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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 702835" data-attributes="member: 20605">I saw the game live in the Corporals Club TV lounge at RNZAF Whenuapai in the wee small hours of that Sunday morning 36 years ago. I remember it like it was yesterday.The diving out of the line-out trick is actually one that Taranaki used to use against King Country to combat the effectiveness of one of their players; a certain C. Meads if I recall correctly. Nothing new in that. Its was around for 10 years or more before 1978. Also, it wasn&#039;t the first time in that match that a player took a dive. The Welsh right-wing, Williams (can&#039;t remember which one, JJ or JPR) went down in a heap in the first half claiming that he was tripped by BG Williams. BeeGee&#039;s feet were nowhere near him; but the Welsh still got a penalty from which Ray Gravell&nbsp; kicked a goal. (Come to think of it, it must have been JJ Williams because Mr Sideburns would have been fullback.Sorry, just joshin&#039; ya!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 702835, member: 20605"] I saw the game live in the Corporals Club TV lounge at RNZAF Whenuapai in the wee small hours of that Sunday morning 36 years ago. I remember it like it was yesterday. The diving out of the line-out trick is actually one that Taranaki used to use against King Country to combat the effectiveness of one of their players; a certain C. Meads if I recall correctly. Nothing new in that. Its was around for 10 years or more before 1978. Also, it wasn't the first time in that match that a player took a dive. The Welsh right-wing, Williams (can't remember which one, JJ or JPR) went down in a heap in the first half claiming that he was tripped by BG Williams. BeeGee's feet were nowhere near him; but the Welsh still got a penalty from which Ray Gravell kicked a goal. (Come to think of it, it must have been JJ Williams because Mr Sideburns would have been fullback. Sorry, just joshin' ya! [/QUOTE]

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