Colin Meads played 1st class rugby after this injury!

The ABs win in the Wellington wind v France!

Ships couldn't berth on this fierce stormy day but the test went ahead anyway. NZ won 5-3 and hundreds of hats and scarves disappeared forever!

LAWTON, TOMMY (JNR)
Queensland, Natal and Australia
41 internationals for Australia 1983–89

A grandson of the father of Queensland rugby, the Tommy Lawton of Australian rugby in the 1980s was a big bustling hooker who became a powerful figure in Australian rugby. With his aggressive play and imposing presence on the field, Tommy Lawton was a first-choice hooker for Australia every year after his international debut against France in Paris in 1982. However, such was the competition for places in his home area he actually played for his country before he played for his state team.

As a hooker Lawton was one of the biggest of his time. He weighed in at 110 kilograms (17 stone) in his best playing years.

Like all hookers, he delighted in scoring tries, scoring one in 1983 on Cardiff Arms Park in the international against Wales, thus emulating the feat achieved by his grandfather in 1927. In 1988 Lawton had a great game against Scotland at Murrayfield, scoring two tries.

Earlier, in 1986 he played for the Rest of the World XV against the British Isles in the International Rugby Board’s centenary series.

On the tour of Canada and France in 1989 Lawson captained the Australians in three midweek matches.

In 1990 Lawton shifted to Durban in South Africa, where he played hooker for Natal in its first Currie Cup win.

His brother Robbie, a prop forward, played four tests for Australia in 1988.

In 1938, when New Zealand Maori toured Fiji played in boots for the first time. But a number of players took them off and threw them aside during the test matches.