Howard, The song was written by Ray Hildebrand, who wrote the song and also sang it with Jill Jackson as Paula. This team was formerly known as "Ray and Jill" or maybe it was "Jill and Ray."

A visit to Google was the least I could do after your thorough explanation of how the All Blacks got their name. Never for a minute did I actually believe it was racist in origin and wish we lived in a world where that was never an issue.

Neil, good thing you didn't mind the interruption because I just did it again. You all seem like such good natured sports fans.

Paula