Stu Wilson RIP
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I miss you brother. RIP
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Had a stent didn't he? Lucky to survive a train ride in Romania according to Hewson
https://www.theroar.com.au/2014/12/23/allan-hewson-a-beer-with-an-all-black/ -
Shittings! He was my favorite player as a kid even though he played for the evil Wellington. Remember sitting in the stands in Carisbrook cheering him over the line (against Scotland I think(?)) after my dad and I had eaten lunch in the same Chinese restaurant as the All Black team by chance. Absolute heaven!
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I actually didn’t mind him commentating. Bought a bit of over exuberance at times, but you could tell he really enjoyed it.
His combination with Bruce Robertson was one of the best centre/wing duos we have produced.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Stu Wilson RIP:
I actually didn’t mind him commentating. Bought a bit of over exuberance at times, but you could tell he really enjoyed it.
His combination with Bruce Robertson was one of the best centre/wing duos we have produced.
He was a very good commentator and great fun. His reference to performing a 'disco haka' might be frowned upon today, I'd say he'd get a few complaints !
Definitely enjoyed a drink to put it mildly from what I saw of him.
I'm a bit young to remember him playing but those highlight reels indicate he was some player, seemed to beat tackles that he had no right to beat ( kind of like an early version of Cory Jane, also a funny bugger off the pitch )
RIP.
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My first Test Match being at the ground was the 1981 Lancaster Park match.
We were spat on as we went in and the police presence was very unKiwi as they had no idea how to handle the fans and the protesters.
Stu scored the winning try.
The first All Black vs Springbok test match: 40 years ago this month
15 August 1981 was the day of the first Test match to be played between the All Blacks and the Springboks at Lancaster Park.
He ran the best angles.....It was like Moses parting the seas...............
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Came into the abs when I was in high school,
Was a breath of fresh air at the time, he brought a lot of pace and excitement,
My lasting memory was he looked very different to what we had seen previously with his running lines and angles
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@sparky said in Stu Wilson RIP:
Rest In Peace
Forgotten how bloody fast he actually was. Howlett-like.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Stu Wilson RIP:
@sparky said in Stu Wilson RIP:
Rest In Peace
Forgotten how bloody fast he actually was. Howlett-like.
Also reminded me how good Bruce Robertson was.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Stu Wilson RIP:
@sparky said in Stu Wilson RIP:
Rest In Peace
Forgotten how bloody fast he actually was. Howlett-like.
Yeah not so sure about that. He did play in the pre professional era where everyone was an amateur and wouldn't have known a weight bench or sprint program if they tripped over it.
Howlett had some freakish 100 metre stats.
Maybe everyone else was just much slower.
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@MN5 said in Stu Wilson RIP:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Stu Wilson RIP:
@sparky said in Stu Wilson RIP:
Rest In Peace
Forgotten how bloody fast he actually was. Howlett-like.
Yeah not so sure about that. He did play in the pre professional era where everyone was an amateur and wouldn't have known a weight bench or sprint program if they tripped over it.
Howlett had some freakish 100 metre stats.
Maybe everyone else was just much slower.
Gareth Edwards' fastest recorded 100-yard dash time was 10.57 seconds, achieved on August 24, 1973.
He also achieved a 100-meter time of 12.6 seconds in the European Heat 5 of Superstars in 1976.
Many faster than Gareth.
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@MiketheSnow said in Stu Wilson RIP:
@MN5 said in Stu Wilson RIP:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Stu Wilson RIP:
@sparky said in Stu Wilson RIP:
Rest In Peace
Forgotten how bloody fast he actually was. Howlett-like.
Yeah not so sure about that. He did play in the pre professional era where everyone was an amateur and wouldn't have known a weight bench or sprint program if they tripped over it.
Howlett had some freakish 100 metre stats.
Maybe everyone else was just much slower.
Gareth Edwards' fastest recorded 100-yard dash time was 10.57 seconds, achieved on August 24, 1973.
He also achieved a 100-meter time of 12.6 seconds in the European Heat 5 of Superstars in 1976.
Many faster than Gareth.
Including Stu Wilson by the sounds of things.
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@MN5 said in Stu Wilson RIP:
@MiketheSnow said in Stu Wilson RIP:
@MN5 said in Stu Wilson RIP:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Stu Wilson RIP:
@sparky said in Stu Wilson RIP:
Rest In Peace
Forgotten how bloody fast he actually was. Howlett-like.
Yeah not so sure about that. He did play in the pre professional era where everyone was an amateur and wouldn't have known a weight bench or sprint program if they tripped over it.
Howlett had some freakish 100 metre stats.
Maybe everyone else was just much slower.
Gareth Edwards' fastest recorded 100-yard dash time was 10.57 seconds, achieved on August 24, 1973.
He also achieved a 100-meter time of 12.6 seconds in the European Heat 5 of Superstars in 1976.
Many faster than Gareth.
Including Stu Wilson by the sounds of things.
Exactly
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@MN5 said in Stu Wilson RIP:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Stu Wilson RIP:
@sparky said in Stu Wilson RIP:
Rest In Peace
Forgotten how bloody fast he actually was. Howlett-like.
Yeah not so sure about that. He did play in the pre professional era where everyone was an amateur and wouldn't have known a weight bench or sprint program if they tripped over it.
Howlett had some freakish 100 metre stats.
Maybe everyone else was just much slower.
Jonah was seriously quick.
I recall him racing Olympic 100m champion Linford Christie in a exhibition thing in the late '90s. Jonah absolutely smoked him for the first 40m then Christie caught up and steamed away to the finish line - but Mr Lomu was only a few metres behind
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Oh and I mean Lomu.
