Do you remember the 97 All Blacks game v Llanelli? If you do, please remind us of the score as our memories are fading. We only remember the year 1972.
@@robertroberts2666 Yes Robert it was 3 v 96 and the fullback Cullen had a stormer. Privaliged to be there for that one also. I got soaked in the Grahame Mouri side encounter also. Game of two halves , shall we say. I miss those touring side matches don't you ?
I watched this a couple of years ago. As a Welsh born person living in NZ, for me the biggest thing of this film was the video evidence of Keith Murdoch really kicking the shit out of any opponent that was lying on the ground. Or standing up. I'm glad the game has changed.
I feel that every team has its dirty players but occasionally you get one who goes beyond being dirty and that is sad for the team they play for as inthat tour the ABs had a very skilled squad but because he was so cynical and dirty he was noticed much more than normal and in fact I feel he was the main cause of there defeat, playing hard like 90% of rugby players is acceptable but it's the 10%of dirty players which will always be more noticeable sad but true.
Old working class communities...tough lives but people looked out for each other and it was a high trust environment. Attributes that Britain has lost over the last 40 years...
I was 8 yrs old and a pupil in Furnace CP school when this match was played no more than 300 yards from my school . When the game ended I thought the school was going to collapse , to this day I have never heard such a noise, it was wonderful .
This is fucking brilliant! My heart swells with pride over the lovely folk. Carwyn James was such a rugby visionary and a true forward thinker. Wales what the heck happened?!?!
I was there that day sitting on the benches behind the posts with the Grammar School. Bizarrely I remember buying an All Blacks rosette. What a day, brilliant film.
I was a New Zealand teenager, and remember waking to the news about this result. That day everyone was expressing surprise, but then acknowledgement of a great team effort and enormous respect. Watching this it is interesting how the thugishness of a Keith Murdoch was seen as part and parcel, wheras nowadays such a player wouldn't have made the tour. BTW Grant Batty was always an ungracious sod.
Yes, don't want to sound like an old bore but - those were the days. Before money turned sport into a guns for hire bore like every other part of life. Sport had resonance precisely because it wasn't about financial gain. It was about pride and passion and belonging and belief. it thrived in Wales because it was integrated in the tough culture, with Chapel, and work and home life. The strength of the play came up through the ground. Now it's passed down from on high, in boardrooms and corporate lunches. And every team looks the same. The sense of identity is lost. This documentary is beautifully made, the narration is superb, the interviews are genius, the use of footage is spot on. I'm an Aussie - but I cheer for Wales.
Anne Browning exactly what I always say money has taken over every sport that’s why I love seeing welsh vallys blood and thunder club rugby that is just played for the passion and most importantly fun.
As a Welshman who has lived in NZ for 40 years, it was so good to see Benny, JJ, Delme and all the other heroes talking about that momentous day so long ago ... Thank you ... that was wonderful.
As an Englishman, even I have to admit what an unbelievable achievement this was, a Welsh town beating the mighty All Blacks? Wow! Wales had a collection of all time great rugby players, all at 1 time, together in the 70s. To me, JPR Williams was the greatest no 15 of all time, and Gareth Edwards the greatest player of all time.
Six provincial sides have beaten them,and good on them.The All Blacks are as guilty of arrogance as anybody else.However,we have set the bar for a long time and when we are beaten it is celebrated with much more vigour than usual.It will be a long time before someone else matches our record.
@bubblesleon5736 Yes I know, Wales sent observers to see how they were beating everyone.The All Blacks captain was an Irishman and most of the players were from Great Britain.
Shows good men with pride. I a Kiwi but respect these guys for what they did that day. I remember going to school and hearing of our All Blacks being beaten. I was 10 and just couldn't understand how we could loose. Llanelli I still remember you and that day you beat us. Good on you guys this is want Rugby is all about Respect, and passion. Long after we are all gone that day will still be talked about.
Nigel Higgins BOLLOCKS! Never heard such Bullshit in all my life! It kinda slipped your mind that a near full-strength All Blacks annihilated Llanelli 25 years on by 84 points to 3 did it?
Wrong score,wrong attitude. You sound like a bitter soccer type. Llanelli got hammered by a pro side that went against the now normal protocol of not . Thats how much pain THAT game did to that team that they'd do that. And I love them for doing that,regardless of the result. I'd rethink that Celtic part of your nickname if I was you.playing club sides anymore
If Carwyn James had been given full control of the Welsh national team in the 70's Wales would have beaten the All Blacks at least once in that decade. I've always thought he deserves a biopic and maybe Michael Sheen could do him justice as he did Brian Clough perfectly and he comes from Port Talbot which is not far down the road from Llanelli
Yes , agree. More docu/dramas , documentary's . To emphasise to the younger Welshman that rugby matters in Wales. Play like no ones watching and sing like no ones listening. That was Welsh rugby , right there. Great name for a documentary or film ?
I´m a proud Englishman but have always held the highest respect and admiration for Wales as a country and Welsh rugby. Nowhere else has the atmosphere and deep roots of rugby like Wales, not even New Zealand!
I've lived in Australia for 60 years now, but I'm originally from Swansea, which is Llanelli's great rival. Watching the passion and pride shown by these great players and their supporters still brings back memories. And to think that in those days rugby was a strictly amateur game, those men played for the love of the sport. I normally find sports documentaries boring, but this had me enthralled from the first few seconds.
