jmetaB032d3063a91320f354745849c7bda9ce742b620fcbc07f8ef15a5767b2a782e90a@d320b00f5ee7776cdbd30057eb34ca2013ccb22fbb6daf427c63ae8a6e86cf70rss.item metarss.netMÈ<item> <title>Sid Going obituary</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/jun/05/sid-going-obituary</link> <description><p>One of the greatest of All Blacks rugby scrum-halves known for his formidable speed and strength</p><p>Sid Going, who has died aged 80, won 29 Test caps as a rugby union scrum-half for the All Blacks between 1967 and 1977, and made 86 appearances in all for New Zealand, captaining them five times. A taciturn man, he was nonetheless fluent in the language of rugby, and was one of the greatest of All Blacks scrum-halves.</p><p>Prematurely bald and with a distinctive drooping moustache, Going featured during the 1970s in a fierce rivalry with the worldâs leading scrum-half, Gareth Edwards. Like the Welshman he was quick and physically strong â during an era in which any player in the No 9 shirt was at the mercy of marauding back-row forwards if he lacked speed and strength.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/jun/05/sid-going-obituary">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/rugby-union">Rugby union</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/new-zealand-rugby-union-team">New Zealand rugby union team</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/newzealand">New Zealand</category> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2024 12:22:24 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/jun/05/sid-going-obituary</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8d5f104ef869f451550e560a22aba9f676437322/0_91_2296_1377/master/2296.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e49c867ac425b2a58f2c4fce1a653604"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Colorsport/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8d5f104ef869f451550e560a22aba9f676437322/0_91_2296_1377/master/2296.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ae20a1f556fa94ddb8361b0d3229bc02"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Colorsport/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Ian Malin</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-06-05T12:22:24Z</dc:date> </item>
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