During their 1973 tour the All Blacks had a training session @ Rugby School where the game was invented. Our Headmaster took us to see them. They were all so gracious & friendly to sign autographs & spend time with us 14 yr olds 👏
This match deserves every effort to restore the original footage to as close to modern standards as possible. An historic day. Derserving of preservation. The Baabaas playing the game as it was always intended to be. Like heroes and angles. RIP Phil Bennett 12.06.2022.
Glorious, just glorious. Phil Bennett was some player, but in this game two guys stood out for me Tom David and Sandy Carmichael, what a shift those two put in.
I think Cliff Morgan described Tom David as that brilliant, marauding flanker. Very sad news that JPR Williams has passed away, its no coincidence he was the fullback of the two best Lions teams ever, what a rock of a man he was, and a brilliant counter attacking fulback.
The beautiful game being played beautifully and with one ref, no TMO, no scrum set problems, no cameras picking apart every detail, amateur players playing their hearts out! How sadly Rugby Union has fallen.
When I compare this display to the modern game there is no comparison. Rugby Union has lost its way in the fifty years between this game and what we have now! It breaks my heart!
i fully agree. the way this is just pure rugby is amazing. it’s like “we have a ball, let’s run with it” in this match whereas nowadays theres so many rules.
All modern day forwards should be made to study the scrums in this era. 8 seconds after the scrum is awarded the scrum is formed. 26 seconds after the scrum is awarded the ball is out and in the scrum half's hands. I played as a forward and even I get so sick of the macho posturing, endless delays and 2 minutes to get the pack formed...
Couldn't agree more! If it were up to me to make a law change it'd probably be something like a penalty kick or conversion has to be taken within 30 seconds of being awarded. No more cringeworthy pre kick routines!
I watched this with my Dad aged 5. No real idea what was going on, but picked up on the excitement all right. For me, JPR's try at the end is almost as epic as the opener...
"If the greatest ever writer of the written word had wrote this story no one would have believed it!" It's a classic line of commentary. Iconic. It's as famous to Rugby fans as, "Here comes Hurst. There's some people on the pitch ... they think it's all over. It is now, it's four" is to football fans. Edit:. Oh and let's not forget: R.I.P. John Dawes who died last month.
Now and again, I watch this match in full. I reckon this is competing with the NZ v France World Cup semi-final of 1999 to be the greatest game in my lifetime (I'm 56). Everything about it is like a dream....the spirit of the rugby, the unbelievable energy (way before these guys were professional athletes), the sublime commentary, the crowd.
Don't forget the semi final of the 87' world cup....France Australia....an Amazing game. Both Gerald Davies and John Taylor said IT was better than Baabas AB 73
That try still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up as they cross the halfway line and Tom David passes to Quinnell. Short intake of breath. Amazing.
I remember getting up with my Dad to watch this. I was 10 years old and still remember this like it was yesterday. God Bless the All Blacks. Bring back the Cup.
That's how it was then. It's one of the few pluses in the modern game that high tackling is not as prevelant. The referees have stamped right down on it.
i remember at the time watching it and being baffled by why the ref did nothing about it - from memory there were 7 or 8 head high tackles on JPR during the game including 2 during the famous try and none were punished
Probably the greatest game ever played for pure entertainment. Some of the greatest names that ever played the game also. The All Blacks were at this stage of the tour absolutely exhausted. A busy domestic season and 3 tests against Australia, followed by a 32 match tour of UK and France . Last of the big tours. British rugby was at an absolute high during this time. Also note the stadium was still full even after the game. That tells a story in itself.
Blimey i was 11 yrs old and remember vaugley watching the match on a saturday. What a game, I have always been an admirer of the barbarians and will always support them. These are great moments in rugby in that time era. :)
I played with him once for London Irish when a bit of confusion occasioned by having the club dinner the night before, saw him end up with us in the 3rds against the BBC. Needless to say we won.
My main memory of this wonderful game, I lost my voice from shouting and singing for a week, the singing of NOW IS THE HOUR and knowing I'd seen something special. Looking at the match today how brilliant the players were, even by the professional standards of today. and if played now the TMO would have cancelled a few of the tries and maybe, just maybe a red card or two and 30 yellow cards - and of course ruined the game
Cheers from a former rugbyplayer in rugbys "outback" Sweden - and nowadays a keen fan of this fine sport! Many thank's for uploading this great classic clash! Happy new year folks!
The other thing I noticed is when Edwards kicks over the scrum he finds the line, this rarely happens today, so here goes well done Gareth Edwards , brilliant kicking.
