It is tragic we will never see games like this again. England started this rugby league style defence in the 90's and now everyone plays that way. Rugby Union is dying a slow painful death.
This was one of the Greatest Matches played by Wales and Scotland, Why isn't Rugby played like this today? The game today is boring because there is so much more defence so no one can get through anymore. Who is in charge of the rules of the game these days. They need to sit down and watch game of old to know that rugby can be exciting to watch. Someone needs to watch these games and then change the game to make it more open like it used to be.
I recall watching this while in the Army as a 20 year old. I was skiing in Southern Bavaria during the next match with Ireland. There was no Internet or mobile phone back the , so I rang up a neighbour back in Wales for the score! I dialled the wrong number and a stranger with his wife told me the score! Lovely Welsh people, great memories.
I've made the same comment on another video somewhere, but no reason why it can't be repeated here; just hearing Bill Mclaren say the name "Iwan Tukolo"'' takes me right back. Wonderful.
What we did not know at that time was that this 1988 side would break up in 12 months with defections to Rugby League and this was a side that was being geared towards the 1991 World Cup but key players going North to play Rugby League destroyed this plan along with a ill-advised 1988 Summer tour to New Zealand where they would face a All Blacks side hitting their peak and would win the 2 tests by a combined 106-12
Great match. First time seeing JD in action before he went professional to league a year later when Widnes recruited him. Widnes also got Martin Offiah from Union and he was about to be on the England RU side.
First match I ever saw as an 8 year old, great running rugby from both sides and to all modern rugby law makers please tell me why in the modern game scrums are now a shambles and in the 80's they were fine. ... Rugby has got worse
+Mingus Pingus I just don't think blaming rugby league stands up to any scrutiny. All the modern tactics come from rugby league because that's what works. The second man play, the face ball, you name it.
Should have beaten France.if Paul Thorburn had seen ieuan Evans on his left Wales would have won . Watch Jonathan Davies shouting at him to give the pass
Just the one triple crown and, at this point in time, their home record against England still intact; that record stretching back to 1963. No, the 90's was the real decade of thrashings and abject embarrassments for Wales... apart from their 1994 five nations championship title.
