Great tries burned into your memory
-
@Bovidae said in Great tries burned into your memory:
@Rapido said in Great tries burned into your memory:
Again, weirdly. For a guy of my generation. I don't remember any from the 1996 series win v South Africa. Except for the dodgy one with the 2 locks linking but optically ruined by Ian Jones' forward over the top basketball pass to Jeff Wilson.
You don't remember Wilson's two tries from chip and chases?
It's brought back memories, cheers. But obviously not burned on.
-
@Crucial said in Great tries burned into your memory:
@Snowy said in Great tries burned into your memory:
What was the one described as " bewildering backline move" by the press?
I think it was against Aus and when Wayne Smith was coaching in some capacity? It went through so many hands and was confusing to even watch but brilliant none the less.
Just remember how clever it was and off a set piece.
That would be the one in the video I posted in this very thread.
I think that would be the one. I have just watched it a few more times to check. Bloody awesome.
-
Carlos against the Crusaders. The sideline conversion was a cherry on the top.
-
@Bovidae said in Great tries burned into your memory:
Carlos against the Crusaders. The sideline conversion was a cherry on the top.
I would have included this in my list, but I know it only from youtube. I must have been overseas or something at the time. Same with the 2000 Bledisloe tries, was backpacking, never saw them.
-
Vidiri double chip and catch. For the Blues.
-
@Crucial said in Great tries burned into your memory:
Woodcock 2011 RWC Final
For spine tingling moments and crowd reactions, this is very high on the list.
-
For the All Blacks: Wilson's chip and catch down the right wing in Pretoria, 1996
Same year, Frank Bunce crashing over through Michael Brial in last minute after Mehrtens/Cullen break to score at Suncorp.
Ryan Crotty deep into stoppage time in Dublin in 2013.
Against the All Blacks: They Try From the End of the World by France at Eden Park, 1994
Not involving the All Blacks: Sergo Blanco scoring in last minute to defeat Australia and win 1987 RWC Semi.
-
Love the Rupeni try vs the Brumbies in the wet/mud 2003.
Smit’s 100th test “HE’S GOT DAGG”
-
@Rapido said in Great tries burned into your memory:
91 RWC SF: Campese
That play must rate up there for one of the more insipid All Black backline defence efforts...
-
@Rapido said in Great tries burned into your memory:
I can half remember two great France tries v England in 5 Nations in crica 1990 and 1991.
In particular the one at Twickenham started by Blanco behind his own line and I'm pretty sure included a centring kick. Sure it was in the dieing minutes.I've looked it up.
This is categorically the best try ever. Fact.
Trickery. Not putting it down for the 22 drop out.
The switch in angles by two players, that only the French seem to do, (like 1994 v us).
The chip and regather on the full.
The centering kick.
The guy runing the centre line having to slow to pick it up with the chasers in camera view.
The acceleration from the slow start.
Involving 2 all time great in Blanco and Sella.
But not in the dying minutes. Score was 6-3 after the try. Only area it loses out The Try From The End Of the World.
-
-
Try from the end of the world:
-
Bit before my time. I started watching in 1982.
But 2 length of the field team tries in 1980, both finished by Hika Reid. At a time when test rugby was still tight and dour they were extraordinary.
-
This was the 1992 Bledisloe try I was talking about.
-
@Rapido said in Great tries burned into your memory:
Bit before my time. I started watching in 1982.
But 2 length of the field team tries in 1980, both finished by Hika Reid. At a time when test rugby was still tight and dour they were extraordinary.
Set up by Bruce Robertson (well one was anyway)
-
@Rapido said in Great tries burned into your memory:
Weirdly. While Horan, Campese and Mortlock tries are burned in my memory. I have no vision at all of tries that knocked us out in 99 & 07 by France or even 2019 by England. I vaguely remember a kick and chase in 99.
The Michalak involvement is burned in my mind...
-
@sparky said in Great tries burned into your memory:
Same year, Frank Bunce crashing over through Michael Brial in last minute after Mehrtens/Cullen break to score at Suncorp.
I remember this try well. It was even funnier at the time as Brial had earlier thrown all those punches at Bunce.
-
Richard Bands running 50m and steamrolling Carlos
Every try Kees Meeuws scored with body height 1mm off the ground
-
@ACT-Crusader said in Great tries burned into your memory:
@Rapido said in Great tries burned into your memory:
Weirdly. While Horan, Campese and Mortlock tries are burned in my memory. I have no vision at all of tries that knocked us out in 99 & 07 by France or even 2019 by England. I vaguely remember a kick and chase in 99.
