Thursday, December 01, 2011
Stirling Mortlock's big hit on fellow Wallaby David Pocock
The biggest hit of the Barbarians vs Wallabies game at Twickenham on the weekend was on David Pocock and came from none other than fellow Australian, and former captain, Stirling Mortlock. Here's another look at it, as well as some links to other great moments over his esteemed career.
Mortlock has been out of favour with the Wallabies for some time now, losing the captaincy some time ago and missing out on the RWC. He struggled with injuries for most of his career, and now skippers the Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby. This was his biggest game to date.
"It was a chance to play one more top level game and I jumped at it straight away. I don’t really think it will lead to anything else but I’ve been lucky to have had a fantastic career and this will expand on it," Mortlock said before the match.
This was his opportunity to show his former teammates that at 34, he's still a force to be reckoned with, and while he was on the wrong side of a 60-11 hiding on the day, he still managed to put a few big shots in, with this one on captain on the occasion, David Pocock.
You can take a look at a whole bunch of great Mortlock hits and moments in the list of Related Posts below this clip, and make sure you Register your free Rugbydump account to leave some comments, as well as archive your favourites clips on your own personal profile page.
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Posted at 12:20 pm | 17 comments
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Viewing 17 comments
Philip December 01, 2011 2:36 pm
It must be said though, the pass was a lofty one so Pocock wasn't exactly well grounded to take the hit.
Fettsack December 01, 2011 3:20 pm
stroudos December 02, 2011 1:09 pm
BuzzKillington December 01, 2011 9:59 pm
Pulsey December 02, 2011 5:20 pm
Charlie December 01, 2011 10:15 pm
Pretzel December 02, 2011 7:05 pm
....Barnes is always a tool... haven't we done that one to the death?
Jeroz December 01, 2011 11:43 pm
stroudos December 02, 2011 8:16 pm
"Opportunity knocks but once"
Wish it did knock but once instead of incessantly bloody spamming these comments boards.
Pretzel December 02, 2011 10:33 pm
"When he was in France he spoke fluent French, he bought into the culture and led Stade Francais to the title. In Italy, he spoke fluent Italian. He went in there, found out their culture, bought into their mentality and still brought his own"
Oh bloody hell, so Mallett is going to turn into a whiny, fish and chip lover who will do all his notifications and complaining via strongly worded letters.....
Canadian content December 03, 2011 10:01 pm
Well done stifling, must have felt good
Just Call Me Ehtch December 04, 2011 1:31 am
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15119169.stm
Another one grabbed from Gloucester and England...
Ben Morgan next....
Just Call Me Ehtch December 04, 2011 5:06 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0n--QhZQgI?
What do I know? : )
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