Chabal played for Sale Sharks whilst I worked with the football club who shared a ground with them. Crossed paths with him several times and holy cow he’s an imposing individual, he’s massive and as everyone knows he’s a tough opponent BUT what a gentleman, he’d stop and pass time with fans quite happily, of all of the players I crossed paths with he stood out ‘cause he was such a decent bloke. Loved watching him play.
Playing ruby since I was 15 during the late 70 s ,80 s and 90s I've come across many a hardman and seen plenty and I've got to say all were gentleman off the pitch,great sport,great men great video keep them coming
@@Gazzaroothat was part of it back then, getting shoeing a smack in the mouth was a badge of honour afterwards plenty of ale to go along with the story and to sooth a broken nose.
Come on I’m from nz and all rugby boys are heavy drinking never fight one on one and always get away with anything and I grew up with future all blacks
thank you, it's nice, but we haven't gained anything, beauty without results is only worth the value we give them! but thanks ! , but our players without your players are nothing! love nations rugby !
I played in a game vs Esteve for Beziers. Esteve clocked me with a happily a glance!! A monster of a man with clubs in the area. With Michel Palmie 2 monsters that never took a step back. He tried to tap my nose to be a true Bitterois. I wriggled away with what ever force I had to his laughter. So so glad to have met him.
I've always liked Rugby more than American football over here. We often played Rugby in the fields near out parents farms here. It was more personal, and I feel required a bit more toughness and compassion for your team to play. We were taught to play by an English boy that moved here with his parents. From then on we had about 6 teams from different neighborhoods that would play a mini league for about 6 years until most of us graduated and moved on. I miss those days!
It does require and involve more strength of both character and brawn. Only minimal protection is offered against the inevitable knocks that a physical game ensures, too
Great video... I'm American so we don't even have rugby here but I know Sebastien Chabal! That dude is a f*****g legend... 20 + years ago when I first started lifting weights he's one of the guys I wanted to be like... I never knew the guy was as funny as he was or the music part... I love that considering I'm a guitarist myself and music is a huge part of my life... Great job, good video, I learned something today... Thank you
Merci pour cette excellente vidéo, qui m'a fait énormément plaisir. Je suis née à BÉZIERS. En 1970 (j'avais 10 ans.) j'étais supporter de l'ABS que nous allions voir au stade de Sauclières avec mon Papa. Bien sur des joueurs comme Gérard Cholley, Sébastien Chabal et Alain Estève on marquer beaucoup de personnes comme moi passionner de rugby. Jean-Luc Fabre a écrit un livre : Alain Estève, le géant de Béziers. Je recommande ce livre qui est bouleversant sur la vie d'Alain Estève. Encore merci pour cette vidéo. Yves
idem pour moi natif de Beziers en 57 j'ai vécu la décennie magique avec Esteve, les frères Vaquerins, Cantoni, Paco, Palmié, Astre, Saisset.....etc.....et Sauclieres en liesse....ah oui j’ai la nostalgie de ces années 70.....merci le rugby.
The best era, it’ll never be repeated. France, Springboks, Argentina, Aus, the all blacks. No head gear, no shoulder pads, happy days. Great job mate, cheers.
I’m a former American football player and never really watched this sport till this year when I watched the World Cup. I’m hooked. I love the passion of these players no show boating like the NFL. This is truly a Gentleman’s sport. 💪
Never forget watching Chabal charge through opponents that hair flying with the beard, tremendous, great player. Nice one Matt you always reveal more about characters, really cool. Cheers.
What legends these players were. Thank you for a great video! I'm a South African and appreciate the older generation rugby too. These were players in my fathers time.
As an American, I love to see and hear about the physical players in sports other than football from around the world. I think these guys would have done very well in football. Respect from the United States.
This is the Visigoth gene. Huge men who sort of resemble Neanderthals, likely carry some of that DNA. Could you imagine facing them on the battlefield during the 100 years war? The french warriors were no joke and only the Long bow, desperation and french hubris saved the invading English army from complete destruction.
Not at all visigoth were Germanics with nordic phenotype just Luke tge Sewede vikings . there is no such thing as french warriors but germanic francs just like their cousins germanic angles and saxons . both proves Germabic supremacy as they subdued everybody from Romans to celts. Those got arachaic crogmagbon phenotype . The Frank's crushed Romans the sane romans tghat decimated the celyic gauls. There is no france without Germanics .
The French team of the 1970s and 80s were special. Brilliant running rugby from talented mesmerising backs and absolute thuggery from the forwards. That French team had some massive games against the NZ All Blacks and the violence on the pitch matched the brilliant rugby.
Played for 20 years. Got cracked in the head many times (punches, knees, heads), but it helps build character - & a sense of humour. Love the sport but love the camaraderie even more. Thanks for the brilliant vids!
