Barbarians Try Against the All Blacks 1973

Gareth Edwards and the boys kick some Arse

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[Billy2110]

Best try ever?? Hmmmm....surely not. Some poor tackling attempts by NZ and half a dozen passes, even with a pacey finish, don't equal the best try ever. Highly overrated. More a case of hyping the 'All Blacks' legend. Good try, but not the best ever. Probably not even the best in 1973.

[jeffroq]

Post the best try then Billy

[dobbyjarjar]

that is the greatest try ever. some of the greatest players ever to exist were on that field. gareth edwards primarily.

[rootber200]

thats so badass dood

[omgimanoobtoo]

@Billy2110 0:07-0:11 'nuff said.

[MancPie]

@mizofan Not sure about that mate, Bath dominated massively and won the Courage/Zurich from 88/89,90/91,91/92,92/93,93/94,­95/96 & the John Player/Pilk Cup 84,85,86,87,89,90,92,94,95,96, and the Heineken in 97/98, a strikingly similar record to Wigan over that period. I don't deny this is a great try, but there are better tries in both codes, the French RU tries being -for me - of higher quality than this.

[mizofan]

@MancPie I've seen those Wigan tries, each involving ex-union players. Superb but this one dazzles. You must know that Bath were hardly as mighty at Union as Wigan were at League- Wigan were a legendary superstar team, Bath suited to the forward grind, as you say, not one of the more exciting Union teams. Far lesser players than Edwards were snapped up by top League teams and did very well. He was a truly great all round player.

[JaKeNsHaKe123]

I dont normally watch rugby..but i do play football...and i envy that play. That was pretty fucking kick ass.

[Vincio81]

Wonderful

[flashart]

This is a great piece of running Rugby-

All over the pitch, loads of passes, the stuff every 7 stone school boy dreams of.

Fact is that when you're on a wet pitch, with a wet ball - and 15 giant men chasing you- you're going to, fumble drop the ball and some of your passes are going to be a bit 'forward.'

Modern professional Rugby has crawled up it's own jockstrap what with all the whistle stop refereeing that takes place.

[JasonRadley]

Nope, you don't get it. This is the greatest try, and was once voted as the BBC's Greatest Sporting Moment, because of the exhilirating combination of action plus genius commentary.

[onemorethingsir]

Ive watched those tries & this one is the greatest...those other tries we're brilliant also....but from Bennet's dancing feet to Edwards dramatic sprint down the line to dive for the score, is pure inspiration!

[MancPie]

A legend? Oh deary. Listen, in 1996 Wigan came to 'Twickers' under RU rules and were rucked and mauled to the point even the Bath fans were booing. The mighty Bath then tried to throw the ball around and Wigan tore them apart, scoring 2 tries from behind their own line. Both through several pairs of hands, the length and width of the pitch. Awesome ties. Bath went back to rucks/mauls. This was of course after Wigan had destroyed them at RL and Robinson spat his dummy out. Here endeth the lesson.