Ollie Campbell.....what a goal kicker !!!!! Amazing with the old Gibert ball !!!!

I remember this well and the players believe it or not I was 9 years old never missed a game with our Dad. Hes gone now but we always appreciated the love of sports he instilled in us. When i see these games it brings me back to my youth a simpler time and a sport that was played with passion for the love of the game not money. The reward was pulling on that old green jersey and marching onto the field to represent your country and your people. No greater honor exists in sport win lose or draw.

I’m struggling here with the concept that this is 43 years ago! And as a full grown adult, I watched this match live! 😅. Rugby has progressed and also regressed since then.

@ldfreitas9437

Жыл бұрын

Regressed mostly. All it took was professionalism and making normal looking men into muscular giants.

@derekadams8977

5 ай бұрын

I agree too many players built like tanks, this always reminds me of how I played in the 60s, 70s and early 80s. It was a better game then

Moss Keane RIP, Legend

Those scrums were just fantastic...two teams getting on with it!

@ldfreitas9437

Жыл бұрын

No stoppage for resets. What an idea!

More of these old highlight videos please.

@ldfreitas9437

Жыл бұрын

It's real rugby, not the crap played today.

The old Ireland v Scotland games were always tough battles with no quarter asked for or given. This is a great example.

Wish we could go back to the good ol' schoolboy rugby. Still a great game, just not the same anymore

The old Lansdowne. Had some great times there

@pauldurkee4764

5 ай бұрын

I remember when the wind used to blow down the ground it made it very difficult kicking the ball into the wind. I really like the new stadium with the glass stand at one end that cuts out the wind.

Pas de perte de temps pour faire une mêlée) Thanks for memories

Would be great to see the France England match 1984 I have memories of that match 😅 Love how these teams just get on with rugby

Back in the days when a scrum was quick and exciting. The ball from set pieces was so scrappy that it was hardly an advantage to win it.

Great to see the late Paul McNaughton at 12, in one of his last games for Ireland.

How did TV allow the brown ball?? I remember that McDonnell & Patterson were two great prospects for Ireland but their careers were cut short with injuries, on lions tour. What a garry own by Campbel!l. Irvine was a great full back. Scot had a good team. Other thing to note was the speed of scrum formation, today's game?!

The way they engaged in the scrums - no waste of time. Just hook in and press. Amazing.

I am fairly certain I was there in person at Lansdowne for this match, if memory serves, with my sister. Feb or March 1980.

@SupremeBros2012

9 ай бұрын

Feb 2 1980, how did I know, my brother was born on this day, sometimes you are reminded about events like that and what you were doing

so different to today,scrums,taking back into the 22,kicking dead from restart,staying on the pitch at half time,rugby balls that weighed a ton when wet.I was playing rugby in the royal navy when this was played.

Love the way they used to just stay on the field back then during the half time break.

Rodney O'Donnell. A greatcareer cut short by injury

Loved an international w/e in Dublin

I was 5 happy days

Remember kicking up the turf to make a tee...

Grandissima Irlanda!!

Ah I love this I started to play grade 1981 so round same time scrums just get on with it line out no committee meeting . More actual play time compared to now Tops no walking bill bords and dont look like soccer shirts . Also basically same 30 people start the game is there at the end bar injuries Also if some one lies on ball or tries to stop it coming out of a maul little tap dancing will make them to think twice

Ollie Campbell great player

Was at that game.

👍🏽 4 🏉

That ref fancies himself.

@paultreanor5117

Жыл бұрын

and he was incompetent

God that old stadium was a dump. Mind you the whole of Dublin was a dump in those days.

@AbcdEfgh-zp1sn

Жыл бұрын

Still is a dump

@ccahill2322

Жыл бұрын

@@AbcdEfgh-zp1sn , A bigger dump than ever. Would love to have the old dump back.

1980s. Not a great decade for Irish rugby. Frequently got the wooden spoon in the 5 nations.

@thurmanmerman2720

8 ай бұрын

The 1980s were glory days compared to the 1990s!

the game is so much better now

Oranges on the pitch at half time, pitch like a potato field

Tony Ward got dropped, unfortunately. Renwick: one of the best ever. The first try: most pitches that wouldn't happen today, with those extra short in-goals, now called try zones (like end zones?) Even in parks where there IS room to have a deeper in-goal, some signage for adverts has to be put up to take up the space behind the dead ball line.

@SupremeBros2012

9 ай бұрын

Renwick and Irvine would have been fantastic for the French team with their ingenuity