Classic Rugby Videos

[Bovidae]

@Smuts

There were certainly some strange Bok selections, and players I had completely forgotten about in that team like van Schalkwyk.

Natal and NT were the dominant SA teams that year so you can understand why Markgraff favoured some of them.

[Machpants]

[Duluth]

Good pace from Jerry in the build up to the first try

[Bones]

@Duluth I remember hearing about how awesome he was and how quick he was....before he broke his leg.

[Bovidae]

I was trying to find some footage of Jerry playing at no.8 for the NZ U19s in 1999. Player of the tournament and a beast with the ball in hand.

[ACT Crusader]

Never gets old. Yes the tackle and turnover was class but the line McCaw ran to get to Gerrard was brilliant.

[Bones]

@ACT-Crusader never released.

[Victor Meldrew]

Seriously old game from 1964 but regarded as one of the great games of that era.

The skill levels in the forwards were pretty impressive and the passing and off-loading wouldn't look out of place today. Dunno if Joe Moody or Ofa could drop a goal from 40 metres as Ian Clarke did in this game.

[ACT Crusader]

@Bones said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@ACT-Crusader never released.

It’s what you call a ball and all tackle steal 😎

[Duluth]

A classic Wilson try

[Bovidae]

He had a knack of always getting the ball to bounce for him from those kicks.

[Nepia]

@Duluth @Bovidae Yeah, he got lots of tries from those chip kicks. Always like watching the just before professionalism vids. Joseph shouldered Fitzy after he passed the ball as well.

[Bovidae]

On this day in 1981 the Waikato-South Africa game was cancelled because of the protesters invading the ground. Some footage in this clip.

[Duluth]

I see this was posted on the AB's youtube channel:

Was this before or after the 1995 ABs trial? My memory was that was the turning point for Lomu

[Snowy]

@Duluth said in Classic Rugby Vids:

Was this before or after the 1995 ABs trial? My memory was that was the turning point for Lomu

I would guess before. The N v S match was really early in the season I think. April / May?

Was that the year we smacked them in Dunedin - the Berryman hat trick match? Lomu mentioned it when Berryman died a few years ago. I might have all of that confused though.

[Bones]

@Snowy Quinn talks about a touring party going to SA the following month at the start of the vid, would they be doing that so early in the year?

[Nepia]

@Bones said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@Snowy Quinn talks about a touring party going to SA the following month at the start of the vid, would they be doing that so early in the year?

World Cup was June that year so would fit with the May date that @Snowy mentioned.

[Duluth]

@Snowy said in Classic Rugby Vids:

the Berryman hat trick match? Lomu mentioned it when Berryman died a few years ago. I might have all of that confused though.

I had a search, it looks like there was a lot of 'trial' matches close together. I think the one Lomu was referencing was NZ Harlequins v Waikato and Berryman scored multiple tries

The match I was thinking of was the Possibles v Probables match at Okara park. I was in the crowd.. if I remember correctly Berryman was a late scratching and Lomu came into the side and forced his way into the RWC squad

I can't find any footage unfortunately

[Snowy]

Found this for the Nth versing Sth:

1995 8 April Dunedin North 63-22

@Duluth you are correct the Berryman hat trick match was Harlequins v Waikato (after a bucket of KFC with Jonah).

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[Bovidae]

I wasn't sure where to put this video. Rieko can ground the ball correctly if he wants to.