Australia - France : semi-final RWC 1987
I have just received a mail from Sean Fagan in Australia (RL1908 - a great site dedicated to Rugby League history down under - rush there if you don't know the site !) and it suddendly reminds me of this 1987 Rugby World Cup semi-final in Sydney...
Almost 20 years ... and I remember it as if it was last week... I was a student then... 5 am in the morning with all my rugby teammates (we just forgot to go to sleep that night...) and this incredible last minute try scored by Serge Blanco... final score : 30-24 for the French...
I almost cry everytime I see it (even though I know it's far from being a "perfect" try such as this one (New Zealand vs France 1994) or that one (Barbarians vs All Blacks 1973)...
I have "borrowed" this video from French journalist Pierre Salviac (yes, the guy commenting on this video...) who is now blogging at www.mondialdurugby.com.
I encourage everybody to visit his website !
Welcome back I hope the summer was good for you, and the rugby is as good for you in the next year as it was 20 years ago. John
Posted by: John | 01/09/2006 at 08:58
Reading about this semi-final I discovered that the french team spent half an hour alone in the pitch, with the lights off, singing basques rfugby songs. They were just... too much happy!
Posted by: Rui Vasco | 04/09/2006 at 15:26
What a try and what a great event for French rugby... I was younger (of course :-)) but I remember this semi-final.
It comes in second place, in my top 10, just behind the 1999's semi-final :-)
Posted by: Pierre-Olivier | 22/09/2006 at 15:57
merci pour tes encouragements à visiter mon blog à destination des anglophones. A+
PS
Posted by: salviac | 26/03/2007 at 19:52