McLaren just adds to the authenticity, bloody legend. Love from SA. 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@55ablebof

Жыл бұрын

Love listening to him still.

@errcoche

Жыл бұрын

I guess we were kids but it just seemed so bloody momentous with McClaren commentating even though these were all guys with day jobs and it really wasn't so serious.

@tommyhassan3545

Жыл бұрын

The greatest rugby commentator that ever lived 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@douglasherron7534

Жыл бұрын

@@errcoche They may have had day jobs - Bill McLaren included - but it was always serious - obvious from the way Derek Quinnell rushed onto the pitch...! Have you ever seen one of the match sheets McLaren used to prepare for each game? Must have taken him hours and hours before each match to write them up in his own particular colour-coding.

I remember watching this live when I was ten years old...an absolutely wonderful moment for a very proud man.

Being a British Lion before he got his Welsh cap gives you an idea of how good Wales were then

@Thembisile13

Жыл бұрын

I feel it was unprecedented before this right?

@ericebrard1401

Жыл бұрын

Fully agree At that time wales was indeed on the top and even better than all blacks From france with loves

@Okwegeddit

Жыл бұрын

What year was that?

@douglasherron7534

Жыл бұрын

@@Okwegeddit 1972 - at least that's what it says at the bottom of the blurb.

@agnostic47

Жыл бұрын

@@Thembisile13 Peter Dixon played in 3 tests on the same (1971) Lions tour as Quinnell before he was selected for England.

Just listening to his son Scott talking about this on thedistantpod, made me watch this again, brilliant, father and son, both legends of Welsh rugby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@jones1210

2 ай бұрын

Exactly why I came to watch it too!

What raw passion… that’s what sport is all about. Wonderful 🙌🏻🙌🏻

Derek earned another 22 Wales caps and become a highly respected administrator. He is currenetly president of Llanelli Rugby Club. Remarkably, his three sons, Scott, Craig and Gavin, all played top-flight professional rugby with Craig earning Wales caps in rugby union and Scott Wales caps in both union and rugby league. Sadly Gavin lost the sight of an eye after being injured playing for Llanelli against Crosskeys in October, 2010. The brothers are all nephews of Wales legend Barry John.

@mauricegarvey4631

Жыл бұрын

Nephews of Barry John? Didn't know that. Good blood in that family

@terminallyinquisitive1731

Жыл бұрын

Wow thought he played more games than that - alot fewer games in the calendar back then mind

@jonlahive330

Жыл бұрын

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That jersey he’s wearing is in Greystones Rugby club (home of Nick “Poppy” Popplewell

Amazing he was a lion before he played wales amazing

@MKRM27

Жыл бұрын

That’s not so amazing

@lexdavies3656

Жыл бұрын

A lot of players played for the lions before their country, it was a tradition with the lions to have an uncapped international in the squad

@jamesstafford1514

Ай бұрын

@@lexdavies3656 No, that's the Barbarians who have that tradition. There have been several uncapped players making Lions squad, but not because of any formal tradition.

Met this gentleman today, what a gent.

My games teacher at school was a scrum half, so was in the bench multiple times with Gareth a certain first selection. Something similar happened to him, the great man was injured at the end of the game and he ran up the tunnel to get on before the final whistle. Only touch of the ball he had was when the opposition scrum half let him touch the ball before he fed it into the scrum, I.e. not in play! Welsh cap got displayed at school assembled, legend is that it got passed around and someone nicked it! Never managed to prove that. RIP Clive Shell

@seanharrington730

Жыл бұрын

She'll and Bevan, what a combination

@huwlewis9059

Жыл бұрын

@@seanharrington730 yes, JB was a teacher at a school in Port Talbot, so great fun when we played them. He was lost very young, sadly.

@seanharrington730

Жыл бұрын

@@huwlewis9059 yes taught at Dyffryn, cancer took him way to soon, very sad about Clive shell think he taught at porthcawl comp

@huwlewis9059

Жыл бұрын

@@seanharrington730 yes, my old school

Good for him, just seems very happy to be there

And Bill McLaren on the mic, what more could you ask for?

Imagine how good the welsh side was.he was a lion before he had a welsh cap.

@oliverhunter9495

Жыл бұрын

Back when the lions used to throw up interesting sub stories. 89 Jerry Guscott had played once for England then became a test lion. Dawson and Bentley in 97 couldn’t even get into the England team yet played in the tests. It’s that unpredictability that miss. In fairness that whole Quinell family where rugby beasts.

@douglasherron7534

Жыл бұрын

@@oliverhunter9495 I heard once, a long time ago, that the boys were basically bred for it as their Mum was a national/ international level athlete (at least that's what I was told/ read somewhere).

I thought we were going to get to see him play...

Ah, the good old days when starting players had to complete the 80 minutes - unless the team doctor judged they were unable to continue through injury! Replacements really were that, and were bench warmers (no cap awarded) unless, like Mervyn Davies here, someone was unfortunate enough to be injured.

@MR-tb4po

Жыл бұрын

Ah, the good old days when we had enough cops to police in safe numbers. Now we are burst. Great entrance, such enthusiasm. Love it. Even as an Englishman

Amazing family never forgot where they came from the way he come out you go to war with him on his side mind 😂

Soo proud of... Xxxxx J Xxxxxxxx

Epic

The father of another great Welsh dual-international, Scott Quinnell!

...maching this ... with the sadly show of Nick White ( Ausie) against SA...from an Argie.

Love the red shirt black shorts, classic kit, wish we’d see it back, white shorts just don’t seem right with red

Worth watching if but to just hear Bruce McLaren again.

@rawschri

Жыл бұрын

I take it you mean Bill McLaren, Bruce was a racing driver ...😂

@crispinaske8293

Жыл бұрын

@@rawschri Indeed i do, many thanks for pointing it out.

He was a B&I lion before he had 1 cap with wales...? How lol

@IndieVolken

Жыл бұрын

was no I in those days - British Isles aka British Lions ; term changed in millennium I recall

@jamesstafford1514

Ай бұрын

Because he was competing in Wales with the best number eight in the world: Mervyn Davies. In those days national teams only played about five or six games a year and always picked their strongest side and there were no subs (only injury replacements). You could literally be the second best player in the world, but if the best player in the world was in your national team in your position, well, you simply didn't play. Quinnell was one of the best forwards in Britain/Ireland at the time, so made the touring party. He just wasn't quite as good as Mervyn!

Based on that .... No.

When the wingers used to throw into the line out

@douglasherron7534

Жыл бұрын

Always good for a bit of comedy that...!

Wales. Calon llan xxxxxxxx

how times have changed I have never seen so many coppers, lucky if we see 2 now 🤣😂

👍🏽 13 🏈

That wasn't a bad Welsh side

that's a record.....

Back when it meant something…

We could have sent the Quinnell bros into war and gave the army a rest . And the biggest and best of them , Fuh , never even played rugby .

@iangregory54

12 күн бұрын

Fuh? Must have been some unit.

He spit in the cooler.

sorry

Passion is our middle name if you are Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Cymru am byth

Suggestion.. Stop allowing lifts in the lineout Only a free kick instead of scrum penalties. Only subs for injuries.

No

It is becoming tiresome the clickbait titles.. is it possible he rushed on because it was already into overtime? Not taking away the moment, if he didn't hurry,the full-time hooter might have beat him.

@huwlewis9059

Жыл бұрын

Old enough that the referee kept time back then 😀

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