Classic Rugby Videos

Victor Meldrew

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.

ACT Crusader

@Bones said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@ACT-Crusader never released.

It’s what you call a ball and all tackle steal

Duluth

A classic Wilson try

Bovidae

He had a knack of always getting the ball to bounce for him from those kicks.

Nepia

@Duluth @Bovidae Yeah, he got lots of tries from those chip kicks. Always like watching the just before professionalism vids. Joseph shouldered Fitzy after he passed the ball as well.

Bovidae

On this day in 1981 the Waikato-South Africa game was cancelled because of the protesters invading the ground. Some footage in this clip.

Duluth

I see this was posted on the AB's youtube channel:

Was this before or after the 1995 ABs trial? My memory was that was the turning point for Lomu

Snowy

@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.

Bones

@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?

Nepia

@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.

Duluth

@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

Snowy

Found this for the Nth versing Sth:

1995 8 April Dunedin North 63-22

@Duluth you are correct the Berryman hat trick match was Harlequins v Waikato (after a bucket of KFC with Jonah).

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/rugby/norm-berryman-scores-hat-trick-in-all-black-trial-6347083

Bovidae

I wasn't sure where to put this video. Rieko can ground the ball correctly if he wants to.

Kruse

@Bovidae said in Classic Rugby Vids:

I wasn't sure where to put this video. Rieko can ground the ball correctly if he wants to.

Not often, but... I counted 11 tries where he wasn't doing the "one hand on ball touch-down diving over the top of it and letting go as he does it" - and all of those were because he was forced into grounding "properly".
It's obviously a move he has decided looks cool... and was eventually going to bite him in the arse. Luckily... it's only happened 1/15 times, so... I dunno. Let him continue thinking it looks cool? Or not?

Snowy

@Kruse said in Classic Rugby Vids:

@Bovidae said in Classic Rugby Vids:

I wasn't sure where to put this video. Rieko can ground the ball correctly if he wants to.

Not often, but... I counted 11 tries where he wasn't doing the "one hand on ball touch-down diving over the top of it and letting go as he does it" - and all of those were because he was forced into grounding "properly".
It's obviously a move he has decided looks cool... and was eventually going to bite him in the arse. Luckily... it's only happened 1/15 times, so... I dunno. Let him continue thinking it looks cool? Or not?

I'd go with not.

It makes him look like a dickhead when a try is disallowed. That is seriously uncool.