1997 BLEDISLOE CUP AT THE MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND

I thought given there is a match, a Bledisloe Cup match at the MCG tonight, I would put this match up. I stumbled across it when I was looking for the 1998 match there, can't find it, so maybe don't have it. Sean Fitzpatrick leads the All Blacks, and is almost mortally wounded. He remains to this day one of my favourite players in the game. Jonah Lomu is out with Kidney issues but made an appearance in the street, maybe in the previous video of the introduction, Tim Horan plays at 10, as great an exponent of the game as he was, I never found him to be a great flyhalf, the position, in my opinion, stymied his game. Steven Larkham, who's family hails from Kogan, in Qld, I will let you look that up, comes on at flyhalf in what was an unfamiliar position for him, and of course as history tells us, he made that position, flyhalf, his own. John Eales is there, Jason Little, a couple of young folks in Christian Cullen and Jeff Wilson, who also go on to become pretty solid performers, old stager Frank Bunce, another of my favourites, also still running around at 35. Had some copyright issues uploading this, I always find it easier to delete and then fix here and upload again. The old Seven rugby using a few songs across the rugby match that didn't give copyright strikes but one in particular restricted the viewing. So ended up uploading this 4 times, should be OK now though. Shame about the copyright, I have had to trim a really good interview with Sean Fitzpatrick out of this as it was intertwined with the music in question. In actual fact I suppose Seven could call copyright on the whole shooting match if it so desired, I don't really own anything here. Looks like there is still an ad or two in there which is a tad annoying. That's it for a while, off on a 3 month bakery tour of Aus, could come back 120 kilos.

[@shanowilliams9851]

john eales ..legend player for aussie....yeha from nz bro

[@user-we8ue9qy9l]

New Zealand (33) - Australia (18) was a Very Good game for a Rugby Union Football Game Match which was been played at the (MCG Melbourne Cricket Ground) in Melbourne away in (1997) & especially Chris Handy who was having an Half Time interview with a North Melbourne AFL Player of Cory McKernan who said that he seen both of the Rugby League & Rugby Union & he preferred Rugby Union Football Code is because it was simply a more of a free flowing game & also more kicking of game than Rugby League Football Code & besides both of Simon Poidevin & Gordon Bray of course. The (MCG Melbourne Cricket Ground) also had hosted Sports other than both Australian Rules Football Code & Cricket like the (3 Three) other Football Codes all of Soccer, Rugby League & Rugby Union & Also including Non-Sporting Events like Music Concerts as well too of course.

[@khayasontsele8984]

Thanks uploading this match. Please can you upload as many All Blacks test matches between 1996 and 2002 as possible if you can.

[@michaelcooper4986]

I was today years old when I realised Hugh Jackman could sing so well

[@richardgrant418]

This game has that imo really good commentator. Knows his stuff, and makes good comments “around” what is happening

[@dishevellednomad]

Gordon Bray with Simon Poidevin and Chris Handy. Gordon had lots of little facts around players and the games, but in my opinion was a bit to heavy on the use of adverbs and superlatives, but knew his stuff.

[@coryrakatau4656]

Hugh Jackman

[@bb21again.67]

And then in 98 it all came crashing down.