I've heard people say what a good bloke Sebastian is, he seems a great bloke to have in your team,on and off the pitch. I remember watching Gerard Cholley in the 1970s, a physical beast of a man, he might have been the French army's heavyweight champion? The french had some terrifying forwards in those days. One man in particular, who would have played alongside Cholley, and played with Esteve at Bezieres, Michel Palmie, he was a dangerous man on the pitch, he was crazy, so much so the French rugby authorities banned him. Rucking in rugby was quite an experience in those days.
Cholley was a genuine hard man. The French Packs of the 1970s were hugely intimidating. Steve Finucane, Aussie Hard Man from the 70s had a chapter in his autobiography called a CHOLLEY GOOD TIME
Great watching, as ever. Cheers. Hope you'll do a piece on 6ft 8 policeman and England legend Wade Dooley, who England forward Martin Bayfield described as "the most naturally violent man the game of rugby has ever seen".
@@mattlegg1976Wade Dooley by all accounts asked a referee not to send off a French forward who had kicked him in the head. He wanted to exact his own retribution. He broke the jaw of Welsh forward Phil Davies with one punch. Dooley was feared. Known as the Blackpool Tower.
Nah. Colin Meads would sort Dooley out back in the day. Those big NZ hill farmers were/are hard men. I'll give you a real hard bugger: Graham Price, Welsh prop. In my old opinion.
@@jameslast7555 Typically anyone playing for their nation is a cut above your common or garden "average" player, but then again this isn't about Bayfield, it's about Dooley. If you have never heard of Dooley, keep watching, as Matt has promised to do a slot on him.
Nice choice Matt and when it comes to rugby you know that there's many others who figured. Condolences to JP Williams 🙏 family, certainly a name to remember amongst the greats.
JPR was an absolute gentleman’ and an amazing doctor too. Not many people know this ‘ but I was one his patients 30 years ago’ and many others were too. He was also fantastic at tennis and cricket.
@@Allfather_Loki Not very big by modern standards, but a rock of a man. He suffered some shocking foul play but got on with it, notably that stamp on his face by NZ prop John Ashworth, he was trapped on the floor and Ashworth ripped his cheek open with his boot. He went off, his father who was a doctor, stitched his face up, and he went back on. Says a lot about JPR, and Ashworth, he never even apologised, what can you say.
Clicked to watch a video of 3 of the scariest men in rugby. Found myself watching Sebastian Chabal, in a banana suit, singing the Proclaimers. Great vid!
Mon classement est 1 Cholley 2 Estève 3 Palmié 4 Chabal. J'ai vu beaucoup de matches depuis les années 70, ce n'était pas le même rugby mais certains joueurs étaient absolument monstrueux et craints. Chabal est peut être le meilleur de tous mais ce n'était pas le plus effrayant, il y avait beaucoup plus de défis physiques statiques dans les années 70-80 et d'intimidations. Des fois c'étaient la guerre My ranking is 1 Cholley, 2 Estève, 3 Palmié, 4 Chabal. I've watched a lot of matches since the '70s; it wasn't the same rugby, but some players were absolutely monstrous and feared. Chabal may be the best of all, but he wasn't the most intimidating; there were many more static physical challenges in the '70s-'80s and intimidations. Sometimes, it was like a war.
Love it Matt, nobody better to keep these legends rolling ! Always boxing here , but massive love for the rugby too , so I was very happy to see you put some egg chasers stuff on your channel . A group of guys who lived tough lives I knew , were the bikers , look up a mad dude from the states name of Doug “the thug” Orr .RIP . KEEP EM COMING .
There is a great story on I think Esteve where during a photo shoot the photographer asked him if he could lower his look. He then replied:”I only lower my chin when I take a piss!” Being a Frenchman I often heard of those guys and how brutal they could be on the pitch
I'm not even into Rugby and got here because a buddy sent me a link to a Chabal comnpilation. TH-cam being TH-cam I got here and watched this little gem. Long story short, II want to say Thank You for uploading this video. Very informative and interesting, even for me. Me like. :)
I was fortunate enough to meet two rugby players from the Australian national team when I was in Sydney.. they were the most intimidating and humble guys in the pub.. absolute beats of men, and at the same time super friendly and cool.
Great concept Matt, those music videos have really cheered me up in our rather gloomy flat in Copenhagen this morning! I’m South African so I’m very excited to see which SA rugby players you’re going to profile in your upcoming videos. An obvious choice right now would be Eben Elzebeth just for his sheer size but of course there are “smaller” Springboks like Pieter Steph du Toit and the late James Small - both known for their physicality and fearlessness, skill and both tough as nails. That’s a difficult list to compile of course because pretty much all the Springbok players through the decades have been tough as nails on field but mostly all very sweet lads off the field. Cheers, looking forward!
I'm glad they cheered you up, they did with me also, lol Thank you for the message, yes definitely Eben Elizabeth, but I'll add the others on the list. Thank you very much 🥊👊
Love content. I respect the tough athletes of 70s. Being from America I don’t watch lot of rugby and ur football but respect the men who play with heart. Thank you for both educational and entertaining vids. Just subbed. Will be watching all vids. First one was of Rooney. Was great. Congrats on getting in shape. I born in 71. Trying to do that myself. Look forward to content.
