David Campese - The Wizard of Oz

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  • čas přidán 18. 02. 2017
  • Like Danie Gerber, Jonah Lomu, Brian O' Driscoll and Jonny Wilkinson, David Campese is a once in a lifetime player. Some fans will say his form over the years has been erratic, but I don't agree. He was a genius who pushed the boundaries and always tried something new on attack. Sometimes it worked (the goose step) and sometimes it didn't work (that fatal pass against the Lions in '89), but the fact remains he was one of a kind.
    I rate him together with Danie Gerber as the two greatest attacking players ever.
    Campo could cut up defenses like few before or after him.
    We pay homage to the great man, Campo.
    Enjoy the video and thanks for watching!
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Komentáře • 260

  • @BarkerT
    @BarkerT Před rokem +15

    The hands, the step, the pace, the positional play, the party tricks and the derring do. A player who looked like he enjoyed the game and the possibilities it presented. One of a kind.

    • @richardb6844
      @richardb6844 Před 10 měsíci +1

      well said and it seems like all that flair has been coached out of them these days

  • @aaronbarlow4376
    @aaronbarlow4376 Před 5 lety +42

    I'm a Kiwi and I love Campo. Such a fluid runner and a great sidestep.

  • @EnricoduPlessis
    @EnricoduPlessis Před 6 lety +93

    My favourite rugby player of all times, despite the fact that he is not a Springbok. Had the honour of meeting him on a domestic flight while he was part of the coaching staff for the Sharks. I actually mentioned the fact that as a youngster I used to idolise him. Pleasantly surprised by the great man's humility, honesty and humble demeanor, not to mention his frank opinions and deep knowledge of the game without ever coming across as arrogant. Respect!

    • @RealRugby
      @RealRugby  Před 6 lety +10

      Looooved Campo. One of my all time favourite players as well

    • @Fuzcapp
      @Fuzcapp Před 4 lety +5

      I met him once and he actually seemed quite shy.

    • @matthewmahony9165
      @matthewmahony9165 Před 2 lety +4

      He came from my home town. Queanbeyan NSW. One of the greatest rugby players of all time.

    • @EnricoduPlessis
      @EnricoduPlessis Před 2 lety +2

      @@Fuzcapp He is a very humble man and a great ambassador for Australia.

    • @Ulbre
      @Ulbre Před rokem +2

      Yeah, he was Sharks coach for the Currie Cup side (as opposed to the Super Rugby side), they hadn't won the comp since 96 and were cellars dwellers when he came in, 3 years later 2008 they were champs once more :)

  • @ayamnaubaudi6936
    @ayamnaubaudi6936 Před 4 lety +57

    I was a French kid in the 80's and had only eyes for Blanco, Sella, Charvet and Lagisquet (the best backs France ever had) but I can remember how amazing Campese was. He had it all and was my one and only foreign hero.

    • @RhythmicEye
      @RhythmicEye Před 4 lety +3

      Dead Man Walking ahh yes the great names of French rugby. I loved watching Australia v France in the 80s, tough hard men in the forwards and the most extraordinary skills in the backs. Both teams were exciting to watch. Golden days of rugby I think

    • @Fuzcapp
      @Fuzcapp Před 2 lety +1

      @@RhythmicEye Especially golden when Sella flattened Fitzsimons.

    • @RhythmicEye
      @RhythmicEye Před 2 lety +2

      Just reading the name of the great Phillipe Sella makes want to binge watch 80's rugby clips on YT

    • @groberts2618
      @groberts2618 Před 2 lety

      @@Fuzcapp Aah, anyone that flattens FitzSimmons is a friend of mine!

    • @stanfamily4938
      @stanfamily4938 Před rokem

      My god you named some French champions there from the eighties, I grew up in Tasmania and only played fullback because of Blanco. I loved him they thought I was crazy when I started to wear bisekel shorts, just loved his carefree attitude

  • @Broonzied
    @Broonzied Před rokem +12

    What a great set of backs Oz had back then. Campo the icing, but Horan and Little outstanding also.

