Sid Going, RIP
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Legend. RIP.
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Oh that's really sad, bad news. Amazing player and arguably the best running halfback I've ever seen- lethal 10m from the tryline. Hard as nails too.
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Oh no.
My first rugby hero. Which was probably because he was my brother's... and that was probably because he was from Northland.
My memory of him playing is very restricted to kicking a huge penalty v the Boks in 76 and scoring in the first test Lions 77. Just a but too young to remember much else.
Halfback for the Team of the Century IIRC.
Maybe his pass wasn't exactly Laidlawesque but gee he could sniff a gap.
@booboo said in Sid Going, RIP:
Maybe his pass wasn't exactly Laidlawesque but gee he could sniff a gap.
When he was dropped for Lyn Davis against the '77 Lions, some wags in the media ascribed Doug Bruce's fumbling of his first few balls to being shocked at actually receiving a decent pass from the new 9..
He was an awesome player who was seriously fast - check out from 7:30 below. Watch the whole 20+ minutes and you'll see him taking Gareth Edwards to the cleaners around the scrum and ruck.
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Oh no.
My first rugby hero. Which was probably because he was my brother's... and that was probably because he was from Northland.
My memory of him playing is very restricted to kicking a huge penalty v the Boks in 76 and scoring in the first test Lions 77. Just a but too young to remember much else.
Halfback for the Team of the Century IIRC.
Maybe his pass wasn't exactly Laidlawesque but gee he could sniff a gap.
@booboo said in Sid Going, RIP:
Oh no.
My first rugby hero. Which was probably because he was my brother's... and that was probably because he was from Northland.
My memory of him playing is very restricted to kicking a huge penalty v the Boks in 76 and scoring in the first test Lions 77. Just a but too young to remember much else.
Halfback for the Team of the Century IIRC.
Maybe his pass wasn't exactly Laidlawesque but gee he could sniff a gap.
Actually, I now recall watching him live. Northland v Romania 1975.
Sid kicked the only penalty in a 3-nil win.
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Sid Gone
(before my time so have no opinion myself but everyone says he was great)
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@taniwharugby said in Sid Going, RIP:
You can always rely on Phil Gifford for a completely over the top article about any All Black from that era ( a physique envied by Arnold Schwarzenegger ? Good god, who approves this rubbish ? ) but it does sound like Going was quite the player.
Talking to older family members at a function today they mentioned him and Laidlaw would have been a brilliant one/two punch in today’s game.
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@taniwharugby said in Sid Going, RIP:
You can always rely on Phil Gifford for a completely over the top article about any All Black from that era ( a physique envied by Arnold Schwarzenegger ? Good god, who approves this rubbish ? ) but it does sound like Going was quite the player.
Talking to older family members at a function today they mentioned him and Laidlaw would have been a brilliant one/two punch in today’s game.
@MN5 said in Sid Going, RIP:
Talking to older family members at a function today they mentioned him and Laidlaw would have been a brilliant one/two punch in today’s game.
I think he was one of those players, like Bruce Robertson, who would excel in any era. Tough little bastard too.
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Can vaguely remember watching a couple of games at Athletic Park. Was in awe of Sid. Super tricky and hard to tackle. Went home to the Hutt Valley and practiced the back handed reverse pass ala Sid for the next couple of years.
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@booboo said in Sid Going, RIP:
Maybe his pass wasn't exactly Laidlawesque but gee he could sniff a gap.
When he was dropped for Lyn Davis against the '77 Lions, some wags in the media ascribed Doug Bruce's fumbling of his first few balls to being shocked at actually receiving a decent pass from the new 9..
He was an awesome player who was seriously fast - check out from 7:30 below. Watch the whole 20+ minutes and you'll see him taking Gareth Edwards to the cleaners around the scrum and ruck.
@Victor-Meldrew said in Sid Going, RIP:
@booboo said in Sid Going, RIP:
Maybe his pass wasn't exactly Laidlawesque but gee he could sniff a gap.
When he was dropped for Lyn Davis against the '77 Lions, some wags in the media ascribed Doug Bruce's fumbling of his first few balls to being shocked at actually receiving a decent pass from the new 9..
He was an awesome player who was seriously fast - check out from 7:30 below. Watch the whole 20+ minutes and you'll see him taking Gareth Edwards to the cleaners around the scrum and ruck.
Edwards says best 9 he played.
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Super Sid's Funeral will be live on You Tube here - Today at 1pm -
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Hmmm. I saw lot of Edwards and Going back in the olden times, I just say this - thru out the early-mid 70's every team the ABs played had a "stop Going" plan - but the ABs never felt the need for a "stop edwards" plan
@mohikamo said in Sid Going, RIP:
Hmmm. I saw lot of Edwards and Going back in the olden times, I just say this - thru out the early-mid 70's every team the ABs played had a "stop Going" plan - but the ABs never felt the need for a "stop edwards" plan
I had a chuckle at that "and for a time was a serious rival to the global scrum-half supremacy of Gareth Edwards." line too. The only time I saw Edwards outplay Going was the 3rd Test in '71. Most other times it was the other way round.
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