Bobby was a member of the only club front row to play for their country and the British Lions, the other two members being Charlie Faulkner and Graham Price. Fantastic trio of men.
Recommended vid and grateful for your video. 🙏Reminiscing of my 6th grade science teacher, Mr Vogel, who was active in rugby; he was brutally strong, intimidating but the most humble and kind man to this day. He got me started into love of doing sports and science. Liked your comparisons and I think functional power, athleticism and skill are lacking in most popularized sports. Spot on vid. 🤙…now to your next vid.
Me, a life long construction worker, feeling pretty fragile and intimidated right now. To some men nature gives more than the others. All jokes aside we do have a specimen in our brigade too. An italian giant, pushing 6'7. But he's a good quiet soul, we put him on the pneumatic jackhammer or to move cement bags, that look like sugar brickets in his massive arms. To be honest it seems like all that mass is making his life pretty miserable.
Met Cholley in 1990 when my university was touring France. I thought we had some big men on my team, our 6'3" tighthead, who went on to play for our national team, looked like a mini me next to him.
You got this Matt. Some of your peers are stuck on the true crime, which is fine but slightly restrictive. I think u r content& videos has always been solid & showing the eclectic side of ur personality is superb 👌 Please keep it up King 👑
Superb! I’d heard about Esteve but didin’t know about his very moving back story. Love to see vid on Tony Neary, Peter Winterbottom and Neil Back - none of them giants but all really punched above their weight in playing physicality.
@@mattlegg1976 Great - in terms of other rugby nations: John Jeffrey, Finlay Calder and in particular Davis Leslie and Jean-Pierre Rives all too shared this 'nuggety' quality - I recall late French forward Armand Vaquerin described tackling Rives (and his clubmate Skrela) as being like tackling steel poles!
Andy MacDonald. Springbok. Colin was wary of him, and said as much. That, coming from a proper old-school All Blacks 'enforcer' is testimony enough. R.I.P Sir Colin Meads. GBNF.
Another great presentation, thank you Matt. This may be of interest to you it's about a Welsh karate man who's name is Howard Collins. He went to Japan and trained in a style called Kyokushinkai a type of karate that advocates a lot of heavy contact and a type of competition called knockdown the aim of which is to knock your opponent down or knock him out. There's lots more I can write about Howard Collins but I would be writing for a long time. I enjoy your presentations so much Matt, thanks again.👍
I love your content Matt, but any list of this kind would not be complete without South Africans and Kiwis. Lomu was the most feared player of his generation - both bigger and faster than anyone you've featured here - but he never scored a try against the South Africans because no one - and I mean no one - shows more heart on the field than they do. This is why they've won four World Cups while the French have choked in three finals. The great England side of the early 2000s also had some really tough men in it.
Haha, I spoke to soon. Also, didn't realise the last guy was 6'8, which makes him almost as tall as Eben Eztebeth (South African prop who comes from a well known family in Cape Town - well known for being able to take care of themselves). You can watch some hilarious videos of Eztebeth ragdolling 17-stone men like they were kids. Apparently he can do incline dumbell presses of 175lb in each hand without breaking a sweat. He can run flat out for eighty minutes. @@mattlegg1976
Us Yanks across the pond need more knowledge of this sport and it's heroes (rules ) would help too. Signed, tired James Workshop fed up and disillusioned NFL fan who is not a huge Frenchman fan. These frog guys are monstrous and great video. Subbed.
American here. I don't care at all for football, but I love rugby. Strengthwise, rugby and football are similar. Stamina wise, rugby is light years ahead of football. Thanks for the video.
Love it Matt. I'm a rugby man, grew up around lots of excellent players: the Brown brothers (Scotland & Lions) & Bill Cuthbertson (Scotland). Let me tell you, as a 16yo lad you don't want Gordon Brown chapping your door after midnight to get his daughter & pals from a party they shouldn't have been at. 😇
Great Video Matt , love my Rugby, coached for a while in North Wales along with Football and Karate . Most of the Giants of Rugby are Gentlemen off the pitch . Had a mate Colin Sargent 6.3 50 inch Chest ex Welsh Guards lovely lad off the pitch Beast on it Played Prop soon as he pulled the Jersey on different Man 😂 Take care Matt hope your lad gets sorted with a job 👊👊
Great video...yes these were 3 very hard players particularly Mr Cholley from the amateur game of Rugby Union. The other code, Rugby League ( professional ) also had it's quota of hard men particularly Cumbrian Frank Foster and Cockney Cliff Watson. Frank was very adept with the use of his elbow and Cliff never started trouble however he always finished it!! Keep up with your great videos..
All three tough guys with different personalities shows that you can be tough without having to act tough. Man they look scary , LOVE THE VIDEO, THE STORY and The choice of people.
Chabal played for Sale Sharks whilst I worked with the football club who shared a ground with them. Crossed paths with him several times and holy cow he’s an imposing individual, he’s massive and as everyone knows he’s a tough opponent BUT what a gentleman, he’d stop and pass time with fans quite happily, of all of the players I crossed paths with he stood out ‘cause he was such a decent bloke. Loved watching him play.