    • @walt3299
      @walt3299 Před rokem +2

      What a great combination that was.

  • @tiekumark
    @tiekumark Před 4 lety +11

    Before Jonah Lomu came onto the scene. This guy was my Idol as a 12 year old. The Zinadine Zidane of rugby. Just beautifully balanced runner and imaginative player

  • @paulc9516
    @paulc9516 Před 4 lety +11

    That back line for Oz. Has there ever been better?

  • @chrishooper8260
    @chrishooper8260 Před 4 lety +5

    David Campese. My goodness with time how they are forgotten. Better than anything around today. As with the league players of yesteryear the Rugby Union players also much better than today. They were Dead set skillfully footballers. Not just athletes. Much better sport back then.

  • @joelmaateka2977
    @joelmaateka2977 Před 2 lety +11

    He broke my heart when they demolished the All Blacks but his brilliance was undeniable and along with their backline they brought something beautiful to the game.

    • @Fuzcapp
      @Fuzcapp Před 2 lety

      The 1991 RWC Semi final?

    • @RatelHBadger
      @RatelHBadger Před 8 měsíci +1

      ​@@Fuzcappjust the early 90's in general. You knew if you gave them space out wide with Campo around, you're in trouble.

  • @theephraimite
    @theephraimite Před 4 lety +16

    Kirwan and Campese, two of my favorite non-Polynesian wings.

  • @thomasoloughlin9075
    @thomasoloughlin9075 Před 3 lety +8

    What a talent one of the greats of rugby

  • @anthonyhoey6394
    @anthonyhoey6394 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I went to see leinster play Australia when the Aussies toured ireland and Wales in 1992,the leinster game was their first match of the tour and they played 13 of their world cup winning team from the year before,I remember sitting in the old West stand in Landowne Rd and I remember a high ball been kicked towards campos wing,he backed peddled and caught the ball over his head and I thought wow and it had rained earlier so it was a greasy ball,and then he side stepped the oncoming defender and threw a twenty five metre pass straight into the bread basket of Jason Little,I was witnessing a truely talented guy,he possessed everything you'd want in a rugby player,a once in a generation player,it was a privilege to see him play,greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪.

  • @tonyantmann5635
    @tonyantmann5635 Před 4 lety +4

    What a privilege watching him play club rugby at Randwick oval. He would serve his hips, the defence would edge the wrong way ever so slightly and suddenly a gap appeared and he would turn on the afterburners. Whoosh! The entire grandstand would rise. He seemed to skim over the ground. Opposing fullbacks were like traffic cones at training. And people forget how far he could kick a ball. Dare not kick to his wing because he would swoop it up and kick it back 20 metres over your head and then be racing after it like a thoroughbred. Just an amazing athlete.

  • @TGHTLAB
    @TGHTLAB Před 4 lety +10

    He is my hero. I used to watch his play of VHS video tape hundred times with my teammates in Janaese university.

  • @andrewwatts8485
    @andrewwatts8485 Před 3 lety +3

    Loved watching this guy.. freakishly good

  • @matthewobrien2066
    @matthewobrien2066 Před 27 dny +1

    The best Wallaby winger I have ever seen. Been here 50 years.

  • @jasonwaara3395
    @jasonwaara3395 Před 7 lety +33

    What a rugby legend.

  • @rangidalglish4743
    @rangidalglish4743 Před 4 lety +16

    Campo, the Ella brothers, Moon and Papworth. Backline play sublime. Our schoolboy First IX strategy was modelled on the Aussies. From an All Black fan.

  • @stevenhardy2008
    @stevenhardy2008 Před 3 lety +6

    Simply can't beat class. Arrogant cocky but was able to back it up always a sign of quality 👏

    • @petefrench4198
      @petefrench4198 Před rokem

      ...no not always. Unpredictable, and phuqued up a lot of situations. Lost some tests all on his own. LOL!!!!!!

