Flashback Friday: Matt Dunning - The human highlight reel

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  • Опубликовано: 8 ноя 2024

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  • @archvermin
    @archvermin 4 года назад +98

    A bit of context for that drop goal: The Waratahs needed tries in order to get a bonus point win. Dunning's team had a penalty advantage at the 68th minute, and the Chiefs were already down one player to the sin bin. He made the drop goal attempt, thinking that it'd fail, so they can then proceed to kick for the line out. But it sailed straight through the posts, against all expectations. The Waratahs did win the game, but failed to advance to the play-offs.

    • @offwithhishead2556
      @offwithhishead2556 4 года назад +11

      I was wondering why everyone looked like he'd trod on a kitten. In normal circ's that would have been kick of the season.

    • @sidknee4975
      @sidknee4975 4 года назад +8

      By his reaction it looked more like he wasn’t aware of the situation and was wondering why none of his team mates were jumping fo joy and patting him on the back😂😂

    • @sidknee4975
      @sidknee4975 4 года назад

      He was known as “meat pies” in my circle.

    • @pilotmburu
      @pilotmburu 4 года назад +1

      Simplest explanation ever. Now, if you can help me put into words, why I'm breaking up with my gf. I'm married. That's why

    • @rykelmähaukka
      @rykelmähaukka 4 года назад

      There is plenty of other options to do when advantage is on. 😂

  • @C8mon
    @C8mon 4 года назад +192

    A back trapped in a props body lol. Legend.

    • @auricstorm
      @auricstorm 4 года назад +6

      Hey, sometimes we just EAT a back or two if they don't feed us before a game ;)

    • @C8mon
      @C8mon 4 года назад +2

      @@auricstorm Ah I see lol. It appears he at least ate a fly half and a winger at some point :p.

  • @jonplayle6954
    @jonplayle6954 4 года назад +60

    gotta love it when the props go off intercept the ball he almost got there could see the determination on his face bloody top stuff mate

    • @svenwarner4111
      @svenwarner4111 4 года назад

      Looked like he was chasing an ice cream truck, pretty impressive though

  • @dannyboywhaa3146
    @dannyboywhaa3146 4 года назад +5

    No more beautiful a sight than seeing a prop in the clear, in full flow - just a mesmerising spectacle!

  • @taneranathan
    @taneranathan 4 года назад +61

    When Australian Rugby had Big Personality! Bloke is a legend!

  • @andrewbrady6154
    @andrewbrady6154 4 года назад +34

    The two intercepts are when being lazy and having a rest out the back makes you look like a genius !

  • @schnozz87
    @schnozz87 4 года назад +22

    0:11 the dictionary definition of "determined face"! He really was giving it everything bless him!

  • @Michaelthekiwi
    @Michaelthekiwi 4 года назад +17

    When you play prop, there are three teams and you support like this:
    Them - least
    Us - most
    Props - Always

  • @sbrother176
    @sbrother176 4 года назад +2

    Big running props always the best and doing drop goals as well is a huge bonus for any team. Matt Dunning you fucken LEGEND

  • @GrizzAxxemann
    @GrizzAxxemann 4 года назад +16

    Just remember: God created beer to prevent props from taking over the world.

  • @matthewrajan9248
    @matthewrajan9248 4 года назад +2

    Matt Dunning - class and character.

  • @justinstephenson9360
    @justinstephenson9360 4 года назад +5

    "Was there anything he couldn't do?"
    Scrummage! Although in fairness none of the Australian props of that era could. Sheridan & Vickery probably still feature in those Aussie props nightmares

  • @garethtapa8558
    @garethtapa8558 4 года назад +1

    I'm a Kiwi and and I remember and Loved this guy...he was actually tuff as the Flounder

  • @AnnesleyPlaceDub70
    @AnnesleyPlaceDub70 4 года назад +7

    That man can run. A human freight train. Fair play bud, from the 🇮🇪Fat Irishman🇮🇪.

    • @chickentwisties2298
      @chickentwisties2298 2 года назад

      He's not Irish he's Canadian

    • @AnnesleyPlaceDub70
      @AnnesleyPlaceDub70 2 года назад

      @@chickentwisties2298 I was talking about ME being the Fat Irishman. Look before ye leap, sonny. 🙄👍🏻

    • @chickentwisties2298
      @chickentwisties2298 2 года назад

      @@AnnesleyPlaceDub70 ohh sorry bro

  • @reubendobbs8011
    @reubendobbs8011 4 года назад +13

    Like most front rowers frustrated outside halves Keith Wood was another one, then you had Stuart Barnes out half built like a prop lol

  • @emanx2600
    @emanx2600 4 года назад +1

    My favorite player ❤️

  • @13macha
    @13macha 4 года назад

    One of the biggests hearts in the sport, good on you bro. Chuur

  • @mikelliteras397
    @mikelliteras397 4 года назад

    Great anticipation and reaction.

  • @Mtb-cp6gz
    @Mtb-cp6gz 4 года назад +17

    Give him a pork pie ffs

  • @ploppysonofploppy6066
    @ploppysonofploppy6066 4 года назад +4

    In the sport of Rugby Union
    There is no finer sight
    Than a Second or Front Row Forward
    With the ball, in the clear in flight.