I met Chabal in Toulon ... humble and down to Earth.... One has to admire people like him
Playing ruby since I was 15 during the late 70 s ,80 s and 90s I've come across many a hardman and seen plenty and I've got to say all were gentleman off the pitch,great sport,great men great video keep them coming
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@@pauledwards7340Outside 👍
Sucker punching someone pretty damn cowardly and blatant cheating. Not something to be glorified
@@Gazzaroothat was part of it back then, getting shoeing a smack in the mouth was a badge of honour afterwards plenty of ale to go along with the story and to sooth a broken nose.
Come on I’m from nz and all rugby boys are heavy drinking never fight one on one and always get away with anything and I grew up with future all blacks
As a New Zealander I love the way the French Play Rugby!
Nice one. 👊🥊
thank you, it's nice, but we haven't gained anything, beauty without results is only worth the value we give them! but thanks ! , but our players without your players are nothing! love nations rugby !
Victime fragile @@didierpillet2486
And the French love the Kiwis, and have so much respect for their rugby (even though they don't always show it...)
I played in a game vs Esteve for Beziers. Esteve clocked me with a happily a glance!! A monster of a man with clubs in the area. With Michel Palmie 2 monsters that never took a step back. He tried to tap my nose to be a true Bitterois. I wriggled away with what ever force I had to his laughter. So so glad to have met him.
Ah wow! Brilliant. Thank you for the message 👊🥊
Yeah, i can't imagine playing against Esteve AND Palmie...
I've always liked Rugby more than American football over here. We often played Rugby in the fields near out parents farms here. It was more personal, and I feel required a bit more toughness and compassion for your team to play. We were taught to play by an English boy that moved here with his parents. From then on we had about 6 teams from different neighborhoods that would play a mini league for about 6 years until most of us graduated and moved on. I miss those days!
AWESOME mate good to hear and good to watch the game developing in bed your way. You guys play it a n good spirit.
It does require and involve more strength of both character and brawn. Only minimal protection is offered against the inevitable knocks that a physical game ensures, too
@@sexobscura You've got to be a bit crazy and ugly too, that's where I excelled in rugby lol.
Very interesting thanks for sharing.
Salutations de France.
Rugby it is like American Football but for men...😉
Merci pour ces beaux hommages, amitiés de France!
Thank you very much 🥊👊
Did not a frenchman almost tear buck Shelford balls off? Mind you that's a french thing. Lot of it about in those days on all sides
Merci pour cet hommage sur ces légendes du rugby français.
Great video... I'm American so we don't even have rugby here but I know Sebastien Chabal! That dude is a f*****g legend... 20 + years ago when I first started lifting weights he's one of the guys I wanted to be like... I never knew the guy was as funny as he was or the music part... I love that considering I'm a guitarist myself and music is a huge part of my life... Great job, good video, I learned something today... Thank you
Hi, thank you very much. Great to hear from you.
Chabal seems to be be a great guy, I totally agree with you 👊🥊
Merci pour cette excellente vidéo, qui m'a fait énormément plaisir. Je suis née à BÉZIERS. En 1970 (j'avais 10 ans.) j'étais supporter de l'ABS que nous allions voir au stade de Sauclières avec mon Papa. Bien sur des joueurs comme Gérard Cholley, Sébastien Chabal et Alain Estève on marquer beaucoup de personnes comme moi passionner de rugby. Jean-Luc Fabre a écrit un livre : Alain Estève, le géant de Béziers. Je recommande ce livre qui est bouleversant sur la vie d'Alain Estève. Encore merci pour cette vidéo.
Yves
idem pour moi natif de Beziers en 57 j'ai vécu la décennie magique avec Esteve, les frères Vaquerins, Cantoni, Paco, Palmié, Astre, Saisset.....etc.....et Sauclieres en liesse....ah oui j’ai la nostalgie de ces années 70.....merci le rugby.
Ah ! Sauclieres le dimanche à 15h! Que de bons souvenirs ! Notamment quand L'ASB recevait Toulon 💥💥
Love this video Matt, bit of a move away from boxing and fighting! Great stuff mate, looking forward to more.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you 🥊👊
I don't know why I find these stories so compelling but they are great. Love the countryside background also.
Ah brilliant, thank you very much 🥊👊
Thanks Matt. Good to see you digging beyond the confines of the usual UK Hardman folklore. Respect to these French working class warriors too...
The best era, it’ll never be repeated. France, Springboks, Argentina, Aus, the all blacks. No head gear, no shoulder pads, happy days.
Great job mate, cheers.
Thank you for putting these three chaps back under the spotlight. They deserve it.
I’m a former American football player and never really watched this sport till this year when I watched the World Cup. I’m hooked. I love the passion of these players no show boating like the NFL. This is truly a Gentleman’s sport. 💪
Nice one, thank you for the message. Interesting to hear your views , coming from American Football.
