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@Virgil said in Classic Rugby Videos:

@Canes4life said in Classic Rugby Videos:

@Jet said in Classic Rugby Videos:

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A recent upload by Allblacks YouTube channel......

Cullens last game in NZ.

The look on his face when he gets the standing ovation.

The size of the crowd for an NPC game!

The good old days.

Was at this game with my old man. There to see my favourite player play his final game in Welly.

Still the GOAT in my eyes.

Sheesh to be a Wellington fan in the 2000s, I think we made 7 finals between 2000 - 2009 and only won 1.

We've had some absolute freaks over the years, Jonah, Jeff Wilson etc. Even greats like Ben Smith and currently Will Jordan being the closest but there's just never been anyone exactly like Cullen.
Its so easy to lose yourself watching his highlight reels, the way he ran and made defenders look like they were trying to tackle a ghost
the great thing is its not limited to us NZ'ers who refer to him as the GOAT
Anytime ive come across Cullen mentioned on Reddit etc hes consistently referred to as the best of all time by supporters from other countries.

I think JK is up with Cullen and Jonah in being a step above those mentioned. I constantly get bemused when AB wings are discussed and JK gets overlooked in favour of say Doug Howlett (not knocking him, just seen that happen). Bloody children need to dust off late 80s ABs and Auckland videos.

@taniwharugby said in Classic Rugby Videos:

Didnt realise how poor quality the footage was when we used to watch

Footage from ~1995-2005 looks shit. Same for cricket. Older archive footage actually looks better. I think some places started storing footage on VHS to save money?

@Canes4life said in Classic Rugby Videos:

@Jet said in Classic Rugby Videos:

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A recent upload by Allblacks YouTube channel......

Cullens last game in NZ.

The look on his face when he gets the standing ovation.

The size of the crowd for an NPC game!

The good old days.

Was at this game with my old man. There to see my favourite player play his final game in Welly.

Still the GOAT in my eyes.

Sheesh to be a Wellington fan in the 2000s, I think we made 7 finals between 2000 - 2009 and only won 1.

The good thing about that 1 win was Rennie was the coach. More importantly during that season he course corrected when the players couldn't adapt to the pod system they were trying to play and brought their complaints to him.

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Kahui was unlucky with a) injuries and b) the fact his career coincided with Nonu, Smith and SBW.

He'd absolutely walk into the ABs at 13 if he was playing today.

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Kahui was unlucky with a) injuries and b) the fact his career coincided with Nonu, Smith and SBW.

He'd absolutely walk into the ABs at 13 if he was playing today.

Had a bit of mongrel too. Threw those shoulders around with gay abandon.

@Jet said in Classic Rugby Videos:

@MN5 said in Classic Rugby Videos:

@Jet said in Classic Rugby Videos:

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Kahui was unlucky with a) injuries and b) the fact his career coincided with Nonu, Smith and SBW.

He'd absolutely walk into the ABs at 13 if he was playing today.

Had a bit of mongrel too. Threw those shoulders around with gay abandon.

Hardest hitting midfielder since Alama Ieremia.

Fast paced game - imagine them playing on todays surfaces or indoors

@Daffy-Jaffy said in Classic Rugby Videos:

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Not close to the greatest try and a terrible bait and switch, I thought I was going to watch Cullen in full flight, not Fleming and his 90210 sideburns.

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Not close to the greatest try and a terrible bait and switch, I thought I was going to watch Cullen in full flight, not Fleming and his 90210 sideburns.

Hopeless. He only beat about five defenders.