American REACTS to RUGBY | Jonny Wilkinson Big Hits
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- The next team up in our 2019 Rugby World Cup review is England. This first video is a reaction to Jonny Wilkinson Big Hits.
I went with this video for Jonny because it seemed unusual that a fly-half would have a big hits video and be so highly regarded for defense. Don't worry, the 2003 World Cup will get it's own video 😉.
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Wilkinson without doubt the best defensive 10 in history.. Great all round player, but defensively no one to touch him.. His team mates just loved him at club and international level because they knew anyone running his channel would be dumped, no matter their size.. Only 5ft 10 and under 14 stone.. His bravery cost him 4 years of his prime with serious shoulder injuries, otherwise he would be regarded as one of, if not the best 10 ever.. Those not knowing much about rugby focus on Johnny's kicking, which was superlative, from tee and out of hand, but never look at his vision, pace in his younger days, distribution.. When he went to Toulon towards the end of his career, many thought it was for the money, but he changed the way they played and is regarded rightly as a God at Toulon, and in France generally.. That's unheard of for a foreigner, never mind an English player.. And to top it all off, he's the most unassuming, self effacing guy off the pitch too.. I first saw him play at 15 when warming up for a County game, and was sure he was special then, as did my County team mates.. I was privileged to see his final game at the Millennium stadium, with many great games in between..
Agreed - Johnny was a total professional & a training obsessive - no other player trained harder at his skills before or since imo & only Neil Back & Josh Lucy in the England team at the time were maybe physically fitter.
Johnny remains the best kicking & defensive number 10 I've ever seen - seeing a practice video where he consistently drop kicked balls to deliberately hit the uprights - from the side of the posts - off both feet - repeatedly; that will always stay with me. Perhaps only Dan Carter could better him in attack & maybe get close to him in defence on a good day.
Toulon have never been the same team since Johnny retired as Captain on such an incredible high by winning multiple European Championships - some mitigation for his many lost years through a mountain of injuries.
Merci Johnny.
Johnny was without doubt the best 10 this county has ever produced. His courage in tackles and his ability to read the game go hand in hand, any 6, 7 or 8 who chose to run his channel were soon reminded who was there. As we all know his kicking game was second to none setting records all over the place.
@@Kawasakifreak1 spot on, i remember reading somewhere that Neil Back was told he was too small to play flanker but his fitness and intensity was uncompromising which saw him through.
As for Josh Lewsey, I remember seeing his tackle on Matt Rogers and it caused the club to go wild for a while.
There was an interview with Jonny WIlkinson where he admitted that when he got to Toulon and relaxed and recovered after training in the warn waters of the Mediterranean he wondered why he'd spent so long in the North East of England!
Like you i had the privilege to watch him live on occasions at Twickenham and abroad, he could see things saw before they happened.
Also remember being in an Irish Bar in stockholm 2003 when we were down to the Welsh at half time and i was getting an incredible amount of stick....where's your jonny gone, you better get your missus down the doctor's cos your jonny has broken....blah blah blah..... when the final whistle went i couldn't speak and i couldn't talk for 3 or 4 days following thanks to his remarkable performance and giving me something to shout about. made quite a bit of money out of the welsh and their fair weather fans when i bet them at half time we would win by five.
Tolly T wilko didn’t miss 4 years because of shoulder injuries. 2 knee injuries, a bicep injury and appendicitis all happened after his shoulder had recovered.
Jonny Wilkinson needs a series, he has an interesting mind, and is a bit of a troubled soul. He was obsessed with his craft, which made him the player he was but the mental stress of trying to complete goals he’d set as a youngster took there toll, as well as the pressure to perform to his extremely high standards. He won the World Cup in 2003 with a drop goal in extra time and subsequently went on to win world player of the year after the tournament. However he was plagued by injuries for most of his career; the list is huge. He is one of the all time greats due to his performances and professionalism. As for the greatest fly half, it always gets boiled down to two, Wilkinson or Carter. Both different, both equally great, and it’s a debate that will never be settled. But in my eyes Jonny was the best ever. Please do more on him, I think you’ll really enjoy learning about him and his career. Also another thing you need to check out is The British and Irish lions, the highest honour for a northern hemisphere rugby player. Keep the quality content up 👍🏼
Re the tip tackle; it's legal as long as the players legs aren't lifted above the horizontal. Responsibility is on the tackler.