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Never forget watching Chabal charge through opponents that hair flying with the beard, tremendous, great player.
Nice one Matt you always reveal more about characters, really cool. Cheers.
What legends these players were. Thank you for a great video! I'm a South African and appreciate the older generation rugby too. These were players in my fathers time.
You’re great on this channel Matt! Keep the stories coming please mate 👍🏼
Nice one. Thank you for that 👊🥊
@@mattlegg1976I like the vid. Great job. But I only know cm-kg. I don’t have a clue what is stone to kg
As an American, I love to see and hear about the physical players in sports other than football from around the world. I think these guys would have done very well in football.
Respect from the United States.
Hi , great to hear from you. Thank you for the message 🥊👊
and would your football guys do well in rugby?? 😂
@@PpaulliusS If they were raised in it. A big, strong, fast, talented, man will do well anywhere.
Good to see you back this week , quality video as usual loved the music. I grew up in Leicester and Martin Johnson was a animal and a beast of a man
What a joke Johnson was a big baby !
@@pauledwards7340 that's just my opinion mate hope you are good
Nice one. Thank you. Yeah Martin Johnson keeps popping up in my research 👍🥊
This is the Visigoth gene. Huge men who sort of resemble Neanderthals, likely carry some of that DNA. Could you imagine facing them on the battlefield during the 100 years war? The french warriors were no joke and only the Long bow, desperation and french hubris saved the invading English army from complete destruction.
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True .
French are descendants of Ferocious CELTIC, GERMANIC and ALAN ( Georgians/ Ossetian/ Circassian) warriors.
Les GOHTS sont des BOCHES pas des Francs Hoooo
Germanic people have among the lowest amount of Neanderthal DNA among European groups.
Not at all visigoth were Germanics with nordic phenotype just Luke tge Sewede vikings . there is no such thing as french warriors but germanic francs just like their cousins germanic angles and saxons . both proves Germabic supremacy as they subdued everybody from Romans to celts.
Those got arachaic crogmagbon phenotype .
The Frank's crushed Romans the sane romans tghat decimated the celyic gauls. There is no france without Germanics .
The French team of the 1970s and 80s were special. Brilliant running rugby from talented mesmerising backs and absolute thuggery from the forwards. That French team had some massive games against the NZ All Blacks and the violence on the pitch matched the brilliant rugby.
Chabal's music videos scared me more than the footage of him on the field.
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Played for 20 years. Got cracked in the head many times (punches, knees, heads), but it helps build character - & a sense of humour. Love the sport but love the camaraderie even more. Thanks for the brilliant vids!
Cholley was a thug...A very powerful thug. Scary. He went out to hurt. He was truly terrifying.
I love stories of the toughest to play… I do not know Rugby other than that it is a rough tough sport. Thanks for the video!
Matt, you certainly know how to present a short documentary, no wastage of words, all interesting facts, very enjoyable.
Ah thank you very much, I really appreciate that.
Glad you like the videos 🥊👊💥
I've heard people say what a good bloke Sebastian is, he seems a great bloke to have in your team,on and off the pitch.
I remember watching Gerard Cholley in the 1970s, a physical beast of a man, he might have been the French army's heavyweight champion?
The french had some terrifying forwards in those days. One man in particular, who would have played alongside Cholley, and played with Esteve at Bezieres, Michel Palmie, he was a dangerous man on the pitch, he was crazy, so much so the French rugby authorities banned him.
Rucking in rugby was quite an experience in those days.
The French forwards in the amateur era were even more intimidating than the Saffers
Michel Palmier... He should have end in jail after some games.
Love this channel!! Thankyou! Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Thank you very much 🥊👍
Chabal a favourite of my mine. His battles with Jerry Collins were all good. Appreciating from NZ.
Fantastic, all massive legends in their own right, Chabal will always be one of my favourites.
Cholley was a genuine hard man. The French Packs of the 1970s were hugely intimidating. Steve Finucane, Aussie Hard Man from the 70s had a chapter in his autobiography called a CHOLLEY GOOD TIME
Sebastian was a popular icon in New Zealand. He was used to scare people into buying sports products by a well known company.
Ah ok, nice one. Thank you 👊🥊
Chabal patrimonio dell'umanità! La perfezione assoluta! Bellissimo, forte, colto, ironico, filosofo, saggio, ottimo marito e padre. Andrebbe clonato❤
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:-)))
Great watching, as ever. Cheers. Hope you'll do a piece on 6ft 8 policeman and England legend Wade Dooley, who England forward Martin Bayfield described as "the most naturally violent man the game of rugby has ever seen".
Thank you very much. Definitely, I'll add Wade to the list.
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@@mattlegg1976Wade Dooley by all accounts asked a referee not to send off a French forward who had kicked him in the head. He wanted to exact his own retribution. He broke the jaw of Welsh forward Phil Davies with one punch. Dooley was feared. Known as the Blackpool Tower.