Kingk1w1 with all due respect it was every day occurrence for new zealand players because it has always been win at all costs, i.e. andy haden jumping out of line out to win a last minute penalty against Wales in Cardiff, i think as a team you really don't need to cheat but now people of my era in the 70's always remember the foul play and cheating when you find yourselves looking down the barrel of defeat, so please don't mix this up with hard play !!!! Kieth Murdock was an animal a thug and should have been arrested for some of his dirty foul treatment !!!!
@@williamrees8048 ...that penalty was given for the Welsh player pushing an all black in the front of the line out.the ref didn't even see Andy from were he was standing..in saying that Andy had every intention to win a penalty which was ugly and unnecessary. we want to win but I personally wouldn't except winning like that.
As a kiwi, I can say this is brilliant! We are now living in a world where rich club owners are turning our teams into mercenaries for hire. In this clip, we see true Llenelli local players being supported by true Llenelli local people and coming out on top. This what we really live for and want to see!
Oceansnz Sorry to bring you down to earth from your rugby utopia mate but for many seasons now Llanelli have been at the forefront of diluting their Welsh identity by employing second rate foreigners/ journeymen at the expense of home grown talent ie name me the last Llanelli born lock forward to play for Wales?
Excellent Story.I dont remember it as was only a toddler but excellent for LLanelli and the sport of rugby. Truly one of those giant killer stories. Also the whole village ran out of beer!, excellent. The whole village pulled together on this day and toppled the worlds best. Murdoch that All Black bloke with the tash, punched most of the welsh players and punched a security guard later that night and was sent home in disgrace. Then gave up rugby and vanished lol.
I was there also. I bought the Centenary pin, the Sospan Fach, and after first watching this video a couple of years ago, I managed to arrange to donate the pin to the Browns Hotel in Laugharne, in a framed presentation along with the ticket for the game. It took me over an hour to get out of town in my car, because the streets were clogged with drunk Welshmen crying with absolute joy.
In 1972 I was 16 and was listening to the game on the radio, I sang the anthem in Welsh as my mum taught me,,I was crying when the try was scored I was cheering through the game and more so at the final whistle and I've just again had tears in my eyes, why did this happen? It's because I'm proud and pleased to say I know where I was the day Llanelli beat the all Blacks. And I'm an English man born and bred, 50 years ago and it is still so clear in my mind, in today's game 4of the all black team would have been sent off for some of the things they did but the scarlets never gave an inch.
What could ever beat this, a wonderful hour of movie magic reflecting the passion, skill and toughness of 15 giants of Welsh Rugby. 126 licensed premises drunk dry. Marvelous.
As an English man, I bow my head to my Welsh brothers and sisters, in general & especially for this incredible victory..... Love & Respect, Gus, Old Windsor, Berkshire.
I was there watching my team the All Blacks play this star studded team I was part of a team that was on a social team that had team mates from club team one of them was Keith Murdoch who was sent home. The atmosphere was electric, I was separated from my team mates so I was cheering for LLanelli . That town would would run out of beer that night, which was amazing for a coal mining town. The fullback for the All Blacks was NZer with lebanese back ground & only one to make it as an All Black his name is Joe Karam who would later in life Represent a man from the same city as us Dunedin David Bain accused of murdering his own family which was the most controversial case in NZ history. I was brought up Lebanese not knowing I was of Scottish English & Yes Welsh descent on my mother side I wrote a book titled " Switched At Birth- My Life In Someone Else's World" by Frederick J. George I had a drink with Derek Quinell's wife after the game.
So sad to hear of Phil Bennet's passing. Had the privilege to watch him play. Superb player and a wonderful ambassador for the game. Best wishes to the family . A real legend!
And all the little children in Llanelli from now onWill be called Carwyn, Delme, Phil Or Johnand when I'm old and grey, and they put me in a chairI'll tell them their Tad-cu wasWhen the scoreboard readLlanelli 9 Zeland Newydd 3
The shops were closed like Sunday and the streets were silent still and those who chose to stay away were either dead or ill but those who went to strady boys will remember till they die how New Zealand were defeated and how the pubs ran dry. Max Boyce a Welsh legend
This doc just shows that Llanelli is the most rugby mad town in Wales, because of Cardiff, Newport & Swansea each having football clubs in the English league system. Rugby is THE sport in Llanelli.
Thanks so much for posting this - a very special day. It happened when I was a 1st year student one Tuesday afternoon, and Llanelli number 8 Hefin Jenkins played that day. The following day he came into the college canteen for his mid morning coffee with his course mates, the whole place erupted with cheers and a long applause, it was like he was walking on water!. Two weeks later we played second row together in the British Polytechnics Cup. RIP Hefin it was a privilege....
As a K1W1, I too can say this is brilliant. But watching this it makes me feel ashamed that we had to resort to that level of grubbiness in order to win at all costs. Of course you couldn't get away with that now. Dear Ernie - you've been vindicated.
I'm from Munster and we beat the All Blacks back in 1978. It was a huge occasion and probably their crowning achievement alongside 2 Heineken Cups. Very similar scenes to what went on in the aftermath of Llanelli's victory. There's been songs, books and stage plays written about it. Maybe the fact that Llanelli is a club and Munster a province might make their achievement slightly more impressive.
