(almost) Friday funnies - top 5 bombed tries

When it comes to to err extracting the urine the Aussies rank up ion the top league.

With that in mind, here's Fox Sports' top five bombed tries of all time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_EwALPEKESc

Anyone have any other nominations?

Just what I needed Kiwi!

Thanks!



I love the Carling one especially!

Lovely stuff. A few swans there without an egg. And Carling.... "Number Nine, you're making it worse!"

Cant watch the link in work. Who were the tries by?

GunsGerms wrote:Cant watch the link in work. Who were the tries by?

Non-tries were:
1) Will Carling (carried over the dead ball line by tacklers)
2) Greg Somerville for the Rebels
3) Leguizamon for London Irish (Splashton goes wrong)
4) Ben Kay (RWC 2003)
5) Ndugane for Shawrks vs Crusaders (with some nice Shark tank cheerleader shots too )

Pete C (Kiwireddevil) wrote:

GunsGerms wrote:Cant watch the link in work. Who were the tries by?

Non-tries were:
1) Will Carling (carried over the dead ball line by tacklers)
2) Greg Somerville for the Rebels
3) Leguizamon for London Irish (Splashton goes wrong)
4) Ben Kay (RWC 2003)
5) Ndugane for Shawrks vs Crusaders (with some nice Shark tank cheerleader shots too )

Thanks. No. 3 is brilliant. I think we'd all love the see Ashton do that.

Just watched all the others and they are FANTASTIC!!!!

Very very funny.

It does make most of our Sports programmes look dull!

Yea they are so much better, I just dont think the English Sky crew could do a similar show though, they all take themselves a bit too seriously.

The ESPN crew though, they would be quality.

Oh and you have to love Matt Dunning, he is everything a prop should be!

yappysnap wrote:Yea they are so much better, I just dont think the English Sky crew could do a similar show though, they all take themselves a bit too seriously.

The ESPN crew though, they would be quality.

Oh and you have to love Matt Dunning, he is everything a prop should be!

... except a scrummager

yappysnap wrote:Yea they are so much better, I just dont think the English Sky crew could do a similar show though, they all take themselves a bit too seriously.

The ESPN crew though, they would be quality.

Oh and you have to love Matt Dunning, he is everything a prop should be!

you mean a drop goal legend????

Love the Will Carling dig, even 20 years on they're still going on at him... they must really have loved Princess Diana!

Well he did use his own shovel for that particular dig though, fa0019.

Seeing as it's Friday, these are a laugh. Not sure what they were thinking in France for the number 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go-PyPgZbi0

Pete C (Kiwireddevil) wrote:

yappysnap wrote:Yea they are so much better, I just dont think the English Sky crew could do a similar show though, they all take themselves a bit too seriously.

The ESPN crew though, they would be quality.

Oh and you have to love Matt Dunning, he is everything a prop should be!

... except a scrummager

That's because he's a centre in a props body

Don't think the Ben Kay one merits a place. Yes, he should have caught the ball, but it was incompetence rather than complete muppetry.

However, any link that includes Captain Bumface's failure to ground the ball isn't all bad.

There was an instance in the 1985 Five Nations when Patrick Esteve was over the try line against England and just had to touch the ball down. He slowed up, and I think it was the Richard Harding who was in his blind spot and dislodged the ball before he could score. The match ended a draw.

Im surprised the Fox sports guys didnt have this one, Jeff Wilson and George Gregan:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvA79_K3AcM

aucklandlaurie wrote:
Im surprised the Fox sports guys didnt have this one, Jeff Wilson and George Gregan:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvA79_K3AcM

Did you catch Reunion and the Lions advert with Gregan in technicolour green on top of the cliff awaiting the Gatland clipper...? and Wilsons grumpy look? It still burns him ay? Classic!

The funniest thing about that little incident and Jeff Wilson, was at the beggining of last year Pat Lam was telling Murray Deaker how he had Jeff Wilson now helping him at the Blues, mostly for his brilliant technical skills.

Murray said to Pat "maybe you should of checked with George Gregan first".

kiakahaaotearoa wrote:Seeing as it's Friday, these are a laugh. Not sure what they were thinking in France for the number 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go-PyPgZbi0

Aah the golden age of Stade Francais pre-match entertainment! Always good comedy value. I thought this one would be number one but have to say the highlander one has so much awkwardness it has to be up there!

I just saw a new candidate in the Canada vs Fiji Test. Canadian winger sprints the length of the pitch. Could have gone straight to score but stepped inside the defender instead of beating him on the outside. His step was good but he was a little off balance as he went over the line. He ended up leaving the ball slightly behind as he attempted to touch it down. Referee ruled a knock-on.

Will look for highlights online later. It happened about 10 minutes into the second half.

Here we go.

The incident takes place around 51 minutes into the match when a Fiji attack begins to break down.

Go to the 1:04:30 mark in the following video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qem7UmeAU98

Nice one Rugby Fan. That's a shocker. He just needed to keep running straight. But when you look at the Fijian winger coming back just before the Candian winger steps back, I don't rightly know how that Fijian got even into the frame. Incredible pace.

That singing at the start of the video is shameful. They really shouldn't put mikes anywhere near the players. At times the woman singing the anthem and their singing were worlds apart.

kiakahaaotearoa wrote:That's a shocker.

He was shell-shocked afterwards. I liked the way two of his team mates raced up to lift his spirits straight away. He wasn't right for a few minutes.

Spoiler:

Following on, here's the top 5 solo tries list
http://www.rugbydump.com/2013/06/3242/the-top-5-individual-tries-of-all-time-rugby-hq

Will Genia skinning McCaw, Carter, SBW, Guildford & Maitland to win the SXV final still hurts