Nah. Colin Meads would sort Dooley out back in the day. Those big NZ hill farmers were/are hard men. I'll give you a real hard bugger: Graham Price, Welsh prop. In my old opinion.
Who??? never heard of him, Bayfield was an average player at best
@@jameslast7555 Typically anyone playing for their nation is a cut above your common or garden "average" player, but then again this isn't about Bayfield, it's about Dooley. If you have never heard of Dooley, keep watching, as Matt has promised to do a slot on him.
Nice choice Matt and when it comes to rugby you know that there's many others who figured.
Condolences to JP Williams 🙏 family, certainly a name to remember amongst the greats.
Hi mate. Yes I've got a big list.
South African, New Zealand and loads more 👍🥊
J P Williams wasn't a massive man by any standards but was as tough as they come. Never took a backward step. Hard as nails. ❤
JPR was an absolute gentleman’ and an amazing doctor too. Not many people know this ‘ but I was one his patients 30 years ago’ and many others were too. He was also fantastic at tennis and cricket.
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Not very big by modern standards, but a rock of a man.
He suffered some shocking foul play but got on with it, notably that stamp on his face by NZ prop John Ashworth, he was trapped on the floor and Ashworth ripped his cheek open with his boot.
He went off, his father who was a doctor, stitched his face up, and he went back on.
Says a lot about JPR, and Ashworth, he never even apologised, what can you say.
R.i.p my mucca just put a pic up of jpr and my mucca knickname is lump and jpr was old bigger guy than I'd think we lost a legend
Clicked to watch a video of 3 of the scariest men in rugby. Found myself watching Sebastian Chabal, in a banana suit, singing the Proclaimers. Great vid!
🤣🤣 Nice one 🥊👍
Mon classement est 1 Cholley 2 Estève 3 Palmié 4 Chabal. J'ai vu beaucoup de matches depuis les années 70, ce n'était pas le même rugby mais certains joueurs étaient absolument monstrueux et craints. Chabal est peut être le meilleur de tous mais ce n'était pas le plus effrayant, il y avait beaucoup plus de défis physiques statiques dans les années 70-80 et d'intimidations. Des fois c'étaient la guerre
My ranking is 1 Cholley, 2 Estève, 3 Palmié, 4 Chabal. I've watched a lot of matches since the '70s; it wasn't the same rugby, but some players were absolutely monstrous and feared. Chabal may be the best of all, but he wasn't the most intimidating; there were many more static physical challenges in the '70s-'80s and intimidations. Sometimes, it was like a war.
Love it Matt, nobody better to keep these legends rolling ! Always boxing here , but massive love for the rugby too , so I was very happy to see you put some egg chasers stuff on your channel .
A group of guys who lived tough lives I knew , were the bikers , look up a mad dude from the states name of Doug “the thug” Orr .RIP .
KEEP EM COMING .
The Tuilagi brothers were/are some of the hardest to play the game. Particularly Henry Tuilagi he was an absolute beast on the pitch!
Definitely, they're on my list for future videos 👍👊🥊
@@mattlegg1976Henry Tuilagi's son now plays in France, he's nearly 6ft 4 and weighs just under 23 stone and is 18!
Sebastien should have been in movies, he has the look of a legendary warrior.
Definitely 🥊👊
There is a great story on I think Esteve where during a photo shoot the photographer asked him if he could lower his look. He then replied:”I only lower my chin when I take a piss!” Being a Frenchman I often heard of those guys and how brutal they could be on the pitch
I'm not even into Rugby and got here because a buddy sent me a link to a Chabal comnpilation. TH-cam being TH-cam I got here and watched this little gem.
Long story short, II want to say Thank You for uploading this video. Very informative and interesting, even for me. Me like. :)
Ah great. Thank you very much 🥊👊
I was fortunate enough to meet two rugby players from the Australian national team when I was in Sydney.. they were the most intimidating and humble guys in the pub.. absolute beats of men, and at the same time super friendly and cool.
That's great to hear. I appreciate the respectful, humble men like that 👊🥊
Excellent video, Matt. Some seriously tough lads in rugby !
Thank you very much. 100% 🥊👊
Great concept Matt, those music videos have really cheered me up in our rather gloomy flat in Copenhagen this morning!
I’m South African so I’m very excited to see which SA rugby players you’re going to profile in your upcoming videos. An obvious choice right now would be Eben Elzebeth just for his sheer size but of course there are “smaller” Springboks like Pieter Steph du Toit and the late James Small - both known for their physicality and fearlessness, skill and both tough as nails.
That’s a difficult list to compile of course because pretty much all the Springbok players through the decades have been tough as nails on field but mostly all very sweet lads off the field.
Cheers, looking forward!
I'm glad they cheered you up, they did with me also, lol
Thank you for the message, yes definitely Eben Elizabeth, but I'll add the others on the list.
Thank you very much 🥊👊
@@mattlegg1976 Yay! Thank you!