I took a walk on Stradey when all the stand and tanner bank etc. was gone. I struggled to find what I thought was the centre spot and picked a clump of turf. The emotion that rose from my chest overwhelmed me and even if I wanted to, I could not of stopped the tears that flooded out. I cried openly until composure returned. Rugby has never been the same for me since that day. When they took Parc y Strade, my rugby womb, away. I saw the greatest game ever played since Noah took on the flood. Ymlaen Llanelli.
Dai mun , its me, 'smokey' for want of a better handle. What a piece of work thought this film. Jon Gower was head boy at the gram at the time. I find shantos contributions amazing, jj and Bllewelyn. Carwyn vastly undervalued in Wales.
Watching this quite special as im very pro ABs supporter yet I cant help but feel happy and proud for this little place that beat our ABs. Good on them this will be remembered and treasured among them for so many generations to come
Brilliant documentary. Great to hear it from the players involved and also the folk from Llanelli itself and how it impacted their lives. Love to hear folk speaking in Welsh too. Very proud and lovely people. I have very fond memories of visiting the country. Much like home in NZ.
My dad's home town. We visited every year. I missed the match but a year later, 1973, I was in the George & Dragon, aged 10, drinking Pepsi while my dad downed his usual Guinness or two. The barmaid told us about the scenes after the victory. The pub was rammed. The streets outside were rammed. She arrived for her shift but couldn't get near the entrance because of the crowds. She cupped her hands and shouted. 'I work here. I'm a barmaid!'. And then, in her phrase, 'it was like the path that opened for Jesus Christ!'
Like Munster In Ireland In 1978 Llanelly Beat The Mighty New Zealand All Blacks At Rugby The Rugby Equivalent Of Climbing Mount Everest!😊👍❤🤍🖤🤍🏉🏟🏴🇳🇿
What a superb documentary. Beautifully edited, scripted, narrated, perfect music, exquisite detail, (older lady scratching her arse up the alley way). Just wonderful. I'm 59 now, I was 11 then. thank you for this fantastic piece of work.
As a kiwi,seeing this for the first time,....the pride an passion of the players then,incredible.as a 58 yr old i can only imagine the party afterwards.AWSOME.
Scottish football fan here, but who wouldn't be moved by this? Those men were giants playing for their pride, in Llanelli and in Wales. Cymru am byth! 🏴 🏴
As a New Zealander, I can't believe the violence and cheating on show here from the All Blacks. This video is 80 minutes of cowardly punches, late charges and thuggish foul play.
@Athol Birkmyre Unfortunately that was the way the All Blacks played in those days. Other videos of the game show more thuggery, particularly off the ball and missed by the commentators. I gave up watching many yeas ago, but do recall that the first person ever to be sent off in an intenrational was an AB biting off part of somebody else's ear. In Edinburgh I think.
@@alanmcdonald7496 ,that was normal back in those days it wasn't just the ABs who were like that everyone was it's just that not many opposition players could stand up to them and go toe to toe NZ had another player in that side who wasn't dirty but boy he was the last guy you'd want to fight against Grant Batty.
Back in 1972 I was a 16 year old in the Royal Navy,based on a ship in Portsmouth.I was from the highlands of Scotland so it was too far to travel for say a weekend pass.So one time a friend and I thought we would give London a try for a weekend.The Navy had a place were we could stay cheap enough.Antway,we met a couple of girls,from Wales,a place called Felinfol,anyway,I gave my girl the ships phone number,not really expecting her to call,but later on a week or so later,she called,but instead of asking for JME Hutt she asked for ChiefME Hutt,so this is what the gangway guy put over the tannoy,gee,did I get grief for that.However she invited me to Wales for a weekend,she did not need to ask twice.I got a coach to Llanelli and she met me and took me to her mums house,in Felinfol,but we stayed at her sisters place,never gorgot the house had an outside toilet.I went back there a few times,loved the place, liked her a lot as well,but we drifted apart.There was a beautiful park somewere,we used to sit there in the afternoons,just dreaming I guess.I often think of what became of her,I think she was a couple of years older than me,make her 68,69 now.Sorry just seeing the town brought it all back,where has the time gone.
Not only did they beat the allblacks ..they beat a bloody good all black team fell in love with the welsh from that day on spending a couple of joyous years in wales in later years with great luv and respect a kiwi
I’m glad All Blacks are part of their folklore........you can’t write a script any better.....congrats from a lifetime All Black Fan......I remember that game so vividly and I was only a wee boy!! 🔥❤️ sad we don’t do tours like this anymore.......imagine the fine rugby talent that no one gets to see....and in this day and age - maybe make something of themselves in this professional era 🔥
Great win for a Club team, that was simply better prepared and coached on the day than a Young All Blacks team still finding their feet, but the great welsh team from this era could not beat a young and inexperienced All Black team, that was poorly managed and coached, As a Kiwi I know which was the more important result for the All Blacks and that was the great win against the welsh 19-16
the all blacks were so respectful they bowed to the scarlets god bless you all blacks a proud moment from a local team we will never forget have an intense respect for the all blacks and will always support them especially against the Aussies ( my husband is an Aussie and I am welsh} I so remember this was at the game
No,they don't here either. Thats why films like this and your Haka, are so important. Newport did it, so did Swansea and Cardiff too. We also got beat by the AB's too. Which we remember also with pride. Its an forget that day or the All Blacks.honour to play you lot and I'll never
Great day for Llanelli. i think they were the last Welsh club to down the AB's. Though you never know in the modern era if the ABs play a warm up game in Wales again and a miracle happens.
