NPC Old School Reminiscing
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@crucial said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
@dice said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
@mn5 said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
@crucial said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
If you haven't discovered the excellent FB page NPC Rugby History (https://www.facebook.com/npcrugby/) or don't FB at all you are missing some great old clips the remind you of the difference between old school rugby and the current pro game.
I had to make this thread just to post this...
Fats, Lomu, Jim Coe, Errol Brain, a young (and thin) looking Merts for the losing side and some fine rucking.
Best wing pair in provincial rugby history.
( I mean Jonah and Joeli btw, not whoever was playing for Canterbury )
What's the best pakeha winger pairing in provincial history? Wright and Kirwan?
Terry was my hero. Skinny legs are built for speed.
Before there was BFA there was Terry from accounts, a real accountant!
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@dice said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
@crucial said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
@dice said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
@mn5 said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
@crucial said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
If you haven't discovered the excellent FB page NPC Rugby History (https://www.facebook.com/npcrugby/) or don't FB at all you are missing some great old clips the remind you of the difference between old school rugby and the current pro game.
I had to make this thread just to post this...
Fats, Lomu, Jim Coe, Errol Brain, a young (and thin) looking Merts for the losing side and some fine rucking.
Best wing pair in provincial rugby history.
( I mean Jonah and Joeli btw, not whoever was playing for Canterbury )
What's the best pakeha winger pairing in provincial history? Wright and Kirwan?
Terry was my hero. Skinny legs are built for speed.
Long range tries were always on with him and SJK on the field.
Here's a pretty sweet highlight reel of him.
Jeez that Auckland team played a sweet brand of footy. Probably my all time favourite team, and I am a fucking Cantab.
I miss daytime games.
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Love watching how perfect that backline timing was when they just went through the hands to Wright on the outside. Angled at 45degrees and every man hitting the pass at speed.
TW had that ability to genuinely beat a marker on the outside. For a winger there is no sweeter feeling -
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@rotated said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
@dice said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
What's the best pakeha winger pairing in provincial history? Wright and Kirwan?
Wilson/Cooke was pretty good too. This channel has plenty of Otago stuff...
straight to the wank bank
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@mariner4life What is crazy is that as soon as the ball left Bachops hands I could remember that try clearly - I probably can't remember single AB tries this year.
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@bovidae some of his work with those little kicks was magic, literally had the ball on a string.
Was it him or Cully that did the 'bounce pass' to the other for a try?
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@taniwharugby said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
@bovidae some of his work with those little kicks was magic, literally had the ball on a string.
Was it him or Cully that did the 'bounce pass' to the other for a try?
how the hell did we get Goldie, Cullen and Lomu in the team at the same time? That's not fair!
And then Osbourne and Umaga at the same time as well.
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@mariner4life said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
@taniwharugby said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
@bovidae some of his work with those little kicks was magic, literally had the ball on a string.
Was it him or Cully that did the 'bounce pass' to the other for a try?
how the hell did we get Goldie, Cullen and Lomu in the team at the same time? That's not fair!
And then Osbourne and Umaga at the same time as well.
Yet somehow we wound up with Caleb Ralph on the wing at times when all those guys bar Osborne were playing ...
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@nepia if you hadnt watched him play and looking at his record alone you'd not likely have too many issues with him....126 games for the Crusaders during thier long period of dominance with 290 points (I assume) almost 60 tries, 14 tests, 9 tries (not a bad strike rate)
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@taniwharugby said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
@nepia if you hadnt watched him play and looking at his record alone you'd not likely have too many issues with him....126 games for the Crusaders during thier long period of dominance with 290 points (I assume) almost 60 tries, 14 tests, 9 tries (not a bad strike rate)
Yeah, definitely, and he had some good matches at centre for NZ Maori as well - it's when you put him in comparison to all those others listed it's a bit one of these things is not like the other.
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@nepia said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
Yeah, definitely, and he had some good matches at centre for NZ Maori as well - it's when you put him in comparison to all those others listed it's a bit one of these things is not like the other.
according to Wiki he didnt get a try for the Maori, not that this is always a measure.
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@taniwharugby said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
@nepia said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
Yeah, definitely, and he had some good matches at centre for NZ Maori as well - it's when you put him in comparison to all those others listed it's a bit one of these things is not like the other.
according to Wiki he didnt get a try for the Maori, not that this is always a measure.
He got an awesome try (or set up one) against the Wallabies but Mark Lawerance pulled it back for some (maybe dodgy) reason.
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@nepia said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
@mariner4life said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
@taniwharugby said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
@bovidae some of his work with those little kicks was magic, literally had the ball on a string.
Was it him or Cully that did the 'bounce pass' to the other for a try?
how the hell did we get Goldie, Cullen and Lomu in the team at the same time? That's not fair!
And then Osbourne and Umaga at the same time as well.
Yet somehow we wound up with Caleb Ralph on the wing at times when all those guys bar Osborne were playing ...
not to forget Adrian Cashmore who while he wasn't a bad player should not have kept Oz out of the side.
Don't get me started on Hart's fuckwittedness in 99.
Personally I think Hart was more destructive of the AB's than Mitchell/Deans
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@dogmeat said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
@nepia said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
@mariner4life said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
@taniwharugby said in NPC Old School Reminiscing:
@bovidae some of his work with those little kicks was magic, literally had the ball on a string.
Was it him or Cully that did the 'bounce pass' to the other for a try?
how the hell did we get Goldie, Cullen and Lomu in the team at the same time? That's not fair!
And then Osbourne and Umaga at the same time as well.
Yet somehow we wound up with Caleb Ralph on the wing at times when all those guys bar Osborne were playing ...
not to forget Adrian Cashmore who while he wasn't a bad player should not have kept Oz out of the side.
Don't get me started on Hart's fuckwittedness in 99.
Personally I think Hart was more destructive of the AB's than Mitchell/Deans
yea, and fuck his race horse too!!
