Dirtiest Rugby XV
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Odd that no-one has mentioned dear old Danny Grewcock. He could punch, kick, stamp and very handy with the elbow too. Helps being 6'7" and a karate black belt.
Oh and add being pretty dumb with it.
Danny, if you're on this board, I don't really mean the dumb bit. if you're not though I do mean it.
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@catogrande said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
Odd that no-one has mentioned dear old Danny Grewcock. He could punch, kick, stamp and very handy with the elbow too. Helps being 6'7" and a karate black belt.
Oh and add being pretty dumb with it.
Danny, if you're on this board, I don't really mean the dumb bit. if you're not though I do mean it.
Yep he'd be pretty near the top of any 'dont fuck with me' 15 for sure. I'd pick Johan Ackermann to partner him at lock.
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@mn5 said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
@catogrande said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
Odd that no-one has mentioned dear old Danny Grewcock. He could punch, kick, stamp and very handy with the elbow too. Helps being 6'7" and a karate black belt.
Oh and add being pretty dumb with it.
Danny, if you're on this board, I don't really mean the dumb bit. if you're not though I do mean it.
Yep he'd be pretty near the top of any 'dont fuck with me' 15 for sure. I'd pick Johan Ackermann to partner him at lock.
Moaner Van Heerdan (see above) rucked Whiting on head with result that his ear was half hanging off. Something like forty stitches to reattach. Very dirty Cnut.
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@cgrant said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
I think Gerard Cholley should be in the list
Made the vudeo in the OP. Nice "fend".
But tough Nonu making that team. Pretty rough charge but I never had him down as dirty.
I'd put nominations in for Zinny Brooke, Fitzy and Jamie Joseph though.
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@booboo said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
@cgrant said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
I think Gerard Cholley should be in the list
Made the vudeo in the OP. Nice "fend".
But tough Nonu making that team. Pretty rough charge but I never had him down as dirty.
I'd put nominations in for Zinny Brooke, Fitzy and Jamie Joseph though.
Don't you mean Robin? I always remember Zinny as the hard but fair type
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@mn5 said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
@booboo said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
@cgrant said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
I think Gerard Cholley should be in the list
Made the vudeo in the OP. Nice "fend".
But tough Nonu making that team. Pretty rough charge but I never had him down as dirty.
I'd put nominations in for Zinny Brooke, Fitzy and Jamie Joseph though.
Don't you mean Robin? I always remember Zinny as the hard but fair type
Rose tinted glasses
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@mn5 said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
@booboo said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
@cgrant said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
I think Gerard Cholley should be in the list
Made the vudeo in the OP. Nice "fend".
But tough Nonu making that team. Pretty rough charge but I never had him down as dirty.
I'd put nominations in for Zinny Brooke, Fitzy and Jamie Joseph though.
Don't you mean Robin? I always remember Zinny as the hard but fair type
Very long arms remember? (the motorist assault)
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@bovidae said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
Marty. He was an expert of the sneaky uppercut in the scrum - an Auckland special in that era.
Seem to recall that Marty was considered more talented than Robin (who's fist Brian Moore did not look forward to at the first scrum). Then a straight kick to an opposition head led to suggestions that he forget any aspirations of being an AB.
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@dogmeat said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
Daniel Dubroca
He makes it as a player/coach in this side....
Edit: found this good piece from that ‘dirty’ test back in 92 between France and England that “I didn’t do it” incident between Dubroca and the ref after the test.
The Forgotten Story of … France v England, 1992
Among Anglo-French skirmishes in the early nineties, the 1991 World Cup quarter-final is often held up as the ultimate battle, but the rivalry reached its zenith four months later in the Five Nations
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Danny Grewcock
Trevor Brennan
Paddy Johns
Simon Best
Ray Gravell
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@pot-hale said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
Danny Grewcock
Trevor Brennan
Paddy Johns
Simon Best
Ray Gravell
Pascal PapeWas it Steve Fenwick who destroyed Clive Currie's career with that coathanger in '78? (Which in terms of karma bit back badly as it meant McKechnie made the field ... )
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@catogrande And not forgetting Simon "knee 'em in the neck" Shaw. Dallaglio's knee in Lomu's back after Jonah scored at RWC 1999 deserves a mention* as does James Small's antics for Sth Africa.
- I think Brian Moore commented that he never knew Dallaglio could run so fast after Jonah got up and looked at him menacingly.