The greatest team try ever scored, imho, always gives me goosebumps and makes me emotional for some reason, R.I.P. Benny, i'm sure David Duckham had some long lost Welsh blood, great player, R.I.P. Mr. Duckham...
What a magificent game this was! In 1973 I was in the 6th Form (aged 17) at a Roman Catholic Boarding School in the South Island; it was the only school in New Zealand that had its own 18 hole golf course, and it fielded 13 Rugby Union Teams and one Soccer team, you didn't want to be a "Toe Jammer as we called them" or "Cuddles boys". At this Roman Catholic School I was brought up to sing God Save the Queen and yes around the College there were n number of photos of QE2 and the Pope! When I went to the movies they always played "God Save the Queen and we all got up and stood to attention! My Father was C of E, and he loved the Queen, Kings, and the British Empire! I was a die hard Royalist until 1968 when it was pointed out to me how the Royals had profited so much from having New Zealands export of Lamb, Beef, Cheese, Butter, Wine, Wool, Hops, Venison, Frozen Fish, blankets, Aluminium, etc. My Dad was a proud Imperialist, he went to the Local School called Waitaki Boys High School where they were taught to be great Loyalists as well. I refused to sign God Save the Queen or stand up for it in 1969. My dad was in the 1st Echelon of the Famous 20th Battalion of the NZEF, the most Decorated Battalion in the entire British Empire; Yes that is a big claim! Research it! The NZ 20th Battalion was a Pakeha (White) Battalion coming from the South Island of New Zealand; the other mainly white Battalions were the 18th Battalion which came from the upper half of the North Island and the 19th Battalion which came from the lower half of the North Island. And then New Zealand had its famous Maori Battalion; the mighty 28th Battalion! So what has this got to do with a rugby game in 1973; well New Zealand lost so much blood fighting for the Royals and the British Empire it wasn't funny! of things I remember about this Rugby Match, this period of British New Zealand Relationships in terms of Loyalty, Economics, Media and Politically and this Rugby Tour; - 1. What happened in 1973 from a New Zealanders eyes? Britain joined the EEC in 1973! Who were New Zealand and our Tasman brothers and sisters, we were treated like shit by the Poms! Massive trade Barriers were put in place to stop any of our traditional exports going to the UK. 2. New Zealanders were classified as Aliens and yet we had the same Queen and National Anthem as the UK! To this day God Save the Queen is still an official national anthem of New Zealand. 3. It is funny now how Borris wants to be friends again and we have a Free Trade Agreement! No thanks to the Queen. I want us to have a good Free Trade Agreement with the EU; I have travelled to the EU, I like it and I'd love to go an watch a game of Rugby in Wales; I love the game and the people; there is nothing like having a chin wag with a Frenchman, Englishman, Scot, Irish, South African, Aussie after a good game of Rugby here in New Zealand even if we have lost. It is something special about the game. I hope Bloody Covid doesn't stop me going to watch a game in Wales, England, Ireland or Scotland as these countries are definitely on my bucket list. I loved France (Rugby) and people as well as everywhere else I've been in Europe. It is so good to get rid of past baggage! So I love everybody in Europe except Putin and Lukashenko! Wow a lot has happened since 1973! I just wished Barry John could have played in that game! Merry Christmas And Love From New Zealand!
Mate, good story regarding your dad’s war service, but regarding the late Queen and British people, believe me, real Brits really respect and are grateful for the support that came from Aus and Nz in both wars. But, the late Queen had absolutely nothing to do with trade barriers or visa restrictions, she was a fierce defender of the Commonwealth. The average Brit has always wanted to have close relationships with the Anzac Nations and I think this was at the back of the mind of many people who wanted out of the EU.
Like the history of Great Britain, parts of it were a little bit dodgy but who the hell cares. Gareth Edwards gets the glory but owes it all to Benny with the greatest series of sidesteps in the history of the world...
Did you notice how Duckham glances down the field and sees a gap before selling his outrageous dummy at 36:52? Such quick thinking! For him it's all about the space, into which he runs with an amazing change of angle, beyond even 90 degrees
"If the greatest writer of the written word would have wrote that story no one would have believed it." A brilliant piece of commentary - it never gets old, does it? Edit: I almost forgot. R.I.P. John Dawes who died recently. He had a great match here, was one of Wales all time greatest and was a fantastic coach with Wales and The British 🦁 🦁 🦁.
