101 GREAT / BEST TRIES PART 2 1958-79

[@MrSuperdave75]

The old commentary and beige with black ball from Paris. Great early 80s memories

[@andyj639]

What joy and memories this brings. Memories of watching 5 nations matches in the 70s as a youngster with my late father. The mesmeric handling of the French and Welsh(and occasionally England). That Bennett try on 13:05 still raises goosebumps. Allied to the fantastic, incisive commentary of Bill Mcclaren, Nigel Starmer Smith and Cliff Morgan, simply magic.

[@TheBundleofkent]

Wonderful watching the French team again, they were magnificent as was the authentic, crackling commentary-thanks for posting

[@popeyedish]

Great memories of cold winter afternoons watching the 5 nations as a kid.

[@georgetjn]

Yes...this takes me back to those golden days

[@robicenco1]

Crumpets and tea!

[@MartinJG100]

Brilliant. Brought back many memories. Thanks.

[@nburrell8797]

Very enjoyable nostalgia trip!

[@TheBundleofkent]

Thanks for this. I could watch the fucking French all day! That crackling, authentic commentary takes me back, I wish we still had it

[@andyj639]

Yes that Romeu try in 1976 vs England, still having trouble working out how he did it. Simply magic.

[@robicenco1]

17:00 - the old "jump to score"! I hadn't seen it before Jonny May vs Italy a couple of years ago but here it is.

[@stephenreeds3632]

The number of offsides, crossing and forward passes...esp from the French...are amazing. Eng were dreadful weren't they. Seemed to make about 8 changes per match.

[@anthonyosullivan7479]

Is there any chance of seeing Another 101 Great Tries which covers 1979-1986 period It is the follow up to 101 Great Tries?

[@rickyrue4177]

Some brilliant tries. Rugby simply is not the game it once was.

[@philclennell]

A distinct paucity of quality English tries over this period sadly until 1980.

[@JP1234815]

It may be me - but I get the impression from the tries shown that teams throughout the 70's were more willing to use the width of the field than today. Today you see forwards being used as 'battering rams' around the rucks - unwilling to move the ball more than a foot away from the posts. A lot more tries were created back then it seems.

[@georgetjn]

Today's rugby is more like American football, it doesn't interest me any more. The amateur era of the 70s was a golden age.....

[@robicenco1]

These are the highlights, remember....

[@JP1234815]

@@robicenco1 Even the people who watched Rugby in the 70's say the same thing though!

[@robicenco1]

@@JP1234815 I was being a bit facetious - yes, I think you're right. Players were much more ready to run the ball then and forward play was a lot more limited tactically and territorially - forwards weren't as big then and they weren't generally as fit so they didn't dominate games the way they [sometimes] do today. Handling looked bad in those days, but I think a lot of it was to do with the balls, which looked like a nightmare to catch and pass, especially when wet.

[@JP1234815]

@@robicenco1 It was an amateur game then, so teams only spent a fraction of the time they do today on defence, attacking moves etc etc and by the 60th-70th minute both teams were usually absolutely spent and tackles would be missed creating far more open play than today. Today, large, lucrative contracts can be won or lost by a defeat so there's now more riding on results than ever before leading to far more conservative play. In the 70's teams could only bring subs on due to injury rather than tactical moves, Has professionalism led to better play? That's for people to judge subjectively.

[@richardstambourne13]

No Colin McFaddyen against Scotland in 1967?

[@davidpollard4051]

Was Mike Slemen definitely 77 ? I thought it was 1979 with Charles Kent "the big 14 stone man" ?

[@agnostic47]

Charles Kent scored that great try against Scotland in '77 from the scissors move with Martin Cooper. Kent's last cap was in '78.

[@davidpollard4051]

@@agnostic47 Thanks for correcting me.

[@henalihenali]

Kent the 14 stone man....

[@trimsonido]

Do you have a link to Part 1? Thanks.

[@retrotvfan5702]

In search type best tries part 1 and you will find it

[@agnostic47]

No Charles Kent against Scotland in '77?

[@admiralbenbow5083]

I thought this was `58 - `79 ? Theres nothing before 1970 here.

[@andrewlewis9723]

There was 3 tries before the main part

[@garysmith2983]

Unfortunately defences have come a long way.

[@ldfreitas9437]

Unfortunately law changes have made the game more like rugby league.

[@preed5877]

​@ldfreitas9437 agreed. Too much control of the ball on the ground by tackled players. They need to bring turnover ball back into the game.

[@gregtowell9256]

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