Friday, April 30, 2010
Hong Kong player does a crazy flip to get on Rugbydump

Heres a quick clip for you as the week comes to an end and we start what should be a huge weekend of rugby in the Heineken Cup, Super 14, European Challenge Cup, and Asian Five Nations. This clip comes from the latter.
The tournament kicked off last weekend, with hosts Hong Kong beating South Korea 32-8 to jump six positions on the IRB world rankings, boosting their hopes of qualifying for their first ever Rugby World Cup place.
They play Bahrain today and if they come out on top, will climb another three places up to 30th in the world, which translates to a nine-spot progression in the space of a fortnight.
Tries were scored by Nigel Clarke, Keith Robertson, and Tom McQueen as they went on to pick up an impressive victory that holds them in good stead going into this weekend.
Young flyhalf Robertson notched up a personal tally of 14 points, scoring a try and kicking his points, but also flying over a defender with this flip out of the tackle.
He mentioned Rugbydump in a post match interview when talking about the crazy flip move, so I thought it would be cool to share it on here.
Thanks to the RugbyAsia Channel for the footage, and to Keith for keeping Rugbydump on the map globally. You can keep up to date with the tournament here.
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Posted at 11:04 am | 38 comments
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D Knapp April 30, 2010 2:56 pm

RD April 30, 2010 2:58 pm

Alexander April 30, 2010 3:57 pm

rio April 30, 2010 4:02 pm

Everyone wants to be on Rugbydump.
cheyanqui April 30, 2010 4:53 pm

Rugbydump makes onions cry
Rugbydump makes Chuck Norris too scared to play rugby
cheyanqui April 30, 2010 4:55 pm

Anonymous April 30, 2010 5:03 pm

Continuez comme a Rugbydump!!
Oli April 30, 2010 6:29 pm

Rugby Marquesman April 30, 2010 7:05 pm

dont want to be a pain and rain on the guys parade, but isnt jumping a tackle illegal?
Rolando April 30, 2010 8:41 pm

A good clip really makes my day.
Keep up the good work mates!!
Cheers from Chile
rudy April 30, 2010 11:17 pm

Anonymous April 30, 2010 11:29 pm

RugbyDump so skilled it can unscramble an egg!
dont want to be a pain and rain on the guys parade, but isnt jumping a tackle illegal?"
Yes it is, its dangerous play.
Anonymous May 01, 2010 1:03 am

renfe May 01, 2010 4:14 am

What, c'mon I'd like to see explicit prohibition of jumping over a tackle. Until then, I don't believe that it's illegal. Athleticism ftw.
jeffrey May 01, 2010 7:02 am

Btw great performance by HK against Korea. HK were underdogs but smashed the Koreans to bits. Great backline!
FrankyH May 01, 2010 7:34 am

@ Tui, this wasn't sevens though, this was a proper Test match. Asian Five Nations. :)
fixed end moment May 01, 2010 7:55 am

Anonymous May 01, 2010 8:29 am

Tvrtko May 01, 2010 10:01 am

About this tackle I am surprised if it wasn't refereed as "dangerous tackle". But I hope it isn't because the tackler did nothing wrong. It is a terrible trend nowadays for refs blowing up dangerous tackles whenever a guy is up-ended.
But I wouldn't go that far as calling this flip a skill. It would be a skill if he kept on running after that :)
Anonymous May 01, 2010 11:23 am

It is actually illegal, but this wasnt a jump
.....um.....no... May 01, 2010 2:35 pm

um not really, the guy has been playing high class rugby in hong kong well before he got into nottingham uni, he played for hong kong rugby 1st team at a high standard before he got into nottingham....
...so...yeh, good on nottingham, but definately not a product of them!
Anonymous May 01, 2010 4:07 pm

this game steal from korea.
sergeant stu May 02, 2010 9:11 am

Anonymous May 02, 2010 10:00 am

The tackler wanted to tackle on his leg, but he fell over, so it seemed 'he didn't make contact with the tackler'
It wasnt illegal at all
renfe May 04, 2010 5:06 am

Nowhere in Law 10 did I see anything regarding "jumping over a tackle", which would explain why no referees called this for a foul.
So, either come up with some proof, or stop blowing smoke out of your asses.
Anonymous May 04, 2010 7:59 am

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