Never ever did I believe that in big man rugby a small 9 and 10 could dominate world rugby. Reminds me of South Africa's Naas Botha... very dangerous average size... but totally dominated in every sphere of the game... 😍😍😍
...but the most effete haka... even that has become professional these days. As an Englishman the right result but the man of the match for me was Grant Batty. Two great tries and all-round play and proof that you don't have to be a big bloke to be a truly world class player.
Bennett and Shane Williams were great twinkled toed players, Grant was feisty too, as we saw in his bust-up with Tom David. Ironically his opposing wing Duckham also had an outstanding match
brilliant game of rugby, how that burgess character made it as an all black is to me a mystery, mr JPR you will always be the greatest fullback ive ever seen
JPR - simply the greatest ever. If you ever watch this match, and concentrate on JPR to the exclusion of everything else, it's almost as if he and the ball were psychic. Talk about always being in the right place - phenomenal placement, always.
crickey - just as well the blacks didn't have more grant battys..tricky little bugger! David Duckham - complete star. Love the half time - 3 mins and a slice of orange. And JPR try all started by Duckham - arguably as good as the Edwards.
that was a great match, memory lane, great players, and that wonderful Walsh singing too much, never hear that sort of singing now, unless I'm going deaf, love that song the Welsh sing before a test specially at Cardiff Arms park, Tino pai , kia ora tatau.
The players playing rugby today should watch this match on video to see how rugby should be played including the Welsh team and the supporting players in the Autumn Series to give them inspiration to play good rugby and attacking rugby and how to run on to the pass not to stand still when receiving the ball Like Gareth did, he was running when he received the pass and the motion carried Him on to score that wonderful try
Now THAT'S the way scrummaging should be done! They didn't mess around, formed the pack, didn't try to use the scrum to constantly draw penalties; they just formed it and put it in play!
Well, I say it in comparison to today, and, five penalties compared to now is not much, you have to admit. And, the strike to the head, well, yes, you'll get a red card for that now, but you can't tell me that it still doesn't happen from time to time when the ref isn't looking.
Goal kicking takes too long now and refs are not applying the time limit either, e.g Japanese kicker v Wales recently. It's like Nadal at tennis, regularly exceeding the serve time.
Alas, the "try of the century" wouldn't have been allowed under today's rules. The game would have been stopped for a couple of minutes while the final pass to Gareth was scrutinised from a dozen different angles and eventually ruled forward. Then we would have been shunted back another 70 yards to Beegee's high tackle on JPR, for which he would have gotten a yellow card, and a penalty awarded to the Baabaas. So instead of a famous try the Barbarians would have gotten a penalty 90 yards downfield where the movement started. Scant consolation.
Cliff Morgan stepped in for the brilliant Bill McLaren at the last minute and this game is now synonymous with Cliff. I would have loved to have known how Bill would have covered that Edwards try though!
Without taking anything away from the Barbarians win, this AB side looked very tired before this match. The ABs played a total of 32 games in the UK, France , and Nth America . For this final UK match the AB tackling was terrible especially Bee Gee Williams feeble tackle on JPR which could have halted that now great try to Gareth Edwards.
so beautiful to see such joyous rugby. modern game has nothing on this. maybe now it's faster higher stronger but it's also a lot lot duller, formulaic, risk-averse and with zero verve, wit or daring let alone idiotic ideas like running from under your own posts, surrounded by the opposition, in the first 2 minutes! thanks!!!
Yeah and Bennett running from close to his own line led to a great Lions try v South Africa in the superb 2nd test win of 74 in which he also scored a marvellous solo try. Another great one with Bennett scoring was v Scotland in 77, I think Irvine also scored a beauty for Scotland in that match.
It is so rare that a massively hyped game explodes into the type of action seen here, justifying all the chat in the build up. So entertaining compared to today's kickfests.
Oh that fellow edwards,what a try what a match and cliff morgans commentary,what a team the babas were ,but the passing was superb not much kicking,in todays rugby it’s penalties and drop goals
What a game….two things…how brilliant was David Duckham…you don’t just see that kind of skill any more…secondly how was JPR’s head still attached at the end of the game
Much as I like rugby nostalgia (these men were my boyhood heroes) apart a few flourishes I thought the play was messy. Players running into each other, fumbled passes, players tripping over themselves.
The try was more than just a rugby score, it was performing art...and it should be shown every year at the national eisteddfod....Also, that John Dawe's dummy....anyone know where NZ player went?
This may have been the best rugby match of all time, but the All Blacks give the worst Haka of all time. They looked like Morris dancers! No wonder they lost.
