Total Rugby looking back at what made the 1997 Lions so successful
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@pattate96364 жыл бұрын
RIP Joost. A true hero of the game, god bless from England.
@fuzzy12372 жыл бұрын
Best player I ever saw Had the pleasure of watching him destroy England at hq All us England 🏴 fans knew he was special
@rabo911 жыл бұрын
i remember absolutely HATING van der Westhuizen when he played (I'm English!), and as soon as he retired - missed watching him scrap and snipe, and now he's one of my favourite players to look back at.. wishing him all the best at the moment too
@ryko2615 жыл бұрын
Scott Gibbs - what a player (and I'm English)!!!!
@SD7814 жыл бұрын
Scott Gibbs was a human wrecking machine.
@s0006570511 жыл бұрын
Wood absolutely dying after that kick and chase
@oliprj86765 жыл бұрын
Without Jenkins and Gibbs the lions would never had won the series. What a superb coaching team Telfer and McGeechan were also
@bluerock92384 жыл бұрын
“As he walked past du Randt after the tackle, Gibbsy shouted over: ‘Get up, you fat b*****d’,” John Bentley, who played on the wing for the Lions that day, informed WalesOnline. “It was a moment you won’t forget in a hurry. “Gibbsy ran the ball forward and there was a huge collision between him and this massive South African. “One of them stayed on his feet, the other one needed attention. “There were many moments in that game that were important. “But when you play South Africa their forwards like to set the tone, so it’s impossible to overstate the significance of an opposition centre dumping a Springbok prop onto his backside. “It doesn’t happen often. “But it did that day.” Gibbs wrote in his book, Getting Physical: “People have since said to me that I could have side-stepped him, but I couldn’t. “It obviously made an impact on the people who saw it, because so many now come up to me and want to talk about it. “Perhaps that moment lifted the guys, but you don’t really know at the time. Certainly no one came up and gave me a pat on the back. It was just another small victory over the South Africans, another one biting the dust.” Staying modest, he has since said: “The biggest factor in that Test series wasn’t my run. It was that somebody called Neil Jenkins kicked South Africa out of the game. “He, more than anybody else, was the totem of that tour and won that Test series. I certainly didn’t with one run and a couple of tackles.”
@MKRM273 жыл бұрын
With only 13 players, the Lions would have struggled - I agree. Replace them with others, and we’ll never know.
@davidthomas450 Жыл бұрын
Fair play to big ost du rant. Rugby when you play it is so important and you try your utmost to win but at the end of the day you have to thrive to be a better human being so nice one big fella
@borisstarling766111 жыл бұрын
Fantastic player. For my money, the best scrum-half since Edwards. Back rows must have hated playing against him: and remember too it was his tackle on Lomu early in the 95 final which set the Boks' stall out. So sad what's happening to him now.
@happygilmore71154 жыл бұрын
Totally agree with you he had everything on the pitch.
@Moggy4712 жыл бұрын
Oz is exacly what rugby sould be. Hard man on the pitch gracious man off it. Probaly liked a beer or two. A good fella. Respect from England.
@charlesbrown480211 жыл бұрын
beautful sport, you can get so much inspiration for life from these guys
@jsbach4014 жыл бұрын
SA always give a good game. THey are a class side and even though I'm a die-hard Lions fan for me SA are a truly brilliant side to watch.
@schnozz8713 жыл бұрын
Scott Gibbs' nickname: Car Crash.
@GodSaveOurTeam13 жыл бұрын
A great composite Lions team - few stars, but great combinations: the Wood-Wallace-Smith front row; Dawson & Townsend; Guscott & Gibbs etc. All the home nations well represented.
@grandslam199811 жыл бұрын
Neil Jenkins Super Star.
@doylustheboy12 жыл бұрын
ryko26 - yep, ditto both comments, Os du Randt vs Gibbs still makes me laugh all these years later.......
