Great Try All Blacks Vs Wallabies 1988

Michael Jones with a great break to setup Kirwan for the try, in the Bledisloe Cup game at Concord Oval in Sydney in 1988

All Blacks - 1. Steve McDowell, 2. Sean Fitzpatrick, 3. Richard Loe, 4. Murray Pierce, 5. Gary Whetton, 6. Alan Whetton, 7. Michael Jones, 8. Wayne Shelford (c), 9. Bruce Deans, 10. Grant Fox, 11. Terry Wright, 12. John Schuster, 13. Jeremy Stanley, 14. John Kirwan, 15. John Gallagher

Wallabies - 1. Lawton, 2. Lawton, 3. McIntyre, 4. Frawley, 5. Cutler, 6. Miller, 7. Simon Poidevin, 8. Tim Gavin, 9. Nick Farr-Jones (c), 10. Walker, 11. David Campese, 12. Cook, 13. Grant, 14. Williams, 15. Andrew Leeds

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[meetthematts]

Kirwan is the best ever. Better then Camp-whats-his-face and Joanie Lomu.

[louwar96]

0 security near the try line LOL the good old days

[nicoffnz]

The greatest rugby player of all time.

[lollibop]

gosh , i love it when guys talk rugby (: beauty

[majorcoinz01]

@ImeldaDavies marty holah was good, would have started in any other countries starting 15. when maccaw was in, holah and braid were second fiddle. they are world class. when kronfeld was in, blowers, robertson, vanisi were on top for their respected provinces but kronfeld ruled the nest. kronfeld went on to rule the world like so many nz flankers. change of topic, the world has seen some veru good no.8s. dillagio, kefu, chabal, so'oialo. skinstad, teichman, willie o, ron crib, maka.

[majorcoinz01]

when skinstad first came out, boy he was really good. could have been a great if it wasnt for injuries. crib then stepped up and on his day, was the best no.8 in the world. his rugby days ended prematurely. the others were all world beaters on their day. then along comes spies from s.a.f. now this guy lifted the platform from these guys, i rated him if he kept playing the way he first did, the greatest no.8. but what about his form now, tragic! you dont even hear his name during the game!

[majorcoinz01]

what he did in his early days was phenomenal now hes not even rated for his position. read for the abs now is better! this leads me to what i have always believed, that zinny is STILL the greatest no.8 the world has seen! sure, these guys are faster and stronger than zinny but zinny had the best no.8 rugby brain ever. could do what the backs could do and sometimes even better. only a few people read the game better. zinzan FTW!

[ImeldaDavies]

@majorcoinz01 Oh yeah I agree mate. He was a great support player. I mean yeah an Nz NPC loose forward is everyone elses international quality. Jesus and what a good player Marty Holah was. Man oh man.

[majorcoinz01]

@ImeldaDavies hey, no doubt kronfeld was a legend. hes my favourite nz openside of alltime to be honest. when he was playing, media was calling him a leech in a negative way cos he scabbed tries. isnt that a no7s role? now how good is that? a leech in this case is a compliment. for support play, you would be hard pressed to fins someone better. is just allround play, iceman and maccaw was better. just. nz has been spoilt with talent that our npc players would make national teams in other nations

[ImeldaDavies]

@majorcoinz01 Josh Kronfeld was a legend New Zealands success is based on us having the best loosies in the world. No one else is comparable. Lochore, Kirkpatrick, Shelford, Jones, Mexted (he was bloody good) McCaw, So'oialo, Mourie, Brewer, Brooke the list goes on and on. All were considered the worlds best in their day by the way and I havent even mentioned heaps of others.