@tim said in Classic Rugby Vids:
Classic moment about 13 mins into that video when Fox runs into a huge gap, and realises that he might have to go for it.
Was that when he did a little swerve and then passed to Ridge who streaked away and put JK in for the try?
@tim said in Classic Rugby Vids:
@nepia Yeah.
Iti got three tries! That's a good find. I use to have the Rugby Annuals (as opposed to the Almanacks) and for most of the 90s probably could have told you the score to that game if you'd asked.
@tim said in Classic Rugby Vids:
@nepia I remember going to the game with my neighbour. Auckland vs Australia in 1990 was good one too, IIRC.
Neither of those two came to play the Magpies. 
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Some AB legends in this 1967 test - Meads, Lochore, McCormick, Laidlaw, Tremain etc,. Gotta love the stoic jogging back to halfway after scoring tries. No celebration allowed -
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I was at this game. Halligan went from zero to hero. Back when rucking was allowed and some head-high tackles too.
@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.
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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@canes4life TMO woulda called that 1st try back for a forward pass from Fa'atau to Umaga...
Great early footage of Caucau. (making Doug Howlett look slow and generally making the other players look like schoolboys). I have never seen a better winger (including Jonah)
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