A former Scottish rugby international has made opened up about the 1987 World Cup-winning All Blacks, revealing exactly what made them so unbeatable.
Reminiscing on the New Zealand and Australia co-hosted tournament, Alan Tait, who was one of the young bucks of the touring Scottish party, spoke to Rugby Pass of their quarter-final date with the All Blacks.
Describing the likes of All Black legends Wayne 'Buck' Shelford and Sir John Kirwan as beasts of the game, Tait revealed the extent of Scotland's fears of the men in black.
"I'd never set eyes on them before. They were big animals," Tait said. "Buck Shelford, you didn't see men like him. Michael Jones, the Whetton brothers, they were f***ing ferocious.
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