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@Daffy-Jaffy I like how Howlett was worried that Ralph wouldn't be quick enough to get the ball so ran him and the English defenders down to score the try.

@Nepia Ralph woulda got there if Dougie wasnt offside

@taniwharugby said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@Nepia Ralph woulda got there is Dougie wasnt offside

Camera angle man, and he got checked going through.

Sometimes forget how good Mils was as a running fullback back in those days.

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Vids:

Sometimes forget how good Mils was as a running fullback back in those days.

really? how do you forget this?

@mariner4life said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Vids:

Sometimes forget how good Mils was as a running fullback back in those days.

really? how do you forget this?

I just do (early on-set dementia?), maybe because I compare him with the gold standard Rangi (I'm not @Chris-B) Cullen, and remember him as the solid all round fullback he was more than the attacking dynamo.

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@mariner4life said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Vids:

Sometimes forget how good Mils was as a running fullback back in those days.

really? how do you forget this?

I just do (early on-set dementia?), maybe because I compare him with the gold standard Rangi (I'm not @Chris-B) Cullen, and remember him as the solid all round fullback he was more than the attacking dynamo.

Mils is our 2nd best FB is have seen. Great runner, really good at bringing his wingers in to the game. He's the man. One of my favourite ABs of the past 20 years (probably 2nd behind Kaino)

@mariner4life said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@mariner4life said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Vids:

Sometimes forget how good Mils was as a running fullback back in those days.

really? how do you forget this?

I just do (early on-set dementia?), maybe because I compare him with the gold standard Rangi (I'm not @Chris-B) Cullen, and remember him as the solid all round fullback he was more than the attacking dynamo.

Mils is our 2nd best FB is have seen. Great runner, really good at bringing his wingers in to the game. He's the man. One of my favourite ABs of the past 20 years (probably 2nd behind Kaino)

I'd probably go Cullen, Kipper, Mils of the ones I've seen.

Agree with you on Kaino for favourite AB of the last 20 years.

@mariner4life said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@mariner4life said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Vids:

Sometimes forget how good Mils was as a running fullback back in those days.

really? how do you forget this?

I just do (early on-set dementia?), maybe because I compare him with the gold standard Rangi (I'm not @Chris-B) Cullen, and remember him as the solid all round fullback he was more than the attacking dynamo.

Mils is our 2nd best FB is have seen. Great runner, really good at bringing his wingers in to the game. He's the man. One of my favourite ABs of the past 20 years (probably 2nd behind Kaino)

And beautifully soft, fast hands. The amount of tries he was the last one to put someone away.

So reliable too, at both ends. Barely made mistakes. And that Franck Bunce temperament.

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@mariner4life said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@mariner4life said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Vids:

Sometimes forget how good Mils was as a running fullback back in those days.

really? how do you forget this?

I just do (early on-set dementia?), maybe because I compare him with the gold standard Rangi (I'm not @Chris-B) Cullen, and remember him as the solid all round fullback he was more than the attacking dynamo.

Mils is our 2nd best FB is have seen. Great runner, really good at bringing his wingers in to the game. He's the man. One of my favourite ABs of the past 20 years (probably 2nd behind Kaino)

I'd probably go Cullen, Kipper, Mils of the ones I've seen.

Agree with you on Kaino for favourite AB of the last 20 years.

Kipper can't compete with Cullen in terms of sheer brilliance (despite being quite brilliant himself) or with Mils in terms of longevity

@antipodean said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@mariner4life said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@mariner4life said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Vids:

Sometimes forget how good Mils was as a running fullback back in those days.

really? how do you forget this?

I just do (early on-set dementia?), maybe because I compare him with the gold standard Rangi (I'm not @Chris-B) Cullen, and remember him as the solid all round fullback he was more than the attacking dynamo.

Mils is our 2nd best FB is have seen. Great runner, really good at bringing his wingers in to the game. He's the man. One of my favourite ABs of the past 20 years (probably 2nd behind Kaino)

And beautifully soft, fast hands. The amount of tries he was the last one to put someone away.

Yep, it was like having another play maker out the back, together with the pace of winger and the usual hallmarks of a top notch fullback

@Tim before soccer mums got involved in the sport

@Daffy-Jaffy faaaaark yes. I could watch that angle from Cully against the Boks all day.

@Tim love that one early, but puts hands in ruck, gets the rewards...

@junior said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@mariner4life said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@mariner4life said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Vids:

Sometimes forget how good Mils was as a running fullback back in those days.

really? how do you forget this?

I just do (early on-set dementia?), maybe because I compare him with the gold standard Rangi (I'm not @Chris-B) Cullen, and remember him as the solid all round fullback he was more than the attacking dynamo.

Mils is our 2nd best FB is have seen. Great runner, really good at bringing his wingers in to the game. He's the man. One of my favourite ABs of the past 20 years (probably 2nd behind Kaino)

I'd probably go Cullen, Kipper, Mils of the ones I've seen.

Agree with you on Kaino for favourite AB of the last 20 years.

Kipper can't compete with Cullen in terms of sheer brilliance (despite being quite brilliant himself) or with Mils in terms of longevity

Yeah, and that's why he's second, and I don't generally have longevity as one of my key metrics when picking my favourite/best players.

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it was almost a different game really.

2015 QF All Blacks v France masterclass with Brit commentary.

@mikedogz said in Classic Rugby Vids:

Luke Erenavula

Such a differnet game back then. Would love to have the space in the calendar to play a Probables Possibles game in a regional stadium.

@mikedogz Lolani Koko! Awesome.

@mikedogz Cheers for posting that, I was at that game ... the girls we were with (from the local Catholic school) wouldn't shut up about how hot Marc Ellis was.

@Nepia said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@mikedogz Cheers for posting that, I was at that game ... the girls we were with (from the local Catholic school) wouldn't shut up about how hot Marc Ellis was.

I hope you enjoyed a bit of second hand success on the back of it?

Watching these videos, rugby was at its absolute pinnacle in the late 90s

Some example matches of rugby's evolution through the decades -

@taniwharugby Why are you @ing me when mostly discussing Manawatu players.

But agreed - moe mai rai Jared and Norm.

@taniwharugby not too many people gas Christian Cullen on the outside..Joe Mafileo has story to tell his grandchildren, from what I have heard chatting to some individuals that played in that game..Cullen had not come across the very little known Mafileo, but having seen him run around in North Harbour club in the mid nineties..I knew he could shift..,Cullen in most cases would show the player the outside knowing he had the pace to rope him in..problem was Mafileo possessed stunning pace over the first 30 metres.

@mariner4life said in Classic Rugby Vids:

Watching these videos, rugby was at its absolute pinnacle in the late 90s

Which is why it's so annoying that for all but 2.5 years of the 90s we were fucking shit.

@Steven-Harris said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@taniwharugby not too many people gas Christian Cullen on the outside..Joe Mafileo has story to tell his grandchildren, from what I have heard chatting to some individuals that played in that game..Cullen had not come across the very little known Mafileo, but having seen him run around in North Harbour club in the mid nineties..I knew he could shift..,Cullen in most cases would show the player the outside knowing he had the pace to rope him in..problem was Mafileo possessed stunning pace over the first 30 metres.

Any relation of the THP?