@@michaelryan5962the year 2000. NZ beat OZ in the match of the century in Sydney. The Wallabies won this return match in a last minute thriller to retain the Bledisloe Cup.
And this was new rugby to me, the intricate plays. I was used to the engine room of Fitzpatrick and co. so seeing this style of play was pretty exciting. Not so interested in today's game
The rush defence tends to close the space so quickly that that dummy maul would not have been able to be set to form the screen. Sometimes you have to admit that you miss the old days when the defences were not so well organised.
yep, rugby these days has turned to crap, just a bad game of league with lineouts, heaps of cards for looking at another players head, and guys more interested in their hairdoes than the game, i USED to be a union fanatic, not now though, the powers that be have killed off the game.
@@speeddemon9555 Union was always going to suffer under professionalism tbh. That's where League already iterated and ironed out the problems. As another commet says, rush defence would kill this move because the backs are behind the no8 foot instead of what is needed: 10m back! Jackalling killing attacking rugby also? That's why league went for no contest of the ball (except 1 on 1) and tackle count on the floor. That said to regain the old Union spirit the solution is simple but the sunk cost won't allow it: BIGGER PITCHES which brings back the differentiation between forwards and backs and adds space for such moves as this. It's crazy the modern athletes are playing on the same size pitch as juniors if you think about it with 30 giant men on the pitch plus subs like NFL... Anyway great move and around the peak of Union imho when this move was done.
I’m not huge rugby fan myself, but you have to say the legendary All Blacks are a delight to watch, with their brilliant team work and the way they throw the ball around.
Christian Cullen is forever my favourite player of all time❤ there have been some 15s with better technical skills for the position but he was pure magic great feet pace and all instinct ❤
I rate Cullen as the best rugby player I have ever seen... But then, so many defenders were always marking Lomu that he could full advantage of those skills...
@@tertiusstiemie tbh the whole ab team needed to be watched just we had sum freaks of rugby. culls was one .cud bench more than the forwards at one stage ..haha man never slowed after stepping
For me. The greatest. Lucky enough to see him play. It was like watching a big cat’s acceleration in to the line. Balanced. Genuinely powerful. Crazy acceleration. Brilliant skills. Ultimate running fullback.
Yes it was a Great Time , but also a long Time ago , we been pretty poor , since 2003 The All Blacks certainly makeing the Wallaby pay and Don't see it comeing to A End soon !!
The key for this move working was Lomu. Even the camera man focused on him. It made sense giving him the ball in a deceptive move like this. This execution is brilliant in every way possible 👌👌🔥🔥🔥
@@conradhawkins4606 hes talking about the psychological element in the set piece. Lomu was a major threat so the aussies hyperfixated on the dude, creating a wider gap than usual.
@@conradhawkins4606 Lomu made a huge difference in building the attack instead of being the point of attack. But only those who truly understand how great this aussie side was would see that
Fantastic quality, forwards and backs showing pace, power, skills and great running angles. As a Welsh fan, I can only dream about plays like this. Absolutely awesome! 👍
Yes that's where it all started I remember watching that game on TV and it was pure pure magic ' I hope Razor has watched this game - as he will bring current young ABs to these Einstein "Thinking outside the box (boks???) what if? scientific ploys" to counter the slow, boring, destructive, mauls and stifling rugby played by South Africa and most Northern Hemisphere teams, - thus making William Webb Ellis happy in his grave once more. BTW who was the coach of that team? From an 88 year old FANtastic Otago Rep player and coach at ALL levels (except ABs) for over 45 years continuously. Go ABs forever!
Even as an Englishman there truly is no greater sight in rugby than watching the All Black's when they are ON. Its truly memorizing and the purest form of rugby you will ever see..kinda like watching the great brazil sides of the 70s in football.
I wish I can go back to those days. Some real champs on display. Both sides. How I used to look forward watching New Zealand, Aus, France and SA going at each other.
My teams for the sports I love: Rugby: New Zealand. Football: Brazil previously, but France nowadays. Basketball: USA Track (sprint): Jamaica. Track( long distance): Kenya.
I know its a set piece but still, the timing, flow and execution is breathtaking. The AB's in full beast mode are sheer joy to watch. Only France remotely comes close in terms of flair. Us Scotsmen would have lost the bloody line out lol
As good as the individual talent was... They certainly could play champaign rugby! Unfortunately, this champaign rugby didn't win us a world cup back then either! Beautiful never the less, to watch..