@bluerock92384 жыл бұрын
“As he walked past du Randt after the tackle, Gibbsy shouted over: ‘Get up, you fat b*****d’,” John Bentley, who played on the wing for the Lions that day, informed WalesOnline. “It was a moment you won’t forget in a hurry. “Gibbsy ran the ball forward and there was a huge collision between him and this massive South African. “One of them stayed on his feet, the other one needed attention. “There were many moments in that game that were important. “But when you play South Africa their forwards like to set the tone, so it’s impossible to overstate the significance of an opposition centre dumping a Springbok prop onto his backside. “It doesn’t happen often. “But it did that day.” Gibbs wrote in his book, Getting Physical: “People have since said to me that I could have side-stepped him, but I couldn’t. “It obviously made an impact on the people who saw it, because so many now come up to me and want to talk about it. “Perhaps that moment lifted the guys, but you don’t really know at the time. Certainly no one came up and gave me a pat on the back. It was just another small victory over the South Africans, another one biting the dust.” Staying modest, he has since said: “The biggest factor in that Test series wasn’t my run. It was that somebody called Neil Jenkins kicked South Africa out of the game. “He, more than anybody else, was the totem of that tour and won that Test series. I certainly didn’t with one run and a couple of tackles.”
@happygilmore71154 жыл бұрын
This is proper rugby.
@ottconsulting7 Жыл бұрын
Utter legends. What memories
@smvj200014 жыл бұрын
Keith wood... Wat a legend!!!!
@garykivell2 жыл бұрын
Totally agree joost was world class 👍
@LastWhiteRhino15 жыл бұрын
awsome try from Dawson , fair play
@Bucketheadhead13 жыл бұрын
There's been 2 rememberable match winning drop goals from englishmen, this is the only good one.
@stephenreeds36729 жыл бұрын
Won by a set of people who refused to be beaten!!! Of course, Bok complacency helped.
@jmomish5 жыл бұрын
“I felt for a dummy and after that never ever again.”
@ay6134 жыл бұрын
Unity🇬🇧 May God bless ✝
@krakatoa12003 жыл бұрын
Scott Gibbs?? fantastic.
@anthonyeagle71558 жыл бұрын
What a tough little F%^ker Scott Gibbs was (is!) It must be something in the air in the valleys
@philipmarsden71047 жыл бұрын
Os Du Randt said ''he was a big lad'',but Os was 5 Stone heavier and 6 inches taller! Os should never have had a problem.
@nono117200211 жыл бұрын
No he is well respected player, there Is laughter as he says it. There just must have always been a bit of banter between him and John Bentley!!!
@pudseypumper12 жыл бұрын
VdW and DuRandt. Fair play.
@goonerfromjhb12 жыл бұрын
Thats RUGBY
@jcrawley111 жыл бұрын
what's that mean?
@kevinbaxter73904 жыл бұрын
When Forwards were naturally hard without 12hrs in the gym...
@werriboy554 жыл бұрын
Hard isn't about muscles, it's a head thing. Get run over by a bigger bloke, get smashed in a tackle, pushed off the ball, doesn't matter. Get up, keep hitting, keep driving, walk off with your head up. That's the lesson I took away from Rugby.
@Raichu23415 жыл бұрын
COME ON U LIONS! X
@goldenlion6475 жыл бұрын
The Lions were very fortunate to get away with a win in the second test, they certainly didn't deserve it.
@14dollars11 жыл бұрын
it was banter.
@xpat7313 жыл бұрын
Yes that was Scott Gibbs getting bounced off by Gary Teichman at 1.48 ...you don't see that often!!
@jonathan717615 жыл бұрын
And the Lions need some try scorers. Come on little Shane.
@jaceks63386 жыл бұрын
I think SA tried 3 different kickers in the Durban Test, and couldn't land a single kick
@ThePostie5016 жыл бұрын
Jenkins the Boot.
@benjiwilliams244111 жыл бұрын
SCOTTTTTTYYYY GIBBBBBSSS
@contrarian7175 жыл бұрын
Goal kicking was the diffs. Unfortunately
@deano69974 жыл бұрын
the true hero was neil jenkins,in every test he kicked them all. well done neil .
@alanrobinson78912 жыл бұрын
Martin Johnson reckoned Paul Wallace was the player of the tour
@NigelCopy10 жыл бұрын
Martin Johnson looks about 12
@ralphraffles13942 жыл бұрын
4.48 Rodber fouled.
@alanthomas69473 жыл бұрын
Joost,terry holmes!!..apart from g.o.edwards the best
@mnnh115 жыл бұрын
Thats been self-evident for some time now. Questionable coach, I suppose.