The rugby nostalgia thread

[Tex]

Here's a great one - KB (Kurtley Beale)'s high school highlights.

 

[Tex]

Could've played 10s and won some of those games.

 

[The torpedo]

Bit of a fun anecdote from Matt Burke's Kicking it Around the Globe from the week of the 2003 RWC QF.

(Context: Morgan Turinui had just won about $100k from getting the first four in the Melbourne Cup that year)

I've mentioned that we were running fit, but old Morgan was just that little bit off the pace when fatigue set in. That was the straw that broke the camel's back, with Eddie Jones being the camel.

(a paragraph about the lead-up)

Morgan was starting to slip behind like an injured buffalo who couldn't keep up with the herd. We did our best to encourage him, but to no avail. Then, as we set out on one of our runs, flying down the far touchline as Morgan lost touch with the group, the next scathing words we heard were from Eddie Jones.

"Morgan, what the fuck are you doing? Keep up, it looks like you're running with 100 grand in your pocket you're going so slow."

 

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[kiap]

Worth a watch from back in the 80s!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=871259217083687