Classic Rugby Videos
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@daffy-jaffy Thanks for bringing back memories of the good old days when scrums were not two minute marathons, centering kicks, rucking, and forwards not getting in the way of (or trying to be) backs, windmill wingers throwing the ball in, toe poke goal kicking, no need to dive for tries, announcers had proper BBC accents, touch judges wore blazers, Bill McLaren with the commentators microphone without the need to saddle him with "help" from about 5 hangers on, and even a Mooloo cowbell can be heard ringing after the first try! Bit early for Bring Back Buck banners though.........................
Nice to see the match was graced by the presence of the Queen, a vastly different position in those days than today's queens! Oh, and one of my first heroes, Fergie McCormick (at least when he wasn't playing for Canterbury that is) played alongside fellow Higgins' Heroes Messrs Tremain, MacRae and Davis.
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Some awesome try savers, tough to separate my faves between Ben Smith on Tuilagi, BB on Le Roux and Kaino on Ioane
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Just stumbled across this... how good. Those were the days.
RIP Jerry & Jonah.
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@canes4life TMO woulda called that 1st try back for a forward pass from Fa'atau to Umaga...
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all that talent and a grand total of 1 NPC title....
how shit were the other 5 blokes?
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Loved this try from that World XV series
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Jerome Kaino and Sam Tuitupou gonna be hurtin' some old folks -
Classic All Blacks squad: Chris Masoe, Corey Flynn, Jerome Kaino, Luke Braid, Mike Delany, Nathan Harris, Rudi Wulf, Sam Tuitupou, Luke McAlister, Hosea Gear, Rico Gear, Stephen Donald, Conrad Smith, Jarrod Hoeata, Alby Mathewson, Nick Crosswell, Daniel Ramsay, Andre Taylor.Coach: Tana Umaga
Patron: Sean Fitzpatrick
Ambassador: Daniel CarterFor want of somewhere else to post it.
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Love the commentary
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@Bones said in Classic Rugby Videos:
As good a place as any.
When asked at my interview with the RAF what was the best moment of your life, it was being in a pub in Cornwall with all my English mates, and many other poms, for the 1995 semi - bliss
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@Bones two points
Depending on your point of view, that vid could easily be a highlight reel for Josh Kronfield. what a player
Fuck Jonah could move. People love to crap on like "oh everyone is big now" but that man is an enormous unit and yet a few of those tries up there are touch tries, defenders couldn't get a hand on him
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Best winger ever. But you can just imagine if he played now there would be posters on here calling for him not to be selected because of "defence and high ball work"
It's not a uniquely NZ Rugby attitude, but in modern rugby there is this obsession with errors. Fuck what a player creates, you make an error, you're cooked. Some of our absolute greats of even modern times would be slated over and over on here.
I'm as guilty as anyone, but i am really trying to change. In an era again dominated by defence, i want to fall in love with players who are trying shit, whether it comes off or not. Fuck picking wingers because they have great positioning but can't absolutely skin a bloke one on one.
