For New Zealanders of a certain vintage the '56 series win against the Springboks will forever stir their blood and provoke tales about that ferocious combat.
Give those who were sideline or merely listening on the radio, a beer and some attention and the tales about the ruckus in the frontrows, seem to jump a level in the telling.
The episode had all the ingredients of a modern day tabloid potboiler with NZ heavyweight boxing champion Kevin Skinner recalled to sort out the Bok nasties, Jaap Bekker and Chris Koch, who were making a mess of their rivals.
"There was only one way to put an end to the visitors' illegal tactics and Kevin knew exactly what that was," Fred Allen said.
Skinner answered an SOS after the All Black props in the first two tests were injured. He explained to his teammates that most of the trouble started in the lineouts and he was not going to allow it.