    • @chrisbuesnell3428
      @chrisbuesnell3428 Před rokem +3

      I never saw arrogance in him

    • @davidmcnulty8181
      @davidmcnulty8181 Před rokem

      @@chrisbuesnell3428 🤣

  • @taraishot100
    @taraishot100 Před rokem +3

    David campese was a good player man he pretty much made the goose step popular as a kiwi kid he reeked havoc against the All Blacks

  • @sematagi9291
    @sematagi9291 Před 4 lety +8

    One of the best Wallaby teams of all time, if I may say so as a Kiwi...

  • @dukatikiddukatikid7358
    @dukatikiddukatikid7358 Před 4 lety +11

    Love or hate the guy when he burst onto the scene in the early 80s he revolutionised the wingers role,genuine pace,slight of hand with the ball,great sidestep and of course the “goose step”
    Only problem was he could be a turnstile in defence a little too much.

  • @gordonkemp1620
    @gordonkemp1620 Před 2 lety +4

    Easily, by a long chalk & a side-step, my favourite player of all-time. Campo = Magician.

  • @ksriddell1512
    @ksriddell1512 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Very special player! Loved watching him play when i was a kid.

  • @nathanmaier5814
    @nathanmaier5814 Před 3 lety +3

    The other day this guy came and coached my footy team and it was the best time ever

  • @Rumpole1000
    @Rumpole1000 Před 5 lety +59

    Back when the Wallabies played for the jumper and not lucrative contracts.

    • @stevethea5250
      @stevethea5250 Před 4 lety

      @CNend use to wear baggy shirts

    • @avebac1
      @avebac1 Před 4 lety +2

      Pretty much every sport today

    • @horsemen6769
      @horsemen6769 Před 4 lety

      Aye fame and fortune cross each other out pretty hard here.

  • @igolfjtweetler4097
    @igolfjtweetler4097 Před 6 lety +8

    Best rugby back I saw as a youngster along with Danie Gerber.

  • @gordonmonaghan133
    @gordonmonaghan133 Před 4 lety +8

    One of my all time heroes (Englishman)

  • @RDASoccer
    @RDASoccer Před 5 lety +17

    Australia could use a player like Campese now.....

  • @AlbionTarkhan
    @AlbionTarkhan Před 4 lety +21

    Imagine celebrating a try by just shaking hands these days.

  • @Septimanien
    @Septimanien Před 4 lety +4

    Super Campese and super Wallabies of this years ! Greatings from France !

  • @elipticushominis339
    @elipticushominis339 Před 7 lety +29

    Tim Horan deserves a video too!

  • @stelley08
    @stelley08 Před 4 lety +5

    I met him in the 80s, a nice guy

  • @keza41
    @keza41 Před 2 lety +4

    Love the way he just jogs on back to halfway after scoring, none of this carrying on like a pork chop business. He is right up there with the greatest wingers the game has seen… Imho.

    • @petefrench4198
      @petefrench4198 Před rokem

      ....and a totally useless piece of baggage in defence!!!!!!

  • @retimanahaerewa3028
    @retimanahaerewa3028 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Favourite player

  • @vanS808
    @vanS808 Před 5 lety +28

    I choke up when I see these vidoes, REAL RUGBY and Wallabies glory days
    Not like now, its a pity such a great Rugby culture has almost been destroyed in Australia

    • @Fuzcapp
      @Fuzcapp Před 4 lety +2

      Yes - thank you Raelene.

    • @Fuzcapp
      @Fuzcapp Před 4 lety

      @Dan C Very good point. What the hell were they thinking?

    • @because_the_internet
      @because_the_internet Před 4 lety

      @Dan C Counterpoint: One need not be a great sportsperson to be a great sports administrator. Ref: David Stern (NBA), Pete Rozelle (NFL), Richard Scudamore (English Premier League).
      Counter-counterpoint: Did a shocking job at the Bulldogs and has turned RA into even more of a shambles.
      The original counterpoint stands though.