Love content. I respect the tough athletes of 70s. Being from America I don’t watch lot of rugby and ur football but respect the men who play with heart. Thank you for both educational and entertaining vids. Just subbed. Will be watching all vids. First one was of Rooney. Was great. Congrats on getting in shape. I born in 71. Trying to do that myself. Look forward to content.
Hi, thank you for the message, and thank you for the sub.
And great to hear your getting in shape aswell. Important as we get older.
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Bobby Windsor is a legend here in Wales, especially in Pontypool.
Nice one 👊🥊👍
Bobby was a member of the only club front row to play for their country and the British Lions, the other two members being Charlie Faulkner and Graham Price. Fantastic trio of men.
@@philw245 The folkloric Pontypool Front Row: Price, Windsor, Faulkner.
Recommended vid and grateful for your video. 🙏Reminiscing of my 6th grade science teacher, Mr Vogel, who was active in rugby; he was brutally strong, intimidating but the most humble and kind man to this day. He got me started into love of doing sports and science. Liked your comparisons and I think functional power, athleticism and skill are lacking in most popularized sports. Spot on vid. 🤙…now to your next vid.
Ah that's brilliant. I really appreciate your message, great to hear from you. Thank you 🥊👊
Love this Matt, more rugby stuff, this is unique, boxing, rugby and villains content is quality content ❤
Brilliant, glad you like it.
Thank you very much 🥊👊❤️
Love it Matty. It keeps opening my eyes to tough men who you wouldnt necessarily think about.
Thanks
C'est vrai qu'il y a toujours eu de sacrés bonhommes dans le rugby...en France,mais aussi dans tout les pays qui pratiquent ce magnifique sport!
Great video. I knew about those French forwards from the 70s. But good to get some more details
Brilliant Matt, the rugby tough men are a brilliant choice.. loving the vids
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Thank you very much 👍🥊
Thank you very much 👍🥊
This is awesome, please we need to see more!
Thank you so much 🥊👊❤️
Great video and information as always Matt. Have you read up on Bobby Windsor? The iron Duke absolute Welsh legend 🙌
Yep, Bobby and Graham were a real handful.
One third of the Pontypool Front Row
That French dude 😂😂😂 love it! Really good content Matt cheers mate 🙏
I'm a big rugby fan...played back in the day...'a thugs game played by gentleman '...loving the content Matt...hope your well brother...peace ☘☘
Brilliant. Yeah it was rough back then.
Thank you and all the best 🥊👊
Ha ha, our Anglophile rugby coach used to hit us with that line 🙂
Really cool video man, I loved the background on the players.
Thank you very much 🥊👍👊
The old rugby played in the 70s is the one played in heaven.🏉😇
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That was a quality video Matt. Well done mate.
Thank you Chris 👊🥊
Me, a life long construction worker, feeling pretty fragile and intimidated right now. To some men nature gives more than the others. All jokes aside we do have a specimen in our brigade too. An italian giant, pushing 6'7. But he's a good quiet soul, we put him on the pneumatic jackhammer or to move cement bags, that look like sugar brickets in his massive arms. To be honest it seems like all that mass is making his life pretty miserable.
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Thank you for the message 👍🥊
This is brilliant bud. Keep these posts coming I love them ❤
Met Cholley in 1990 when my university was touring France. I thought we had some big men on my team, our 6'3" tighthead, who went on to play for our national team, looked like a mini me next to him.
Wow! Brilliant, thank you 👊🥊
You got this Matt. Some of your peers are stuck on the true crime, which is fine but slightly restrictive. I think u r content& videos has always been solid & showing the eclectic side of ur personality is superb 👌 Please keep it up King 👑
Thank you so much 🥊👊
Loving the prolific style.. away a few days n i got some catching up to do! Great stuff.. thanks Matt! 🫡
As an All Black fan I loved watching Chabal, even when he monstered some of our guys
Beautiful place at the end!
Keep these videos coming. Great work!
Cheers!
Brilliant. Thank you very much 🥊👊
Great video.
Thank you Stephen 🥊👊
Superb! I’d heard about Esteve but didin’t know about his very moving back story. Love to see vid on Tony Neary, Peter Winterbottom and Neil Back - none of them giants but all really punched above their weight in playing physicality.
Ah ok, nice one. I'll add them to the list.
I'm looking at Paul Woods aswell 🥊👍
@@mattlegg1976 Great - in terms of other rugby nations: John Jeffrey, Finlay Calder and in particular Davis Leslie and Jean-Pierre Rives all too shared this 'nuggety' quality - I recall late French forward Armand Vaquerin described tackling Rives (and his clubmate Skrela) as being like tackling steel poles!
Andy MacDonald. Springbok. Colin was wary of him, and said as much. That, coming from a proper old-school All Blacks 'enforcer' is testimony enough. R.I.P Sir Colin Meads. GBNF.
