Olsen Filipaina & Wally Lewis reunited after 35 years!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- A wonderful Channel 9 Sunday Footy Show interview with Rugby League legends - Kangaroos Wally Lewis & Kiwis Olsen Filipaina to promote Olsen's new biography "The Big O - The Life & Times of Olsen Filipaina"
thebigo.kiwi/
Olsen and Wally were fierce rivals in the 1985 Kangaroos vs Kiwis test series which the Kangaroos won 2-1 but Olsen was awarded Man of the Series in a losing team. Olsen famously outplayed future NRL Immortal King Wally Lewis in a memorable display of brute force and silky skills. Off the field, Olsen and Wally had an incident that created a 35-year-old feud of non-contact that was ended with this interview which showed great respect, self-deprecating humour and ended with an offer for a beer.
Great to see two men putting the past behind them in such a positive way.
RIP Big O!! A true gent!! Gone but never forgotten.
I remember as a kid watching these tests.
Wally v Olsen was a huge contest.
Dowling dust up, Wally's hit on Darrell Williams late 80s, Tuuta's knee to Fattys noggin. The 80s were great!
@J G go.comment on a soccer clip then. The fact you called it soccer makes me laugh...a lot
@J G ,hahaha no real football fan calls it soccer what a goof it's only big in the NH not so much in the SH where real mens sports are played.Also it's not the number 1 game in the 5 most populated countries in the world which make up almost half the world's population hahaha not as big as you think softcock
tuuta the babyface assasin
BOTH LEGENDS#REST IN LOVE "THE BIG O" MANGERE EAST HAWKS#LEGEND
The king slayer 😎
But still never the king
@@jasegtree4553 He was the king of Carlaw park, Shut ya mouth
@@jasegtree4553 in your opinion
He made your ‘king’ his bitch every time they versed 🤣
Rip Olsen , I’ve been living in aus for 40 plus years but as a boy remember watching him play at Carlaw park for mangre east .
What a legend, look at the size of his legs. Such an awesome player.
Respect
Aw Olsen Filipaina..such a nice bloke & legendary Rugby League Player RIP ❤️
My two favorite players....together
King Wally and The Big O
Sleep Eazy Legend✌
Very nice words from the King.
When O speaks he seemed very serious 😅
I was sad to hear about Olsen’s passing. A real gentleman and a bloody good player at the Tigers and for his country.
Trail blazer 😊 what a great bloke and great player.
Just ordered the book
Rip legend
What a fantastic interview to watch. Legends of the game! Rest in peace big guy!
Both legends 😊
As a kids he was my idol no one ran over wally like the bump king ❤️
i wish we could go back to them days the 80,s sport was the best .
80s - 90s league was so good. So many great players. I think Union too
Wally Lewis,what a gentleman hes turned out to be,hard as nails in his day
Ols3n one of the great kiwis to ever play
We miss you and love ya Big O! We won't forget you!
Legend
Rip legend 💯
Big O said in a different interview he went to shake Wally Lewis hand and he slapped it away and carried on talking and never tried to speak to Wally again
R.I.L Big O pave the way for the kiwis and Pacific
Kia ora bro go the Warriors
I got to know him after his career he was a fantastic man
I'm a Souths fan and will never forget him smashing Mitch Brennan at Leichhardt Oval, couldn't believe Mitch actually got up from it.
I’m a Tigers fan....and it is the tackle I rate all others against. Brennan was a big man and he just smashed him.
@@colinr1960 That tackle turned the tide of that game.
@@lapalad the brennan tackle is in this highlights package
th-cam.com/video/e_qaR_GOiAk/w-d-xo.html
@@sebsakura4418 Thanks mate
Rest In Peace Olsen legend of the game
R.I.P Big man x
R.I.P legend
Moe mai te Rangatira Olsen - Rest in Love Olsen
Two of my favourite players when I was a lil tacker.. fckn legends of the game
RIP USO BIG O THE LEGEND THE GOAT....
RIP Olsen
RIP Olsen ❤️
Remember the time when he was playing for the tigers in Australia, the crowd use to shout racial slurs to him? Back when men were men and could shout whatever they wanted while hiding amongst the crowd.
Wally Lewis always looked older BUT he looks the just a little older now then when he when he kicked off with Mark Geyer.
Lewis was so pissed that Olsen made him look ordinary he refused to even acknowledge the big O after the game. The big O absolutely destroyed Lewis
Wally got pricked by a lot of Kiwis, wasnt that good ........
The white australian policy was only removed in 1973
Erin calks them muppets smh
R.I.P. Olsen absolute Legend.The only muppet there is that blond puppet.
Hespect
Oh, isn't it terrible? All of those racists Australians! But hang on a minute - he came here in 1980 and lived here continuously up until his death. In fact he spent more of his life in Oz than he did in NZ! So sick of hearing from these whingers, especially the ones who are trying to flog a book. If you don't like the movie, you get up and leave the cinema. You don't sit there for 40 fucking years whinging about it!
Olsen in the early days in the NRL was so racially vilified all Australia should hang their heads in shame
Olsen helped pave the way for Polynesian players, Wally Lewis would not shake his hand after their first test
League was the greatest game ever.
Then superleague came along, the accountants stole the passion, changed the rules and turned it into the most boring game.
I can't even watch it these days.
Bring back the 5 yrd (4 m) offside, let the tacklers rip the ball, let the markers play at the ball, speed the play the ball up bring back the excitement.
Back in the day, you didn't get a free ten meter run. You HAD to offload it, and that is what made the game exciting. You had to take a risk if you wanted to score.
And get rid of the interchange. The big blokes jave the advantage of size early on, and then they start to get tired and the smaller players can take advantage.
With the interchange, as soon as the big fullas gwt tured, they get replaced, so the little fullas are being put out of the game.
C'mon league admins, sort this shit out.
Who's with me?
I’m with you. Unfortunately the majority of the crowd are under 25 and they’ve never seen real league
All going nicely till the TOKEN pops out the racism card, how Typica!