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The Making of an All Black
Television (Full Length) – 1969
This NZBC documentary goes behind the scenes of the All Blacks, as the 1969 edition prepares to face the Welsh tourists. Match-day superstitions and training routines are analysed: Colin Meads relays his fitness regime (up farm hills), Sid Going discusses being a missionary, and there is much musing on all-things All Black from players, punters and even footballers’ wives. Exploration of player psychology plays it up the middle, and though the film neglects to ask how many Weetbix a player can eat, it was nominated for Best Documentary at the 1970 Feltex Awards.
Rugby’s a rough game, it’s a manly game ... as long as we play rugby we’ll always have rough play, by rough play I don’t mean dirty play. She gets rough out there all the time, but it's all part of the game.– Colin Meads on fair play
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NZ Broadcasting Corporation
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