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Top 10 best Rugby World Cup tries ever
Check out some of the most outrageous tries ever scored in rugby union with this list of the Top 10 best Rugby World Cup tries ever.
10) Canada vs Italy 2015, DTH Van Der Merwe
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Straight from the kick-off, DTH Van Der Merwe received the ball from his teammate and looked to run down the left-wing, once he shrugged off the first challenge, he found himself in acres of space.
Taking the ball to the halfway line he passed the ball back inside to centre, Ciaran Hearn. Hearn powered through the middle, before popping the ball back to Van Der Merwe to finish off the superb try he had just started.
9) Fiji vs Wales, 2007 – Vilimoni Delasau
One of the greatest ever upsets had one of the greatest ever tries. From a scrum in their own half, the Flying Fijians came up with a real bit of magic in their own special style.
Fiji flung the ball wide to create space, followed by a cheeky behind-the-back pass, caused chaos in the Welsh defence. Vilimoni Delasau took advantage of this and raced down the right-hand side, before a kick and chase routine bounced beautifully for the Fijian wing.
8) England v Wales, 2003 – Will Greenwood
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Jason Robinson was unstoppable this tournament, so when he received the ball in bucket loads of space in his own half, it could only scream trouble for the Welsh.
Taking on at least 5 players, Billy Whizz as he was affectionately known, was able to squeeze through the broken defence before making a sublime pass to his right to put Will Greenwood over in the corner.
7) New Zealand vs Italy, 1987 – John Kirwan
One of the most amazing individual tries the world has ever seen, John Kirwan stepped past half of the Italian squad to touch down 60 odd metres ahead of where he collected the ball.
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The All Blacks had received the ball from the kickoff, and with a couple of passes to the oncoming Kirwan, there was no stopping the man. He weaved in and out with incredible poise, balance, and speed to score a try that has stood the test of time.
6) New Zealand vs England, 1995 – Jonah Lomu
In 1995 Jonah Lomu was at the very height of his powers, and poor Mike Catt did not stand a chance.
Lomu received the bouncing ball roughly 30 metres out from the England try line. From there he went on to beat 2 of England’s finest before bulldozing over the top of Catt, in one of the most famous tries of all time.
5) Japan vs Wales, 2007 – Kosuke Endo
Despite being on the wrong end of a thrashing, the Japanese fans did have something to cheer about.
Taking advantage of the ball coming out of the Welsh ruck on their own 5m line, Japan stole the ball and started a rapid breakaway.
The Japanese evaded every single opposition player with only 4 passes, to touch down just 16 seconds later at the other end of the field.
4) Wales vs England, 2003 – Stephen Jones
Shane Williams was just coming into his own in this world cup, having been in exile from the Welsh squad for years prior. After a barnstorming performance against the All Blacks previously in the tournament, the stadium noise ramped up when the Welsh wing received the ball deep in his own half, with space to play with.
After skinning the first England player he popped a tidy pass to Gareth Cooper. The nippy scrum-half stormed through the middle of the English defence, spotting Gareth Thomas on his left with a beautifully timed pass.
The flying full-back then evaded Jonny Wilkinson’s tap tackle with a lovely falling offload back to Shane Williams. With a quick juggle of the ball, Williams was able to send it back inside for Stephen Jones to finish off a wonderful team try.
3) New Zealand vs France, 2015 – Julian Savea
Julian Savea was known as ‘The Bus’ to many fans. In his prime, he had the pure power to take on any defensive tackler in the world and steam role right through them.
This try was about more than just The Bus himself, however. Dan Carter put up a typically controlled up-and-under for full-back Ben Smith to challenge. Once wonderfully taken, Aaron Smith picked the ball up quickly from the base of the ruck and started to run at the back-peddling French defence.
He flew the ball out wide to the left. One pass later and the big man Savea had his hands on it. 3 huge thumps from the All Blacks wing and he was over the line, with the French defence seeing stars.
2) USA vs South Africa, 2007 – Takudzwa Ngwenya
An interception on their own 5m line saw the USA Eagles dodge player after player as they made their way up to halfway.
It was at that point that speed merchant Takudzwa Ngwenya collected the ball on the far right side to make history by gassing Bryan Habana on the outside, thus finishing an unbelievable try completely against the run of play.
1) New Zealand vs Namibia, 2019 – TJ Perenara
One of the greatest team tries of all time, voted as the International Rugby Players Try of the Year for 2019. The All Blacks‘ TJ Perenara started the break from his own half, before stepping another player and throwing a wonderful falling pass onto his wing George Bridge.
Rieko Ioane picked the ball off the base of the next ruck, quickly then offloading to Brad Weber who was confident enough to flick an outrageous behind-the-back pass to Perenara. Finally, it was up to the talented scrum-half to speed down the touchline, beat 2 players, and dive over in the corner.
