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The first NZ Native Rugby Team on a 17 month tour of the U.K. This is a love story from with in that legendary tour of which the Natives did the first Haka before a game of rugby and they wore the black jersey for the first time.
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"In the 1880s a New Zealand rugby team, made up of aboriginal players, tours England and Scotland. Sir Ian Richardson plays an Earl whose granddaughter Charlotte (Rene Owen) falls in love with one of the players, at a time when inter-racial romance involving a member of the aristocracy was taboo. The Earl's objection to his daughter's relationship is sincere and practical. He does not display his anger so much as his concern that their love affair is sure to bring strife and unhappiness to them both. We are provided with an insight of life on the road for the aboriginal rugby players,..."
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The first NZ Native Rugby Team on a 17 month tour of the U.K. This is a love story from with in that legendary tour of which the Natives did the first Haka before a game of rugby and they wore the black jersey for the first time.