    • @shanewilson398
      @shanewilson398 Před 4 lety +4

      Fuz Capp it’s wasn’t her. Where are the players? Listen to these guys players; lynagh, nick far jones, eales, Horan, campo, Ella little. ... Folau was the marquee player, yet he was just a cog, and not the most important one, in the qld state of origin team. He was with Lockyer, Inglis, slater, tait, Hodges, Cronk, Boyd. And that was just the qld team. You’ve got to have the players, and the wallabies don’t.

  • @jameswestover8403
    @jameswestover8403 Před 2 lety +5

    Campese is Italian for 'shut the gate'. He was the first Australian sportsman to become a millionaire

  • @craigobikes123
    @craigobikes123 Před 4 lety +6

    Saw him absolutely destroy a club level grand final once. Never seen anything like it since.

  • @KiwiPokerPlayer
    @KiwiPokerPlayer Před rokem +2

    One of the all time great out side backs, we loved to hate him in NZ.

  • @visyglass
    @visyglass Před 4 lety +1

    A Ferrari of a man....great memories of when rugby was a must watch,to help get us through this lockdown.

  • @branniganfarnsworth3342
    @branniganfarnsworth3342 Před 6 lety +8

    It’s nice to see some footage of him not looking like a mid 30s man

  • @rubennasser6907
    @rubennasser6907 Před 7 lety +5

    Real Rugby, great tributes and compiations, pleeeeze keep them coming!

    • @RealRugby
      @RealRugby  Před 7 lety

      Ruben Nasser Will do! Thanks for the support Ruben!

  • @woosherdooser357
    @woosherdooser357 Před rokem

    This is what real quality basic rugby is all about, Campese the man.🏉🏉🏉🏉🏉👍... NZ fan

  • @locominyana8916
    @locominyana8916 Před 4 lety +3

    Great seeing footage when touring international teams would play what we would now call provincial teams. Timeless to say

  • @brendanpage3369
    @brendanpage3369 Před rokem +1

    4:12 "The green of New South Wales" LOL!!! That's the green of Randwick!

  • @richposports7030
    @richposports7030 Před rokem +1

    One of the greats 👍 and entertaining with it!!

  • @tankc6474
    @tankc6474 Před 4 lety +1

    Pure class he was 👍👍👍

  • @Nvlarr
    @Nvlarr Před měsícem

    That Australian commentator has been in the job a Loooonnnnggg time. Legend

  • @because_the_internet
    @because_the_internet Před 4 lety +5

    I'm not sure his physicality would hold up today but his innovation, intensity and influence are mighty.

  • @gorviv529
    @gorviv529 Před 7 lety +16

    man was that guy fast...

    • @adambamf9365
      @adambamf9365 Před 6 lety

      So fast it looks like he is just jogging

  • @johncourtneidge
    @johncourtneidge Před 2 měsíci

    What a great Team Player!

  • @elipticushominis339
    @elipticushominis339 Před 7 lety +7

    9:05 Dani Gerber and Tim Horan!!!!

  • @stockey50bro59
    @stockey50bro59 Před 3 lety +2

    Abesolute legend . if he was a kiwi ..we would have made him, Sir David Campese...

  • @user-qx8iz6sp1v
    @user-qx8iz6sp1v Před rokem +1

    David Campese is impact!!

  • @davidmcnulty8181
    @davidmcnulty8181 Před rokem +6

    As an Englishman, it hurts me to say, absolute legend

  • @paulcarney8659
    @paulcarney8659 Před 5 lety +1

    Awesome Campo 😀

  • @JoTheSnoop
    @JoTheSnoop Před 2 lety +1

    The 'running rugby' style has its origins with the club that included the Ella Brothers and Campese - Randwick, whose nickname is the Galloping Greens as well as the Wicks.

  • @vetaiapettitt9749
    @vetaiapettitt9749 Před 4 lety

    Legend 💪🏽

  • @kenlloyd1268
    @kenlloyd1268 Před 6 lety +3

    A legend of the game.

    • @FortniteSkitz
      @FortniteSkitz Před 5 lety

      NUUHHHHHHH JONAH LOMU IS

    • @kenlloyd1268
      @kenlloyd1268 Před 5 lety +2

      @@FortniteSkitz there can b more than one legend mind u.

