 All right everybody, what is going on? Welcome back to another video and welcome back to another installment of the top 10 greatest New Zealand All Blacks of all-time video series. This video series is a bit of a passion project for me. It coincides with the 2019 Rugby World Cup which starts tomorrow, believe it or not. Today's video we're focusing on a player that I didn't get the pleasure of seeing play a hell of a lot. I was born in 1990. This man began his All Blacks career in 1987 and ended it 10 years later in 1997. So I do recall one particular moment from this man's career, Zin Zan Brooke, and it was in the 1995 World Cup and he hit a 48-meter drop goal as a forward. Now if you're talking about American football standards, this is a lineman hitting a 53-yard field goal. Drop goal, not a field goal, a drop goal. He had the skills, the speed of a back, but he had the strength, the power, and the grit of a forward and that made him one of the greatest players of all time. Zin Zan Brooke, born Murray Zin Zan Brooke, was born on Valentine's Day, February the 14th 1965 in a place called Waiuku in New Zealand. He was listed as 1.9 meters tall, that's six foot three. 102 kilograms, which is 225 pounds, and he attended Mahurangi College. Zin Zan Brooke has a brother who's almost just as famous, played in the All Blacks but isn't a member of this top 10 list and his name was Robin Brooke. They were both absolute powerhouse forwards for the New Zealand All Blacks. Zin Zan Brooke played 58 tests for New Zealand within that 10-year period, but he also played another 42 international matches for the All Blacks that aren't actually counted towards caps as they call them. Back in the day, 20 years ago before the era of professional rugby came in in 1995 with the inclusion of Super 12, a professional tournament held between Australia, New Zealand and South African teams. Before that there were a lot of matches that weren't actually counted as tests but they've you know they were still televised and it turns out Zin Zan Brooke played 42 of those. Nowadays basically every single match that an international team is going to play is is counted as a test. You get a cap. Zin Zan Brooke has a total of 58 caps although he did play a hundred total games which is no small feat. Within those 58 test matches Zin Zan Brooke scored a record 17 tries. This was a record among forwards. As I mentioned before Zin Zan Brooke had had the skills of a back but played in the forward so at the time 17 tries as a forward was a huge amount. In 1997 Zin Zan Brooke retired from international rugby and headed over to England to continue his playing career which he did for a fair few years. One final fact I will throw at you is about the drop goals. In the modern game a forward just would never ever take a drop goal. It just doesn't happen. You pass it to your fly half your number 10 who takes the drop goal possibly a fallback definitely a person in the backs not necessarily a forward. Zin Zan Brooke took that drop goal that 48 meter drop goal and it wasn't a fluke. He actually hit two more. His final one being in his final year of playing for the All Blacks at a stadium called Wembley Stadium. Wembley Stadium holds 90 to 100,000 people at the time in 1997 no one had scored a drop goal at that stadium. It was a soccer stadium. Now 20 years on there's been heaps of matches played at that place but back then that was one of the first and Zin Zan Brooke hit a drop goal at Wembley and became the first ever rugby player to score a goal at Wembley and that went down in history. Since then I'm sure it's happened plenty of times. Don't quote me on that but that is just a fun fact for you about the legend Zin Zan Brooke. So guys sit back relax and enjoy the best of Zin Zan Brooke. The video excerpts you see after this little piece from me are actually from this DVD that I picked up not too long ago from a second hand store. I saw it. I watched it. It gave me goosebumps from the moment I put it on to the moment I left and I thought you know what my YouTube channel deserves to see this especially for the fact that the World Cup literally starts tomorrow the 2019 World Cup. So if you do hear references throughout this DVD if you do hear references throughout this this top 10 series about World Cups the first inaugural Rugby World Cup was held in 1987 since then it's been held every four years. New Zealand have won the first in 1987 then they had a massive gap of over 20 years to 2011 when they won it for a second time 2015 when they won it for a third time and now New Zealand will be going for a third World Cup in a row which has never ever happened before. So without further ado I want you to sit back relax and enjoy Zin Zan Brooke. Zin Zan Brooke was so talented a ball player and had such great mobility and handling skills that many considered that he might have represented New Zealand in the back division. He's rightly considered to be one of the great all-time all-black number eights. Again the New Zealand scrim confident enough to take on Brooke scores good defensive work by the left winger but it's still not safe for Newport the ball bobbling around as Piers comes on the charge Zin Zan Brooke yes over the tried. When he retired Brooke had played 58 tests for New Zealand and captained Auckland Blues to Super 12 championships in 1996 and 1997. He also scored 17 tries in test matches which was at the time a world record for a forward. Once again John Mitchell drawing Brian Renwick not even looking where he was passing straight into Zin Zan Brooke good friend just too strong and underneath the post. It was John Mitchell with the pickup again and now out to Ellis Ellis who's desperately quick and big this is the replacement on the field he's looking for the support coming up taken again by Zin Zan Brooke as he made it a third try he has reached over and got a third score. You can see the brilliant support coming up on the inside there he stops that's awareness for you straight into Zin Zan Brooke takes it one handed and just manages to stretch over for the try one handed again and then the juggernaut comes in and lays it back impression goes once again beautifully out to Howarth once more Howarth chased by Parker he's got Erone Clark inside him Clark gives it on to Zin Zan Brooke his fourth try for the New Zealand skipper well this I reckon is one of the most enterprising and one of the most skillful flank forwards in the in the business certainly that I've ever seen instinctive that was by the big flanker Marshall once more Zin Zan Brooke. Cooper well held in midfield so important that for Scotland that their midfield holds but again a lovely ball from Forster to Ellis Ellis with that lovely sidestep and that flaring pace of his on there to Olo Brown Olo Brown caught by Gavin Hastings 10 meters out from the Scottish line a great chance here as Fitzpatrick goes still turning on to within one meter Forster once more Zin Zan Brooke the referee was beautifully positioned it's a third try for New Zealand Zin Zan Brooke seventh try in test matches for his country he's thrilled so are New Zealanders and there's the feedout from Forster to Zin Zan Brooke a lovely low drive look at the referee's positioning perfect still scrum to New Zealand again it was a tight call from the referee that could be an important one Zin Zan Brooke is on the well in and the twins are within five meters and driving ever closer it's the second try and it's come to Zin Zan Brooke and they're right back into the game very similar to the first it came quicker from the line-up possession and Zin Zan Brooke has brought the Harley Quinn's back within four points