Just in case you missed Rocked the Nation: 100 New Zealand Sporting Moments last night, the final 10 were revealed with Sir Edmund Hillary conquering Everest coming out on top. But perhaps more interesting were the other nine.
The 1982 All Whites' World Cup campaign was at 10, cricketer Bob Blair, who was on tour in South Africa when he heard his fiance had been killed in the Tangiwai rail disaster, was 9, taking the America's Cup off Dirty Dennis in 1995 came in at 8; Olympic gold medallist long jumper Yvette Williams was at 7, and winning the 1987 Rugby World Cup notched up sixth place.
At 5 was the infamous under-arm incident of 1981, Jack Lovelock's 1500m gold at the Berlin Olympics in 1936 earned him fourth spot, the 1981 Springbok Tour was third, with three-time Olympic gold medallist Peter Snell as runner-up to Sir Ed.
- TimeOut