Can't really tell you how wonderful it was to have the All Blacks visit. Any International side really but N.Z. especially. Wish it was less professional and more aboyt the game instead of winning ! The win was terrific as it was unexpected , on this occasion. Well ! A little bit anyway. But the money men and their lawyers and insurance mob have bollocks the game for all. One of the best and probably last , real rugby moments was when the "Terminator" rocked up to Barnstaple RFC. and asked for a game. He got one , FOR THE 2ND TEAM !!!!!! Then wore their socks proudly , turning oht for the Baa Baa's. Simply Wonderful attitude. RIP Terminator. Much respect.
What great place to watch rugby I had the pleasure of watching the Maori Allblacks there following the Maori on tour as well a long way from my town Taumarunui king Country not far from Pine Tree’s home,we lost that day but I will never forget the welsh people and how they made you feel at home that game was around 1981 I’m now 70,the best bloody trip of my life,cheers Wales
My father got us both tickets, my leg was in plaster so I'd have been put in the front but, being a soccer fanatic, I decided on the day I didn't fancy going. So I reckon I'm the only person who can say 'I COULD HAVE been there, but couldn't be arsed'. Guess what, I regret it now.
Watched it 3 times now. Brilliant stuff, Hollywood stuff. Somebody should ask Clint Eastwood to watch this, he could turn it into a blockbuster, all the ingredients are there - including the necessary bad guy.
I'm a kiwi, Watching the passion of other ruggers across the globe is very warming. What a champion club! Great doco
Well said Sir ! And The All Blacks are still the team everyone wants to beat so full credit to them the best of the best!
@@HEEDRECORDS here here Ceri
Do you remember the 97 All Blacks game v Llanelli? If you do, please remind us of the score as our memories are fading. We only remember the year 1972.
@@HEEDRECORDS Six years on and South Africa and England are now the teams everyone wants to beat. New Zealand are old hat!
@@robertroberts2666 Yes Robert it was 3 v 96 and the fullback Cullen had a stormer. Privaliged to be there for that one also. I got soaked in the Grahame Mouri side encounter also. Game of two halves , shall we say.
I miss those touring side matches don't you ?
the best 60mins of TV i have seen in a long, long time. brilliant......that Murdoch guy WTF.
I watched this a couple of years ago. As a Welsh born person living in NZ, for me the biggest thing of this film was the video evidence of Keith Murdoch really kicking the shit out of any opponent that was lying on the ground. Or standing up. I'm glad the game has changed.
I once saw the ABs playing in Bridgend when JPR got his cheek open up by a boot. For all the quality they were a dirty team
@@MadMarchTaffy ,every team was it's just that everyone seems to only notice the ABs discretions not their own SA were probably the worst
I feel that every team has its dirty players but occasionally you get one who goes beyond being dirty and that is sad for the team they play for as inthat tour the ABs had a very skilled squad but because he was so cynical and dirty he was noticed much more than normal and in fact I feel he was the main cause of there defeat, playing hard like 90% of rugby players is acceptable but it's the 10%of dirty players which will always be more noticeable sad but true.
Old working class communities...tough lives but people looked out for each other and it was a high trust environment. Attributes that Britain has lost over the last 40 years...
I was 8 yrs old and a pupil in Furnace CP school when this match was played no more than 300 yards from my school . When the game ended I thought the school was going to collapse , to this day I have never heard such a noise, it was wonderful .
This is fucking brilliant! My heart swells with pride over the lovely folk. Carwyn James was such a rugby visionary and a true forward thinker. Wales what the heck happened?!?!
Let's keep clear of politics.Just look up who and what came into power at that time. Leave it there for now.
I was there that day sitting on the benches behind the posts with the Grammar School. Bizarrely I remember buying an All Blacks rosette. What a day, brilliant film.
What a brutal game! Half the All-Blacks would have been sent off under today's reffing.
Soz I call you Clanners. What a game. That's why I so admire and respect you guys. J X
Super enjoyable ! Remembering amateur rugby culture at its best Thanks
The only blot on their copybook was that the pubs didn't stock enough beer !
I was a New Zealand teenager, and remember waking to the news about this result. That day everyone was expressing surprise, but then acknowledgement of a great team effort and enormous respect.
Watching this it is interesting how the thugishness of a Keith Murdoch was seen as part and parcel, wheras nowadays such a player wouldn't have made the tour.
BTW Grant Batty was always an ungracious sod.
This is rugby. We play for our brothers and sisters.
I never knew they had this on film
Heroic. 🦊
Dear Da Underground Man
Thank you
All Legends!
I hope brad mooar keeps is promise and scarlets vs the all blacks match happens in Nov 2022 50 years anniversary
Quinnell.rhymes with no swear. Say it loud. Xxxxx
Yes, don't want to sound like an old bore but - those were the days. Before money turned sport into a guns for hire bore like every other part of life. Sport had resonance precisely because it wasn't about financial gain. It was about pride and passion and belonging and belief. it thrived in Wales because it was integrated in the tough culture, with Chapel, and work and home life. The strength of the play came up through the ground. Now it's passed down from on high, in boardrooms and corporate lunches. And every team looks the same. The sense of identity is lost. This documentary is beautifully made, the narration is superb, the interviews are genius, the use of footage is spot on. I'm an Aussie - but I cheer for Wales.
Anne Browning exactly what I always say money has taken over every sport that’s why I love seeing welsh vallys blood and thunder club rugby that is just played for the passion and most importantly fun.