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I’m guessing Carl Hayman would have preferred to have stayed in NZ with benefit of hindsight. Up north there is the expectation to play twice as many games with far less ‘player management’ protocols that Paul is now criticising. Less playing through concussions means longer, healthier, careers. Carter used as the eg here by Paul, his sabbatical allowed him to play until age 37. OK its not an exact science but there is far more expectations on players who sign for Top 14 or Engl Prem clubs to get value for the huge salaries. NZR get alot wrong but keeping their best players in NZ rugby is not one of them. SA clubs are virtually devoid of their top players now, no thanks. They cant threaten the big teams in the Champions Cup, the squads have little depth. Cant see Canes/Chiefs struggling. Super has been great this year, fantastic high skill matches. Drua a fantastic addition and Jaguares will add another quality team eventually. Aus teams performing strongly and no doubt will benefit with the incentive of a Lions tour and a home RWC. Let Jordie enjoy his time with Leinster, it will allow the opportunity for another player to emerge at Canes in his absence.
4 Go to commentsLove that man, his way to despise angry little men is so funny ! 😂
4 Go to comments“South African franchises would be powerhouses if we had all our overseas based players back in situ. We would have the same unbeatable aura the Toulouses, Leinsters or Saracens of this world have had over the last decade or so.” Proof that Jake white does not understand the economics of the game in SA. Players earning abroad are not going to simply come back and represent the bulls. But they might if they have a springbok contract.
22 Go to commentsA lot of fans just joined in for the fun of it! We all admire O'Gara and what he has done for La Rochelle
4 Go to commentsThe RFU will find a way to mess this up as usual. My bet is there will be no promotion into the the Premiership, only relegation into National League One. Hopefully they won’t parachute failed clubs into the league at the expense of clubs who have battled for promotion.
6 Go to commentsWell that’s the contracts for RG and Jordie bought and paid for. Now, what are the chances we can persuade Antoine to hop over with all the extra dosh we’ll have from living at the Aviva & Croke next season…??? 🤑🤑🤑
8 Go to commentsWow, that’s incredible. Great for rugby.
8 Go to commentsYou probably read that parling is going to coach the wallaby lineout but if not before now you have.
14 Go to commentsIf someone like Leo Cullen was in O’Gara’s place I don’t hear Boo-ing. It’s not just that La Rochelle has hurt Leinster and O’Gara is their Irish boss. It’s the needle that he brings and the pantomime activity before the game around pretending that Munster were supporting LaRochelle just because O’Gara is from Cork. That’s dividing Irish provinces just to get an advantage for his French Team. He can F*ck right off with that. BOOOOO! (but not while someone is lying injured)
4 Go to commentsDid the highlanders party too hard before the game? They were the pits.
1 Go to commentsWhat a player! Not long until he’s in the England side, surely?
2 Go to commentsHe seems to have the same aura as Marcus Smith - by which I mean he’s consistently judged as if he’s several years younger than he actually is. Mngomezulu has played 24 times for the Stormers. When Pollard was his age he had played 24 times for South Africa! He has more time to develop, but he has also had time to do some developing already, and he hasn’t demonstrated nearly as much talent in that time as one would expect. If he is a generational talent, then it must be a pretty poor generation.
6 Go to commentsThe greatest Springbok coach of all time is entirely on the money. Rassie and Jacques have given the south african public a great few years, but the success of the springbok selection policy will need to be judged in light of what comes next. The poor condition that the provincial system is currently in doesn’t bode well for the next few years of international rugby, and the insane 2026 schedule that the Boks have lined up could also really harm both provincial and international consistency.
22 Go to commentsJake White is a brilliant coach and a master in the press. This is another masterclass in media relations and PR but its also a very narrow view with arguments that dont always hold water. White wants his team to win, he wants the best players in SA and wants his team competitive. You however have to face up to the reality of a poor exchange rate and big clubs with big budgets. SA Rugby cant compete and unless it can find more money SA players will keep leaving regardless of Springbok eligibility and this happened in 2015 - 2017. Also rugby is not cricket. Cricket has 3 formats and T20 cricket is where the money is at. When it comes to club vs country the IPL is king but that wont happen because the international calendar does not clash with the club calendar in rugby. So the argument about rugby going down the same path as cricket is really a non-starter
22 Go to commentsNZ rugby seem not to have learnt anything from professional rugby. Super rugby was dying and SA left before they died with the competition. SA rugby did a u turn on their approach to international players playing overseas and such players are now selected for Bok teams. As much as each country would love to retain their players playing in local competitions, this is the way the world is evolving my friends. Move with it or stay 20 years behind the times. One more thing. NZ rugby hierarchy think they are the big cheese. Take a more humble approach guys. You do not seem to have your players best interests at heart.
4 Go to commentsBeaches? In Cardiff? Where?
1 Go to commentsHe is right , the Crusaders will be a threat. Scott Barrett, ( particularly), Fergus Burke , Codie Taylor, ( from sabbatical) etc due back soon for the Crusaders. There are others like Zach Gallagher too. People can right the Crusaders off, Top 8 , here we come !!
1 Go to commentsWe will always struggle for money to match the other sides but the least the WRU can do is invest properly in Welsh rugby. Too much has been squandered on vanity projects like the hotel and roof walk amongst others which will never see a massive return. Hanging the 4 pro sides out to dry over the last decade is now coming back to bite the WRU financially as well as on the pitch. You reap what you sow.
1 Go to commentsWhat do you get if you cross a doctor with a fish? A plastic sturgeon
14 Go to commentsWhat happened to feleti Kaitu’u? Hasnt played in a while right?
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