Classic Rugby Videos

[pakman]

@Steven-Harris said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@taniwharugby not too many people gas Christian Cullen on the outside..Joe Mafileo has story to tell his grandchildren, from what I have heard chatting to some individuals that played in that game..Cullen had not come across the very little known Mafileo, but having seen him run around in North Harbour club in the mid nineties..I knew he could shift..,Cullen in most cases would show the player the outside knowing he had the pace to rope him in..problem was Mafileo possessed stunning pace over the first 30 metres.

Any relation of the THP?

[mikedogz]

I always like to share this video. Can't find the Waikato vs Counties Semi

[mikedogz]

A couple of years earlier.

[mikedogz]

@Bovidae

[mikedogz]

[mikedogz]

I read we were robbed

[voodoo]

@mikedogz said in Classic Rugby Vids:

Not to denigrate the great man, but boy was there some shoddy tackling technique in there! The prop and the winger in particular

[mikedogz]

Some rare provincial footage of Jonah.

[Crucial]

@mikedogz said in Classic Rugby Vids:

Some rare provincial footage of Jonah.

I watched that this morning.

Some hideous jerseys on display.

I love the way some of the tackle attempts were half hearted as players were in two minds whether to have a go or get steamrolled.

[dogmeat]

1996 AB series in SA on Sky now with Bill McLaren commentating

Pitch in shocking condition looks like they’ve been grazing sheep on it until just before kick off.

It’s actually the last game of the Tri Series with the 3 match test series to follow

[Bovidae]

Some of those SA provincial games on the 1992 tour would be good to see again.

[Nepia]

@Bovidae said in Classic Rugby Vids:

Some of those SA provincial games on the 1992 tour would be good to see again.

Is the 1992 tour documentary that screened on TV and had the old timers (Bob Scott, Kevin Skinner etc) watching available on Youtube? IIRC it also had Herscel Gibbs who got to tour round with the ABs as he was a big schoolboy star at the time.

I remember the punch up in one of the provincial games, Ian Jones was showing his Northland mongrelness despite looking like a choirboy.

[Bovidae]

@Nepia I did find this.

Very bad picture

[Bovidae]

Sivivatu magic for Wesley. Their hooker has some wheels.

[Bones]

@Bovidae not too shabby by the 'rua tighthead chasing Sivi too!

[taniwharugby]

@Bovidae you able to post the teamsheets?

A fair few familiar faces (running/kicking style) in there

[Bovidae]

@taniwharugby said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@Bovidae you able to post the teamsheets?

I haven't been able to find it. From the commentary, RBHS had Messam, Ripia and Aporo in their side, and Ruki Tipuna was the halfback and made the NZSS team. Sailosi Tagicakibau scored the first try for Wesley.

Wesley didn't have any NZSS reps in 2001. Joe Schmidt, what were you thinking?

NZS 2001

SQUAD       Backs Glen Horton (Napier BHS) Joe Rokocoko (St Kentigern College) Luke McAlister (Westlake BHS) Tony Koonwaiyou (King's College) James Gopperth (New Plymouth BHS) Riki Tipuna...

Rotorua did score plenty of points themselves, just not enough.

Wesley College: 53 (Sailosi Tagicakibau 2, Tekori Luteru 2, Sitiveni Sivivatu, Viliami Veikoso, Michael Spence, Stephen Donald tries; Donald: 5 con, 1 pen)
Rotorua Boys’ High School: 32 (Ruki Tipuna, Sam Cameron, Raureti Grace, Penalty Try; Tipuna: 3 con, 2 pen)

[junior]

@Bovidae said in Classic Rugby Vids:

Sivivatu magic for Wesley. Their hooker has some wheels.

Love that the WC open side is already thinning on top

[Bones]

@junior is that Spence? Classic - I thought for his try he looked like the wiley-old 200+ club caps, typical openside.

[mikedogz]

I played with Spence when I was in my prime, Counties Under 13 open weight. He was man size and as hairy at 14/15. He would have been a second year 7th former there. He ended up playing a few seasons for Wairarapa Bush.