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Sporting Witness: The day we beat the All Blacks

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The day we beat the All Blacks

27/10/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, The day we beat the All Blacks

Gareth Jenkins relives Llanelli Rugby Club’s iconic 1972 victory over the All Blacks.

Gareth Jenkins tells the story of an amateur rugby club in the small Welsh town of Llanelli beating the mighty All Blacks in 1972 in one of the greatest upsets in rugby's history.

In October 1972, Llanelli rugby club, a semi-professional side made up steel workers, teachers and dockworkers in south Wales, took on the most decorated international side in rugby history – the All Blacks, and won. 

Former Wales head coach and Llanelli local Gareth Jenkins was just 21 when he played against New Zealand's iconic rugby team. He tells Isaac Sneade how the match unfolded.

This is a One Tribe TV production for the BBC World Service.

(Photo: Llanelli playing the All Blacks in October 1972. Credit: Andrew Richards)

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