Dynamic All Blacks halfback and Northland rugby legend Sid Going has died, aged 80.
Going performed 29 assessments for New Zealand from 1967 to 1977, on high of 57 different matches, together with 5 as captain.
In a submit on social media, the Northland Rugby Union stated: “It’s with nice disappointment that we acknowledge the passing of our province’s Sid Going.
“Collectively, from Te Kao to Mahurangi, from our North Auckland days, and throughout the nation, we are going to respectfully mourn his passing, but in addition bear in mind all that he has given to our sport of rugby.”
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Going was born in Kawakawa, north of Whangārei, in 1943, and later attended Northland Faculty and the Church Faculty of New Zealand.
He associates to the Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Hine iwi and performed for New Zealand Māori from 1965 to 1977.
Going made his All Blacks check debut in opposition to Australia at Athletic Park in Wellington on August 19, 1967 – his twenty fourth birthday.
The final of his 29 assessments was in opposition to the British Lions at Lancaster Park in Christchurch on July 9, 1977, simply over a month earlier than he turned 34.
Going scored 10 check tries in his All Blacks profession, together with a double in opposition to France at Eden Park in Auckland in August 1968.
His final check strive was scored in opposition to the Lions at Athletic Park in his penultimate All Blacks match.
A profile of Going written for the Northland Rugby Union’s golden jubilee in 1970 and reproduced on allblacks.com stated he had “proved himself to be a match-winning individualist and on the similar time a world class pivot able to enjoying the kind of sport to go well with the event”.
For Northland – generally known as North Auckland in his time – Going performed alongside brothers Ken and Bruce, they usually had been famend for his or her flashy backline strikes, together with the triple scissor.
Going was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for providers to rugby in 1977.