+Mingus Pingus You're probably right, but if you're going to do it......do it properly. I also agree with you that it's overdone and if the opposition turn their backs (as was done by a player once that I remember), laugh or stand up close to their 'performance', they get mighty upset and make a big fuss about it. Go figure that! The Wallabies should do a "I'm a Happy Vegemite" dance or something similar and see how they like it.
Classic game up there with All Blacks v South Africa 2018. Today this game would have produced red cards and yellow cards for dangerous tackles but thats just society today.
Yes it is!! and despite the poor vid quality, you can sense the powerful atmosphere behind it. A passionate crowd in a full voice at a great stadium, during a legendary match. This is gold.
+geansai reminds me of my father from abertillery , that song WOW ... puts tears in my eyes every time.. I told my son in Melbourne all about it and the love continues...
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During their 1973 tour the All Blacks had a training session @ Rugby School where the game was invented. Our Headmaster took us to see them. They were all so gracious & friendly to sign autographs & spend time with us 14 yr olds 👏
This match deserves every effort to restore the original footage to as close to modern standards as possible. An historic day. Derserving of preservation. The Baabaas playing the game as it was always intended to be. Like heroes and angles. RIP Phil Bennett 12.06.2022.
And now RIP JPR…
Glorious, just glorious. Phil Bennett was some player, but in this game two guys stood out for me Tom David and Sandy Carmichael, what a shift those two put in.
I think Cliff Morgan described Tom David as that brilliant, marauding flanker.
Very sad news that JPR Williams has passed away, its no coincidence he was the fullback of the two best Lions teams ever, what a rock of a man he was, and a brilliant counter attacking fulback.
The Dream Team , I did not mind losing to maybe the greatest team of all time. Congrads from NZ!
Kudos mate. That was a great AB side on a world tour.
Well said
The beautiful game being played beautifully and with one ref, no TMO, no scrum set problems, no cameras picking apart every detail, amateur players playing their hearts out! How sadly Rugby Union has fallen.
Superb referee!
@@johncourtneidge I agree. First International. He let the game flow and used the advantage well.
JPR scored that try right in front of me, Duckham was amazing. What a match
A roll call of the all-time greats. I've never seen a better game.
That was a feast of running, defensive rugby at its best.
Thank-you!
When I compare this display to the modern game there is no comparison. Rugby Union has lost its way in the fifty years between this game and what we have now! It breaks my heart!
i fully agree. the way this is just pure rugby is amazing. it’s like “we have a ball, let’s run with it” in this match whereas nowadays theres so many rules.
"What can touch a man like that" is such a great line.
Two things from this match have always stayed in my memory. The opening try, and all the high tackles from New Zealand.
That's Southern Hemisphere rugby rules
Yawn!
I believe there was some beef between the two sides on this occasion
Well, that’s the Kiwi heard from, with her elucidating cuntribution (Kiwi Bad Dentures).
@@kiwiadventures3773 Did Adhern send you to bed without any supper ?
All modern day forwards should be made to study the scrums in this era. 8 seconds after the scrum is awarded the scrum is formed. 26 seconds after the scrum is awarded the ball is out and in the scrum half's hands. I played as a forward and even I get so sick of the macho posturing, endless delays and 2 minutes to get the pack formed...
+Neilanderthal And so long to take kicks at goal these days. Barry John and Phil Bennett would simply get the ball, place it down and kick it over.
Couldn't agree more! If it were up to me to make a law change it'd probably be something like a penalty kick or conversion has to be taken within 30 seconds of being awarded. No more cringeworthy pre kick routines!
@@mizofan ...or not, cos as great as this game was, the place kicking was poor. Modern kicking is far better
Yes the time wasting in rugby these days is ridiculous.
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I watched this with my Dad aged 5. No real idea what was going on, but picked up on the excitement all right.
For me, JPR's try at the end is almost as epic as the opener...
RIP Cliff Morgan. Great to see and hear the whole match.
I really enjoyed Cliff Morgan's passion in this, he doesn't seem like a commentator, more a spectator telling us how much he's loving it
"If the greatest ever writer of the written word had wrote this story no one would have believed it!"
It's a classic line of commentary. Iconic. It's as famous to Rugby fans as, "Here comes Hurst. There's some people on the pitch ... they think it's all over. It is now, it's four" is to football fans.
Edit:. Oh and let's not forget: R.I.P. John Dawes who died last month.
Yes! My thanks to the uploader!
Now and again, I watch this match in full. I reckon this is competing with the NZ v France World Cup semi-final of 1999 to be the greatest game in my lifetime (I'm 56). Everything about it is like a dream....the spirit of the rugby, the unbelievable energy (way before these guys were professional athletes), the sublime commentary, the crowd.
