1972 Rugby Union Test Match: Wales vs New Zealand All Blacks (highlights) 

yes luv d watching Phil Bennet i call him the knee Knocker he was unpredicdable he ll side step way cback from play then opposite side ill fall over thats phil s style awesum side stepper 🤣🤣🤣

RIP

Best for all sport Brazil 1970 Holland and West Germany 1974 Argentina 1978 Ali Frazier Forman West Indies Kerry Packer the list in sport is endless

They did not go for the line out in those days,because they would not have the throw in.

No he most certainly doesn’t.

Couldnt lace mclarens boots

Same as my dad once I put forward this video to him , he recalled most of the players. He's 70 yo.

65 South African. Och, what an honour to see my hero's in action! Sid Going, Brian Williams, Kirkpatrick, J Williams, Phil Bennett, Gareth Edwards, amongst others. Thank you for posting!

RIP Sid.

Yes. My thanks too!

I think the principality stadium is one of the best in the world.Aswell as the rugby,all the footballers loved to play at the principality

You mean the National Stadium, The Arms Park was the stadium near the National Stadium (and now, near to the Millenium Stadium)

@@YuusukeOnodera Okay, the National Stadium, which officially opened in 1984, four years after my father's visit. New Zealanders, and rugby fans the world over, always called the ground Cardiff Arms.

Correct. I'm from Kensington and Chelsea in London. Lived in Cardiff most of my life. Left soon after BREXIT vote and now live in Alanya region, of the beautiful Med Sea climate. With 324 sunny days a year. Currently about 24c (9th Nov 2022) and what's rain please? Heaven for a Brit. Cheap as chips to live here. Products 65% less than in UK. My last electric bill for October was £15.85. Water was £6.73. Don't need gas. I have an apt overlooking the Med Sea for only £400 a month. Ciggies are £1.40 a pack of 20, I don't smoke but it's a good gauge for prices etc. As a neutral I'd say Going was BETTER than Edwards. That Bennett grew into the 10 shirt, after the retirement at 27, of the mercurial Barry John. That Bennett was shit scared of Kirkpatrick. That Earl Kirton was the best 10 I've seen in a AB shirt. (I was very young and he was the reason I took notice of Rugby.) 15. Cullen. 14. Bryan Williams. 13. Too many. 12. Same as 13 😅👈 11. Lomu. 10. Kirton. 9. Going. 1 2 and 3....again too many. 4. Meads. 5. Too many again. 6. Kirkpatrick 7. Mourie. 8. Zinzan. LOCALS CALLED IT THE ARMS PARK. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Tbh it's slightly too hot in July and most of it comes from Syria on an easterly. 40 to 46c. But I'm acclimatised and go for a swim from 6am to 11am when it's reasonably 28c peak. The rest of the time of the year, the wind if any and light, comes from the South or South West. This was filmed early May by a Brit guy. Even then it was hot, unusually for May, at around 33c plus or minus either way. 324 Sunny days a year. Jan is about 12-14c and rains a few days only. Feb is the worst at 8-12c and rains like the tropics for three weeks but not incessantly. March to April starts to get warm again. 18 ascending steadily to 25. May averages about 29c this year hotter. June is hotter this year than last. 32-37 July August last year was 38-46. This just a tad less. Sept to December averages about 25 to 21 sliding scale. Lots of ladies from Eastern and Western Europe. Scandinavian. African. Asian. Australian. English language is the norm. Second vid is from a drone a few months back. Bye-bye fella. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--UO4F-edC9o.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qOzq9t_n9AQ.html

And there really was no reason to tear it all down and remake it.

Michael R Annis .....why sad ....? Lived a long life the way he wanted ,often visiting friends and family in NZ and traveling around Aus working and drinking ! Even saved a young kids life once . Sad my arse.

Keith was put to rest yesterday 14/4/18 attended by family and friends from both New Zealand and here in Australia. We will always remember him as a true gentleman and friend. RIP big fella.

He was a filthy player though.

@Noggsy joggsy watches Good Lord, imagine being so dumb to break into Keith Murdoch's house. A truly scary man.

@@johnhughes3753 Every forward was filthy back then.

Yeah it was awful but Bob Burgess was a beautiful running first five-when paired mid-week with Lyn Colling (iirc) at halfback they ran riot. Burgess was obviously playing to instructions in this match.

Wales had a perfectly good try disallowed that would of won it.