  • @mrpooltable9374
    @mrpooltable9374 4 года назад +1

    A prop with centre like abilities...
    👏

  • @leonchristensen1765
    @leonchristensen1765 4 года назад +3

    Is that all you could find? I’m sure I’ve seen a lot more runs from the big fulla.

  • @sub4nothingnovideoz768
    @sub4nothingnovideoz768 4 года назад

    He wouldn't apologise to his team if it was a winning drop goal at the end, mann.. never ever seen a prop like this beast before.

  • @bellrugby03
    @bellrugby03 4 года назад +7

    I watched him, my boy watched him, I met him..he was like the NZ props of today in a country that thinks that Angus Bell is a great prop..Matt Dunning was an underappreciated great..what this video doesn't show is that he was a great scrummager as well.. remember when Australian props had to do that..? Good tribute to a great era of Aus Rugby..😁

    • @professionalprocrastinator8103
      @professionalprocrastinator8103 4 года назад +1

      Even NZ props nowadays can't do as much as he could

    • @nathanbellamy3308
      @nathanbellamy3308 4 года назад +1

      He'd struggle to prop prem grade rugby in nz. Who are you kidding. He's nothing like a kiwi prop ever. Nz props are on another dimension compared to aussie props.

    • @bellrugby03
      @bellrugby03 4 года назад +1

      @@nathanbellamy3308 and then South Africans on another level from them, at scrum time at least..

    • @nathanbellamy3308
      @nathanbellamy3308 4 года назад +1

      @@bellrugby03 don't agree. There's more to props than scrumming like there's more to 1st fives than a boot.
      NZ sets the pace. Everyone else follows. Then catch up. Then we start again.

    • @bellrugby03
      @bellrugby03 4 года назад

      @@nathanbellamy3308 so what's your views on young Angus Bell? I think the Waratahs have the wrong idea of where to find young props..I think they have a massive responsibility in regard to the young fellas safety..in Australia we seem to pick props who can back up and score tries, as an old prop, winning tighthead scrums and lineouts is scoring a meat pie..😁

  • @Dugar-III
    @Dugar-III 4 года назад +2

    You gotta respect that

  • @tallaganda83
    @tallaganda83 4 года назад +9

    He would have been so good in Rugby league, they would strip the fat off him and get him fit as a fiddle.

    • @christiantasidaily
      @christiantasidaily 4 года назад +1

      🤡🤡 yeah coz union doesn’t do fitness

    • @RatzaChewy
      @RatzaChewy 3 года назад +2

      @@christiantasidaily That's not the point. It's more that because he had the frame to play prop, he NEEDED the extra bulk (particularly as he didn't have the best scrum technique). In league, he would still probably play prop but they would focus on getting him ready for the crash ball a lot more often. He could obviously read the game well enough.

    • @christiantasidaily
      @christiantasidaily 3 года назад

      @@RatzaChewy what’re u talking about, I’m backing union saying that there is a level of fitness still

    • @RatzaChewy
      @RatzaChewy 3 года назад

      @@christiantasidaily Yeah, but it's a different kind of fitness because the positional needs are different. There's no need for 20st props in uncontested scrums, so he would be leaner as a crash ball league prop.

    • @christiantasidaily
      @christiantasidaily 3 года назад

      @@RatzaChewy bruh. You still don’t get what my point was initially. He was basically saying union has no fitness - we are arguing the exact same thing 🤣

  • @kopasznyaku
    @kopasznyaku 4 года назад

    See girls?
    A prop forward too can have a perfect sense for timing.
    Nice steals, big man!

  • @stevejayne55
    @stevejayne55 4 года назад

    Never underestimate the talent of a prop!!

  • @Tookieslam
    @Tookieslam 4 года назад

    The prototype of the modern prop right here

  • @stephendrury3409
    @stephendrury3409 4 года назад

    Got pace for a big lad n skill n timing with it gooo on lad👍😉

  • @Mr1in1000000
    @Mr1in1000000 4 года назад

    For a prop he had amaizing game anticipation

  • @markdignam3525
    @markdignam3525 4 года назад +2

    Was there anything he could not do?
    Well, he could not walk away from the buffet table for a start.
    He was a bit of a cult hero, but struggled a lot in scrummaging and was hardly the best tackler.
    I watched just about all the games he played for the Waratahs and at times he was good, but not as often as I hoped.

  • @bolakotoilakebafatafehi8966
    @bolakotoilakebafatafehi8966 4 года назад +7

    Hahahaha best ..top bloke

  • @richardcook2710
    @richardcook2710 4 года назад

    The new Malcom Preedy!

  • @FortunateJuice
    @FortunateJuice 4 года назад

    0:01 if you listen real closely, you can hear the "chuggachuggachuggachuggachoochoo" as he's running.

  • @mfp4136
    @mfp4136 4 года назад +1

    Didn’t he play at 10 growing up?

