All Blacks in SA: The TRUTH behind those ‘Suzie’ rumours
· The South African
A long-running rumour that the All Blacks were poisoned by a South African waitress named “Suzie” ahead of their 1995 Rugby World Cup final against the Springboks has resurfaced again.
This time, New Zealanders are calling on their national team to exercise caution during their team’s lengthy stay in the country.
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The ABs – who arrived in Cape Town last Friday – are set to play four provincial club matches and another four test matches against the Boks in the coming weeks.
ALL BLACKS SUPPORTERS REVISIT WILD CONSPIRACY THEORY
Over the weekend, the All Blacks posted a video clip of the team indulging in a traditional South African meal – braaied meat!
The boys in black and white no doubt tucked into marinated lamb chops and borewors.
However, in the comments section, New Zealanders warned their team’s players to exercise caution, citing a 30-year-old conspiracy theory.
“Hope Suzie wasn’t there”, commented one, while another added: “Don’t let Suzie near the grill!”
A third added: “Cook it well, boys, might be contaminated”.
THE TRUTH BEHIND THE ‘SUZIE’ RUMOURS
Over the past 30 years, All Blacks supporters have remained firm in their beliefs that their team was sabotaged by South Africans ahead of their 1995 Rugby World Cup finale against the Springboks.
The game – played at Ellis Park on 24 June 1995 – was won 15-12 by the Springboks.
According to the long-rumour, the boys in black and white were “poisoned” by a waitress named Suzie at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Sandton, where they were staying.
The tampered food allegedly left 27 out of 35 members of the All Blacks team suffering from debilitating bouts of diarrhoea and vomiting.
In 2003, Tony Rubin – a former manager at Crowne Plaza Hotel – slammed the rumours as nonsensical. Rubin told The Independent on Saturday that the players had defied orders by former coach Laurie Mains by eating out of the hotel.
He said, “I never met Suzie; there was no Suzie. She didn’t exist.”
According to Rubin, the squad reportedly enjoyed a “prawn fest” at an unidentified seafood restaurant, which left them violently ill.
All Blacks former manager Colin Meads put it down to drinking contaminated milk, while former captain Sean Fitzpatrick claimed that while there was a possibility of food poisoning, there was no evidence to suggest it was intentional or that “Suzie” ever existed.