25 Sep 2019

Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Rugby on the Radio

From Afternoons, 1:40 pm on 25 September 2019

Photo: Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

In honour of the start of the Rugby World Cup in Japan this past weekend, in today’s visit to the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision with Sarah Johnston, we will hear some of their ‘most-requested’ historic rugby recordings: from legendary commentator Winston McCarthy to a much-loved rugby anthem of the 1980s.

All Black captain David Kirk with the Webb Ellis Cup at Eden Park 22 June 1987, Evening Post newspaper via Papers Past (Alexander Turnbull Library)

Billboard promoting rugby commentator Winston McCarthy, 1958 (Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library)

Cartoon showing Wallabies coach, former All Black and Canterbury player, Robbie Deans. 2008 (Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library)

Murray Webb cartoon of former All Black Peter Jones speaking into a microphone. (Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library)