Will Jordan's try scoring
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@Chris-B said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@Frank said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@Kiwiwomble said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
not meaning to hijack the thread too much but was also surprised how MANY Ben Smith had, considering the large gap he had after his first test, 84...bloody legend
One of the greatest ever ABs.
Our best ever fullback along with Cullen
Complete player.I reckon Ben Smith should've been the World Rugby Player of the year at some point.
For a while, he played whole seasons barely making an error.
Chris I've never agreed with you more! 🙂
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George Bridge 12
-12 tries? Where are the highlights? I assume the video will be longer to account for the change in speed from Jordan?
PS great to see that https://www.allblacks.com/playerprofiles/george-bridge/ employs mums to write bios:"His dynamic skills and pace" -
@nostrildamus I'll forever remember Bridgey's qaurtet in Josh ioanes only Test
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@Chris-B said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
15 test
Sitiveni Sivivatu had 18 tries in his first 15 tests (three of those matches and four of those tries were for the Pacific Islanders).
In his first 15 tests for the ABs, he managed 16 tries.
He scored 26 tries in his first 26 tests but they started to dry up pretty quickly after that (six tries in his remaining 22 tests).
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I miss Sivi
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@FakatavaAllBlack He somehow managed to fool the majority of the NZ public and most on here at the time that he was a world class player after that game too. Anyone who thought about criticizing him back then got laughed at lol.
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@African-Monkey said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@FakatavaAllBlack He somehow managed to fool the majority of the NZ public and most on here at the time that he was a world class player after that game too. Anyone who thought about criticizing him back then got laughed at lol.
you mean Bridge or Ioane?
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A nice Stuff article by Marc Hinton on Will reminded me of this thread. Marc missed a trick by not noting that Will went past his childhood hero Danny Boy in test tries on Saturday morning.
Coincidentally, compared with the OP, Will has played another 15 tests (since then) and scored another 12 tries. He hasn't had a five try romp against Tonga in those tests, so I'd guess statistics theory would be inconclusive that he's slowed down - small samples etc.
He's now up to 31 test tries from 30 tests - alongside Ma'a Nonu who got 31 from 103 tests.
Once you're over 30 test tries, I think you're into the elite list of AB try-scorers (that no forwards have got to).
Will's now 13th equal on the all-time test try scoring record. Of those ahead of him only Big Jules (54 tests) and Cully (58 tests) have played less than twice the number Will has. I'm pretty sure he's about four tests faster than Joe Rok in getting to this mark and pretty sure Joe was the next fastest (though I haven't checked).
Lots of ifs and buts in terms of positional changes (I'm expecting he'll play fullback next year), injuries and whether he hangs around, but you'd be pretty brave to bet against him toppling Doug's record.
If he ends up playing as long as e.g. Ben Smith or Beauden, he might well end up with a sort of Bradmanesque All black try-scoring mark - and get up around the world leaders - Ohata (69), Habana (67) and Campo (64).
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@Cyclops said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
It's kind of incredible that Savea, Rokocoko and Cullen all ended on 46
By crikey that wouldn’t look too bad as an all time XV back three.
Well, fullback is locked in but Jonah, Goldie and JK would get ahead of those wingers. Amazing legacy when you look at it that way.
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@Bovidae said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
Looking at the full list, Savea is only 3 test tries away from equalling McCaw at 27 (the most for a forward).
So far and away the best AB try scoring brothers……70 ( and counting ) is fucken outstanding.
Barretts second obviously ( three of them helps )
Who would be third ? Hosea Gear didn’t play as much as he should have….Not sure Robin Brooke got many…..Akira Ioane only has one to help his brother. The Franks were more into other aspects of Rugby than scoring tries….
Aaron, Conrad and Ben Smith maybe ?
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@MN5 said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@Bovidae said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
Looking at the full list, Savea is only 3 test tries away from equalling McCaw at 27 (the most for a forward).
So far and away the best AB try scoring brothers……
Barretts second obviously ( three of them helps )
Who would be third ?
Ioane brothers on 37
Savea's on: 69
Barretts on 70.
The Smith Brothers (Conrad/Ben/Aaron) with 103 in total
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@Magpie_in_aus said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@MN5 said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@Bovidae said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
Looking at the full list, Savea is only 3 test tries away from equalling McCaw at 27 (the most for a forward).
So far and away the best AB try scoring brothers……
Barretts second obviously ( three of them helps )
Who would be third ?
Ioane brothers on 37
Savea's on: 69
Barretts on 70.
The Smith Brothers (Conrad/Ben/Aaron) with 103 in total
I’m really struggling to find a good list on the interweb.
Isn’t 24 plus 46 = 70 ? ( Saveas )
Scott obviously adding a handful gets the Barretts up there.
Who is legitimately third ? ( I just found out the Smiths aren’t related, turns out its a common name )
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@Magpie_in_aus said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@MN5 said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@Bovidae said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
Looking at the full list, Savea is only 3 test tries away from equalling McCaw at 27 (the most for a forward).
So far and away the best AB try scoring brothers……
Barretts second obviously ( three of them helps )
Who would be third ?
Ioane brothers on 37
Savea's on: 69
Barretts on 70.
The Smith Brothers (Conrad/Ben/Aaron) with 103 in total
Did Wayne never score a try?
