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UNLIMITED Register your interest at ford.co.nz T20Adv08NZ__MatchDayProgramm.indd 1 22.07.20 11:51 1 WELCOME MESSAGES WELCOME MESSAGES 2 WELCOME MESSAGES NEW ZEALAND RUGBY ADIDAS On behalf of New Zealand Today, we are ready for Rugby I am pleased to sport once more and present Steinlager perhaps today, this match North v South. means something a little more to each of us: that true We live in very difficult excitement of sport, how times and putting this it makes us feel, how it can bring people together. game together has been Safely of course. We missed rugby, and this is our a monumental challenge. moment to be reminded how magical this game, and Congratulations to all of you these teams really are. The Steinlager North v South who have worked so hard match unites the sense of tradition and love of the make it happen. core values of the game and is a special occasion for Our thanks go to the all New Zealanders. friends of New Zealand Equally, New Zealand has given hope to all of us Rugby; sponsors, partners, around the world. As we’ve seen of late this crisis is far volunteers and fans who have from over, but sport – and rugby especially – can be a continued to support our beacon for both athletes and fans, bringing us back to vision to Inspire and Unify the life we love: the camaraderie, excitement, banter, New Zealanders. victories and setbacks. Best wishes go to both teams and to the match officials Rugby is a force for positive change in the world and a whose contribution is invaluable. We admire the major part of New Zealand life and these teams play dedication and focus required by you all to ensure a key role in this. The players are playing for pride, you can perform on the grass. While the stadium will playing for their island. be empty, TV lounges across New Zealand will be buzzing with excitement. New Zealand is ready. And raring to go. And so are we. Thank you from our side for making sport This match awakens a geographic tribalism which most happen and for giving us hope, we sure have needed of the time just simmers below the surface. But not it. So stay safe, enjoy the game and please join us today: today the team of five million will be split right @adidasrugby in showing the team our collective down the middle. support with the hashtag #ReadyForSport. BILL OSBORNE CELINE DEL GENES New Zealand Rugby President Global Vice President NEW ZEALAND’S FINEST www.allblacks.com NORTH V SOUTH 2020 OFFICIAL PROGRAMME PRIMEBLUE ALL BLACKS TRAINING RANGE º PRIMEBLUE: Made with Parley Ocean Plastic which is made from recycled waste, intercepted from the beaches and coastal communities before it reaches the oceans. º Our standard requires this garment contains a minimum of 40% recycled content. 5 EDITORIAL EDITORIAL 6 A fair argument can be mounted No Auckland players were between 1936 and 1948. Their that rugby’s interisland fixture has included in the North Island team second hat‑trick occurred between been a mirror on New Zealand’s in 1907. Because of news that 1975‑77. The North put together rugby history. an ‘alternative’ and professional 10 sequences of three consecutive [league] rugby tour was being wins or more. In 80 games between 1897 and planned to Britain all players who 2012, with no games played took part in the interisland game In 1946, the game, played at between 1898‑1901, 1915‑18, were required to sign a declaration Athletic Park in Wellington, was 1930, 1940‑42, 1987‑94, that they had nothing to do with the abandoned 25 minutes into the 1996‑2011, the North Island won proposed tour. However, that didn’t second half due to bad weather. 