Best of RWC 1987

[canefan]

@Bovidae said in Best of RWC 1987:

@canefan said in Best of RWC 1987:

@Bovidae said in Best of RWC 1987:

And I also remember this:

Dislocated his shoulder didn't he?

Yes.

Tsimba died in a car accident in 2000.

Wow that's sad. It was an iconic moment from one of the minnows of the cup

[Duluth]

[booboo]

@canefan said in Best of RWC 1987:

@Bovidae said in Best of RWC 1987:

And I also remember this:

Dislocated his shoulder didn't he?

Peeps could like read the article ...

Unfortunately, in scoring the try by executing an ambitious dive Tsimba fell heavily and badly injured his shoulder, requiring substitution

Digressing slightly, Tsimba’s dive may have in fact been a bad personal playing habit: in Zimbabwe’s last game against France, again at Eden Park, although still affected by the injury he returned to the side and late in the game made a break up the left-hand touch. Instead of diving in low for the corner he dived high offering a target for the French cover defender to bundle him into the corner flag.

Tsimba suffered an untimely early death some years ago, passing away following a motor-vehicle accident in 2000 aged just 34.

[booboo]

@Duluth said in Best of RWC 1987:

Rodriguez knocked it on ...

[booboo]

Apropos to nothing ...

I seem to recall enjoying the "other" games in the France Scotland Romania Zimbabwe pool.

They were, if I recall correctly, close enough into the second halves.

[booboo]

@booboo said in Best of RWC 1987:

Apropos to nothing ...

I seem to recall enjoying the "other" games in the France Scotland Romania Zimbabwe pool.

They were, if I recall correctly, close enough into the second halves.

And I recall Canada's games against their top two teams (Wales and Ireland) being competitive.

[Nogusta]

@Duluth

• Iceman bursting onto the international stage
• AJ and Buck laying the smack down against Wales
• how good John Gallagher went
• SF Aussie vs Wales. What a game!
• Some of the individual tries
  • 'that' JK try
  • Marcello Cuttita try vs Pumas
  • Richard Tsimba try vs Romania
• Welsh winger Glen Web with the gloves
• That French backline 🔥
  Berbizier
  Camberobero
  Sella
  Lagisquet
  Blanco

[booboo]

@Nogusta said in Best of RWC 1987:

SF Aussie vs Wales

France or 3v4 - sorry for the pedantry - but either match you're correct.

[Bovidae]

@Nogusta said in Best of RWC 1987:

• Welsh winger Glen Web with the gloves

That reminds me about the Welsh alternative green/red jersey when they played Canada.

[Nogusta]

@booboo oops yea meant to say Aussie France semi 🤭

[Duluth]

Extended highlights of the 87 final. Posted on the AB channel today

[Bovidae]

There is also another airing of the 1987 final on SS2 tomorrow.

Ignore the 1999 and 2007 NZ-France games later in the day.