I’ve been waiting for someone to post a video of Shane William’s magical try against the Boks last Saturday, and someone finally did…
PS: Well I hope you got to see the video before the lawyers at YouTube deleted it. If you didn’t see it, Williams gathered a lose ball about 40m out from the try-line, immediately broke a tackle, and headed down the touchline towards the goal completely unsupported. Initially 4 Boks came right at him. Williams changed direction and made as if he was heading for the goal. Two of the Boks, nearly on him, turned with him, while the other two hesitated. But Williams was faking and he straightened up. A fifth Bok showed up but it was all over and Williams was home. The beauty of the try was that when Williams was hopelessly outnumbered he did the counter-intuitive thing changing direction and running straight towards his tacklers. This caught them off-guard and when he changed back to his original course they were left diving in the dirt and tripping over each other.
BTW, in an article on Planet Rugby Shane Williams ascribes his recent success (12 tries in 10 tests) to having his priorities sorted out: “I love the game more than anything but my family comes first. I think that is the difference. In the past it was rugby, rugby, rugby. Since I’ve got a family and a little girl I now know how to prioritise things.”
Shane Williams, you’re all class!
Filed under: Shane Williams, Springboks, Wales, rugby
You want a video – I want a statue cast in gold depicting the try.
Have you ever before seen a player deliberately running at five opposition international players get them into a total state of confusion where they were falling over each other, then dance away as if his feet were not touching the ground.
Can we inject him with something that will allow him to play on for another ten years.