of Eddie and Ian) kicked a penalty to win. (Or maybe push it out to 4 points.)
Counties were NPC champions in 1979.
I wasn't alive but yes that did happen, I used to have the game on video growing up haha, to win 11-9. Counties scored a length of the field try too.
Counties really were the unlucky side in shield matches in the late 70s/early 80s.
