Rugby-Pioneers: France - All Blacks at war time... forgotten games...

20/11/2006

France - All Blacks at war time... forgotten games...

A lot has been said about the All Blacks celebrating Armisitice Day during their test matchs in France, but who does remember this ?

France and New Zealand played two games in the turmoil of WW1... in spring 1917 and spring 1918...

Obviously not the "real" teams as there were only soldiers in the line-up... but some true hakas at least...

Those two fixtures were covered by French journalist and sportsman Geo André in La Vie Au Grand Air... I will bring you a detailed summary if I can spare 30 minutes or so in the next days (I am pretty busy, indeed !).

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20 Nov 2006 01:00:41 | 1 Rugby print

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Votre site est remarquable, riche en couleurs, amusant... Je vous inscris parmi mes favoris.
Une nostalgie diffuse que le temps n'affecte pas...
merci.
Bien à vous.
Théo

Posted by: Théo | 20/11/2006 at 12:03

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