50 games, the South won 27 and affect the North as they won 11‑0. three were drawn. A year later, in Invercargill, the The 1922 game was the first played North won 13‑11 but the game The history of the game also under the ‘kick‑into‑touch’ rule is most remembered for the reflected changing population which denied direct kicks to touch ordering off of All Black props patterns in the country. between the two 25‑yard lines (as Johnny Simpson and local player they were called in the day). The Leo Connolly. Simpson was sent In 1881 60 percent of the game in Auckland was won 9‑8 by off first and Connolly offered an population lived in the South Island. the South Island. explanation to the referee who said, “Well you might as well go By 1901 the population spread was One of the biggest wins in the too.” The pair, who had toured 50:50 and by 1970 70 percent history of the game was in 1926 Australia that year with the All of the population lived in the when the South Island selectors Blacks, walked from the ground North Island. played most of their backs out of arm‑in‑arm. Talk of an interisland game was first mooted in 1881 in the days before the game was governed by AMONG THE MOST CAPPED PLAYERS, COLIN the New Zealand Rugby Football MEADS PLAYED 12 TIMES FOR THE NORTH Jonah Lomu on the run for the Union (formed in 1892). Auckland “ North in 1995. and Wellington were keen to ISLAND AND FERGIE MCCORMICK AND IAN play but Canterbury and Otago KIRKPATRICK 10 TIMES FOR THE SOUTH were not. Immediately after the first interisland game in 1897 in position. The North took advantage In 1948, the South Island” team Wellington, the All Blacks team left and won 41‑9. contained 11 players from the the ground for the boat to take them Ranfurly Shield‑holding Otago No game was played in 1930 due team. They won 12‑11. to Australia. to the first visit of what became The second game, played in 1902 known as the British & Irish Among the most capped players, NORTH v SOUTH: Lions team. Colin Meads played 12 times was the forerunner of the game for the North Island and Fergie becoming an annual fixture and The game of 1932 was famous for was won by the South Island 17‑14. McCormick and Ian Kirkpatrick 10 being the first played after New times for the South. The first draw (3‑3) occurred in Zealand decided to do away 1904 but the game could not with the 2‑3‑2 scrum. The North The traditional contest ended in KNOW YOUR coped with the change much better 1986 when the North won 22‑10 in be strictly regarded as a true interisland game. Auckland All sticking with their 3‑4‑1 scrum Oamaru. The game was replaced Blacks George Nicholson and while the South changed in the by zonal games between North, Charlie ‘Bronco’ Seeling didn’t game between 3‑2‑3, 3‑3‑2 and Central and Southern sides but that arrive in Dunedin in time for the finally 3‑4‑1. The North took full also fell out of favour. INTERISLAND advantage to win 28‑10. game so Otago players Jack In 1995 and 2012 interisland Mitchell and John Abbott were The South managed the first of their games were played, the first as included as replacements in two hat‑tricks in the sequence of preparation for the Rugby World the North Island team. Neither games in 1937‑39, reflecting the Cup in South Africa and the HISTORY ever managed to complete the strength of the game in the South latter as a fundraiser for Otago double by being selected for the LYNN MCCONNELL where the Ranfurly Shield never Rugby Union. South Island. moved north of the Waitaki River www.allblacks.com NORTH V SOUTH 2020 OFFICIAL PROGRAMME 9 TEAM LISTS TEAM LISTS 10 NORTH SOUTH KARL TU’INUKUAFE ASAFO AUMUA OFA TUUNGAFASI JOE MOODY CODIE TAYLOR NEPO LAULALA COACHES COACHES JOHN PLUMTREE BRAD MOOAR SCOTT MCLEOD GREG FEEK ASH DIXON AYDEN JOHNSTONE LIAM COLTMAN GEORGE BOWER 1 2 3 1 2 3 PATRICK TUIPULOTU TUPOU VAA’I 16 17 SAMUEL WHITELOCK MITCHELL DUNSHEA 16 17 ANGUS TA’AVAO SCOTT SCRAFTON TYREL LOMAX MANAAKI SELBY‑RICKIT 18 19 18 4 5 4 5 19 DALTON PAPALII AARON SMITH DILLON HUNT FINLAY CHRISTIE AKIRA IOANE HOSKINS SOTUTU ARDIE SAVEA SHANNON FRIZELL TOM SANDERS TOM CHRISTIE 20 21 20 21 PETER UMAGA‑JENSEN MITCHELL HUNT JOSH IOANE LEICESTER FAINGAANUKU 6 8 7 6 8 7 TJ PERENARA BRAD WEBER 22 23 22 BEAUDEN BARRETT RICHIE MO’UNGA 23 ANTON JACK GOODHUE LIENERT‑BROWN RIEKO IOANE BRAYDON ENNOR SEVU REECE WILL JORDAN 9 9 10 10 12 CALEB CLARKE 12 GEORGE BRIDGE DAMIAN MCKENZIE 13 JORDIE BARRETT 13 14 14 11 11 15 15 KICK OFF 7:10PM, SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2020 VENUE SKY STADIUM, WELLINGTON MATCH OFFICIALS PAUL WILLIAMS MIKE FRASER BRENDON PICKERILL www.allblacks.com NORTH V SOUTH 2020 OFFICIAL PROGRAMME WE’VE SUPPORTED NORTH & SOUTH FOR 50 YEARS.