The third test - Eden Park - Auckland
The tours end
On September the 12th, the All Blacks had the decisive win over the Springboks winning the series 2-1. This test match was known as the "Flour-Bomb test", as a low flying Cessna 172 piloted by Marx Jones & Grant Cole disrupted the test by dropping flour bombs onto the field, which resulted with one of the All-Black's props, Gary Knight being hit by a flour bomb which prompted the South African captain to ask "whether New Zealand had an air force or not?" However despite the flour-bombs, the test continued with New Zealand securing the series.
Outside the ground, violence escalated where "all hell broke loose" as fights broke out between protestors and the police, which resulted in the police being pelleted with rocks. It was argued by the commentators that these protestors involved in these scuffles were joined in by opportunists who were there just to fight the police. This shows us that the media portrayed the protestors as the villains as they are portraying them as inciting violence amongst the community.
Overall, the repercussions of the tour itself would haunt New Zealand in the future, deeply affecting New Zealanders especially in the international community. Although the tour was over, the effects were long lasting with the international community looking down upon New Zealand for accepting the tour of the Springboks despite the signing of the Gleneagles Agreement in which the main cause was to stop all sporting contact with the country, in order to send a strong message that their apartheid-regime was looked down upon.
Outside the ground, violence escalated where "all hell broke loose" as fights broke out between protestors and the police, which resulted in the police being pelleted with rocks. It was argued by the commentators that these protestors involved in these scuffles were joined in by opportunists who were there just to fight the police. This shows us that the media portrayed the protestors as the villains as they are portraying them as inciting violence amongst the community.
Overall, the repercussions of the tour itself would haunt New Zealand in the future, deeply affecting New Zealanders especially in the international community. Although the tour was over, the effects were long lasting with the international community looking down upon New Zealand for accepting the tour of the Springboks despite the signing of the Gleneagles Agreement in which the main cause was to stop all sporting contact with the country, in order to send a strong message that their apartheid-regime was looked down upon.