The Michalak involvement is burned in my mind...
aaaaah, duh, I'm seriously worrying I'm going to have alzheimers in the future.
Ol' Wayne Barnes and Michalak .Lol at myself.
-
This try too.
-
This one stuck in my memory from my formative years.
Even though we wouldn't have had live coverage of 5 Nation in those days. Must have watched it no knowing the result (which was easy and normal in those days).
The legendaryness of it is added by them meeting again a year later at same venue in RWC semifinal.
-
@voodoo said in Great tries burned into your memory:
Richard Bands running 50m and steamrolling Carlos
Every try Kees Meeuws scored with body height 1mm off the ground
I'm getting the distinct whiff of an ex-prop?
-
@Bovidae said in Great tries burned into your memory:
This try too.
BBBR put the ball down one handed! Showboating fluffybunny! Shouldn’t be allowed back.
-
@Rapido said in Great tries burned into your memory:
This one stuck in my memory from my formative years.
Even though we wouldn't have had live coverage of 5 Nation in those days. Must have watched it no knowing the result (which was easy and normal in those days).
The legendaryness of it is added by them meeting again a year later at same venue in RWC semifinal.
Ha! You beat me to that one. Was just looking up the clip.
I was living in Edinburgh then. Wasn’t at the game but was at the aftermath. It was a messy night. -
@Rapido said in Great tries burned into your memory:
This was the 1992 Bledisloe try I was talking about.
That was a great series. Pretty sure all 3 scores lines added up to identical totals for each team. Think we scored another great length of the field try in that series too?
-
This try was good. But vastly improved by the fairly poor camerawork. Kirwan cutting against the angle but the suddenness of his suddenly appearing from totally out of shot just made it great.
-
@Virgil said in Great tries burned into your memory:
@Rapido said in Great tries burned into your memory:
This was the 1992 Bledisloe try I was talking about.
That was a great series. Pretty sure all 3 scores lines added up to identical totals for each team. Think we scored another great length of the field try in that series too?
I think we scored an all time great try in each match of the series. Defintitely remember a great Kirwan try in second test at Ballymore.
1992 was the watershed year All Blacks turned from dour to exciting.
-
- Anthony Tahana v Auckland
-
Hopefully starts at the right time. Nope.
1:09 for the Kirwan 1998 Bledisloe try. -
If JK isn’t one of your favourite all time All Black wingers there’s something wrong with you.
-
The Stensness chip.
I think i just have wood for the uncertainess of the chip, that has disappeared a bit , since 25 years ago, with refrereeing interpretations meaning retaining possession is easier to do. -
@Crucial said in Great tries burned into your memory:
Woodcock 2011 RWC Final
Such an underrated try this - especially when you think about the occasion, the planning that would have gone into it for 2-3 years prior when they decided to shelve for just this moment, the perfection of the execution - right down to Piri's kick to the corner to set it all up.
-
A couple of domestic ones
One try that I can never forget, Anthony Tahana scoring in the last few minutes for BoP to win the Shield off Auckland, not spectacular but it was important to me and helped banish Matt Carrington into the back of my memory ....and then thinking of beating Auckland reminds me of one of my favourite wingers of all time (pre pie eating) Rupeni Caucaunibuca. I was actually drinking with some taniwha friends that day in 2001 and the hangover was huge, found some highlights of the day
probably could find some better ones in his career, but this came to mind regardless
-
The dummy kick and chase.
-
Caucau, including that one handed pick up in the soaking wet.
-
@Rapido said in Great tries burned into your memory:
Hopefully starts at the right time. Nope.
1:09 for the Kirwan 1998 Bledisloe try.Why wouldn't you just watch the whole thing?
-
-
@Rapido said in Great tries burned into your memory:
@voodoo said in Great tries burned into your memory:
Richard Bands running 50m and steamrolling Carlos
Every try Kees Meeuws scored with body height 1mm off the ground
I'm getting the distinct whiff of an ex-prop?
Ha, actually no, just enjoy the fatties getting over the line- personally, I was more like the mind of a prop, trapped inside the body of a flanker, trying to play in the midfield - can't for the life of me understand why I was no good...
-
96 Boks tour one that is burned in the old memory is from the first test - Wilson’s chip and chase down the right side off a scrum from our own half.
Post 43 of 165