Another great presentation, thank you Matt. This may be of interest to you it's about a Welsh karate man who's name is Howard Collins. He went to Japan and trained in a style called Kyokushinkai a type of karate that advocates a lot of heavy contact and a type of competition called knockdown the aim of which is to knock your opponent down or knock him out. There's lots more I can write about Howard Collins but I would be writing for a long time. I enjoy your presentations so much Matt, thanks again.👍
Ah brilliant, thank you very much. I'll look in to Howard 🥊👊
Dolph Lundgren is a Kyokushin black belt , he was European champion at one point
This Chabal guy rules, his music videos are great😂
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Fantastic, all 3 could've stared in game of thrones . Totally unstoppable as human beings
I love your content Matt, but any list of this kind would not be complete without South Africans and Kiwis. Lomu was the most feared player of his generation - both bigger and faster than anyone you've featured here - but he never scored a try against the South Africans because no one - and I mean no one - shows more heart on the field than they do. This is why they've won four World Cups while the French have choked in three finals. The great England side of the early 2000s also had some really tough men in it.
Yeah I'm definitely doing a South African video, I did mention it at the end of this video 👍🥊
Haha, I spoke to soon. Also, didn't realise the last guy was 6'8, which makes him almost as tall as Eben Eztebeth (South African prop who comes from a well known family in Cape Town - well known for being able to take care of themselves). You can watch some hilarious videos of Eztebeth ragdolling 17-stone men like they were kids. Apparently he can do incline dumbell presses of 175lb in each hand without breaking a sweat. He can run flat out for eighty minutes. @@mattlegg1976
They are wrong kid that French fella would do the Boks shit houses to a man
These 3 are literally Neanderthals😂
Us Yanks across the pond need more knowledge of this sport and it's heroes (rules ) would help too. Signed, tired James Workshop fed up and disillusioned NFL fan who is not a huge Frenchman fan. These frog guys are monstrous and great video. Subbed.
Seeing the caveman in a dress gave me ptsd
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great video, thanks from France
Esteve was the absolute most scariest rugby player of all time, chabel nowhere near
Really! Yeah Esteve was a giant aswell 🥊👍
Chabal had the disadvantage of having to contend with the Maori players and other Islanders 🙂
As South African i love these videos. Keep it up. ❤
Thank you very much, I'm looking at doing a video on Eben Etzebeth. I know his family were tough aswell 🥊❤️
American here. I don't care at all for football, but I love rugby. Strengthwise, rugby and football are similar. Stamina wise, rugby is light years ahead of football. Thanks for the video.
Great video...these were extremely tough guys and great players...proper rubgy boys.
Nice one. Thank you 👊🥊
Great video Matt, those Chabal videos are like dreams you have after eating too much cheese late at night. Scary.
🤣 I know what you mean 🥊👊
nice change of content matt,enjoyed that mate nice one👍
Brilliant. Thank you.
I'm working on Jonah Lomu and Jerry Collins at the moment 🥊👊
Love it Matt. I'm a rugby man, grew up around lots of excellent players: the Brown brothers (Scotland & Lions) & Bill Cuthbertson (Scotland). Let me tell you, as a 16yo lad you don't want Gordon Brown chapping your door after midnight to get his daughter & pals from a party they shouldn't have been at. 😇
🤣🤣 Brilliant, lol Thank you 👊🥊
Great Video Matt , love my Rugby, coached for a while in North Wales along with Football and Karate . Most of the Giants of Rugby are Gentlemen off the pitch . Had a mate Colin Sargent 6.3 50 inch Chest ex Welsh Guards lovely lad off the pitch Beast on it Played Prop soon as he pulled the Jersey on different Man 😂 Take care Matt hope your lad gets sorted with a job 👊👊
Great video...yes these were 3 very hard players
particularly Mr Cholley from the amateur game of Rugby Union. The other code, Rugby League ( professional ) also had it's quota
of hard men particularly Cumbrian Frank Foster and Cockney Cliff Watson. Frank was very adept with the use of his elbow and Cliff never started trouble however he always finished it!! Keep up with your great videos..
Brilliant message, thank you Mark . I'll have a look at those names 🥊👍
All three tough guys with different personalities shows that you can be tough without having to act tough. Man they look scary , LOVE THE VIDEO, THE STORY and The choice of people.
Thanks mate, definitely worth a subscription
Thank you very much 👊🥊
@@mattlegg1976 pleasure
Three absolute legends. Looking forward to more videos.
Keep up the good work m8 big love 🙏🏻🙏🏻👊👊
Thank you Jason 🥊👊
Excellent Matt well done, Mick Skinner, England flanker is worth a mention
Personally, I’ve never played or watched Rugby but I found this video pretty interesting. Nice job.
Glad you enjoyed! Thank you very much for the message aswell 🥊👊
Love your videos Matt and thanks for the great content.
10/10 as always.
Thank you very much 👍🥊
Really enjoyed the content again, love the rugby ones. More more more please
Brilliant, thank you 🥊👊
Great video Matt... your perspective is always educational and entertaining!!
Awesome video. Greetings from South Africa. Home to the William Webb Ellis trophy.
Thank you very much Jacques. Great to hear from you in South Africa 🥊👍
Great content, keep it coming, informative and entertaining
Thank you very much 🥊