What happened to rugby union? It used to be a game of beauty.
Don't forget the semi final of the 87' world cup....France Australia....an Amazing game. Both Gerald Davies and John Taylor said IT was better than Baabas AB 73
@@thierrygarnier5060 Oh yes indeed Thierry! I remember watching this game live and the various ebbs and flows involved. Utterly sublime.
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Can’t believe this was nearly fifty years ago started playing rugby for my school after watching this ,legends all of them
RIP Dai Duckham
An Honorary Welshman. The Welsh crowd took him to their hearts, and he stayed there. Quite remarkable. RIP, indeed.
That try still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up as they cross the halfway line and Tom David passes to Quinnell. Short intake of breath. Amazing.
50 years on, and I still can't follow Phil at the start of it all...
I remember getting up with my Dad to watch this. I was 10 years old and still remember this like it was yesterday. God Bless the All Blacks. Bring back the Cup.
How JPR Williams' neck survived all those high tackles still remains a mystery!!!
To be fair he made a few of those himself in his career. ;)
That's how it was then. It's one of the few pluses in the modern game that high tackling is not as prevelant. The referees have stamped right down on it.
He was hard as nails !
i remember at the time watching it and being baffled by why the ref did nothing about it - from memory there were 7 or 8 head high tackles on JPR during the game including 2 during the famous try and none were punished
I remember Mike Gibson having his head almost removed by JPR in Lansdowne Road one day. JPR looked like what he was, a thug.
Probably the greatest game ever played for pure entertainment. Some of the greatest names that ever played the game also. The All Blacks were at this stage of the tour absolutely exhausted. A busy domestic season and 3 tests against Australia, followed by a 32 match tour of UK and France . Last of the big tours. British rugby was at an absolute high during this time. Also note the stadium was still full even after the game. That tells a story in itself.
Blimey i was 11 yrs old and remember vaugley watching the match on a saturday. What a game, I have always been an admirer of the barbarians and will always support them. These are great moments in rugby in that time era. :)
That inflatable Sheep in the crowd gets me every time.
Fergus Slattery....the player I wanted to be as a kid. What a perfect game he had.
I played with him once for London Irish when a bit of confusion occasioned by having the club dinner the night before, saw him end up with us in the 3rds against the BBC. Needless to say we won.
That try gives me goosebumps and makes me cry,love it.
"What a score!"... What a commentary... Thanks Cliff!
JPR's try sends shivers down my spine every time
Duckham and Dawes too!
My main memory of this wonderful game, I lost my voice from shouting and singing for a week, the singing of NOW IS THE HOUR and knowing I'd seen something special. Looking at the match today how brilliant the players were, even by the professional standards of today. and if played now the TMO would have cancelled a few of the tries and maybe, just maybe a red card or two and 30 yellow cards - and of course ruined the game
I watched these unbelievable players in SA in 74.Simply the best of that era.Most of them would be in a world 15 team in my books.
Brings a tear to my eye every time I see that try.
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I always laughed at it. But then I realised that they never did it so now that they did it it was a special moment
Tom David the only uncapped player to touch the ball in the greatest try ever. UNCAPPED!
Loved the little tiff with Grant Batty apparently he said come back when your taller.
Cheers from a former rugbyplayer in rugbys "outback" Sweden - and nowadays a keen fan of this fine sport! Many thank's for uploading this great classic clash! Happy new year folks!
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The other thing I noticed is when Edwards kicks over the scrum he finds the line, this rarely happens today, so here goes well done Gareth Edwards , brilliant kicking.
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The greatest team try ever scored, imho, always gives me goosebumps and makes me emotional for some reason, R.I.P. Benny, i'm sure David Duckham had some long lost Welsh blood, great player, R.I.P. Mr. Duckham...
Thè alblacks and other teams have been scoring tries as gòod as this for the last 30 years. For it's era it was a good one though
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Sour grapes.
still my greatest game i have ever watched thanks for the upload
What a magificent game this was! In 1973 I was in the 6th Form (aged 17) at a Roman Catholic Boarding School in the South Island; it was the only school in New Zealand that had its own 18 hole golf course, and it fielded 13 Rugby Union Teams and one Soccer team, you didn't want to be a "Toe Jammer as we called them" or "Cuddles boys". At this Roman Catholic School I was brought up to sing God Save the Queen and yes around the College there were n number of photos of QE2 and the Pope! When I went to the movies they always played "God Save the Queen and we all got up and stood to attention! My Father was C of E, and he loved the Queen, Kings, and the British Empire! I was a die hard Royalist until 1968 when it was pointed out to me how the Royals had profited so much from having New Zealands export of Lamb, Beef, Cheese, Butter, Wine, Wool, Hops, Venison, Frozen Fish, blankets, Aluminium, etc. My Dad was a proud Imperialist, he went to the Local School called Waitaki Boys High School where they were taught to be great Loyalists as well. I refused to sign God Save the Queen or stand up for it in 1969.