    • @FortniteSkitz
      @FortniteSkitz Před 5 lety

      True but i aim to be just like jonah lomu:( i cried the day he died

    • @kenlloyd1268
      @kenlloyd1268 Před 5 lety

      @@FortniteSkitz yea, a sad day big loss t family friends & rugby.

  • @glennbotes8937
    @glennbotes8937 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Campo was on a different level altogether. If he played today, Australia would have had to break the bank for him.

  • @mitcholeary1526
    @mitcholeary1526 Před 3 lety +3

    One of the greatest ever people these days don't realise how good he was, top 3 winger ever some may argue the greatest.Wasn't renounced for his defence but made up for every miss tackle with a try or an assist.

    • @tomstuppence605
      @tomstuppence605 Před 2 lety

      You can't be the greatest winger without being able to defend

    • @mitcholeary1526
      @mitcholeary1526 Před 2 lety +1

      ​@@tomstuppence605 you can't be the greatest prop if you didn't score many tries

    • @chrisbuesnell3428
      @chrisbuesnell3428 Před rokem

      I thought he was very good in defence. Why do you think otherwise?

    • @MrT67
      @MrT67 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@chrisbuesnell3428No, he was a very weak tackler.

  • @guesswho6925
    @guesswho6925 Před 5 lety +6

    Aussies u need to bring back that classic strip!

  • @mr.f.j.vandervyver7090

    Brilliant and sheer genius.

  • @timbuktoo2
    @timbuktoo2 Před 2 lety

    Brilliant to watch..nothing like today....glory days. The game destroyed at the grass roots. Never to win another world cup in my life time!

  • @santiago85
    @santiago85 Před 3 lety +2

    Shiiiit that dude was fast

  • @russe19642
    @russe19642 Před 4 lety

    Being a rugby fan growing up in western australia being an afl heartland he gained huge recognition and heard capmpsie talked about,which was unbelievable if youve been to afl dominated states in australia. Also johan got the same as,aussies just love champions of any game

  • @KernowekTim
    @KernowekTim Před 4 lety

    Fantastic Wallaby. Superb try-scoring attacking genius of his generation. True great of World Rugby.

  • @matcole9896
    @matcole9896 Před 3 lety

    Bring back the glory days.

  • @michelletans687
    @michelletans687 Před 4 lety +1

    I'm a kiwi and I enjoyed watching campo play! Glad he retired back then lol

  • @ldfreitas9437
    @ldfreitas9437 Před 2 lety +1

    Hard to say who was the best winger of all time, but Campo is right up there with the top.

  • @brucewilliams4152
    @brucewilliams4152 Před 2 lety

    One of the best of the best

  • @jacodejager7912
    @jacodejager7912 Před 7 lety +25

    Please make a tribute of Tim Horan he was the best 12 the game has ever seen

    • @RealRugby
      @RealRugby  Před 7 lety +5

      The greatest inside centre ever in our humble opinion! It's in the works, we'll see what we can put together for you. Stay subscribed!

    • @villageboy1304
      @villageboy1304 Před 5 lety

      Jaco De Jager I disagree Walter Little was

    • @neilcarpenter2669
      @neilcarpenter2669 Před 5 lety

      How would you know, he can only be the best you've ever seen.

  • @potterj09
    @potterj09 Před 2 lety

    A true dangerman. What an athlete.

  • @joshkarena3058
    @joshkarena3058 Před rokem +1

    Campo, my favourite Australian Rugby Union player, apparently Australian Coach Bob Dwyer did not like David Campese play wearing his wrist bands. I don't know why, he still got the job done.

  • @royameperosa9798
    @royameperosa9798 Před 4 lety

    Great player of all time

  • @jacquelinefox2632
    @jacquelinefox2632 Před 4 lety

    I miss the rugby, too. X

  • @Ulbre
    @Ulbre Před rokem

    I worked with one of Campo's Randwick & Tah team mates and he would describe Campo as being quite aloof, not one of the boy's when it came to celebrating and partying.......he stressed that this wasn't a bad thing, this was just how Campo was and part of what made him great

  • @byronbarker6860
    @byronbarker6860 Před 7 měsíci

    Held the international try scoring record for a very long time - a wopping 64 tries! Only because of the frequency of test matches did another play just pass his record. Remarkable record, remarkable player.