@@noelball5137 The ref was on the spot......double movement.

Welsh 8 knocked the ball on immediately before the disallowed try anyway 😂

Refs still give wild penalties in scrums...

@@harrynewiss4630 I'll say. They get set for one second and the whistle blows. Props can't do bad stuff that fast, can they?

Gareth did usually perform exceptionally well and the Davies step was indeed something special. Two of the greats.

Well I married a Welsh woman and our kids are half Welsh and half Kiwi so even for me it's a bit conflicting when the teams meet these days.

Was at a restaurant with my wife and baby daughter in Tauranga when Grant Batty approached my wife to go on about how good it was to see a family together like that. My wife wasn't happy about having our dinner interrupted and she didn't know who he was so she told him to duck off.

I never once saw the ball go past Burgess at 2nd5/8 in the AB backline. Those were the years of the boring kicking game, exemplified later with Grant Fox.

yes. unfortunate what happened to him

That ref was a police officer, a blind one.

paul carew i

The ref gave loads of dodgy decisions against Wales

Well Wales were dodgy

They came to NZ in '69 and got absolutely hammered. Some all time greats in that era though, no doubt.

Yes it was the golden era but the Welsh didn't win it all but they were very good and talented.

Marc Delaney Like the 78 loss that Wales are still bleating about ? And will for oh lets say 61 more years ! Sore loser is sore eh ? Did you enjoy the 5 tries to 1 thrashing last week ? so how many victories to the Welsh 3 is it now ?

Marc Delaney Oh and its THREE wins not 4 dopey ,cant count either eh ?

EJ Ioane unfortunately the 70s side never actually beat NZ (but regarding the other 2 big southern hemisphere teams: wales played SA once during that period, in 1970, and that was a draw. wales just about got the better of AUS tho, during that period)

This was Wales' weakest season of the 70s, with 2 defeats in the 5 nations. Barry John had just retired. NZ didn't play Wales' grand slam and unbeaten 5 nations teams of the 70s, but had 2 controversial and narrow wins. NZ had a losing record v France, who only beat Wales 3 out of 10 in the decade, as well as to South Africa, and lost at home to England who Wales regularly thrashed. Wales had the best results in the 70s overall, and certainly till the summer of 78 when Edwards, Bennett and Gerald Davies retired and the decline started.

Wales dominated the end but All Blacks dominated the 1st 40 so hardly luckiest result in history

Phl kicked first kick of game out on full, last kick of game Phil missed kick at goal, pressure to much on the day for Phil and his mates

When they left Stradey.. They put the goal post on a roundabout near trostre.

mike acton big men for their time. The forwards, certainly the New Zealand forwards were big hard men. As were Delme Thomas and Derek Quinnell.

Virtually no open play running, all kicks for territory. Our family used to get up at OMG o’clock to watch those test matches.

@Robert Miller was momentum that took him over. Watch the replay

@@HEEDRECORDS Not according to the referee.

@@zabaleta66 Er yeah well obvs. Not sure the double movement rule has changed since those days. You're allowed to stretch out but not allowed to crawl. I've seen tries that seem to me like double movements awarded in recent times. Much worse than this tbh. Watch the replay his momentum seems to take him over no crawling.

Welsh 8 knocked the ball on on the ground anyway

@@wwiillll yes agreed but ref didn't see it and no TMO. It was first knocked on by AB player should have been called back for Wales scrum

Not bad for toe poker, played for Horowhenua in ‘71.

Wales would have got a few too.

Hugh Janus you’re wrong

@@vantheman1238 Must have been a joke, nobody could be that dumb.

cos they are not on roids

Wales did miss Barry John that season, their worst in the 5 nations in the 70s, with 2 away defeats. Their 2 matches v the All Blacks in the decade came in reactively weak seasons, the 2nd in 78 (very close and controversial) after the retirement of Edwards, Bennett and Gerald Davies. Wales's results in the 70s, and certainly till the summer of 78 were the best, and with the most points and tries.

​@@mizofangee SidGoing Ian Kirkpatrick and others retired.... get a Welsh coach how silly not to have a local. Carwyn James great coach you wont learn aye...you wouldnt let Carwyn coach Wales.

c'mon taffy you got beaten fair and square - let it go bro!

@@sharp2684 I'm an Englishmen as it happens just making an observation my friend...

