Was this really the best try in this game? | Barbarians Rugby 

Yes, a true rugby legend and an inspiration to me as a kid watching the pure speed and agility of the man!

He was like a England version of David campese 10 years before the great Aussie ....Brilliant player.

It was in the games like these, he really shone. It was a pity that he was at the peak of his powers when England wasn't at its peak. I think Gareth Edwards said he'd 'have him in his team anyday' praise indeed

JPR eons ahead, not even a serious comparation​@@wobblertv8083

He was nicknamed Dai Duckham after his performance in this game

Awesome, what a story! 😊

A great story to treasure!

What a great post. Thank you!

that's so amazing.

That is some posted comment. Thank you 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

Wow, wow, wow...the Rugby 🏉 & your comment, are both epic 💥 Congratulations Baba's, congrats Hogtaffy. ( Looking forward to Feb 4th in Cardiff no end already🤞)

RIP JPR😢

Typified by Grant Batty. Sad to say that, however good a player he may have been, my overriding memory of him is hanging around the neck of opponents.

Genius

You're absolutely right. I'm French, and I'm not fluent in your language. I'm sorry. @@alastairgreen2077

Mike Gibson was outstanding. Would Duckham have played if Gerald hadn't been injured ?

We were blessed to grow watching such talent.

One of his shirts is framed and hanging in Hayle RFC Cornwall

At one point in this game, Duckham makes a break and throws a dummy and sidestep simultaneously, it fools the cameraman so much that he goes completely out of the shot.

Completely overrated, typical Welsh hype.

@@2003Rooney Of an Englishman?

@@2003Rooney Well, "hype" is extravagant publicity or promotion. I hardly think that my comment falls into that category, even if you disagree with it. Perhaps you've just had a bad Christmas, though I hope someone bought you a decent dictionary as a present.

Amazing! What a memory to have!

Oh, really? So your opinion is that today's players lack skill?? Just because they are more muscular does NOT mean they are not also fast, flexible, and quick-thinking. You're a good example of the Monty Python Four Yorkshiremen type. "It were different when I were a lad. Aye!"

It has become very akin to Rugby League. In the amateur era it was more difficult, because of the rules and interpretation thereof, to recycle the ball. Second phase possession was the Holy Grail, third and subsequent phases rarely happened. Thus there was the incentive to do something creative with the ball, often off the set piece, when you actually had it. Add to that the very real possibility of the occasional heel against the head and there was a recipe for a more creative game. In the professional era it is possible to retain possession for many phases and many more minutes. This provides an incentive to "battering ram" for a few yards and set up again (as per Rugby League) without risking loss of possession. It's not the players - who are as skilled as at any time in the game's history, and better trained in the professional era - nor is it the fact that they are getting paid. It's the rules and the refereeing at the breakdown that is primarily responsible, in my view, for a less creative game.

Yes!!!!!!

Either him or BOD. I'm English so I'm not prepared to divide them.

Yes, in today's time Gibson would have gone to ground, had a few seconds to 'adjust' so he could place the ball back toward his teammates, and a phony ruck would have ensued. The last time I played, and it was seven years ago in an over 50s, match, I got tackled similarly and just pushed the ball behind me as I fell, hoping my support would pick up the ball. I do referee, and have to allow for these "adjustments" which would have been penalized years ago for hanging on to the ball on the ground.

@@ldfreitas9437 Word!

Wrong mate. Danie Gerber by far the best ever.

Even wore their own socks !

​@@johnenglish929😅

@@johnenglish929 yes and no, they traditionally wore their club socks, occasionally their national team socks.

Agree though in fairness this is the one time the Barbarian team has looked more like the British Lions

No, the BaaBaas then and now played for the joy of the game, little practice, always an uncapped player in the side, but in this case dominated by many of the best players the game has ever seen.

And the odd forward pass...😉

JPR did well to finish the game with his head still intact after several high NZ tackles. A good thing this is now penalised.

Ha ha! You are probably right!

