Son of the soil: Brian Lochore against SA in 1970

LIKE many All Black legends Sir Brian Lochore was a son of the soil, strong and resilient, tough and enduring. But Lochore was so much more than the stereotypical Kiwi we have pigeonholed in our minds. The great man was a delight to talk with, modest to a fault and possessed with a natural earthy charm and a feel for what the situation required.
When his rugby nation was horribly divided at the end of 1986 after what many thought of as the national disgrace of a rebel tour to apartheid South Africa he sensed the need for a healing act of ...