Sid Going

Sid Going

Player information
Full name	Sidney Milton Going
birthday	August 19, 1943
place of birth	Kawakawa , New Zealand
Nickname	Great Sid
society
society	Career ended
position	Half of the crowd
Clubs as active
Years	society	Games (points)
1962 / 65–1978	Mid Northern RFC (Association) North Auckland RU (Province)	43 (51)
National team
Years	National team	Games (points)
1967-1977	New Zealand Māori New Zealand	29 (44)
Coaching stations
Years	Association / Province / Franchise
1988-1992 1993-1996	Northland School Selection Team Northland RFU
Status: December 16, 2009 National team July 9, 1977

Sidney Milton Going MBE (born August 19, 1943 in Kawakawa , New Zealand ) is a former New Zealand rugby union national player on the position of the scrum half and was a rugby coach after his playing career. He was best known for his dynamic offensive play, which earned him the nickname Super Sid .

Going was appointed to the North Auckland RU provincial selection team in 1962 at the age of 18 . He made his debut there against the Counties Manukau RU . Shortly thereafter, however, he went to Canada as a missionary for the denomination of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for several years .

In 1965 he returned to New Zealand, where he immediately started again to play rugby for North Auckland. Since he has a distant Māori background, he was nominated in the same year for their national team NZ Māori , which played a game against the South African national team during their tour in New Zealand. In this game Going was able to achieve a try for his team. On the same tour he also played with North Auckland against the South Africans.

In North Auckland and with the Māori, he often played alongside his brothers Ken and Brian between 1965 and 1978. Their specialty was a triple scissor action performed among themselves to confuse their opponents.

When the British Lions toured New Zealand in 1966, he played again with the Māori and North Auckland each a game against the touring team. Due to his shown performances and an injury to his rival Chris Laidlaw , he was appointed to the squad of the New Zealand national team , the so-called All Blacks, for the first time a year later . He made his international debut against Australia on his birthday in 1967 in Wellington . The All Blacks won the game 29: 9. In the years that followed, Going became a fixture on the New Zealand national team. In 1971 he was one of the All Blacks, who lost a series of tests against the British Lions for the first and only time to date. The Lions recorded two wins and one draw against the All Blacks on their tour in New Zealand. However, Going was able to win their game against the Lions with his province. Already here a private duel crystallized over the next few years with the Welsh rugby great Gareth Edwards , who also played on the position of the scrum half.

Going was a key player on the All Blacks tour to Great Britain and Ireland from 1972 to 1973 . The team won their internationals against Wales , England and Scotland . However , there was only one draw against Ireland , which meant they missed the first Grand Slam in the history of New Zealand rugby. To do this, they would have had to win all games against the four so-called Home Nations of the rugby union. In addition, the All Blacks surprisingly lost their game against the Barbarians on this tour with 11:23 at Cardiff Arms Park .

In 1976 he toured South Africa with the All Blacks . This tour was a clear failure, with three losses and only one win against the host's national team.

During the British Lions tour of New Zealand in 1977 Going played in two international matches against the Lions. After that he was only a reservist for the last two internationals. A year later he resigned from active rugby.

For his services in rugby, he was honored with the MBE in 1978 . Despite his resignation, he remained the rugby sport as a coach. Between 1988 and 1992 he was in charge of the school selection team of his old North Auckland provincial association, which was renamed Northland in 1994, before coaching the Northland provincial selection in the New Zealand National Provincial Championship (NPC) from 1993 to 1996 .

Web links

• Profile on allblacks.com