New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Olympics gold medal won by the New Zealand men's team in 1976 remains the only Olympic field hockey medal won by a New Zealand team. New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Olympics New Zealand competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 80 athletes, 71 men and 9 women, and 29 officials. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was wrestler David Aspin. In protest at a tour of South Africa by the All Blacks team early in the year, Congo's official Jean Claude Ganga led a boycott of 28 African
1984 England rugby union tour of South Africa 1984 England rugby union tour of South Africa The 1984 England rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of seven matches played by the England national rugby union team in South Africa in May and June 1984. England played seven games, including two test matches against the South Africa national rugby union team. They won four of the seven matches but lost both of the test matches as well as drawing the fixture against Western Province. In the face of much criticism, and in spite of covert political pressure, the Rugby Football Union decided that the tour of