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No - not the bloke from Crossroads - a key part of the greatest ever try imo - what a fly-half he was - RIP Phil Bennett
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[Other Sport] Benny RIP
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Ooh it’s a corner
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KZNSeagull
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Sorry to hear about Phil Bennett. Great player. RIP
It was Gareth Edwards who scored "that try"
Ooh it’s a corner
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Of course it was - my error in posting too quickly - I was at Uni in Cardiff from 75 to 78 and not beforehand a rugby fan but you couldn’t help but be mesmerised by the Welsh team at that time and for me his sidesteps were just beautiful
jakarta
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Lots of people 'scored' it - how many hands did it pass through?
KZNSeagull
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7 pairs in total I think.
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Ooh it’s a corner;10288507 said:
It would have been interesting if the World Cup had existed at that time. They only played New Zealand twice in the 70s. Two very narrow defeats, only four points across the two games.
Bennett was in the Llanelli team that beat them in 1972. I think every Welsh fan over 60 claims they were there.
RIP
Yes, seven: Bennett, JPR, Pullin, Dawes, David, Quinnell, Edwards - all but one of them Welsh, what a team they had then,
Barry John, without the alcohol abuse, he took his no.10 shirt.
One of the greatest to have played the game, RIP.
So many players of that era were instinctive in their play, geniuses.
One of the greatest to have played the game, RIP.
So many players of that era were instinctive in their play, geniuses.
LamieRobertson
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The amount of high tackles flying in there
That’s what struck me when I watched the video on hearing about his passing …quite a difference to present day rules
When Llanelli beat the All Blacks in 1972, there were around ~120 pubs and bars in the town.
All were drunk dry, such was the celebration afterwards. I might be right in thinking that only 1 or 2 other club teams
have ever beaten the All Blacks in the UK and Ireland. There was a superb documentary about the day -
an amazing tribute:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Kv9FXqs1k
All were drunk dry, such was the celebration afterwards. I might be right in thinking that only 1 or 2 other club teams
have ever beaten the All Blacks in the UK and Ireland. There was a superb documentary about the day -
an amazing tribute:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Kv9FXqs1k
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Can't believe the shocking brutality of the game then. Only seen a bit of the action, but playing ref I've already sent three off.
I’m sure Munster did. Ward wasn’t it
Normal Rob
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Always makes me smile that the pass was never meant to go to Edwards. He nicked that try.
Lenny Rider
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A sporting legend, from a golden era of Rugby. RIP
I believe it was. Yes.