West Coast Video Footage

The first four four videos below, feature some incredible footage taken by Greymouth film maker Wally Messenger, in 1956 and 1957. A special thank you to Robert Messenger for donating his father's footage, and to Patrick McBride of McBride Vision, for digitising it.

 
The first video features the 1956 Springboks versus the West Coast-Buller Combined team, played at Victoria Square in Westport.

Below, is some wonderful footage taken by Wally Messenger, featuring the 1956 New Zealand Maori team versus West Coast, at Rugby Park in Greymouth.

In this footage from Wally Messenger, is the incredible street parade through the main streets of Greymouth, prior to the 1956 West Coast versus Centurions game, that was played at Rugby Park in Greymouth. 

This Wally Messenger footage from 1957, features a match between the Blaketown v Cobden 9th grade junior teams, which was a curtain-raiser to the West Coast versus Golden Bay-Motueaka, Seddon Shield clash, at Rugby Park. 

Below is footage sourced from YouTube, of the 1974 West Coast versus Marlborough clash in Blenheim, that was both a Ranfurly Shield and Seddon Shield Challenge. 

This footage from 1981, features the action from the Under 13 representative match played at McLean Park in Blaketown, between West Coast versus Buller. 

This footage shot by Adam Gilshnan, and commentated by Kieran O'Donnell and Adam Nichol, is from the 1991 West Coast versus Canterbury game, played at Rugby Park in Greymouth. 

The below action was from the 1994 Moro Sports Extra television show, featuring West Coast's trip to Tologa Bay, to play East Coast. 

In this footage from 2001, the West Coast 7's rugby team take on Wanganui in the Plate Final, at Telecom National 7's competition in Palmerston North. 

In 2002, the West Coast 7's team again featured in the Plate Final at the Telecom National 7's competition in Palmerston North, this time against the New Zealand Marist team. 

This footage is a flashback to Rugby Park Greymouth in 1994, for highlights of John Sturgeon's Steins v The Air NZ XV, that was highlighted on the Moro Sports Extra television show. It begins with two of the days Steins, Richard Loe and Mike Brewer being interviewed about Canterbury's hopes for the 94 season, and continues with action featuring some of NZ's finest players of the day, and a handful of our local lads, putting on a great display of festival footy.

This YouTube footage features a very memorable game from 2009 at Rugby Park, between West Coast versus North Otago. In an exhilarating match, West Coast needed a four try bonus point, and to stop North Otago from getting a losing bonus point, for West Coast to host a potential home semi and final. 

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