@@lewysnicholas3063 I agree but St.Peters v Risca or Machan v Maesteg ? FUN !
Your spot on though.
So true, so sadly true...
We have a black era Olympics turned into Roman Circus. :(
Not so much fun if you had a wife and kids and a job at the steel works and no help from the fat cat WRU !
Was worth losing just to get a brilliant story like that. Love from New Zealand.
Much love to you from Llanelli.
Agree - what a great watch! Fantastic guys!
As a Welshman who has lived in NZ for 40 years, it was so good to see Benny, JJ, Delme and all the other heroes talking about that momentous day so long ago ...
Thank you ... that was wonderful.
As an Englishman, even I have to admit what an unbelievable achievement this was, a Welsh town beating the mighty All Blacks? Wow! Wales had a collection of all time great rugby players, all at 1 time, together in the 70s. To me, JPR Williams was the greatest no 15 of all time, and Gareth Edwards the greatest player of all time.
An English club beat them also,I can't remember who.
Six provincial sides have beaten them,and good on them.The All Blacks are as guilty of arrogance as anybody else.However,we have set the bar for a long time and when we are beaten it is celebrated with much more vigour than usual.It will be a long time before someone else matches our record.
@@bb21again.67 Swansea in 1912
@bubblesleon5736 Yes I know, Wales sent observers to see how they were beating everyone.The All Blacks captain was an Irishman and most of the players were from Great Britain.
@@bb21again.67Not anymore, most are Polynesian and Islanders or part now, with some European
Shows good men with pride. I a Kiwi but respect these guys for what they did that day. I remember going to school and hearing of our All Blacks being beaten. I was 10 and just couldn't understand how we could loose. Llanelli I still remember you and that day you beat us. Good on you guys this is want Rugby is all about Respect, and passion. Long after we are all gone that day will still be talked about.
Nigel Higgins BOLLOCKS! Never heard such Bullshit in all my life! It kinda slipped your mind that a near full-strength All Blacks annihilated Llanelli 25 years on by 84 points to 3 did it?
But he's talking about the '72 match because that is what the film is about.
Robert Roberts Because by 1997 The All Black's were already playing professionally. Bloody Pontypridd fans
Robert Roberts why the shitty attitude. The guy was sharing a memory FFS.
Wrong score,wrong attitude. You sound like a bitter soccer type. Llanelli got hammered by a pro side that went against the now normal protocol of not . Thats how much pain THAT game did to that team that they'd do that. And I love them for doing that,regardless of the result. I'd rethink that Celtic part of your nickname if I was you.playing club sides anymore
I'm South African, this gives me gooseflesh !! What a day for Lllanelli.
In English it's goosebumps buddy. Gansefleish etc.are all goose meat! Haha. Goosebumps.
@3:23 Lost a true Welsh great and one of the greatest to have ever played the game. Rest in peace Phil Bennet.
ABSOLUTELY, R I P PHIL. 🤗😊🤗🙏🙏🙏🙏
Rip Phil Bennet, the best I’ve seen!
If Carwyn James had been given full control of the Welsh national team in the 70's Wales would have beaten the All Blacks at least once in that decade. I've always thought he deserves a biopic and maybe Michael Sheen could do him justice as he did Brian Clough perfectly and he comes from Port Talbot which is not far down the road from Llanelli
Yes , agree. More docu/dramas , documentary's . To emphasise to the younger Welshman that rugby matters in Wales.
Play like no ones watching and sing like no ones listening.
That was Welsh rugby , right there.
Great name for a documentary or film ?
It's more than past time for a film to be made about the '71 Lions and Carwyn James.
We will never know that's just conjecture from NZ
I´m a proud Englishman but have always held the highest respect and admiration for Wales as a country and Welsh rugby. Nowhere else has the atmosphere and deep roots of rugby like Wales, not even New Zealand!
Kia Ora to the people of Llanelli. Great documentary and a beautiful piece of history.
I've lived in Australia for 60 years now, but I'm originally from Swansea, which is Llanelli's great rival. Watching the passion and pride shown by these great players and their supporters still brings back memories. And to think that in those days rugby was a strictly amateur game, those men played for the love of the sport. I normally find sports documentaries boring, but this had me enthralled from the first few seconds.
Feel massively ashamed watching this as a Kiwi, never seen so many cheap shots in my whole life. Up Llanelli!
Lad you obviously never seen much rugby from those days. Was par for coarse. Players never moaned and complained either.
Kingk1w1 with all due respect it was every day occurrence for new zealand players because it has always been win at all costs, i.e. andy haden jumping out of line out to win a last minute penalty against Wales in Cardiff, i think as a team you really don't need to cheat but now people of my era in the 70's always remember the foul play and cheating when you find yourselves looking down the barrel of defeat, so please don't mix this up with hard play !!!! Kieth Murdock was an animal a thug and should have been arrested for some of his dirty foul treatment !!!!
nakedmolerat43 that was rugby back then though, tough sport tough guys!
@@williamrees8048 ...that penalty was given for the Welsh player pushing an all black in the front of the line out.the ref didn't even see Andy from were he was standing..in saying that Andy had every intention to win a penalty which was ugly and unnecessary. we want to win but I personally wouldn't except winning like that.
It was normal in those days
Bygone days when passion, community, tradition were still part of the game,
As a kiwi, I can say this is brilliant!
