The New Zealand eight that went to Montreal – Ivan Sutherland, Trevor Coker, Dignan, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Dave Rodger, Alec McLean, Tony Hurt and cox Simon Dickie – had a lot on their shoulders because they were defending the crown won so magnificently in Munich four years earlier. The 1976 eight was well-regarded, even … Continue reading New Zealand Men’s Rowing Eights claim Bronze, Montreal 1976