Yea mealamu wasn't in yet, in the game plan looks like troy flavel to Marshall to mertins, alatini, iuramia, back to mertins, to lomu, umaga and tried by cullen💯👌@@jonathanswete2265
Yup was there amazing game that move lost me halfway through it and the look on some of the aussie faces was priceless...really miss that era when aust were highly competitive cant wait to when they get back there...allblack fan for over 65 yrs
Packed full of legends. And a solid Aussie squad too, they actually had some talent back then and beat us regularly.
They beat you harder than the British beat the Boer.
@@silverltc2729yeah right 😆
What year was that, two giants of rugby,
We certainly beat you more often than not back then. Great move though. Goes to show the coaching necessary to break our line
@@michaelryan5962the year 2000. NZ beat OZ in the match of the century in Sydney. The Wallabies won this return match in a last minute thriller to retain the Bledisloe Cup.
Danggg! That was one nasty play! You don't really see offensive plays like this anymore. I miss old rugby 😢
And this was new rugby to me, the intricate plays. I was used to the engine room of Fitzpatrick and co. so seeing this style of play was pretty exciting. Not so interested in today's game
The rush defence tends to close the space so quickly that that dummy maul would not have been able to be set to form the screen. Sometimes you have to admit that you miss the old days when the defences were not so well organised.
What a game it used to be
yep, rugby these days has turned to crap, just a bad game of league with lineouts, heaps of cards for looking at another players head, and guys more interested in their hairdoes than the game, i USED to be a union fanatic, not now though, the powers that be have killed off the game.
@@speeddemon9555 Union was always going to suffer under professionalism tbh. That's where League already iterated and ironed out the problems. As another commet says, rush defence would kill this move because the backs are behind the no8 foot instead of what is needed: 10m back! Jackalling killing attacking rugby also? That's why league went for no contest of the ball (except 1 on 1) and tackle count on the floor.
That said to regain the old Union spirit the solution is simple but the sunk cost won't allow it: BIGGER PITCHES which brings back the differentiation between forwards and backs and adds space for such moves as this. It's crazy the modern athletes are playing on the same size pitch as juniors if you think about it with 30 giant men on the pitch plus subs like NFL...
Anyway great move and around the peak of Union imho when this move was done.
As an American who only knows American football, I am in awe of this play.
I've watched rugby for 30 years, this play is truly absurd
Didn't help them
the ball handling skills of the all blacks is amazing. Both forwards and backs can handle the ball
A few were Caucasian.
"They are all backs "
The confidence it takes to try and execute such a play on this big of a stage is unimaginable ❤
Cullen was an awesome full back
Fullback GOAT
I’m not huge rugby fan myself, but you have to say the legendary All Blacks are a delight to watch, with their brilliant team work and the way they throw the ball around.
No "one" about it, that's the greatest set move in the history of rugby.
Anton Oliver not stuffing up the throw was the most impressive part
and Lomu making a pass
RIP ❤
@jeremylydiard6421 the Ole Tonga side threw them was normally his favorite. haha God bless lomu.
Marshall almost made up for it by firing the ball over Mert's head
@@DogFish-NZAnd someone goes down trying to tackle him just a moment after he passes the ball 😅
Haha funny....but Anton Oliver was one clever color...read Homer.. maybe passing wasn't his best subject but certainly nailed it here
Absolute classic… remember it well live. A Wayne Smith special if I remember rightly.
Yep ,Bring back Wayne Smith , make the All Blacks great again
Christian Cullen is forever my favourite player of all time❤ there have been some 15s with better technical skills for the position but he was pure magic great feet pace and all instinct ❤
The best ever
I rate Cullen as the best rugby player I have ever seen... But then, so many defenders were always marking Lomu that he could full advantage of those skills...
@@tertiusstiemie tbh the whole ab team needed to be watched just we had sum freaks of rugby. culls was one .cud bench more than the forwards at one stage ..haha man never slowed after stepping
For me. The greatest. Lucky enough to see him play. It was like watching a big cat’s acceleration in to the line. Balanced. Genuinely powerful. Crazy acceleration. Brilliant skills. Ultimate running fullback.