We are now living in a world where rich club owners are turning our teams into mercenaries for hire. In this clip, we see true Llenelli local players being supported by true Llenelli local people and coming out on top. This what we really live for and want to see!
Oceansnz Sorry to bring you down to earth from your rugby utopia mate but for many seasons now Llanelli have been at the forefront of diluting their Welsh identity by employing second rate foreigners/ journeymen at the expense of home grown talent ie name me the last Llanelli born lock forward to play for Wales?
Robert Roberts you bitter Ospreylian!!
But he's talking about 1972 not what has happened since then, isn't he?
Llanelli/Scarlets just won the pro 12 (2017) with 11 local boys in the starting XV - suck it up Ospreylians ( or is that Neath or Swansea now ??)
Excellent Story.I dont remember it as was only a toddler but excellent for LLanelli and the sport of rugby. Truly one of those giant killer stories. Also the whole village ran out of beer!, excellent. The whole village pulled together on this day and toppled the worlds best. Murdoch that All Black bloke with the tash, punched most of the welsh players and punched a security guard later that night and was sent home in disgrace. Then gave up rugby and vanished lol.
As a proud Kiwi I really love it!! fascinates me how the All Blacks are viewed overseas- be it one of awe or spite, it's fascinating!
As equals in Llanelli !
Hwyl
I was there. One of the greatest days of my life. Felt like being part of history.
I was there also. I bought the Centenary pin, the Sospan Fach, and after first watching this video a couple of years ago, I managed to arrange to donate the pin to the Browns Hotel in Laugharne, in a framed presentation along with the ticket for the game. It took me over an hour to get out of town in my car, because the streets were clogged with drunk Welshmen crying with absolute joy.
In 1972 I was 16 and was listening to the game on the radio, I sang the anthem in Welsh as my mum taught me,,I was crying when the try was scored I was cheering through the game and more so at the final whistle and I've just again had tears in my eyes, why did this happen? It's because I'm proud and pleased to say I know where I was the day Llanelli beat the all Blacks. And I'm an English man born and bred, 50 years ago and it is still so clear in my mind, in today's game 4of the all black team would have been sent off for some of the things they did but the scarlets never gave an inch.
What could ever beat this, a wonderful hour of movie magic reflecting the passion, skill and toughness of 15 giants of Welsh Rugby. 126 licensed premises drunk dry. Marvelous.
Barry. Spot on. Best documentary I have seen in a very, very long time. An hour well spent.
The munster story would be good too
There are no comments here because anyone who watched this is absolutely speechless! Awesome!!
But Newport were the only team to beat the 5th All Blacks, and l was there.
As an English man, I bow my head to my Welsh brothers and sisters, in general & especially for this incredible victory.....
Love & Respect,
Gus,
Old Windsor,
Berkshire.
DIOLCH FRIEND.
Greatest mistake in welsh rugby history never having carwyn as coach
I was there watching my team the All Blacks play this star studded team I was part of a team that was on a social team that had team mates from club team one of them was Keith Murdoch who was sent home. The atmosphere was electric, I was separated from my team mates so I was cheering for LLanelli . That town would would run out of beer that night, which was amazing for a coal mining town. The fullback for the All Blacks was NZer with lebanese back ground & only one to make it as an All Black his name is Joe Karam who would later in life Represent a man from the same city as us Dunedin David Bain accused of murdering his own family which was the most controversial case in NZ history. I was brought up Lebanese not knowing I was of Scottish English & Yes Welsh descent on my mother side I wrote a book titled " Switched At Birth- My Life In Someone Else's World" by Frederick J. George I had a drink with Derek Quinell's wife after the game.
Isn't Derek Quinnell's wife the sister of Barry John?
So sad to hear of Phil Bennet's passing. Had the privilege to watch him play. Superb player and a wonderful ambassador for the game. Best wishes to the family . A real legend!
I met one of my heroes of our game Barry John in the stands many years later, but in truth it was always Phil who I ever
aspired to be!
And all the little children in Llanelli from now onWill be called Carwyn, Delme, Phil Or Johnand when I'm old and grey, and they put me in a chairI'll tell them their Tad-cu wasWhen the scoreboard readLlanelli 9 Zeland Newydd 3
Gareth Davies AW! Such sentiments! Makes me wanna break down and........... puke!!!
The shops were closed like Sunday and the streets were silent still and those who chose to stay away were either dead or ill but those who went to strady boys will remember till they die how New Zealand were defeated and how the pubs ran dry. Max Boyce a Welsh legend
Celtic Warrior , haa haaaa. Moron.
fantastic film .. brilliant stuff by Llanelli a famous victory .. I was 17 when this happened .. well done guys oh and BTW I'm English :)
You're old as fuck dude..... I'm not too far behind you either.
Sheer guts. Standing up to some of the usual thuggish behaviour and giving it back. Well done lads. Immensely proud of you. And I'm English.
This doc just shows that Llanelli is the most rugby mad town in Wales, because of Cardiff, Newport & Swansea each having football clubs in the English league system. Rugby is THE sport in Llanelli.
Thanks so much for posting this - a very special day. It happened when I was a 1st year student one Tuesday afternoon, and Llanelli number 8 Hefin Jenkins played that day. The following day he came into the college canteen for his mid morning coffee with his course mates, the whole place erupted with cheers and a long applause, it was like he was walking on water!. Two weeks later we played second row together in the British Polytechnics Cup. RIP Hefin it was a privilege....
Extremely underated forward. But Carwyn knew boy !
