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This is considered by many to be the best rugby game ever televised, featuring 'The greatest try of all time', Gareth Edwards' touchdown for the Barbarians against the New Zealand All Blacks, in the 4th minute. The try was the first score of the game that the Bararians went on to win by 23-11. Played in the true spirit of the game, both sides played quality rugby. It was a game of attack and counter attack, with only one winner - rugby football.
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Features * Commentary Track featuring Gareth Edwards, Phil Bennett and David Duckham
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
There's very little to say about this match that hasn't already been said. Quite simply, that explosive start leading to Edwards's try is rugby at its very best. A better try will never be scored, however long the game is played (though the French came very close at Twickers in 1991). Brilliant and breathtaking stuff, with plenty more to follow throughout the game from an amazing Barbarian team.
Sit back, pour a cold one, and enjoy.
Sit back, pour a cold one, and enjoy.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
Watching this 28 years on, you can only wonder how brightly some of the extraordinarily talented backs and loose forwards of that time would have shone today. Everyone remembers Edwards's try, but the game is also memorable for Duckham's sidestepping runs, the fine broken play of Slattery and David, the aggressive commitment of JPR and Bevan, and - for the All Blacks - the genius of Grant Batty. Would the Barbarians have won if the All Blacks had kicked their penalties? This was no exhibition game - it was a coda to the Lions' series-winning tour of New Zealand, and you can see how much the All Blacks wanted to gain revenge. Does anyone know what happened to Wilkinson, the uncapped English lock, distinctive on this memorable day in his Cambridge blue socks?
25 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Whilst the game is one of the best ever televised and a must for all Rugby fans the transition to DVD has not for me been a success. Whether I have received one of a bad batch or not the picture on the left hand side is blurry with a green haze particularly from the main game camera angle. The picture overall has bad definition especially on large modern televisions and is not to the same standard as the video cassette of this game that I bought some time ago. I feel that it may require digitally remastering to come up to the standard of the game it is trying to portray.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Barbarians V All Blacks..... That Try!
After seeing just the clips they show of this game all the time which i never grow tired of it was great to see the whole of this game from start to finish. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr. Jimbo
barbarians v allblacks 1973 DVD
awesome game not a lot to say as its an all time classic, worth every penny and more. bought and sent to me in australia nuff said amazon outstanding yet again thank you :)
Published 6 months ago by cymrujambo
Good buy
DVD arrived within specified time frame and in good condition. Hubby seems very happy with content too! Will shop this way again.
Published 9 months ago by Michelle
no good..........
this dvd will not play on the dvd player or on the computer....do I need a different kind of dvd for the USA??????
Published 15 months ago by Fremont Dorsey
Brilliant in every way
Bought this as a Xmas present for rugby playing nephew (aged 11) and I was tempted to keep it for myself (have to buy another copy!). Read more
Published 16 months ago by Elli Fitz
Barbarians All Blacks 1973 DVD
Claimed to be the greatest rugby match ever played and that's probably how it felt at the time. The Barbarians attack is fantastic. Read more
Published on 11 May 2010 by A. Smith
The Greatest Rugby Game Ever Played?
The short answer would have to be - no. But it has some of the best passages of play ever played and is a testimony to how the game was played some 30 years ago. Read more
Published on 23 Jan 2010 by Mr. Fintan Mcmahon
The best game ever. The classic of classics
Simply the best rugby match I have ever seen, with some of the best players ever. It bears re-watching over and over.
Published on 3 Dec 2009 by Reader
Delighted
I was delighted with this memorable DVD. As a former player and having played against several of the Barbarians appearing in this match, it brought back many delightful memories. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2009 by The Erudite Exile
Rugby Heaven
If you've heard people talk about how the game of rugby union was so free-flowing in the amateur days...well it wasn't always quite like that! Read more
Published on 28 May 2009 by Dai
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