As always, any benefit of the doubt goes to NZ

You know you can buy a pen by diving out of lineouts..nowadays the tmo would have corrected that one

@@CelticMorning as it should

They were 6 points down - it might have been a draw. Might.

No taffy you lost! check the scoreboard!!

Won?? How? The ref saw a double movement.....the ref!

And late, late, very late tackles also a speciality and not just for that years tourists either.

Shouldn't have been lying around like a lazy bastard on the wrong side of the ruck.

​@@CelticMorningAt least we were good at it

Bullshit.

Look in the record books Taffy. You must have gone to the same maths class as Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn.

Sorry pal, Wales lost!

Typical boyo comment.Soar losers the Welsh,always were.Sad.

You lost, we won Get over it!!

@@sharp2684 bright lad

Ya that was a poor decision. Especially in a game with so few scores you'd think a referee would give the benefit of the doubt to the attacking team.

@@25pappy What doubt!?! He saw a double movement!

YE LOST ,LOOK AT THE SCORE .

You sound like a jet engine.

Okay, Andy, if you are still whining about that, how about 1905? Deans bloody well did score!

This NZ team was an almost complete rebuild from the ageing and decaying team that fell apart in 1970/1. This was an absurd and embarrassing loss for Wales if they really had any players worthy of being called immortals. NZ shot themselves in the foot with what you term cynicism, what possible advantage did they gain? Wales too soft up front and dominated by the better halves pairing

Well you're so wrong there they hammered Australia & Drew against S.Africa & against NZ back then they were 50/50 games really it could of gone either way a disallowed try in 1974 which was a try could have clinched victory for us & Haden cheating in 1978 cost us victory . They were the best in Europe beating England regularly & if I'am right England had a dreadful team then but still managed to beat the blacks crazy in it . England had a good team from about 1990 - 2003 & they were good while we were in the doldrums it's just the way things are .

Just watched the highlights and in my opinion Wales were cheated of victory in 1972 also. In almost any era JPRs try would have been awarded and if there was a half-decent referee at least three NZ players would have been yellow carded (if there was that option) for cynical professional fouls that prevented possible scores. NZ were the original professional rugby cheats, closely followed by SA, Australia & England. Saying Wales haven't beaten NZ since 1953 is a joke because if there was any justice in the world we would have recorded victories in 1972, 1978 and 2004. We were cheated by very dubious referees in all three games. In 1972 the penalties awarded against Wales at scrum were an absolute joke. Where is Murdoch now? The psychopath is hidden out in the Australian bush since 1972, it's a shame he wasn't joined there by the other six or seven Psychopaths who got away with murder in that NZ squad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Don't forget Llanelli beat the AB's in 72 - they had around 9 Welsh players in the squad. But to be fair NZ were on tour and it was tough in those days while touring. No wonder International Teams don't do that anymore - except the Lions

thelittlejuicer Enjoy the thrashing last week eh ? did yer wee little heart break ? did you think for a while ''finally after 61 years of being the ABS whipping boys we are going to win !!!!'' ? I suppose it was all the refs fault was it ? Welsh supporters have become second only to the english for being miserable whiny gits . 61 more years !

***** I'm no 'sook' - just pointing out that you have been victorious on three occasions due to a combination of professional psychopathic cheating (my god how you mastered that unpleasant practice decades ago) and horrendous referees (usually eenglish or ooirish).

FFS!!! Lol!

If it had been played to day JPR would have been sent off withe contact to Batty's head just before the try.

FUCKING HELL , TAKE THAT PLUM OUT OF YOUR MOUTH FFS , YOUR TEXT EVEN HAS THE TOUCH OF SNOBBERY ASSOCIATED WITH U LOT

@@dafhughes7728 Is that inferiority complex really a Welsh trait......lol.

Totally agree,they are very bad losers.

You poor old welsh losers are still whinging decades later, of course thats hardly surprising as you are really poms under another name!

Probably the worst A.B. TEAM in history and maybe they were not the prettiest but they still beat your lilly white bunch of puritans who decades later still cannot accept they were beaten by a better team! Get over it taffy, we won you lost!!

You only have to look at the AB midfield in this match to see why Burgess and Going were kicking all game! Hales was actually a decent attacking player when given the chance but test footie back then, aside from rare occasions, was an exercise in keeping errors as low as possible! Parkinson was a tough defender but limited on attack. It was a pity they took this approach as the team was chock full of outstanding wingers and the hugely promising Bruce Robertson as a new center.