Yup, sole responsibility on the tackler. If it's past the horizontal, 9 times out of 10 it'll be 10 minutes in the Sin Bin.
if the legs go above the horizontal the tackler must take care to set the tackled player d
Basically if you don’t put them on there head
@@leonattwell1903 Yeah. That's a red card
It depends on how the tackler finishes the tackle. They have a responsibility to bring the tackled to the ground safely. If they do, no penalty
One of the greatest fly halfs ever to have lived
Good assessment. He tackled with authority however big the opponent. That's why we loved him. The only downside was he was, literally, obsessive which wasn't good for his mental health. But what a player. Genuine honest TOTALLY focussed
Have you heard about the famous pub in London? it's really hard to find. It's called Farrell's Arms
That is a good one but even so he is the best defensive fly half in the world
He is from Rugby League country - it’s in their blood, he can’t help it bless him 😉
Every Brit knows what a bad ass tackler Jonny was …. great kicker too. And the most modest man you could ever meet. Superstar.
When he tackled that French player chabal the guy was stretchered off the pitch
What was amazing about him was how he not only stopped such huge, strong opponents but actually carried them backwards. Incredible strength and courage.
JW was simply a brilliant 10. Hard as nails but his ‘do or die’ attitude to stopping the opposition cost him numerous injuries. He was also a top, top goal kicker highlighted by his drop goal in extra time against Australia in England’s World Cup win.
He was a fantastic player and now earns a living as a TV pundit.
Lifting someone up isn’t illegal but you have to make sure you keep their body line horizontal when u put them down, so u don’t drive them into the ground w their head
Or drop them
The amazing thing about Johnny was just the amount of tackles he did. People seemed to consistently ran into him. It’s how it felt watching him every game but he was just always there and always a wall. That added into his offence and his kicking and he’s easily one of the best of all time
Wilkinson’s career is a really interesting one as other people have said - he had international success but little at club level until he left England and went to Toulon at the start of their big spending that won them several European Cups. Quite a few players have gone there just to take the money but Wilkinson was an absolute hero for them and it led to him playing arguably the best rugby of his career as he retired as their talisman. 2 videos I’d recommend on him are his drop goal against the Saracens in the European semi final where Owen Farrell tries tackling him as he scores a drop goal to seal the game and they share a moment, and the Guinness advert about Jonny Wilkinson which shows how he took to Toulon and they took to him which was the best place for him given the mental struggles he faced.
Absolutely love these videos, only thing I’m worried about now is that your channel has peaked with that dig at Owen Farrell at 5:30 😉😂
You should watch the video “Richie McCaw Literally Laid His Body On The Line” It purely shows examples of how tough that man was.
Such a great unassuming professional. My Nan loved him. She had his picture in a frame on the stairs next to mine and my brothers 😂
You’ve come a long way in getting to know our beloved game bro!
Hope the moving hasn’t be too much of a hassle.
I am from South Africa, check out our 10- Handre Pollard.
Appreciate your ignorant passion for rugby 👍🏻
Hardest 10 in the game
A throw away comment by a announcer about Jonny is what got me interested in rugby. 9 years later and I've been on the 2013 BIL tour and to the 2015 RWC. I try to catch up on all the Pro14 and Premiership games each weekend and rugby is now my favorite sport
My favourite element in rugby compared to other sports is the relationship with players and referees. How the players address them and respect them puts football (soccer) to shame
Him and Carter were best at 10 ever. Can’t say one is better than other because it depends on the style you want to play.
At 5:50 take a look at the clock and the score! Jonny put that tackle in for pure pride. Messed his shoulder too after coming back from injury.
Pure pride AND he ran across over half the field to make that cover tackle
@@sesfx3 I remember watching that game live and thinking wow, why'd he do that. But that's who he is, made a memory I'll never forget.
Not even English I'm Irish but he was great and if it was even possible he got even better at Toulon. Merci Sir Jonny
Jonny was insanely brave and absolutely obsessed with his craft, lomu was the first superstar of the game but jonny changed it in his level of detail and approach to it. Quite rightly regarded as a rugby god.
And his team mates trusted him fully
You should watch highlights of the European final between Toulon and Saracens. It featured a match up between Jonny and Owen Farrell as 10s for their respective teams.
His halftime talk was unbelievable, what a captain. Lead by example 👊🏼
One of my favourite English players. Met him after they won the 2003 grand slam(I think) in Dublin tried to hate him but he was such a great bloke
And he was freaking tiny, barely came up to my chin and I'm no giant
He was truly fearless, IMO the best all round number 10 of his era. I don't think England will find anyone as good again 🙁
Wilkinson suffered from his fierce tackle technique, he had numerous "stingers" where he would hit and his whole arm would go numb, he also managed to hurt his bicep so much a part of the muscle died and had to be removed, the tried wrapping it im bubble wrap to protect it in the tackle but the bubble wrap just magnified the impact and pain..