My dad was in the 1st Echelon of the Famous 20th Battalion of the NZEF, the most Decorated Battalion in the entire British Empire; Yes that is a big claim! Research it! The NZ 20th Battalion was a Pakeha (White) Battalion coming from the South Island of New Zealand; the other mainly white Battalions were the 18th Battalion which came from the upper half of the North Island and the 19th Battalion which came from the lower half of the North Island. And then New Zealand had its famous Maori Battalion; the mighty 28th Battalion! So what has this got to do with a rugby game in 1973; well New Zealand lost so much blood fighting for the Royals and the British Empire it wasn't funny!
of things I remember about this Rugby Match, this period of British New Zealand Relationships in terms of Loyalty, Economics, Media and Politically and this Rugby Tour; -
1. What happened in 1973 from a New Zealanders eyes? Britain joined the EEC in 1973! Who were New Zealand and our Tasman brothers and sisters, we were treated like shit by the Poms! Massive trade Barriers were put in place to stop any of our traditional exports going to the UK.
2. New Zealanders were classified as Aliens and yet we had the same Queen and National Anthem as the UK! To this day God Save the Queen is still an official national anthem of New Zealand.
3. It is funny now how Borris wants to be friends again and we have a Free Trade Agreement!
No thanks to the Queen.
I want us to have a good Free Trade Agreement with the EU; I have travelled to the EU, I like it and I'd love to go an watch a game of Rugby in Wales; I love the game and the people; there is nothing like having a chin wag with a Frenchman, Englishman, Scot, Irish, South African, Aussie after a good game of Rugby here in New Zealand even if we have lost. It is something special about the game. I hope Bloody Covid doesn't stop me going to watch a game in Wales, England, Ireland or Scotland as these countries are definitely on my bucket list. I loved France (Rugby) and people as well as everywhere else I've been in Europe.
It is so good to get rid of past baggage! So I love everybody in Europe except Putin and Lukashenko!
Wow a lot has happened since 1973!
I just wished Barry John could have played in that game!
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That's nice.
Mate, good story regarding your dad’s war service, but regarding the late Queen and British people, believe me, real Brits really respect and are grateful for the support that came from Aus and Nz in both wars. But, the late Queen had absolutely nothing to do with trade barriers or visa restrictions, she was a fierce defender of the Commonwealth. The average Brit has always wanted to have close relationships with the Anzac Nations and I think this was at the back of the mind of many people who wanted out of the EU.
What a game played by the two Barbarian flankers - they were everywhere!
Edwards try in the opening minutes is quite possibly the greatest moment in the history of Great Britain.
@a P off. He ran onto it.
Like the history of Great Britain, parts of it were a little bit dodgy but who the hell cares. Gareth Edwards gets the glory but owes it all to Benny with the greatest series of sidesteps in the history of the world...
@@philippankhurst6680 If Gareth's shirt sold for £240,000, I wonder what Phil's would go for...
I suspect Ray McLoughlin and Fergus Slattery would have begged to differ.
@@hawkeye6399tsk! They were team mates. They'd disagree with your comment I'd wager.
David Duckham was amazing in this game as were so many players. Such an exciting match
36.52, best dummy i've ever seen! So good it fooled the cameraman!
I was 15 years old when i watched this match ( black & white TV) i dont forget this beautiful match
Did you notice how Duckham glances down the field and sees a gap before selling his outrageous dummy at 36:52? Such quick thinking! For him it's all about the space, into which he runs with an amazing change of angle, beyond even 90 degrees
"If the greatest writer of the written word would have wrote that story no one would have believed it." A brilliant piece of commentary - it never gets old, does it?
Edit: I almost forgot. R.I.P. John Dawes who died recently. He had a great match here, was one of Wales all time greatest and was a fantastic coach with Wales and The British 🦁 🦁 🦁.
Great game one of the best of all time. Great commentary by the late great Hugh morgan
Hugh Morgan!!! I think you mean CLIFF Morgan...
Never ever did I believe that in big man rugby a small 9 and 10 could dominate world rugby. Reminds me of South Africa's Naas Botha... very dangerous average size... but totally dominated in every sphere of the game... 😍😍😍
"Foot up" in the scrum! Who remembers when Hookers had to hook?