RIP Hefin.
As a K1W1, I too can say this is brilliant. But watching this it makes me feel ashamed that we had to resort to that level of grubbiness in order to win at all costs. Of course you couldn't get away with that now. Dear Ernie - you've been vindicated.
This match typifies rugby for me....
Rugby a hard game for hard men
Probably the greatest game of all time. Awesome I will never forget this game
Three of that team are now no longer with us, j j Williams, grav, and only a week ago, the brilliant Phil Bennett, RIP heroes
Also Hefin Jenkins has passed away too
I'm from Munster and we beat the All Blacks back in 1978. It was a huge occasion and probably their crowning achievement alongside 2 Heineken Cups. Very similar scenes to what went on in the aftermath of Llanelli's victory. There's been songs, books and stage plays written about it. Maybe the fact that Llanelli is a club and Munster a province might make their achievement slightly more impressive.
There were at least 500,000 Welshmen at this game.
I took a walk on Stradey when all the stand and tanner bank etc. was gone. I struggled to find what I thought was the centre spot and picked a clump of turf. The emotion that rose from my chest overwhelmed me and even if I wanted to, I could not of stopped the tears that flooded out. I cried openly until composure returned. Rugby has never been the same for me since that day. When they took Parc y Strade, my rugby womb, away. I saw the greatest game ever played since Noah took on the flood. Ymlaen Llanelli.
Dai mun , its me, 'smokey' for want of a better handle. What a piece of work thought this film. Jon Gower was head boy at the gram at the time. I find shantos contributions amazing, jj and Bllewelyn. Carwyn vastly undervalued in Wales.
Sheer guts against some appalling behaviour by the ABs. You are heroes.
Fantastic video recording a fantastic sporting event. Arguably one of THE top sporting occasions in Welsh history.
They were hated for their foul play, their thuggery and their total lack of sportsmanship.
@@stephenreeds3672 Who ?
Moggs , you wern't there then !
Watching this quite special as im very pro ABs supporter yet I cant help but feel happy and proud for this little place that beat our ABs. Good on them this will be remembered and treasured among them for so many generations to come
Brilliant documentary. Great to hear it from the players involved and also the folk from Llanelli itself and how it impacted their lives. Love to hear folk speaking in Welsh too. Very proud and lovely people. I have very fond memories of visiting the country. Much like home in NZ.
My dad's home town. We visited every year. I missed the match but a year later, 1973, I was in the George & Dragon, aged 10, drinking Pepsi while my dad downed his usual Guinness or two. The barmaid told us about the scenes after the victory. The pub was rammed. The streets outside were rammed. She arrived for her shift but couldn't get near the entrance because of the crowds. She cupped her hands and shouted. 'I work here. I'm a barmaid!'. And then, in her phrase, 'it was like the path that opened for Jesus Christ!'
Great story. My dad was probably in the crush. Or the White Horse or the West End , the ............One of them anyway.
Like Munster In Ireland In 1978 Llanelly Beat The Mighty New Zealand All Blacks At Rugby The Rugby Equivalent Of Climbing Mount Everest!😊👍❤🤍🖤🤍🏉🏟🏴🇳🇿
very flattering! so rarely do the All Blacks get beaten that whoever achieves this feat immediately goes down in history as a hero: quite right too
Yes - Well said mate - The All Blacks are the Kings and they never never make it easy on anyone ! This is a beautiful film!
got to love shunto
Absolutely love him... :)
I'm from NZ and it's great thats still remembered and it will make a good film.
50th Anniversary next year, I hope they get to play the All Blacks to mark the occasion.
I was just thinking that recently, an NZ XV at least.
Fantastic doc. Thank you for sharing with the world. Love to Wales from U.S.
@Eileen Pritchard yvw!😊👍💓
r.i.p j.j williams ❤
What a superb documentary. Beautifully edited, scripted, narrated, perfect music, exquisite detail, (older lady scratching her arse up the alley way). Just wonderful. I'm 59 now, I was 11 then. thank you for this fantastic piece of work.
As a kiwi,seeing this for the first time,....the pride an passion of the players then,incredible.as a 58 yr old i can only imagine the party afterwards.AWSOME.
Superb doco. What a great moment in rugby history that was.
I was born in england, but my blood is welsh, my family is from llanelli and my heart will always be a scarlets heart.
Brilliant programme. Carwyn James' early demise was a great loss to Welsh and British rugby.
Phil Bennett remains the BEST No 10 I ever saw.
I think it is worth remembering that these were working men who played rugby in their spare time. They just loved the game.
HEROES. TRULY UNBELIEVABLE. Wot awesome video..
Scottish football fan here, but who wouldn't be moved by this? Those men were giants playing for their pride, in Llanelli and in Wales. Cymru am byth! 🏴 🏴
As a New Zealander, I can't believe the violence and cheating on show here from the All Blacks. This video is 80 minutes of cowardly punches, late charges and thuggish foul play.
Agree. If they'd played it might have been different.
@Athol Birkmyre Unfortunately that was the way the All Blacks played in those days. Other videos of the game show more thuggery, particularly off the ball and missed by the commentators. I gave up watching many yeas ago, but do recall that the first person ever to be sent off in an intenrational was an AB biting off part of somebody else's ear. In Edinburgh I think.
@@alanmcdonald7496 ,that was normal back in those days it wasn't just the ABs who were like that everyone was it's just that not many opposition players could stand up to them and go toe to toe NZ had another player in that side who wasn't dirty but boy he was the last guy you'd want to fight against Grant Batty.
