RBS 6 Nations Greatest Moments: Paul Thorburn Kick
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- A look back at one of the greatest ever penalty goals ever kicked in the game. Paul Thorburn of Wales kicks a monster penalty from his own ten metre line against Scotland in the 1986 Five Nations. The kick measured more than 70 yards!!!
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With them old rugby ball's and no tee that was the greatest kick ever
Not really…my dad is in the Guineas book of records for one that was far longer - 81yards to the post and landed beyond the dead ball line.
So not even close
@@chriscooper3384 who is your dad and what are the details of his goal.
@@marknorris1381 Could be this Cooper
@@chriscooper3384prove it
@@danielryan3061 In the match Bridlington School 1st XV v. an Army XV at Bridlington, E Yorks on 29 Jan 1944, Ernie Cooper (b. 21 May 1926), captaining the school, landed a penalty from a measured 74m (81yd) from the posts, with a kick . The record in an international was set at 64.22m 70yd 88in by Paul Huw Thorburn (b. 24 Nov 1962) for Wales v. Scotland on 1 Feb 1986 Source: Guinness Book Of records
Legendary kick, those balls back then in the rain would weigh 3/ 4 times heavier than today's balls. This is also legendary due to what I consider the voice of rugby Bill McLaren OBE. He was and still is the voice of rugby. From a proud Welshman.
Agreed. I was a teenager when I watched that game and I screamed so loud as that kick went over, we had a visit from our neighbours to make sure everything was alright. The Wales V Scotland games have always and will always be my favourite. There is always a story
Having anyone but Bill McLaren commentating on this moment would've done it an injustice. Monster kick, monster piece of commentary.
As someone who's not really interested in rugby, I must say that the commentary really brings this moment to life. What an amazing voice!
nathanpreece there has never been a better rugby commentator than Bill.
The commentary is awesome
The best rugby commentator,\maybe the best from any sport. At cricket: Richie Benaud.
The best...
What an amazing kick!
This clip just proves that a world class commentator can make a sporting clip just as memorable as the amazing skill itself. Hugely impressive kick from Thorburn, and the real raw and emotional reaction from Bill McLaren watching on, as if he were just a normal fan like the rest of us for those few seconds.
Paul Thorburn i can remember ,kicked a famous conversion the following year at the first ever world cup, to help Wales beat Australia and finish in 3rd place. And isn t there just something special watching these old clips and hearing Bill Mclaren ?!!
I was standing in the crowd right in front of the posts, old West Lower. it didn't look like it was going to reach and most only believed it was going over when it had actually gone over. Incredible.
Looked like it made it with quite a few metres to spare
Will be folklore for years to this this monster kick.
And he hit the Scottish guy in the nuts! !
That is what he was aiming for!
@@grandslam1998 lol well thats just showing off
groovy baby... Yeah...!
Just been watching the Super Bowl and they’re making a fuss about a 30m kick. This would blow their minds!
Currently watching the 2024 Superbowl (where the SB kick record had been broken twice this game) and just showed this to a bunch of Americans.
Yeah. They shut up pretty quick.
Something to remember is that rugby balls were a lot heavier back then. Imagine him with a new ball
A heavier ball would actually help it travel further due to having greater inertia while travelling. If you don't believe me, go outside and try throwing a ping-pong ball and golf ball and see which one goes further. It'll be the heavier ball.
I understand that but the fore needed to get it to that point would be much greater
jhfh3112 Throw a bowling ball and a football and the result would be the opposite!
What a nonsense example. The ping pong ball is much too light to make your comparison valid.
He’s just announced the boots are going to the Doddie Weir charity. Great news.
oh my god, that was incredible
That was one of those magical moments where I knew I saw something special. As soon as I saw Van Basten's volley vs USSR, I know I had seen something extraordinary. I remember watching this game as a child in our old house. I watched this kick and I knew I saw something great.
Great kick from Paul. Brilliant commentary from Bill
Golden age of rugby. No pissing around getting the ball teed up, just dig a hole to get it to stand up, then give it some welly. I was lucky enough to go to the 5 Nations matches in the 60s and 70s, when rugby was rugby.
just cause of that? rugby has evolved... i mean saying that rugby before was better because of what you said is like saying rugby was better because they didn't use a mouthguard! Rugby is better nowadays, just like every other sport. We see stuff that nobody could imagine possible a few years before. Sports will continue to evolve, the standard of todays athletes will be ridiculously low for the players in 10 years
That welsh 70s side best ever
Ryan Durkin All Blacks 1900s - 1930s
@@Shane-ri4bq so you’re saying a rugby player playing in 2010 wouldn’t be able to play to the standard of today? 10 years isn’t long enough for athletes to evolve
Takes no time at all to square up to it, throw grass into the air to check the wind, sort his breathing, pray or anything else... Heavy balls, heavy boots, heavy shirts, no tee, no sand... None of the modern things we see now.
