Cartoonists had no difficulty in lampooning Andy Haden, a sportsman who was always willing to do “whatever it takes” to win. When he tried to con the referee into awarding a penalty for the All Blacks against Wales, pretending to have been pushed to the ground, it coincided with the staging of the Miss World contest. The hapless New Zealand entrant was duly depicted as having “taken a dive” out of the competition. However, at Cardiff Arms Park that day in 1978 the antics in the lineout of Haden and his team-mate Frank Oliver brought about a penalty for the All Blacks in the final minutes, which was converted to give them a 13-12 victory. Few Welsh followers of rugby saw the funny side, not

Source: The Times August 16, 2020 23:03 UTC