Before I moved to these shores I remember seeing him set up/score a cracker in the 6N nations at the Millenium - showed the Welsh wing the outside iirc.

Don't think he started there but move out towards the end of the game,I was sitting next to his missus that day,I remember it well.

Posted this in Irish Rugby Thread, better here though

Fare thee well sweet prince

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_xCR_LBR6U

You Handsome Bastard



Cpable of Air Walking




Scoring Tries By the Bucket Load









Some man for one man

so the Wally has played 7, centre and wing .. but cant have been much good as a 7 if he was played out of posn ... i.e. someone better than him on the day played in his favoured posn ....
and yet he is a oirish legend in your eyes ...

Assume she is a stone cold fox.

He was very fast in his early career. Not too slow by the end either but outside back quick back then.

Shame great player amount of time he made Hard yards he really shouldn't have.

Nibble

I really thought that he would make it back and play another 2 good seasons. Gutted.

You do know what the Celtic Cup final is?

I can only assume you're trolling, you can't possibly be this ignorant.

A certain nod from me.

Class.

Have a memory of a game in Twickenham, think it was when Horgan got the late try, he got the ball inbetween our 10 and 22 and proceeded to rampage through Sahw, Corry and others and made about 60 yards.

to be sure
to be sure
to be sure

who else are oirish legends in your eyes?

just
to be sure
to be sure
to be sure

i understand your standards etc ...

Passing on his levitation skills to the next generation.

A legend, all class.

Good luck to that man

Go to 1 Hour and 6 min into this,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvjSNJkfSu4

Shite tackling but a typical typw of try, he must have been the most impossible bastard to wrap your arms around.
Remember the Kiwis having all sorts of problems with him in 08 in New Zealand.

I'm cringing for you.

he was ok
never in the same class as a Back or a Moody or a Winterbottom

*snigger. Most overhyped player EVER.

One of my abiding memories of him was in a game which would have been relatively early in both their international careers, Irl v Wales, and listeing to the BBC commentary rave on, and on, and on some more about Shane Williams who wasso quick you'd miss him if you blinked etc.

At some stage in the game Williams gets the ball in broken field. Wally shows him the outside. Williams steps and turn on the afterburners. Staggering acceleration.

Sadly hauled back, in and buried very deep within ten metres. Wally ambling off back into position to babysit our outhalf.

Oh how I giggled.

Brought my young fella to his first intl when we were playing Scotland to win a first triple crown in centuries,we were struggling to shake the fuckers off until,POW,Wally runs over the line with 40 of the cunts trying to take him down.

Legend.

the question remains ....

if the Wally is an oirish legend ...
Where does Olly stand?
Jackie?
Tony?
Fergus?
Willie John?
Moss?
Orr?
Geoghagan?
Irwin?
Gibson?
Donal?
etc

get some perspective ....

What a brilliant player, probably my fave Oirish BR of the last 10 years, if not my fave Oirish player.

*stands and applauds*

hmmm So Winterbottom bettered Michael Jones in a series ..was named one of the players of the year in NZ ... but over hyped

did the Wally ever recv such accolades .. from people who know about the game .. rather than juvenile sycophants?

Jokes are traditionally meant to be funny.

He was manshamed by Pat O'Hara in 1993 for god sake

I am nearly close to tears here! how the fuck am I suppose to work. my emotions have been all over the place with the high of Rob penney be announced coach and the low of this.

Geoghegan? And you want us to get some perspective?

Wallace is a 72 times capped two time Lion who's been key to Munster and Ireland's success for a good part of the last 12 years. I think you should leave it up to us to decide whether we think he's a legend or not.

Neil Best was named player of the series in 2006 against the AB's, surely he's therefore better than Richard Hill ever was. [/retardedcuntlogic]

how?
o'hara was a 6
Winterbottom was a 7 ...
excellence is earned over several tests .. not a one off !

Always loved the contests between him and Martyn Williams. Two top quality sevens gone.

Who's this retard?

that's where you are incorrect.
legendary status is earned objectively by neutrals .. not juvenile sycophants who know little about the history of the game

It didn't take long for the English churls to arrive.

Ah well that's just shite. It was a horrible injury, was very surprised he came back at all from it. I was many beers in by the time the match kicked off and I got rather emotional as he was carted off.

A Lions ligind to a two times lion - perspective at last.

I didn't think you were that young.

How many of his games did you watch Lucy?
I'm sure a historian of the game like yourself can recall all you've seen.


Graceless.

clever eh?
how was Hill supposed to be named man of series?
how many mins did he play?
/twatrebuttal

jrp, agree. I would hardly describe him as a Lions legend. He'd at least have had to have won a series as a starter for that but two terms as first choice would be better.

Hell BOD's barely a Lions legend as he has no series wins despite 3 tours as first choice (granted one was very short lived).