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The Tour: A Herald series
!['City under siege': Rugby fans wanted blood after Springbok cancellation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_p.png?d=791)
'City under siege': Rugby fans wanted blood after Springbok cancellation
Anti-tour protestors were being "bashed" - but claims some police didn't come to help
!['I wanted revenge': Red Squad boss Ross Meurant admits cancelled 1981 Springbok match fired him up](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_p.png?d=791)
'I wanted revenge': Red Squad boss Ross Meurant admits cancelled 1981 Springbok match fired him up
Red Squad leader opens up on "extreme violence" and how some officers "did over react"
![Why All Black captain Graham Mourie refused to play Springboks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Why All Black captain Graham Mourie refused to play Springboks
Graham Mourie says other All Blacks wanted to follow him and not play the 1981 Springboks
![Barbed Wire Boks: We drove New Zealand to the 'brink of civil war'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Barbed Wire Boks: We drove New Zealand to the 'brink of civil war'
Members of the 1981 Springboks don't regret tour - despite the off-field violence
!['Like the sun came out': Nelson Mandela's salute to NZ Springbok protests](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'Like the sun came out': Nelson Mandela's salute to NZ Springbok protests
The 1981 tour created wide civil unrest - but those involved says its legacy is positive