Most professional player ive ever seen and heard of, never heard a nad thing said about him.
Jonny Wilkinson is a Rugby machine
JPR Williams of Wales was a full back but a frustrated forward. Quite often tackles would bounce off him once he had momentum. Utterly fearless under the high ball.
When reviewing Ireland you should watch the drop goal from Jonny sexton to beat France and go on to win a grand slam in the six Nations in 2018 and Ronan o gara drop goal to win the grand slam in 2009
Check out Butch James, the no 10 of South Africa from years past. He, in fact, was so aggressive that he was often judged to be illegal (shoulder charge, high, etc), but he had some amazing hits as well.
In response to your question about elevation in a tackle; It's often unintentional but if you pick someone up in a tackle, you're also responsible for how they land back down on the ground ie., not on their heads.
As far as I'm aware, the 2003 final resulted in him damaging a vertebra but he carried on playing. Great tackler but he suffered for it.
Just throwing in a little side-line here, the interview with the ref. of the 2003 England vs Australia and Jonnys drop goal is really good, it gives you a perspective from a different angle and shows how much team work goes beyond the players. A good ref is worth their weight in gold.
The interview is on World Rugby site, would drop a link but don't know how lol
Ref of 2003 final had a nightmare. Forwards had no idea when he was going to penalize scrums. If he's claiming he contributed in a positive way to that final he's seriously deluded
As you say, took a load of damage but resulted in one of the best ever players to wear an England shirt.
He won us the world cup.
Wilkinson was a formidable 10 on defense! I have always been a fan. Defended his channel like a champ.
Like you mentioned it also took a toll on his body. My opinion, that's why his career was shorter than most. Coming from a life long long Boks supporter.
Ps. Please do Boks (SA) rugby clip.
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The 2 best 10’s Jonny and Dan carter
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@@alandonnelly6563 A little attention to detail will reveal that he said Jonny as in Jonny Wilkinson. Not Johnny as in Johnny Sexton. Cheers.
The tackler, when picking the ball carrier up. has the responsibility to make sure he lands safely, particularly with the head and neck. It’s also when tackling it’s illegal to turn, or rotate, the opposing player through 90 degrees
Love these videos man 👌
Wilko was an amazing defender especially for his size. But he pretty much missed his best years in his late 20’s due to the damage his body had taken. Numerous operations needed.
He changed his tackling technique (still great, but not as destructive) and then got some more years playing in France in his 30’s, arguable his best years.
Class Leader as well. Watch his bi-lingual team talk. Spine tingling.
Henry honniball from south africa was a flyhalf, he was in for his tackling, played in the late 90's
Johnny took so much damage he was injured almost half of his career had he not tackled so hard so often he would have been the highest points scorer in rugby history , he single handedly won us the World Cup with his points tally
Jonny was a god he did indeed suffer with shoulder dislocations infact played a match with one
Usually most players that play such a physical game n push their bodies limits, get injured a lot (Jonny Wilkinson, Wesley Fofana runs thru defenders for a living, Richard Kahui could hear his tackles from the stands in the stadium n on tv)..
One thing Ive not heard you mention.. where you place, score' the ball 'touchdown" is where you kick from. Eg. Score on side of field its kicked from side.
Tip tackle: legs cant go above the while being in the air. If it does and the tackler does bring him back down feet hitting the ground first, the tackler will be penalised or potentially get a red card depending on severity of impact to ground. Red card for sure if his head hit the ground first.
One of or if not the greatest ambassador for rugby on and off the field he always left nothing on the pitch 🌹
Back then tip tackles were allowed however now if you lift there legs above the horizontal, it’s a penalty
Wilkinson was a good defender, but was also victim to the biggest bounce I've ever seen, when Opeti Fonua sent him into orbit
A lot of those tackles are illegal nowadays. But they are still great tackles and very good for a fly-half. You cannot lead with the shoulder. Must wrap the arms from the start. Cannot tackle into the head and neck. Cannot lift the legs above the horizontal. Called a tip tackle. And drive the person into the ground onto the head and neck. "Got to look after the tackled player".
cheek to cheek is good tackle technique, tackle gets his cheek (on his face) down to the tackles players bum cheek, trying to do this stops the head being in front of the runner and not getting knocked out
Jonny Wilkinson is probably the best stand off that played the game.
I think Carter probably is. Wilkinson played completely differently and is undoubtedly the number 2. It pains me to write this though.
SuperBlackted : I know what you mean. 😊 I’d love to be able to say that “Tony Ward” or “Jonny Sexton” were the best. It pains that I can’t. But for me fair is fair, Jonny Wilkinson definitely comes out on top with Dan Carter a close (very close) second place.
