Favourite AB tests

BartMan

@voodoo I have never rewatched either. But then I seldom re-watch matches anyway, as I already know who won.....

voodoo

@BartMan I'm getting, sometimes I forget..

Nepia

@voodoo said in Favourite AB tests:

@Bovidae said in Favourite AB tests:

All of my favourites have been mentioned, particularly Pretoria 1996 and RWC final 2011.

I hated that 2011 final (outcome aside!), have never rewached it!!! Such a sweaty game!

I've said this before, but it seems the final was more stressful for those watching on TV compared to the likes of myself who were there.

Yeah, at the ground at the end I was confident we were going to win.

But, I watched the replay as soon as I got back to our accomodation which was interesting.

ACT Crusader

@mariner4life the game in Sydney was some of the best footy I’ve seen.

One of my favourite matches not so much because of the performance, but for the occasion and what it has meant since, was the follow up game at Eden Park and finally getting the Bledisloe back. I was a nervous wreck that night and constantly had to block out thoughts of a last minute try or penalty by the Wallabies to snag it.

The beginning of what has been an amazing run.

Godder

Don't need years or opponents, just scores.

43-6
39-35
8-7 needs a mention too.

Bones

@voodoo said in Favourite AB tests:

Surprised nobody has mentioned the 1996 Athletic Park test v Australia in the rain. So good.

I was there. To be honest it wasn't as pleasant to be there as it was to watch on tb.

voodoo

@Bones ha, no shit!

Damo

1997 v SA in Johannesburg. Great game of rugby.
Surpasses the 2000 Bled for me.

Funny story.

I was in Argentina at the time on a student exchange. I asked my dad to record the tests and send them to me. I avoided knowing the score for 6 weeks and watched it without knowing who won.

Machpants

@Damo haha good luck doing that in the modern world!

Billy Webb

@booboo said in Favourite AB tests:

1981 Third Test.

Can't find a full highlights package.

Videos posted by Saffas seem to stop at Ray Mordt's third try

Amazing game, surreal atmosphere, awesome ending, great result.

Greatest test match ever.

Ah the memories this brings back.
I was a young lad waking up in the early hours to watch these tests.

That 3rd test was quite something. Ray Mordt was an absolute monster for that day and age.
Just a pity the Boks got robbed by some questionable refereeing at the end

booboo

@Billy-Webb said in Favourite AB tests:

@booboo said in Favourite AB tests:

1981 Third Test.

Can't find a full highlights package.

Videos posted by Saffas seem to stop at Ray Mordt's third try

Amazing game, surreal atmosphere, awesome ending, great result.

Greatest test match ever.

Ah the memories this brings back.
I was a young lad waking up in the early hours to watch these tests.

That 3rd test was quite something. Ray Mordt was an absolute monster for that day and age.
Just a pity the Boks got robbed by some questionable refereeing at the end

South Africans ... always the ref ...

Billy Webb

@booboo said in Favourite AB tests:

@Billy-Webb said in Favourite AB tests:

@booboo said in Favourite AB tests:

1981 Third Test.

Can't find a full highlights package.

Videos posted by Saffas seem to stop at Ray Mordt's third try

Amazing game, surreal atmosphere, awesome ending, great result.

Greatest test match ever.

Ah the memories this brings back.
I was a young lad waking up in the early hours to watch these tests.

That 3rd test was quite something. Ray Mordt was an absolute monster for that day and age.
Just a pity the Boks got robbed by some questionable refereeing at the end

South Africans ... always the ref ...

Hahaha. True.
But you kiwis don't moan about the ref that much because you don't lose that much.
Wait until the ABs start losing a bit more regularly and you'll notice how much more critical you become

booboo

@Billy-Webb said in Favourite AB tests:

@booboo said in Favourite AB tests:

@Billy-Webb said in Favourite AB tests:

@booboo said in Favourite AB tests:

1981 Third Test.

Can't find a full highlights package.

Videos posted by Saffas seem to stop at Ray Mordt's third try

Amazing game, surreal atmosphere, awesome ending, great result.

Greatest test match ever.

Ah the memories this brings back.
I was a young lad waking up in the early hours to watch these tests.

That 3rd test was quite something. Ray Mordt was an absolute monster for that day and age.
Just a pity the Boks got robbed by some questionable refereeing at the end

South Africans ... always the ref ...

Hahaha. True.
But you kiwis don't moan about the ref that much because you don't lose that much.
Wait until the ABs start losing a bit more regularly and you'll notice how much more critical you become

Norling wasn't a favourite of ours until he relaxed as a ref. Probably about the time he got out if the tightie tight shorts ...

As for refs, they're all out to get us. We're still dirty on John Dallas.

Victor Meldrew

@BartMan said in Favourite AB tests:

1996 deciding test v Boers and 2011 RWC final. Both tests made my eyes a bit dusty at the end, both years ending 'curses' so to speak.

I admit to hiding behind the sofa for large parts of the 2011 RWC Final.

Victor Meldrew

@Billy-Webb said in Favourite AB tests:

Wait until the ABs start losing a bit more regularly and you'll notice how much more critical you become

Nah. We own the Refs.

Read in a UK newspaper so it must be true.

maroon

The Fern lets me through the defences again, to unload some ancient history.
What about that fourth test against the Boks in 1956?
It was a time when New Zealand had a monolithic rugby culture. There was national unity in the desire to beat these more-than-lifesized invaders. That desire was the highest form of passion allowed a Kiwi bloke.
Selwyn Toogood commentated. Peter Jones scored the clinching try. And we heard the word “buggered” for the first time on air.
I argue that no game since has mattered as deeply to a larger percentage of New Zealander’s.

maroon

New Zealanders.

booboo

@maroon said in Favourite AB tests:

The Fern lets me through the defences again, to unload some ancient history.
What about that fourth test against the Boks in 1956?
It was a time when New Zealand had a monolithic rugby culture. There was national unity in the desire to beat these more-than-lifesized invaders. That desire was the highest form of passion allowed a Kiwi bloke.
Selwyn Toogood commentated. Peter Jones scored the clinching try. And we heard the word “buggered” for the first time on air.
I argue that no game since has mattered as deeply to a larger percentage of New Zealander’s.

Great call. 12 years BBB (Before Booboo). Dare I ask if you remember it?

Given the commentator (where was Winston McCarthy?) the match was always in the bag.

sparky

@maroon I know that there were a lot of people in Eden Park that day, but I must have heard about half of them talk about that Test and where they were when Peter Jones scored.

My Dad and his Dad both made their way up from Wellington independently to be at that game. So apparently did all their mates or so they have always claimed.

Billy Webb

@maroon said in Favourite AB tests:

The Fern lets me through the defences again, to unload some ancient history.
What about that fourth test against the Boks in 1956?
It was a time when New Zealand had a monolithic rugby culture. There was national unity in the desire to beat these more-than-lifesized invaders. That desire was the highest form of passion allowed a Kiwi bloke.
Selwyn Toogood commentated. Peter Jones scored the clinching try. And we heard the word “buggered” for the first time on air.
I argue that no game since has mattered as deeply to a larger percentage of New Zealander’s.

Help me remember here. Is that the series Danie Craven played for the Boks? In which case it would be the series where NZ picked a boxer in their front row to “deal” with the Boks....

The Silver Fern

Favourite AB tests