Great rugby player. Greater leader. So much respect. ☮️😀
@stuartwilliams-fw4vo3 ай бұрын
What a bore Hain was, and is. Bravo WJMB!
@christopherdale70174 ай бұрын
As an Aussie W J McBride is still Ireland most famous player to date vut for the 71 & 74 Lions teams Roger Uttley(England)Ian McGeehan(Scotland)JPR Williams(Wales)& WJ McBride(Ireland) as it all about those Sides.
@MichaelDevlin-ps9fd6 ай бұрын
God bless you big man.
@Wolf-hh4rv7 ай бұрын
Greetings from South Africa. What a giant of the game. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@ccw58869 ай бұрын
Fabulous Man!
@johncourtneidge10 ай бұрын
Magnificent! Thank-you! 99 ha, ha!
@genghisthegreat203410 ай бұрын
Lovely tribute programme to a great man. Lovely to see Mike Gibson, Gareth Edwards, Roger Uttley , Hannes Marais... ......and God rest you, JPR.
@michaeldoyle122210 ай бұрын
We love and respect Willie John Mcbride here in Wales. A giant in more ways than one.
@annetteelliott1494 Жыл бұрын
Still looks the same as 50 years ago......❤
@johnward9626 Жыл бұрын
Loved it!
@regreid3956 Жыл бұрын
What a fucking man 🇮🇪🍀☘️
@leonscheepers5350 Жыл бұрын
I had the honour of seeing him play at the Border Rugby Union grounds in East London, South Africa, in 1974, I was 11 and seeing WJ McBride, JPR Williams, Phil Bennet, Andy Irvine, Gareth Edwards, Fergus Slattery and Mervyn Davies in action was the ultimate - they were unbeaten ... best Lions side ever.
@donalryan2429 Жыл бұрын
Wales and Scotland should have travelled to Dublin.
@jameshogan61425 ай бұрын
Was there any discussions about holding the game at an alternative venue at the time?
@billhanna8838 Жыл бұрын
Thank you from a Kiwi .
@seanbonella Жыл бұрын
so Edwards went to S Africa but not N Irelad....no sense there
@seanbonella Жыл бұрын
on one Lions tour in South Africa in '74 i believe Gareth Edwards, JPR and Bennett all said they would go through fire for him. a story was going that few S africans were gotten to rough them up. Willie John came up with the '999' call that if anyone got hit they all charged back because the ref couldnt send them all off like. it got shortened to '99'...great story
@McConnachy Жыл бұрын
I grew up watching some of the Irish greats, Phil Matthews, Willie John McBride, Phil Orr, Ciaran Fitzgerald, Donal Lenihan and Fergus Slattery to name a few. Willie John and Phil Matthews especially, greetings from Scotland 👍
@countycricklewood Жыл бұрын
Greatest Lions skipper there has been! What a man! Character similar to another great Ulster and Irishman Paddy Mayne. Lead from the front and never ask anything or anyone your not prepared to do yourself! ☘️
@graemehuia5964 Жыл бұрын
Wow what an incredible story.
@MisterPolitical1 Жыл бұрын
He went to the same academy as Syd Millar.
@jacquelinefox2632 Жыл бұрын
Im in awe.
@jacquelinefox2632 Жыл бұрын
My. Boy....
@kelvinbrunton4780 Жыл бұрын
Mate I didn't know about the bullying shit that you were put through so very sorry that that happened. I know that you are considered a God in my country. Pretty sure you could relocate here anytime and get a pm welcome. That is the asteme you are held in in New Zealand
@kelvinbrunton4780 Жыл бұрын
Even the great Colin Meads backed down to wllie
@kelvinbrunton4780 Жыл бұрын
What a man.
@byron76192 жыл бұрын
😂😮
@byron76192 жыл бұрын
😂
@byron76192 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@byron76192 жыл бұрын
😂
@eddienally46572 жыл бұрын
william james mcbride and michael sean o coileain (michael collins) are the two greatest men in irish history
@paulreader73532 жыл бұрын
What an inspiration they broke the mould when they made him
@jameshogan61425 ай бұрын
I am so nostalgic recalling those days.
@simonsimon54662 жыл бұрын
Met John during the lion's tour at Kings park Durban,one of the greatest rugby players,but most of all,humble and a true gentleman
@mickdavis81632 жыл бұрын
For me if a greatest rugby team of all time was chosen and Willie John's name wasn't there it would mean nothing
@mickdavis81632 жыл бұрын
What phil bennett said to his teammates after the punch up I hammered the ball boy classic
@paulyflyer81542 жыл бұрын
Now that's what you call a documentary.
@mattmccann88052 жыл бұрын
What an absolute legend of a human. I wish you were English. But I'm delighted you were Irish and a Lion. I can offer no higher compliment.
@lyndamcardle41232 жыл бұрын
Such a lovely vignette of a wonderful player, a humble family man and a loyal team player.
@lyndamcardle41232 жыл бұрын
99 ....all for one and one for all ! Need I say more ?
@matthewlynas50892 жыл бұрын
It is inspiring, even in my advanced age, to see a man, who has achieved such fame and worldwide respect, of such humility, one of the 'greats' of rugby, banker yes, but a man of the soil at heart.
@matthewlynas50892 жыл бұрын
Ulster people at their best - came through the same training myself and did the milking every morning before going to Ballymena Academy - a mixed experience and the rugby 76 years ago was a very haphazard and very cliquish affair.
@shane-irish2 жыл бұрын
Even the prods were loved
@andymadden63283 жыл бұрын
An absolute legend of a man, made me cry watching this, God bless you sir..
@patrickyoung35032 жыл бұрын
I agree with you 100% .
@ifthikarsheriff95803 жыл бұрын
A rugby legend.
@conorsmith57653 жыл бұрын
When Ships were made of wood and men were made of steel!
@chrismccready54323 жыл бұрын
The last few minutes of the match: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4WTpYWgqZ5ppLM
@conorryan86363 жыл бұрын
Will you upload the La Rochelle v Toulouse Final??