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@MN5 said in Classic Rugby Videos:

As you say the way he moved for such a huge dude was out of this world.

His balance was arguably his greatest strength and point of difference. There are big fast guys, but they usually go down easily. Jonah was ridiculous - just got hit and stayed vertical - amazing to watch.

Yep but his power was unmatched too. He could trample guys with his leg drive or if they went high he could ‘hand them off like flies’ ( copyright Bill McLaren )

In any other era Christian Cullen would be the freak athlete of any backline……not in those days

@nonpartizan I think Kronfeld, like Jones before him and McCaw after him were atop the tree kinda redefined the role of a 7.

That was a pretty long period where we almost always had the best 7 in the game.

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Thoroughly enjoyed this, the documentary of the 1989 tour of Wales and Ireland.

There's a couple more out there, I think there's on called Blood, Sweet and Touring which is a French tour, and theres a 1991 one. Also a good one if you can find it is tv programme of the 1992 tour to South Africa which goes on tour but then also has old ABs in NZ discussing the rivalry with the Saffas.

I'll have a search for the others after work today.

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@nonpartizan said in Classic Rugby Videos:

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Thoroughly enjoyed this, the documentary of the 1989 tour of Wales and Ireland.

There's a couple more out there, I think there's on called Blood, Sweet and Touring which is a French tour, and theres a 1991 one. Also a good one if you can find it is tv programme of the 1992 tour to South Africa which goes on tour but then also has old ABs in NZ discussing the rivalry with the Saffas.

I'll have a search for the others after work today.

Thanks. That one was very good, some of the match footage is very good and the behind the scenes stuff is fun.

Despite the caption, the full vid is available to watch now.

The South African one - 1992 return from isolation:

It's in 5 parts, along the bottom of the video.

@nonpartizan said in Classic Rugby Videos:

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Videos:

@nonpartizan said in Classic Rugby Videos:

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Videos:

@nonpartizan said in Classic Rugby Videos:

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Thoroughly enjoyed this, the documentary of the 1989 tour of Wales and Ireland.

There's a couple more out there, I think there's on called Blood, Sweet and Touring which is a French tour, and theres a 1991 one. Also a good one if you can find it is tv programme of the 1992 tour to South Africa which goes on tour but then also has old ABs in NZ discussing the rivalry with the Saffas.

I'll have a search for the others after work today.

Thanks. That one was very good, some of the match footage is very good and the behind the scenes stuff is fun.

Despite the caption, the full vid is available to watch now.

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Thanks, just finished watching it. These are absolutely superb documentaries. It funny how Michael Jones loves to play his guitar, Bryan Williams said he loved to take his on tour too. So much good behind the scenes footage, it's the little things, when JK is coaching Zinzan how to play the sax and ZB gets it right and says "that's the bugger!".

I will watch that South Africa one when I get in from work tomorrow.

AS an FYI the South Africa one, IIRC, is more a general doco than the other two. (Just so you're not disappointed).

@nonpartizan said in Classic Rugby Videos:

I'm not sure if kiwis would consider him a national treasure

There's still a big power junction box on the sidewalk in Rotorua - fully painted with a mural of Buck leading the haka, and the demand "Bring Back Buck"

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@Kruse said in Classic Rugby Videos:

@nonpartizan said in Classic Rugby Videos:

I'm not sure if kiwis would consider him a national treasure

There's still a big power junction box on the sidewalk in Rotorua - fully painted with a mural of Buck leading the haka, and the demand "Bring Back Buck"

That is cool. All being well I will be in Rotorua in July so I would love to check that out.

I may have overstated "big" somewhat - it's one of those sidewalk junction boxes, waist-height. Just past the school on Otanga Road.
It does bring a small smile to my dial every time I ride past it when visiting sister/niece/nephews nearby.
Was about to post a screenshot from Google-Street-View, but that would ruin the suspense/disappointment of your highlight of visiting Rotorua.