Driver2616 Tony Ward was some player though. His book is brilliant and he’s a really complex man. Munster man to boot, so a real tough buck under the intelligence.
🤣🤣🤣 You got Owen Farrell nailed in one!!!
worth mentioning that he's 5ft 9
The appropriate word is "fearless"!!
Every NFL player should watch Wilkinson's tackling and learn his techniques. He never needed shoulder pads or a helmet just the skills to hit people right. No one ever got past the No 10...
JW was a great tackler and brave. Part of why he had so many injuries
Wilkinson is the best rugby player I've ever seen play in my opinion, the only player that could transform a maybe 6 or 7th best nation at the time in a 1st best alone, in 2007 England and South Africa played in the first phase and South Africa demolished England without Wilkinson (injured) by almost 40 points, Wilkinson got better and destroyed everyone, and a team that shouldn't have won the quarter finals end up in the finals and lost to SA by 1 try, a complete different team with him, England is always a competitive team regardless, but they were far weaker than the south nations in Wilkinson era, he was the equalizer, some people say that Dan Carter was better because he scored more points, but let's face it Carter score more points with the absolute best team in the world giving him the position to score, while Wilkinson had a decent England behind him, today's England is miles ahead of the one he played for, but his England was more successful because of him alone, he is praised as one of the best and that is still a huge overlook on how great a player he was, the best kicker the best defender but the best maestro of plays, his strategic game was near perfect, I loved watching him play more than any other player and I'm not even a huge England fan, I'm a huge Argentina fa, but Wilkinson is for me even better than Hugo Porta and that's a lot.
The reason England won the quarters in 07 was Sheridan, he demolished the Aussie scrum. Wilko played a big part in coming back but that game was Sheridans.
@@jmfoxall7230 Sheridan was for sure a monster in that game but Wilkinson was the one that gave the time for the forwards to catch some breath between plays, rugby more than any other game depends on everyone doing there parts, if even 1 player is having a bad day the hole team can suffer greatly, that also apply on the other way around, meaning a single player rarely transform a team no matter how good he is, there are exceptions though, and Wilkinson for me is the biggest exception, but England 07 for sure had some great performances from individual players and that helped a lot, including an aging Jason Robison that left everything he had on the field playing a great tournament, but Wilkinson was just better than anyone else, even though 07 wasn't his best year, he did miss a couple drop goals in the finals but let's face it the only reason England even got there was him.
You learn fast, America! Yes, a fly-half known for defence is most unusual.
When you said he had his head on the correct side, we teach tackling with your head on the opposite side as the NFL, cheek-to-(ass)cheek. Putting your head in front makes you feel better about making the tackle, but without a helmet can put you in danger. I did it and made the tackle, I also know what my skull feels like to touch now.
Only penalty from elevation is spear tackling aka lifting them up and dropping the other player on their head but thats basically always been illegal because of possible spinal injuries
could you please, review somthing about the " french flair". most beautiful rugby type of game?
Wilkinson has been known for getting his takles wrong alot aswell, most of the time getting his head on the wrong side during tackles. He also had a few serious injuries during his career.
For big hits, you need to include South Africa. PS Johnny was a great flyhalf, excellent upper body strength. In terms of defense though and taking hits, for flyhalves, want to see extreme tough, watch Henry Honiball (South Africa)
A legend ✅
Also the Tuilagi Family is a good watch
He always had shoulder injuries but still always came back fighting. But you need to watch him and beckham together. Tbh beckham killed it
Hi. Enjoyed the video (keep'em coming!), but am somewhat confused. You say it is part of the 2019 RWC review, yet Sir Jonny retired from rugby in 2014 ...
No worries, he deserves all the accolades he gets !
Cricket world cup coming up, you have to cover that.
Odd that the video is missing probably his best and most game-changing tackle, 6 nations against Serge Betson who being the much bigger man tried to charge and run through him. Johnny timed the tackle to perfection and drove him up and back putting Betson on his arse. It was a close game right at the end of the first half, but that tackle encouraged team mates and they went on to win.
Of course Betson got revenge later with the infamous late hit in the 2003 WC.
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Wilkinson was tough as nails but threw his no ducks given sprit he was injured,a lot. It’s a shame,he would have had another 20-30 England caps if he hadn’t been injured so much
Welcome back.
Make a video on stuart hogg please
J Damke agreed from an Irish fan
The world cup drop goal was off his right foot , although he was left footed.
