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The Ledgend

Tam and dowlling fight priceless 😅

Kiwis are always as hard as cement..take no prisoners.

Even before I just learned what escalated this confrontation, I wasn't sorry to see Dowling getting towelled up at the time. You see...he just came from the wrong side of a particular State border here in Australia. It was obviouse at the time that Tamati was copping his "time out" peacefully, and that Dowling didn't know how close he was to the peak of his ability. Thanks to Tamati for showing us...

Yeah i had just picked up elle McPherson..and claudia schiffer on the way to that game and saw you do all that😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I love hearing this.. how he had to control his mind to overcome fear.. there’s a lot to learn here for any man that steps into any form of combat. “They’re only human”

Wayne pierce, who was my favourite player (and I’m Kiwi) was the one who held KT when Blocker threw his dog hit. Pierce wouldn’t have known Blocker was going to do that. Pierce was a player with integrity.

I remember watching this as a 12 year old boy. Now I’m 51 - aging sucks.

Awesome man

Very sad to hear of your passing rip big o

Second test was won 18-0 to NZ and the decider was also won by NZ. Yep 18-0 show, Kevin played all 3 tests I think, as did Greg Dowling. Quite something when you consider the Kangaroos had ( Meninga, Sterling, Lewis, Belcher ). Coached by Graeme Lowe ! "What a champion team"

He’s now in Hastings living with my sister in law

Kevin coached our school about 1985 in Warrington, Beaumont juniors in the Ashton cup final ,my mum's still got it on video. Top fella

Our mana was on the line, Kevin was our enforcer, and we don't take shit, 'nuff said.

Such a quality human being and a great man with an even better way of expressing his life experiences!

Just love punches.

I remember watching this live. Roach suited his name for the grub player that he was and Tamati copped a few while being held back by other Aussie players; KT got the upper hand (uppercuts😂) at the fence line!

I watched that fight live when I was 19. I was shouting, "hit him" for Greg and couldn't believe what happened at the time. Later, I spoke to my dad about the fight, dad was an amateur boxer in his time. He said, "didn't you know Kevin Tamati's a heavyweight boxer?" Me: "Oh!"

"Tiddlywinks, marbles or cards"...sorry Kevin but it's Kiwis who react badly whenever they're losing. Some of us Aussies lived with a Kiwi (in the 80s) who used to challenge us to games of cards, draughts, battleship and anything he could think of. He lost every game, everytime, and each time he would start throwing the board game or cards, then start throwing furniture. He would yell at us and call us cheats. He was the worst sport I've ever seen, and he's white...bet you thought he was Maori?

I used to watch Leigh and remember them signing Les Boyd, I did not know of him at the time but even though getting on in his career, I recall him being a hard man and certainly bolstered up our forward pack and was well liked by the crowd.

Great story. ..Boyd was the filthiest Aussie of his era..in 83 State of Origin...Bromin was tackled by one guy and he was protecting the ball, boyd came in and just smashed him in the face with his elbow and broke his jaw..but that was the end of Boyd, he was suspended for a while and never came back...but the 85 series when Kevin was fighting that big Aussie guy, Qlder in Brisbane..was awesome...we stuck it to the cocky Kangaroos!Go Kiwis!

He still looks young and fit!🤣 True Kiwi Legend his scrap with that Aussie fuzz mop will go down in history. Thank you KT. Kiwi made NZ W arrior.🇳🇿😛!!

A brilliant way to overcome adversity and self doubt is to face is head on. A great example.

What a lowlife coward you are. Cheap shot hey? Les Boyd would knock you back to your childhood grub. What a big head.

Kevin Tamati the SCG also rock hard to play on .

legend

A bit rich him talking about a cheap shot..what about his shoulder to Rowan Hancock s head? But Dowling got what he deserved

Kevin was coach of my home town club whitehaven in England around 1999

Year ?

Beautiful the million dollar Maori, Maori ora

Kiwi hard man. Mauri ora

Cheap shot, dog act, big mouth. It's all how U tell the story.

Mark Taylor was the cricketer in the crowd

As a kid watching him play was scary

Gave me shivers

What a man. Tuff as. Unbending

83 Kevin.

That hit on Hancock for mine still remains one of the biggest hits I've ever seen.

Absolute Kiwi legend is Kevin Tamati 😊

remember that test like yesterday ... humble LEGEND ... and tough as f#k ... a KIWI ... 💯👍😂 ..

You got the most hits 👍

Full of rubbish

Tickets on himself..

A true Kiwi legend, folklore will probably end up with KT being 7ft tall & bulletproof. Thanks for the memories brother, makes me proud to be a Kiwi fan

Shoulder charge to the face..wow. Brave. Legal at the time and since banned. In that second test, is that when Hancock had the crap punched out of him while his arms were pinned in the scrum? Never rated Hancock but they were a couple of cheap shots on the poor guy.

He didn't boss the barrow forwards !!

man it was hard to beat those aussies back than. that win in 83 at lang park and the 3rd test win in 85 at carlaw was massive. great moments in nz league history.

Really really poor camera work and decisions by the TV producer on the night NOT to show all the fight. Give the fans what they want!

Didn’t NZ get flogged in that game?

Kevin is a great guy, I remember him well from when he was at the Upper Hutt Tigers.