I’m laughing and crying at the same time

Yeah the rules suck these days. people should stop saying the players must adapt to the rules because some of the the rules are stupid

@@dude9318 Yes, the laws do suck, and I'm still refereeing at 68, and it was easier to do so when I started refereeing in the mid-90s, not just because I was younger and faster. Then came yellow and red cards, phony rucks, "adjustments" so tackled players can place the ball on the ground, a penalty offense until about twenty years ago.

@@dude9318 I'm now reminded of the English gal sent off with a red for the tackle on the NZ left winger in the Women's RWC Final last month. For one, she wouldn't have gotten even a penalty for her attempted tackle back in these times, maybe not even five years ago, as it was a head clash, not an arm to the head. Then later in the match the English left wing gets smacked in the head by an arm, and the NZ player gets a yellow. I thought her tackle was worse!

Just don't kick the ball away.

What a game. It makes today's rugby look boring in comparison. And to think that everyone of those guys worked in a normal job and played at weekends. JPR, Mike Gibson, Dave Duckham, Edwards, Bennett, Willie John, Carmichael.... Have the barbarians ever put out a better side than that one. I doubt it.

Amazing!

I know, what an age! Watching these games on tape as a kid born in the 80s definitely inspired me to love the game, as well as my Dads stories about the ‘old days’ 😅🏉!

Great point. I have thought that when I have made other videos containing older footage. I suppose the flip side is in the modern game the TMO would have found umpteen reasons to disallow the score.

@@gprugby I reckon there'd be a few all blacks penalized for entering the rucks on the wrong side. A few very flat passes, too.

Yes, but a number of forward passes would also be more obvious and that would detract from our perception of a fine sequence of play.

There was definitley a lot good about the amateur era

You'll never see it again. Rugby as we once knew it is dead and buried.

@@davidw.robertson448 Unfortunately. I have an idea. In American there are baseball leagues, amateur, that play baseball as it was in the 1880's/90s, even kit, same rules as then. So, why not a rugby amateur game played to the laws pre 1993, when things started going "south" as we like to say in the States? It would have nothing to do with World Rugby.

Watch the NRL then.

Yes, a fantastic team! Almost the 71 Lions Test team with just a few changes which in no way made the side any less amazing!

Definitley. He took a couple of high shots in the build up to the Edwards try too!

I would suggest he was perfectly placed to assess the damage, & make a pretty informed decision to carry on playing!! 🤣

RIP Great Man.

I do love the way they keep the ball alive. Duckham twice let the ball go loose and didnt it pay off!

And no one gets smacked in the head and there are no yellow or red cards. Having said that, Brian Williams really did a number on JPR early in the match, pre Edwards' try. That would have gotten a red card in today's game. And in the Northwest Counties v NZ match the same tour, which the ABs lost (bad vid but it's on YT), Going, on as a sub for Collings, gets high tackled by one player and cut down at the knees by another from the opposite direction. He's lucky to have gotten up in one piece.

Oui c'était un rugby incroyable !

Gracias! There was so much great play in this game - not just the brilliant Gareth Edwards try!

@@gprugby of course! I have the honour to be the owner -as a rugby collector memorabilia- of the official rugby program of this match, and the original BBC VHS.... VIVA EL RUGBY 🏉!!!!!!!!!!

Is there any better then this try?Ah you mean “that try”😀

I think we can all agree the best try was scored by a Welshman.

@@geoffpoole483 😁

@@geoffpoole483 LOL nice 👌

@@geoffpoole483Grudgingly, yes : but both were made by Pullin !!!

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It was epic!

Have you watched this video?

different try

@@andystoker6961Yes but not the video but the game in which Gareth Edwards scored that great try.

@@twmlloyd5257Yes of course.

Don't forget body building producing muscular behemoths.

I definitley agree that the amateur and pro versions of the game are almost like different sports

Here you go: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-89h49kubZI4.html

His contributions in that move are amazing!

You are probably right

Amazing. I thought exact same thing. Arm would have gone up. Hopefully advantage. Yes high shot would have been a bin. Last pass looked forward.

It would certainly be interesting to know how many high tackles there were per game pre-professionalism compared with now.

I know! What a player he was!!