Tackles taking the player above horizontal are not allowed now. Also just barging into a player without wrapping your arm is also illegal. No doubting Johnny was best
If you lift the player beyond parallel you are responsible to see that he is returned safely to ground. (ie. not dumped or spiked ) otherwise it is a yellow card and if force used to dump a straight red card. (Ireland)
He did that winning drop goal on his wrong foot or should I say not his favourite foot
Sure loads have said it already but the best defensive fly half of all time. I can't even think of a close second. Smashed himself to bits in the process, like some boxers who have too much power like Naseem Hamed.
If you lift a player you’re not allowed to bring them to a horizontal angle, but if you do lift them without bringing them to a horizontal angle it’s your duty to bing them down as safely as possible
Old saying in rugby. Tackling is 5% technique and 95% commitment.
A fair few of them without wrapped arms, leading with shoulder
if you want to look into great fly halfs got to look into Dan Carter new Zealand fly half his career ran along side Wilkinson so both were consider best fly in the world at the time depending on who you asked.
The rule for lifting is you can’t lift them above the horizontal or it’s a card and a penalty to the other team
Have to say I A that you fell for the same idea that so many before you and at the time made. Jonny hits the French winger No14 Emile Ntamack great player he was but Jonny didn't turn him. Ntamack did that himself and many players as mini and juniors were coached to do as such so that when they came to ground they were laying with back to the oppo and the ball presented to your own players. Still a great tackle though because Emile was a hard player and certainly not one of the back row Jane's. Needless to say there will be some who disagree with the above, so be it. Keep enjoying this game of ours, well done.
I wished often that he wouldn't do it so much--I'm sure it contributed to the long run of injuries he suffered after the 2003 World Cup, but I suppose he would not have been the same player without.
You should have a look at the workout/warm-up routine that he designed for himself on top of normal training--that would make you gasp on its own!
Please watch damian willemse from south africa!!! He is amazing and he is only 20
Probably my favourite player.
Wilko spent years on the sideline through injury.
Won the world cup final in 2003 after playing a large part of the game with a broken shoulder.
You'll need to watch the England vs Scotland game from this year's six nations.
All the explanation needed for the fact he can barely string a sentence together today.
What the hell you talking about?
@@jeffjefferson3364 Are you listening to a Johnny Wilkinson commentary... because that's what I sound like listening to one.
He's not well. It does not make him any better or worse of a player, just a guy with brain damage.
@@naughtyhorses never witnessed him having any difficulty like that. Odd time he stops and starts cause of his anxiety but never thought he has any trouble actually speaking.
@@jeffjefferson3364 He knows what he means, and is usually spot on, but it's just word salad after a few seconds in.
taken with the fact his career, being flippant, consisted on him being hit on the head (watc the video!) a bunch of times every weekend... in the days prior to HIA...
@@naughtyhorses I think still think it's just anxiety plenty of videos with him talking very clearly to crowds and such. Maybe thinking on the fly on live tv triggers his anxiety. But he's by no means cognitively impaired
J W absolutely fearless.
You say that you love his form.... this guy spent more time injured than playing. He frequently got hurt and always had his head on the wrong side of tackle. Bad lesson to show to people learning but his kicking was beyond reproach.
If your still doing these videos check out the isle of man TT
Being small in rugby isnt as bad as people think. I played for a while and im 5'2, i mean yes we get hit and learn to fly lol but we can tackle too. we just have to used the right form 99% of the time, and we feel every hit, ours and theirs haha you just learn to deal with being winded from most hits.
You're not allowed to dump someone on their head. His tackling was very detrimental to his career, regarding the health of his body.
It's reasonably common now, it wasn't back then.
You can lift them up so long as you put them back down safely...
Some of those guys he stopped were literally double his size,lol
The other two great professional era fly halves are Dan Carter (New Zealand) and Stephen Larcombe (Australia). Both very good defenders with good kicking games out of hand but better attackers than Wilkinson.
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Its defintely not common for a ten to defend like that. Another good defensive ten was steven Jones for Wales. However, most ten's can tackle these days. Jonny's injuries are notorious and what cut his international career short. Look at his list of injuries, it is literally insane. However in his prime there wasn't much better.
If you lift someone up, you're responsible for putting him down lightly. It's not always a penalty.
Edit: Also the tackler has to fall while holding the tackled
You don't have to put anyone down lightly. Their hips can't go higher than their shoulders or head.
Guy turned himself in the tackle to try and present the ball quickly, cos he’d just been mullered lol
Hi, great video, it would be so cool if you could review some T20 cricket competitions, especially the T20 blast tournament from England
Shane Williams could be the most exciting player to watch, my opinion is likely biased as I am Welsh myself but he's up there with the best of the best. Worth checking him out. I love the videos!