Posts in Big Hits & Dirty Play
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Midweek Madness - Mils Muliaina's rough night
I often feel for fullbacks. One of the most exposed positions on the field, any errors you make are clear for the world to see. Poor clearing kicks are scrutinised, and dropped high balls normally result in one thing - more up-and-unders heading your direction. MORE »
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Edwin Cocker hit from the London Sevens - NZ vs Argentina
The London leg of the IRB Sevens World Series kicked off today at Twickenham with a game that could have so easily gone wrong for champions New Zealand. MORE »
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Digby Ioane suspended for dangerous spear tackle
Queensland winger Digby Ioane has been suspended by the SANZAR judiciary for a spear tackle in the Super 14 this last weekend. MORE »
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Benson Stanley stops Fetu'u Vainikolo dead in his tracks
Young Blues center Benson Stanley has once again put in another impressive tackle in this years Super 14, this time on the Highlanders flying winger Fetu'u Vainikolo. MORE »
Friday, May 09, 2008
Ma'a Nonu puts in a huge hit on young Force center
Ma'a Nonu has once again made it onto Rugbydump, this time with this sensational tackle from this mornings Super 14 clash between the Hurricanes and the Force in Wellington. MORE »
Sunday, April 13, 2008
George Smith hit hard twice in 30 seconds
Brumbies and Wallabies flanker George Smith is one of the most talented players in the game. He's an absolute master with the ball in hand, and is one of the best ball stealer's on the ground. MORE »
Thursday, April 03, 2008
James Haskell late hit on Jordan Crane
This massive late tackle by the James Haskell went unpunished this past weekend in the Guinness Premiership match against the Leicester Tigers at Welford Road. MORE »
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
French Rugby Mayhem and Tana Umaga Red Card
It was quite an eventful day for French Pro D2 rugby this past Saturday. Not one, but two huge on field fights in different matches resulted in yellow and red cards, one fan being taken to hospital, and a further tarnished image of the French second division. MORE »
Thursday, March 27, 2008
A young Vincent Clerc smashed by Jonah Lomu in 2003
Long before Vincent Clerc was the star French winger that he is today, he was a small, rather funny looking quick guy with a goofy scrum cap. That's how he appeared to some anyway. MORE »
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Greg Holmes shows us how it's done with this great hit
In the past couple of weeks we've seen some shocking tackling, in the Super 14 particularly. I'm not sure if it's the intensity of the tournament, the physicality of some of the players, or just plain over exuberance. MORE »
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Ma'a Nonu high tackle on Clint Newland - banned for one week
This past weekend, we once again saw the back of Hurricanes wing Ma'a Nonu after he was dismissed from the field for putting in a dangerous tackle on Highlanders front rower Clint Newland. MORE »
Monday, March 10, 2008
Anthony Tuitavake burries Odwa Ndungane
Last week we saw Anthony Tuitavake score an incredible try against the Cheetahs , stepping through the defence like they didn't exist, showing what a dangerous runner he really is. MORE »
Monday, March 10, 2008
Gavin Henson knocks down Shane Horgan
It looks as though Gavin Henson was lucky to get away with this hit on Shane Horgan. Horgan is a far larger man and yet he was absolutely flattened by Henson, which makes one think that the shoulder was what supplied the majority of the impact. MORE »
Monday, March 10, 2008
Sitiveni Sivivatu flips JW Jonker into next week
Chiefs winger Sitiveni Sivivatu received a sending off on the weekend for this spectacular 'tackle' on Cheetahs center JW Jonker. Spectacular only for the fact that Jonker got about as high as a Matfield lineout jump. MORE »
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
The Ross Rennie tackle on Brian O'Driscoll
In the Six Nations last weekend we saw Scotland take on Ireland at Croke Park, in a game that produced some splendid tries and examples of incredible skill . MORE »
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Jerry Collins gets hit and hurt by Beau Robinson
I think I saw pigs flying out of Sydney Football Stadium on the weekend, as one of the hardest men in the game was knocked to the ground, and stayed there. MORE »
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Sivivatu comes off second best after this big hit on Nacewa
In this weekends Super 14 clash between the Chiefs and the Blues we saw All Black winger Sitiveni Sivivatu actually come off second best after his huge hit on Blues fullback Isa Nacewa. MORE »
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Mauro Bergamasco smashes the Irish players
Physicality was not something that was missing in Italy's performance against Ireland in the opening match the Six Nations. The tackles came on thick and fast from the Italian back-row, from the likes Mauro Bergamasco and Sergio Parisse especially. MORE »
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Alessandro Troncon floors Peter Stringer in 2001
As Ireland meet Italy at Croke Park on Saturday in the opener of the Six Nations 2008, we thought we'd pull out a clip from a previous meeting between the two sides, from 2001. MORE »
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Brian Lima picks on Mirco Bergamasco in the Tsunami Charity Match of 2005
In 2005 the North Hemisphere faced the Southern Hemisphere in an IRB Rugby Aid match at Twickenham. The match was played to raise money for the United Nations World Food Programme to support victims of the of the tragic Indian Ocean Tsunami that wrecked thousands of peoples lives and homes forever. MORE »