I went to see the North West counties play NZ, same tour- November in Workington.... they also beat the all blacks 16-14..!.rarely mentioned
It's so sad that these days will never come again.
Rugby has become less than it was.
Back in 1972 I was a 16 year old in the Royal Navy,based on a ship in Portsmouth.I was from the highlands of Scotland so it was too far to travel for say a weekend pass.So one time a friend and I thought we would give London a try for a weekend.The Navy had a place were we could stay cheap enough.Antway,we met a couple of girls,from Wales,a place called Felinfol,anyway,I gave my girl the ships phone number,not really expecting her to call,but later on a week or so later,she called,but instead of asking for JME Hutt she asked for ChiefME Hutt,so this is what the gangway guy put over the tannoy,gee,did I get grief for that.However she invited me to Wales for a weekend,she did not need to ask twice.I got a coach to Llanelli and she met me and took me to her mums house,in Felinfol,but we stayed at her sisters place,never gorgot the house had an outside toilet.I went back there a few times,loved the place, liked her a lot as well,but we drifted apart.There was a beautiful park somewere,we used to sit there in the afternoons,just dreaming I guess.I often think of what became of her,I think she was a couple of years older than me,make her 68,69 now.Sorry just seeing the town brought it all back,where has the time gone.
Park Howard
Not only did they beat the allblacks ..they beat a bloody good all black team fell in love with the welsh from that day on spending a couple of joyous years in wales in later years with great luv and respect a kiwi
First time I’ve seen this! Absolutely brilliant!
Totally brilliant documentary - thanks so much
My dad replaced Keith Murdoch after he was sent home.
Waw lol
Lazybuilder , what was the mood of the Blacks when they got rid of Murdoch ?
Lindsay Clark?
@@stephenberg8772 yes
I’m glad All Blacks are part of their folklore........you can’t write a script any better.....congrats from a lifetime All Black Fan......I remember that game so vividly and I was only a wee boy!! 🔥❤️ sad we don’t do tours like this anymore.......imagine the fine rugby talent that no one gets to see....and in this day and age - maybe make something of themselves in this professional era 🔥
Great win for a Club team, that was simply better prepared and coached on the day than a Young All Blacks team still finding their feet, but the great welsh team from this era could not beat a young and inexperienced All Black team, that was poorly managed and coached, As a Kiwi I know which was the more important result for the All Blacks and that was the great win against the welsh 19-16
the all blacks were so respectful they bowed to the scarlets god bless you all blacks a proud moment from a local team we will never forget have an intense respect for the all blacks and will always support them especially against the Aussies ( my husband is an Aussie and I am welsh} I so remember this was at the game
Awesome,,,,what commitment And these players were amateurs.
Man they never tell you about things like this here in NZ. I never knew a little rugby club beat the ABs.
No,they don't here either. Thats why films like this and your Haka, are so important. Newport did it, so did Swansea and Cardiff too. We also got beat by the AB's too. Which we remember also with pride. Its an forget that day or the All Blacks.honour to play you lot and I'll never
Can you as a rugby player imagine playing for your club against the bloody All Blacks?
Yes I did buy all my Anklies a Welsh rugby shirt. Regardless of their school uniform.... You never iron a Welsh rugby top. And collar up....
Great day for Llanelli. i think they were the last Welsh club to down the AB's. Though you never know in the modern era if the ABs play a warm up game in Wales again and a miracle happens.
Munster followed a few years later. Strange! Both winning teams have same colour shirts.
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Can't really tell you how wonderful it was to have the All Blacks visit. Any International side really but N.Z. especially.
Wish it was less professional and more aboyt the game instead of winning !
The win was terrific as it was unexpected , on this occasion. Well ! A little bit anyway. But the money men and their lawyers and insurance mob have bollocks the game for all.
One of the best and probably last , real rugby moments was when the "Terminator" rocked up to Barnstaple RFC. and asked for a game. He got one , FOR THE 2ND TEAM !!!!!!
Then wore their socks proudly , turning oht for the Baa Baa's. Simply Wonderful attitude. RIP Terminator. Much respect.
I’ve met Roy, wow what an inspiration. What a beautiful video.
What great place to watch rugby I had the pleasure of watching the Maori Allblacks there following the Maori on tour as well a long way from my town Taumarunui king Country not far from Pine Tree’s home,we lost that day but I will never forget the welsh people and how they made you feel at home that game was around 1981 I’m now 70,the best bloody trip of my life,cheers Wales
My father got us both tickets, my leg was in plaster so I'd have been put in the front but, being a soccer fanatic, I decided on the day I didn't fancy going.
So I reckon I'm the only person who can say 'I COULD HAVE been there, but couldn't be arsed'.
Guess what, I regret it now.
Yes. That's all well and good. But... They won. Ddim prob. Jonny bach... Xxxxx JFox. Xxxxxxxx
Sad to see the decline of Welsh provincial rugby. Only a handful of spectators to watch Leinster thrash the scarlets last week
Watched it 3 times now. Brilliant stuff, Hollywood stuff. Somebody should ask Clint Eastwood to watch this, he could turn it into a blockbuster, all the ingredients are there - including the necessary bad guy.
Apparently he's a rugby fan too
The day grown men cried. Not because Llanelli won, but because the pubs ran dry.
I know a song about that. Lolx