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Film: Ron Don - 1981 Springbok tour

Ron Don, chairman of the Auckland Rugby Football Union in 1981

A tour supporter looks back

'I'm Ron Don, and in 1981 I was chairman of the Auckland Rugby Union, and I was on the council of the New Zealand Rugby Union. Needless to say, I was very pro-tour. I don't regret anything that was said or done in 1981.

'After the tour, the anti-tour groups were always referred to by the media as peaceful protestors. Now these same protestors did tremendous damage to golf clubs, bowling clubs and even fired a shotgun into my home.

'But we won. We beat the protestors; we beat the media, and most important of all we beat the Springboks.'

TVNZ
Extract from 1981 tour special on Close up, 4 July 2006

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