John Mitchell's worst move not taking Cullen to world cup
A try only a New Zealand side could score. Respect from South Africa!
One of the most amazing stress-free tries. Like basketball on a rugby field. 🔥
That was an excellent Wallaby Team
Yup, that Wallabies team had it over the ABs during that era.
Yes it was a Great Time , but also a long
Time ago , we been pretty poor , since 2003
The All Blacks certainly makeing the
Wallaby pay and Don't see it comeing to
A End soon !!
The fact OZ hasn't been a thorn in NZ side since then isn't good. Such is life. G bless, take care.
Wow! ... That was fun to watch ... Defending against that must have been a nightmare! 😂😂😂
Proper free flowing rugby at it's best!. Bril!. Nuff said.
I was at the stadium for that game.. The move looked pretty good live.. It was fast and slick
The fake maul was a nice play
It would have been even better closer to the defense, but I loved it too. It stops defenders from sliding and obscures the ball at a key moment.
Yeah that was DIRTY. Then two quick reverses...my head was spinning
Back then rugby was exciting to watch running rugby and so skilled handling the ball
As an England fan I must admit I love the sheer poetry of this … magnificent 😊
NZ Royalty right there.👌❤🇳🇿
The key for this move working was Lomu. Even the camera man focused on him. It made sense giving him the ball in a deceptive move like this. This execution is brilliant in every way possible 👌👌🔥🔥🔥
The key was Tana breaking the tackle
@@conradhawkins4606 hes talking about the psychological element in the set piece. Lomu was a major threat so the aussies hyperfixated on the dude, creating a wider gap than usual.
@@section1379 Lomu creating a gap makes no difference if Tana hadn't broken the tackle.
@@conradhawkins4606 Lomu made a huge difference in building the attack instead of being the point of attack. But only those who truly understand how great this aussie side was would see that
@@section1379 and again thou, what effect Lomu had means nothing if Tana didn't break the tackle. Back to basics for you
Poetry in motion
Poetry in motion ❤
Fantastic quality, forwards and backs showing pace, power, skills and great running angles. As a Welsh fan, I can only dream about plays like this. Absolutely awesome! 👍
All that exchange caused the defence to hesitate for an instant allowing that great play to succeed.
Fantastic move. Rugby can be boring with all the scrums etc but when it flows like this, it's very exciting.
You find scrums boring? I love watching the big forwards go at it. Stick to watching league mate 👍
Understandable but scrums ARE rugby
Incredible move and the decoy to Lomu, he took the tackle and didn't flinch.
Pure Allblack poetry in motion! From a Bok supporter.
Both teams packed with legends of the game when the bledisloe cup meant everything to both teams.
That pass from the line-out is a thing of beauty
Pure class!
Even the cameraman couldn't read it 😅
You read my mind!!
The cameraman definitely bought that dummy 😂
No the verticle frame crops out about 60% of the view.
Absolutely one of the greatest set pieces of all time!
Fantastic if you're a Hurricanes fan.
Last 3 sets of hands were Jonah Lomu, Tana Umaga and Christian Cullen.
Hurricanes vs Australia...lol
Some real class on show. The only non All Black to read it was the Referee.
I was there when this play happened, fck it was beautiful to watch.
Beautiful move.
legends from both teams🇳🇿🇦🇺
Gotta love the ‘one man lift’
Yes that's where it all started
I remember watching that game on TV and it was pure pure magic '
I hope Razor has watched this game - as he will bring current young ABs to these Einstein "Thinking outside the box (boks???) what if? scientific ploys" to counter the slow, boring, destructive, mauls and stifling rugby played by South Africa and most Northern Hemisphere teams, - thus making William Webb Ellis happy in his grave once more. BTW who was the coach of that team?
From an 88 year old FANtastic Otago Rep player and coach at ALL levels (except ABs) for over 45 years continuously.
Go ABs forever!
A thing of beauty
Great times to have played.
Great memories 🇬🇧👍🍺
Even as an Englishman there truly is no greater sight in rugby than watching the All Black's when they are ON. Its truly memorizing and the purest form of rugby you will ever see..kinda like watching the great brazil sides of the 70s in football.
I wish I can go back to those days.
Some real champs on display. Both sides. How I used to look forward watching New Zealand, Aus, France and SA going at each other.
