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Fri 9 Dec 2011 | 11:12
Jamie Roberts big tackle on Berrick Barnes & Gethin Jenkins clearing kick

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Here's a short clip of two things that happened in the Wales vs Wallabies game at the Millennium Stadium on the weekend. Luckily, they both took place at the same time, making for two great moments that we're sharing with you today.

The first is of course the big shot that Jamie Roberts put in on Berrick Barnes early in the game. The meeting between the two had been spoken about beforehand and Roberts himself had said that Barnes might be a tricky customer to deal with.

Barnes is under 90kg's, but fearless to the point of having been knocked out so many times it actually threatened his future in the game. Roberts cited he and James O'Connor as two they'd need to keep their eyes on.

"We have made sure this week in defence we are ready to greet him and Berrick as well. Berrick had a terrific play-off game against us. Hopefully, we can give him a warm reception," Roberts said.

He did exactly that, welcoming him to Cardiff in just the third minute of the game. 

A turnover followed as Gethin Jenkins - their fourth loose forward - dug in to snatch the ball then put in an almighty clearing kick. Great play all round, and a memorable moment from the game.

Have a browse through the related posts below for more great moments from the Welshmen

Posted By: Grant Constable

11 Comments

  • mot
    9:00 AM 19/12/2011

    Hence my point on the 2 tackling styles, 1 looks good (risks injury to tackler) but only lands the player among his own for an easier offload, while the softer tackle lays the player among the defenders. See RWC Aust.-- Barnes v Mcabe at 12.

  • jimothy
    9:56 PM 11/12/2011

    Great kick but pause the clip on 39s and count the overlap as pointed out by Hry above! Still a great kick though :)

  • jimothy
    9:53 PM 11/12/2011

    A very good point. Just watched it again and in the final seconds of the clip, if you pause it, you can see exactly what you're saying. Massive overlap that probably would have lead to a score!!!! Only thing in his defence is that Phillips is back-peddling which may have put him off passing but still a great opportunity squandered.

  • hry
    5:10 PM 10/12/2011

    In that situation I'd say "using his brain" would have been passing to Mike Phillips, who had two more backs outside him and no Aussie defender closer than ten metres to the touchline. It was a perfect counterattacking scenario.

  • waratahs_shield
    11:41 PM 09/12/2011

    front row kicking, Keith Wood would be proud

  • kevinmeath
    7:58 PM 09/12/2011

    Jenkins is a modern day prop forward, at school he played in the backrow and his PE teachers told him he'd do better at prop, as soon as he went to Pontypridd they switched him.

    He is like having an extra backrow abd his srumaging is good (but not great).

  • stroudos
    6:11 PM 09/12/2011

    *Groan* you're a bigger buzzkill than Buzz Killington, (and I don't mean the one who posts on here).

  • stroudos
    6:09 PM 09/12/2011

    Who does Gethin Jenkins think he is? Bloody running around the park, scoring tries and now this!? Prop putting foot to ball indeed. I just hope a suitable fine was handed down by the kangaroo court that evening!

    *Buzzkill alert*: bit hard to tell from the video, but did the ball land in play? Looks suspiciously like it went out on the full to me and technically Jenkins took it back into his 22. Have to admit that the amusing sight of a prop nailing a very good touchfinder would have been even more entertaining if the lineout had been awarded where he kicked it.

  • jimothy
    6:00 PM 09/12/2011

    @ Pipo, I suggest you watch the video again and check out the distance THE PROP makes when KICKING the ball. I'm sure Gethin doesn't spend too much time with the kicking coach so don't hate the player, hate the game!

    It was a great effort and nice to see someone in the tight five using his brain rather than just trying to smash his way through. Hope England start to encourage sensible football now the new coaching staff are in place!

    Jamie Roberts hit was good but it wasn't a great hit. For someone so big I always wonder why he doesn't attempt to hold the player up and force a turn over? Maybe he usually does and it's always over shadowed by these types of Hollywood Hits. A great player non the less.

  • tex15
    4:08 PM 09/12/2011

    Oh dear a forward kicking, looks like he will have to hand in his front row union membership card!

  • bunn
    2:19 PM 09/12/2011

    Gethin Jenkins has been one of the best props in the world for the last five or six years and is a great athlete. A pleasure to watch

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