Saturday, May 8, 2010

Last Man Standing: All Blacks & Lions

I just found this on YouTube - All Blacks & Lions playing Last Man Standing.  It's probably old news for the folks back home but it's a goodie!  These guys must have played a brutal game of bullrush when they were kids...

Some things to watch for:
  • at 1:24 there's a Lion hiding behind the lamppost.
  • at 2:20 a Lion picks up his teammate and drops him to the side
  • it looks like All Black Joe Rokocoko (pronounced Rokothoko) might just make it through at the end
UPDATE: I played this to a couple of people here who didn't get what was going on... so a quick explanation:
At the start you have the All Blacks and Lions lined up at one end of the field, with one guy in the middle of the field by himself (Tana Umaga).  They all try to make it to the other end of the field, while Umaga tries to stop them.  He tackles one Lion in the first rush, who is now on Umaga's team and stands with him in the middle.  They both try to stop players in the next rush and end up with three new guys on their side.  It keeps going like that with more guys being tackled until there are only two left on the original team.  They rush the pack and try to get through...

Enjoy!!

3 comments:

Sedat Kurtulus said...

Why this kind of group games comes from United Kingdom Like Rugby?! I think this game is another dangerous game. I don't play! XD

Southern Kiwi said...

This is like a game that children play, called Bullrush, except the kids tag each other instead of tackling. These guys here are rugby players so they're going to tackle each other! No-one was hurt so it can't be that bad haha :o)

Sedat Kurtulus said...

I'm not sure about that. If boys play a game like this, the game is always end with an accident or a fight... A boy is talking!

But i'm pretty good with kids, Bullrush is ok for me. :D