> From the WeatherWatch archives
Rugby is the big theme at the moment and today we take you back to 1975 when the All Blacks took on Scotland on a flooded Eden Park after torrential rain prior and during the game made conditions extremely challenging.
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Zelda Wynn on 16/10/2011 10:30pm
I’m guessing the rain helped keep the mud off 🙂 huge puddles make handling the ball exciting. I remember way back at Carlaw park circa 1960’s once was so muddy,straw was put on the park and dummy runs were occurring frequently as players picked up a limp of straw :).
Weather fun LOL
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