  • @tommybren4305
    @tommybren4305 4 года назад

    Nicest bloke I ever met

  • @idrewthetable4you306
    @idrewthetable4you306 4 года назад

    Never judge a book by its cover

  • @Skyscraper2015
    @Skyscraper2015 2 года назад

    A Flyhalf who is built like a prop. Never seen that before.

  • @justinmaddock9783
    @justinmaddock9783 4 года назад

    Couldn't scrummage to save himself

  • @loading.....9439
    @loading.....9439 4 года назад

    He should have played for earth vs the universe.

  • @bigvideoenergy
    @bigvideoenergy 3 года назад

    Glory days. .... NSW bby

  • @julianalderson6996
    @julianalderson6996 4 года назад

    yer matts a fast big fulla'

  • @4drobertson
    @4drobertson 4 года назад

    Highlight reel? 3 highlights??

  • @rantdeville
    @rantdeville 4 года назад

    Can someone explain in noob terms why he's apologizing at the end

    • @tumatauenga6433
      @tumatauenga6433 4 года назад +3

      His team needed to score a try in order to make the play offs and were in good position to do so but he fucked it up by scoring a drop goal

  • @OKjoey86
    @OKjoey86 4 года назад

    How is a man, who is built like me, running that fast?!

    • @GrizzAxxemann
      @GrizzAxxemann 4 года назад

      It's doable. When I was playing rugby I was 275 lbs and ran 40m in 5.5 seconds. My 50m time was about 7.3. Anything beyond that, I needed a crash cart, oxygen tank and a jug of beer. 🤣

  • @nicolasschiavoni4963
    @nicolasschiavoni4963 4 года назад +1

    Great player...great team! Phill Waugh also a great player

  • @KrimsonGuard
    @KrimsonGuard 2 месяца назад

    Not Dunning after that drop goal, that's for sure...

  • @smithelijah3843
    @smithelijah3843 4 года назад +2

    How come he was sorry about kicking the field goal and didn’t want too..?

    • @benbishop7512
      @benbishop7512 4 года назад

      About to ask the same thing...

    • @247Tongan
      @247Tongan 4 года назад +3

      Because they needed a bonus point win to get into the finals, needed 2 more tries to get it,they had just got the advantage, he kicked it thinking it would miss and they would just get the penalty and probably would have kicked for touch closer to try line or scrum, because he got it in, the penalty was waved.

    • @benbishop7512
      @benbishop7512 4 года назад

      tau tamale cheers mate

  • @vaughanlockett658
    @vaughanlockett658 4 года назад

    It defies all logic .

  • @R08R
    @R08R 4 года назад

    He had a nice after party🍻🤜💥👃🤕

  • @georgebrett1738
    @georgebrett1738 4 года назад

    I didn't know NSW had a Union team.

  • @Lochlanist
    @Lochlanist 4 года назад +2

    There's always the one overachiever. He was probably the kid in school who reminded the teacher about the test.

  • @gdavies4
    @gdavies4 4 года назад +6

    What was the situation with the drop goal?

    • @pokinacha
      @pokinacha 4 года назад +23

      They needed a bonus point so needed to score tries. The droppy, while a sweet nudge, wasn’t what they needed as they had a penalty advantage and could use the penalty to get closer to the line.

    • @alexfacchin221
      @alexfacchin221 4 года назад +7

      @@pokinacha also just out of the frame was lote tuquiri almost hugging the touchline waiting for the ball

    • @gdavies4
      @gdavies4 4 года назад +1

      @@pokinacha Cheeers. Nice one pal.

    • @Dummypass
      @Dummypass 4 года назад

      Alexander Facchin imagine if he had got the ball. That’s try time

  • @bradbrown6476
    @bradbrown6476 4 года назад

    I never watched rugby why is the last play a big deal ?

  • @andrewgordon6179
    @andrewgordon6179 4 года назад

    Arrr when rugby an tahs we're good

    • @tumatauenga6433
      @tumatauenga6433 4 года назад

      Tahs were good right up till folau opened his stupid mouth

  • @Pepsi_675
    @Pepsi_675 4 года назад +1

    Now that's a footballer 😁

  • @mozdickson
    @mozdickson 4 года назад

    Before the ARU went woke and killed the buzz

  • @nathanbellamy3308
    @nathanbellamy3308 4 года назад +9

    Human highlight reel? 2 intercepts and a droppy hahaha. Mind you those are highlights for an aussie prop. Lol

  • @joshf-w9602
    @joshf-w9602 4 года назад

    Too bad his scrummaging was sub par

  • @chickentwisties2298
    @chickentwisties2298 2 года назад

    Dunning was great in the loose but utterly crap in the tight stuff. He urgently needed special training for scrummaging but no matter he's retired now.

  • @mhamid8529
    @mhamid8529 4 года назад

    Dominique Wilkins is the human highlight reel.
    This guy is just a lardass that bursts into a short sprint every now and then and can catch a large egg shaped ball

  • @matta2738
    @matta2738 4 года назад

    Gotta go that far back for some highlighys hey rugby australia? Heres a tip, stop relying on your "schoolboy prodigies" to get the job done and reward actual talent

  • @paddydarcy6129
    @paddydarcy6129 3 месяца назад

    Is he supposed to have 10 on his jersey?