Just puts it down, walks back, sees where it's going & sends it there.
When Bill McLaren says "WOOF!" after a legend like Thorburn kicks a ball, you KNOW it's amazing.
(I know... "Just", right?) GREAT rugby moment - Diolch 🙂
.... Now that is proper kick!! Was it from where I thought it was...in his own half. And yes when the old dubin wore off the ball was twice as heavy. No sand or tees.
Et bah bordel. Et elle est pas en plein milieu en plus. Légèrement excentré. Incroyable. 😶
That's a monster ! WOOOOOF !!!!
When Bill said it, you knew it was more monster than Godzilla 👍
he purely leathered that. strength of a bull!
We were there. I remember people saying 'he won't get this....' and then a nanosecond of disbelief as it crossed the bar before all the Welsh supporters went berserk.
Stunning
So I watched Wales v South Africa today (well technically yesterday 😉) and they were raving on in commentary about Frans Steyn’s penalty from his own half 🤷🏻♂️ and I remembered a bloke who used to do it for fun 💪🏼 how good would Paul Thorburn have been in the professional era?! 🤪
Thorburn and Neil Jenkins would be first pick in any team They would be eligible for.
Great kick and great Commentator!
Even after the hundreds of years later this kick will be the greatest kick of all time.
I think even the other team must have celebrated, what a goal!!!
The greatest kick you’ll ever see
Wow what a great kick love you from Pakistan
@Ramboghini Balboni You are a sad, sad man. That's false equivalence, and you need to understand the difference. Why do you 'love this comment'? It is unconnected to your point.
At international level the greatest kick. They dont do them today. But at a lower level cooper for his school against the army bested it years earlier. Not on tv in front of 50000 people but some feat!
You would find less and less of these kicks these days due to law changes. In the 80's if a side had a long range penalty they could only do one of 2 things 1). Try to hit the penalty from 60 metres - or 2). Run the ball. A side who decided to go for touch would lose possession of the ball and was seen as very unappealing. Today if a side had a penalty from the same distance it would almost certainly attempt to kick into the opposition 22, win the resultant lineout (that it could throw into) and go for a driving maul or other line out variation. You still see long range penalties (notably from Elliott Daly or Frans Steyn) but they are the exception these days.
Very true - even Thorburn himself has said that under today's rules he would have kicked for touch.
0:49 Wooof!
448 points in the 1984/5 season for Neath? Really?!
Jonah lomu rugby, rage allstars kicker mcabe was a beast, I used to kick goals with him from my own 22
Bellissimo! Huge kick!
that kick is just fab . any further back and he . would have been in the carpark
What a kick
Sheer MADNESS.
He didn't take ages about it. Just got on with it.
Amazing
Does anyone happen to know if this is edited, or was it really less than a minute from penalty being awarded to Thorburn kicking the ball??
The Hubble Spaced Telescope had a minor fault that needed correcting. Thorburn could have made that kick a little better if it weren't for the famously faulty mirror. The Hubble still did well
all you can say is wow.. thats incredible
Amazing kick and the Amazing bill mclaren . Best ever commentator and a real gentleman
Man, to kick a goal like that, off the ground basically, at sea level, in an international match. Paul Thorburn would have to have had the adrenalin going for a while after that.
I remember seeing this at the time and I could barely believe it. I still can’t now!
the ball had the makers name of his socks imprinted on it after that hoof
I was there
So lucky
Only kick that's better than this was one he done a few days earlier playing for Neath at the Gnoll, even further back.
And yes in those days they played for their respective clubs in the games during the 5 nations.
Oh that's tough. How long ago they stop doing that?
Is that the longest ever kick in an international match?
I think so. If any modern kick had beaten it I'd still give it to this one because those old mitre rugby balls were insanely heavy
"Only" in an international. The longest ever was 81 yards (74 metres) - Ernie Cooper, captaining Bridlington School against an Army team in 1944. Brid had been unbeaten all season, and it was the last game. Landing the penalty finished the match as a draw.
No kicking tee, and heavyweight water logged leather balls.
Woof!
Didn't he turn down move to NFL after this kick?
He signed a 1 year contract for LA Rams as a kicker.
triffic kick
Notice no silly shit dance before the kick.. Like today's sleuths.. Just business
He doesn't take the penalty from where Jonathan Davies' kick landed! Should have been taken 5 yards closer to the touch line
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And he looks like he went to work in an estate agent’s the following Monday.