Thanks for this Charlie - great upload.
The good old days when the few police there could watch the match instead of the fans.
They still can at rugby matches, though I hardly ever see them at matches. .
You were and always be brilliant NZ ... what teams you produce ,, incredible !!!
...but the most effete haka... even that has become professional these days. As an Englishman the right result but the man of the match for me was Grant Batty. Two great tries and all-round play and proof that you don't have to be a big bloke to be a truly world class player.
SIMON WOODS you're right about that but the Babarians were outstanding, quite rare to see an AB team outplayed
a rare talent like Campese can do that and carry it off, most couldn't
Bennett and Shane Williams were great twinkled toed players, Grant was feisty too, as we saw in his bust-up with Tom David. Ironically his opposing wing Duckham also had an outstanding match
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brilliant game of rugby, how that burgess character made it as an all black is to me a mystery, mr JPR you will always be the greatest fullback ive ever seen
Yet Burgess scored two tries v the Lions in the '71 second test....no mean feat!
JPR - simply the greatest ever. If you ever watch this match, and concentrate on JPR to the exclusion of everything else, it's almost as if he and the ball were psychic. Talk about always being in the right place - phenomenal placement, always.
The best game from the amateur era by far.
Any era
crickey - just as well the blacks didn't have more grant battys..tricky little bugger! David Duckham - complete star. Love the half time - 3 mins and a slice of orange. And JPR try all started by Duckham - arguably as good as the Edwards.
See Phil Bennett on David Duckham :th-cam.com/video/FgSpinRxevc/w-d-xo.html
that was a great match, memory lane, great players, and that wonderful Walsh singing too much, never hear that sort of singing now, unless I'm going deaf, love that song the Welsh sing before a test specially at Cardiff Arms park, Tino pai , kia ora tatau.
That "song" is their National Anthem mate.
At 30.12 the Welsh singing starts with Sospan Fach magnificent followed by Bread Of Heaven wonderful!😀🏴
Was JPR Williams wearing a solid gold necklace ?, because the Kiwi's have a consistent fondness for his neck.
NO!! The AB's were going for his neck because they wanted the gold.......
Love the game and loved that haka
The players playing rugby today should watch this match on video to see how rugby should be played including the Welsh team and the supporting players in the Autumn Series to give them inspiration to play good rugby and attacking rugby and how to run on to the pass not to stand still when receiving the ball Like Gareth did, he was running when he received the pass and the motion carried Him on to score that wonderful try
poetry in motion and . . . . . some more
Now THAT'S the way scrummaging should be done! They didn't mess around, formed the pack, didn't try to use the scrum to constantly draw penalties; they just formed it and put it in play!
...and if I counted correctly, 5 penalties for crooked feeds and 1 strike against the head. What are they doing these days...?!
Well, I say it in comparison to today, and, five penalties compared to now is not much, you have to admit. And, the strike to the head, well, yes, you'll get a red card for that now, but you can't tell me that it still doesn't happen from time to time when the ref isn't looking.
Goal kicking takes too long now and refs are not applying the time limit either, e.g Japanese kicker v Wales recently. It's like Nadal at tennis, regularly exceeding the serve time.
Cliff Morgan loved rugby didn't he? What a score! Watched it over & over with teachers at school. Grant Batty what a posuer!
He wasn't a bad player either!
Alas, the "try of the century" wouldn't have been allowed under today's rules. The game would have been stopped for a couple of minutes while the final pass to Gareth was scrutinised from a dozen different angles and eventually ruled forward. Then we would have been shunted back another 70 yards to Beegee's high tackle on JPR, for which he would have gotten a yellow card, and a penalty awarded to the Baabaas. So instead of a famous try the Barbarians would have gotten a penalty 90 yards downfield where the movement started. Scant consolation.
Agreed; hate refereeing /umpiring by television in all games except tennis where it works well.
rugby used to be played for fun not $$...times have changed $$ drives the game now.
“THIS IS GARETH EDWARDS…
…A DRAMATIC SURGE…
WHAT A SCORE!!!”
Such iconic words from the late, great Cliff Morgan
a dramatic START - if you are going to use quotes, you have to get them right
Greatest match in history. How many of the all blacks are still with us i wonder.
Cliff Morgan stepped in for the brilliant Bill McLaren at the last minute and this game is now synonymous with Cliff. I would have loved to have known how Bill would have covered that Edwards try though!
'They'll be dancing in the streets of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen tonight...'
