Sure, the arm movement is/was not unusual, but surely if he was really intending to"secure the ball and complete the tackle" he would have been better served to attempt it with a full hand and fingers rather than his knuckle ends?

. . . . . unless he is as daft as he looks.

I love the ref's reaction on that. Hilarious.

Pretty sure even in those days you'd have walked for that more often than not though!

You don't see many pro players who can throw a punch like that these days either. Lovely shot.

Watching that again, & the Westwood/Green incident, I have a controversial theory that all Aussies are soft. Both acting unconscious after a mild slap. All other teams in the WC should just chin them as neither Broadhurst or Benny were sent off. I loved Whitfield? telling Bernardin to get up & some cod'ead in the corwd shouting "Beautiful. Beautiful." You could go on holiday back then & leave your door unlocked as well.

You could. All your stuff would've been gone and a load of smackheads would have moved in. But you could.

Course nowadays we have a recession, so you can't afford to go on holiday and you've pawned all your stuff anyway.

They didn't have recessions in the 80s.

...more than any other recorded match I have the one I enjoy re-watching the most is the 1978 wembley cup final. Lots of skill, no predictable last tackle kick and copious face in the mud rubbing. Lovely stuff. (Still think Noonan took a bribe to ensure his team losing though).