Guarantee they practiced that play 100 times at training! Beautiful!
My teams for the sports I love:
Rugby: New Zealand.
Football: Brazil previously, but France nowadays.
Basketball: USA
Track (sprint): Jamaica.
Track( long distance): Kenya.
One of the greatest moves and scored by one of the greatest !
As a footballer, that ball movement was just lovely.
Incredible teamwork. They are all working on a central brain..
That lighting switch from Lomu is glorious to watch
Practice makes perfect ❤ it old school classic
ロムーをダミーにする、贅沢なサインプレイ😊
Now that was a joy to watch, brilliant ball handling, n those two last moves were the icing on the cake 👍👍
A genius innovative combination. This is the kind of creative moves that Rugby needs to be entertaining.
Now that is a definition of team work yo
Magnifique ! C'est vraiment la classe 😉👍😉👍
I know very little about rugby, but I know great teamwork when I see it in any sport
That's what happens when you put your heart ❤️ into anything for all the right ✅️ reasons
Damn.. that was beautiful
Какие прекрасные кружева "на руках"!
PURE RUGBY.......PURE TALENT
chrisitan cullen the paekakariki express - there will never be another chrisitian cullen what a great player
Got to watch that backline regularly . A real privilege. There won't be a better...
I grew up on these guys became an all blacks fan because of the great JONAH LOMU
FIJI ISLANDER NO#1. ALL BLACKS FAN
🇫🇯 🇫🇯 🇫🇯 🇫🇯 🇫🇯
Some of the greatest players in the professional era all in one backline.
The All Blacks were the Harlem Globe Trotters of the Rugby world-fabulous to watch over many years.
🔥🔥🔥🏉
There's more rugby in this AB's try than in all South African World Cupcakes!
The timing of it and then Tana gets on the outside of it. Magic
I know its a set piece but still, the timing, flow and execution is breathtaking. The AB's in full beast mode are sheer joy to watch. Only France remotely comes close in terms of flair. Us Scotsmen would have lost the bloody line out lol
❤beautiful try in ANY ERA
Yes both teams, legends, full of skills.
Always nail biter games back then between these two.
As good as the individual talent was... They certainly could play champaign rugby!
Unfortunately, this champaign rugby didn't win us a world cup back then either!
Beautiful never the less, to watch..
All Blacks, a team for the ages. Classic.
That play was drawn up with perfection
From a bok supporter,Cullen...what a legend!
That’s how they shoulda played at Cardiff Arms Park in 1978.
Elite sport at its best can be a thing of beauty
I miss this sort of thing. That was epic
Is all Lomu n Umaga connect make space for Cullen 💯🤘⚡
Seriously, when you stop and look at the 3 names in your comment, you have to expect rugby magic.
Is that move from the training ground? Absolutely magical. We are no longer treated to such brilliance in today's rugby games.
I love RL but Strewth have to say this is dannnnnnnnmmmm good, what slick passes wow wow wow
Absolutely magnificed
Even the cameraman fell for all the switch passes.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤔
Pure Class 🤘🤘
🇼🇸 classic try from a couple samoan touches Umaga, and Cullen
Mealamu didn’t debut until two years later. This is from 2000.
Yea mealamu wasn't in yet, in the game plan looks like troy flavel to Marshall to mertins, alatini, iuramia, back to mertins, to lomu, umaga and tried by cullen💯👌@@jonathanswete2265
I believe the playbook lists this move as "please this time can we not just give it to Lomo"
...and one of the best try scorers of all time - if not the best.
Tana Umaga’s fend made this play a hit 🔥✅👌🫡
That was a legendary AB side.
Legendary chokers😂
Love this try...... but then i remember how this one ended. Nobody is perfect.
I love that on the reply the cameraman didn’t know which way to go …
Absolutely awesome
That's a tight team. No individuals then.
Performing the X at the highest level
Hard to follow in slow motion. Brilliant.
Yup was there amazing game that move lost me halfway through it and the look on some of the aussie faces was priceless...really miss that era when aust were highly competitive cant wait to when they get back there...allblack fan for over 65 yrs
I've watched this move a hundred times. I still have no idea how they pulled that off, especially while in general play. A great era in NZ rugby
The pass is forward.
Which one? There was around 300 of them
The Harlem Globetrotters of Rugby!
Chokers of rugby