Phillip Bennett and
Gareth Edwards.
Absolute legends and excitement machines
Without taking anything away from the Barbarians win, this AB side looked very tired before this match. The ABs played a total of 32 games in the UK, France , and Nth America . For this final UK match the AB tackling was terrible especially Bee Gee Williams feeble tackle on JPR which could have halted that now great try to Gareth Edwards.
so beautiful to see such joyous rugby. modern game has nothing on this. maybe now it's faster higher stronger but it's also a lot lot duller, formulaic, risk-averse and with zero verve, wit or daring let alone idiotic ideas like running from under your own posts, surrounded by the opposition, in the first 2 minutes! thanks!!!
Yeah and Bennett running from close to his own line led to a great Lions try v South Africa in the superb 2nd test win of 74 in which he also scored a marvellous solo try. Another great one with Bennett scoring was v Scotland in 77, I think Irvine also scored a beauty for Scotland in that match.
It is so rare that a massively hyped game explodes into the type of action seen here, justifying all the chat in the build up. So entertaining compared to today's kickfests.
That was the best try scored in the history of rugby!!!!!!
Ivor Novello The best game also ....brilliant
@@robby1221 The greatest game ? Very possibly. The best ever try ? Almost certainly. The finest commentary ? Without a single doubt...
Good job JPR was a Doctor- he could fix his own neck after some of those NZ tackles
Oh that fellow edwards,what a try what a match and cliff morgans commentary,what a team the babas were ,but the passing was superb not much kicking,in todays rugby it’s penalties and drop goals
It looks better than the modern game
This was an amazing match
What a game….two things…how brilliant was David Duckham…you don’t just see that kind of skill any more…secondly how was JPR’s head still attached at the end of the game
A great game from an era when even the forwards looked like athletes instead of steroid induced buffaloes.
that haka was hilarious xD
@25:25 brilliant phase play. Excellent commentary. Electric crowd.
That try at 4:20...wow!!!!
The tempo of this game is amazing.
Gibson. "Ran out of legs there" says Cliff. Fitting end.
Much as I like rugby nostalgia (these men were my boyhood heroes) apart a few flourishes I thought the play was messy. Players running into each other, fumbled passes, players tripping over themselves.
Real Men Real Rugby.
There are great games and then there are great games
David DUCKHAM was awesome rest in piece
I don’t enjoy the modern game , it’s got more stop starts than the Bakerloo line , this really was a golden age of rugby.
what a moving story
And THEN at 34.50 we are blessed with the cherry on top "Bread Of Heaven which reverberates around Cardiff Arms Park in all its Glory!😂🍞😇👼🏉🏴
Deafening! Man would've loved to been alive at the time. The underdog Barbarians.
Seems as if there is no problem with high tackles here....they are all at it!!
super souvenir ! supers joueurs !
The try was more than just a rugby score, it was performing art...and it should be shown every year at the national eisteddfod....Also, that John Dawe's dummy....anyone know where NZ player went?
They're still trying to find him!
I saw this match with B&W TV
Yes, our house didn’t get colour till 75
This may have been the best rugby match of all time, but the All Blacks give the worst Haka of all time. They looked like Morris dancers! No wonder they lost.
+Mingus Pingus You're probably right, but if you're going to do it......do it properly. I also agree with you that it's overdone and if the opposition turn their backs (as was done by a player once that I remember), laugh or stand up close to their 'performance', they get mighty upset and make a big fuss about it. Go figure that! The Wallabies should do a "I'm a Happy Vegemite" dance or something similar and see how they like it.
More like the Lumberjack Song from Monty Python
Were they wearing suspenders and a bra?- there was me thinking they were so butch.
@@johnh7101 I know this is 5 years old, but it is a symbol of respect. It is recognising the opposition as a challenge.
@@maxsundram2803 Yes, it probably was, then, but not now, not by a long way, sad to say.
The team was stacked with Welshmen, the same boys that beat them in 71.
The try of the last Century by a Welsh man
Fantastici
Classic game up there with All Blacks v South Africa 2018. Today this game would have produced red cards and yellow cards for dangerous tackles but thats just society today.
je m en souviens encore
bread of heaven
bread of heaven
feed me till I want no more
feed me till I want - no - more
Yes it is!! and despite the poor vid quality, you can sense the powerful atmosphere behind it.
A passionate crowd in a full voice at a great stadium, during a legendary match. This is gold.
+geansai reminds me of my father from abertillery , that song WOW ... puts tears in my eyes every time.. I told my son in Melbourne all about it and the love continues...
When rugby was more exciting than football