  • @direct9945
    @direct9945 Před 4 lety +2

    that was Australia at is best back then a very top team exellent

  • @user-bp8dk7yn8y
    @user-bp8dk7yn8y Před 2 lety

    David is my hero🎉

  • @maxhalley
    @maxhalley Před 4 lety +2

    3:52 is where you can really see that electric turn of pace.

  • @MrX-wd8cm
    @MrX-wd8cm Před rokem +1

    Forget how great this guy was.

  • @Rugby-yp2kp
    @Rugby-yp2kp Před 6 měsíci +2

    The man who had it all, except tackling ability

  • @grandslam1998
    @grandslam1998 Před 7 lety +3

    Bella Bravo!

  • @waynegordon4975
    @waynegordon4975 Před rokem +2

    Im surprised that the league code did not lure him in the 80 s when union was an amateur sport. He would of been a big hit in Rugby league with his speed.

    • @MrT67
      @MrT67 Před 6 měsíci

      Couldn't tackle. He wouldn't have been a good fit for league.

  • @MarsFKA
    @MarsFKA Před 7 lety +7

    02:16 1986 Rugby World Cup game. Referee Keith Lawrence got *that* call badly wrong!

  • @SPOOKSTR
    @SPOOKSTR Před 5 lety +1

    1:13 What a magnificent try.

  • @rbrooke2379
    @rbrooke2379 Před 4 lety

    Fantastic player, but also what team play from his back line!

  • @drfelixcjchivandire9550

    The Myth, The Legend!

  • @cedrikberlioz2968
    @cedrikberlioz2968 Před rokem

    Un grand joueur de rugby.

  • @rbrooke2379
    @rbrooke2379 Před 4 lety

    5:39 I'm speechless. My God!

  • @user-dw4qc1xv3q
    @user-dw4qc1xv3q Před 4 lety +1

    この時のワラビーズが大好きなんですよ。
    この、ライナー、キャンピージー、ニックファージョーンズのいたワラビーズが。
    今のオールブラックスもフォックスとカーワン、マイケルジョーンズいたオールブラックスもすごいですけど。

  • @Dodiwho1
    @Dodiwho1 Před 4 lety

    So many forward passes from Australia

  • @user-dw4qc1xv3q
    @user-dw4qc1xv3q Před 4 lety +1

    ライナー、ニックファージョーンズ、ティムホラン、そしてキャンピージーがいたワラビーズが自分のワラビーズの好きな理由であり、今尚ラグビーの全てです。

  • @Adam-oy4ix
    @Adam-oy4ix Před 11 měsíci

    Campo was a genius - far more than just winger for many years. Saw the writing was on the wall when he faced Lomu though......

  • @heinrichfourie6454
    @heinrichfourie6454 Před rokem +2

    i miss the way the backlines where passing the ball

  • @user-uw2xl9lv2v
    @user-uw2xl9lv2v Před 4 lety

    この頃のワラビーズはファンタスティックだった。キャンピージに代表されるバックスのセンス抜群のアタック。絶妙の間合いでスペースにボールが投げだされ、そこにどこからでもプレーヤーが顔を出してくる。美しいトライがたくさんあった。

  • @richardredmond1463
    @richardredmond1463 Před 2 měsíci +1

    When Australia produced genius rugby players....

  • @clundgeweep
    @clundgeweep Před 4 lety +1

    Lol at the amount of forward final passes to Campo

    • @gunneronfire
      @gunneronfire Před 3 lety

      No such thing as forward passes in the 80's!! Still though a great player

  • @adambamf9365
    @adambamf9365 Před 6 lety +4

    1991 at eden park my first rugby game. The All blacks have the wallabies on the line and campese is less than 3 meters away from me