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Here’s a tribute to Campo from Rugbydump.com
Just watching it stands the hairs on your neck up.
The problem of having a Campo is that he’s shaped the way a hell of a lot of us think about Australian attacking rugby, and the realities have often disappointed since!
One of the things you notice is his ability to offload at the right time (in these highlights anyway) and find his man with the pass.
Matt a.k.a Gagger or GAGR (short for GreenAndGoldRugby, not a fetish)
Matt started G&GR just before the 2007 Rugby World Cup and has been enslaved ever since. You can follow him on Twitter here http://www.twitter.com/Matt_Gagger
5 Comments
Shane Sullivan
Posted December 28, 2008 at 2:03 AM
You forget just how brilliant he was. A pity we got hung up on the media tart and forgot the Rugby Player (myself included) when he was looking for a coaching spot in Australia. Wouldn’t we love him around these days!
Matt, watching this tape makes me wonder about the fact that even though the current players are much bigger and stronger, are they BETTER PLAYERS than players like Campo from ‘back in the day’? Maybe the defensive schemes are better now…I don’t know. Great clip, thought!
I reckon so ND. One thing that superior modern defences still can’t deal with are pacey steppers who can read a game. For me Shane Williams is probably the best (only?) current example, and I reckon Campo in his hay day would have matched him.
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Stomper
Posted December 31, 2008 at 2:39 PM
That try against the All Blacks in the 1991 World Cup (at 3:30) still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
I notice that the stuff-up agains the Lions on 15/7/1989 at the SFS was ommited!
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Wagga Magpie
Posted January 1, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Bugger Campo – bring back Bill McLaren I say
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You forget just how brilliant he was. A pity we got hung up on the media tart and forgot the Rugby Player (myself included) when he was looking for a coaching spot in Australia. Wouldn’t we love him around these days!
Matt, watching this tape makes me wonder about the fact that even though the current players are much bigger and stronger, are they BETTER PLAYERS than players like Campo from ‘back in the day’? Maybe the defensive schemes are better now…I don’t know. Great clip, thought!
Sully – is he still coaching in SA?
I reckon so ND. One thing that superior modern defences still can’t deal with are pacey steppers who can read a game. For me Shane Williams is probably the best (only?) current example, and I reckon Campo in his hay day would have matched him.
That try against the All Blacks in the 1991 World Cup (at 3:30) still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
I notice that the stuff-up agains the Lions on 15/7/1989 at the SFS was ommited!
Bugger Campo – bring back Bill McLaren I say