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@Bovidae Classic match. That All Black side was fearsome. And they played as though they'd made a pact after '95 to write their names into the history books as legends and not just the bad guys in a Matt Damon vehicle.
And every springbok fan knew they were coming to SA to rip the title of world champions from our hands. Which was why that series was infuriating as a Springbok supporter. Shit selections: Steve waste of space Atherton at lock instead of Wiese, John Allen and then Henri Tromp at hooker instead of Dalton, the revolving doors that were Justin Swart, Hendriks and Joubert defending one of the most potent back threes in the modern era. A game plan that was essentially leave it to Joost. You have to hand it to Markgraff - it takes genius to undermine a World Cup winning captain and to ignore the critical pieces of a World Cup winning team in favour of players that should have been no where near a springbok touring squad let alone facing one of the finest All Black teams ever hell bent on revenge.
That must have been a very unhappy springbok team.
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There were certainly some strange Bok selections, and players I had completely forgotten about in that team like van Schalkwyk.
Natal and NT were the dominant SA teams that year so you can understand why Markgraff favoured some of them.
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Never gets old. Yes the tackle and turnover was class but the line McCaw ran to get to Gerrard was brilliant.
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@ACT-Crusader never released.
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Seriously old game from 1964 but regarded as one of the great games of that era.
The skill levels in the forwards were pretty impressive and the passing and off-loading wouldn't look out of place today. Dunno if Joe Moody or Ofa could drop a goal from 40 metres as Ian Clarke did in this game.
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@Bones said in Classic Rugby Vids:
@ACT-Crusader never released.
It’s what you call a ball and all tackle steal
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@Duluth said in Classic Rugby Vids:
Was this before or after the 1995 ABs trial? My memory was that was the turning point for Lomu
I would guess before. The N v S match was really early in the season I think. April / May?
Was that the year we smacked them in Dunedin - the Berryman hat trick match? Lomu mentioned it when Berryman died a few years ago. I might have all of that confused though.
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@Bones said in Classic Rugby Vids:
@Snowy Quinn talks about a touring party going to SA the following month at the start of the vid, would they be doing that so early in the year?
World Cup was June that year so would fit with the May date that @Snowy mentioned.
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@Snowy said in Classic Rugby Vids:
the Berryman hat trick match? Lomu mentioned it when Berryman died a few years ago. I might have all of that confused though.
I had a search, it looks like there was a lot of 'trial' matches close together. I think the one Lomu was referencing was NZ Harlequins v Waikato and Berryman scored multiple tries
The match I was thinking of was the Possibles v Probables match at Okara park. I was in the crowd.. if I remember correctly Berryman was a late scratching and Lomu came into the side and forced his way into the RWC squad
I can't find any footage unfortunately
