Unreal solo try by Chris Latham
Hard running Australian fullback Chris Latham will be on his way to English club side Worcester Warriors next season after signing a two year contract earlier this week.
32 year old Latham is in the peak of his career currently, and despite an offer from the Australian Rugby Union to get him to stay, has decided to further his career with a new challenge in the English Premiership.
Latham will join other Southern Hemisphere stars such as Rico Gear, Greg Rawlinson, Sam Tuitupou, Thinus Delport, and Loki Crichton to name a few. Latham, referred to by some as the best fullback in the world, is raring to go, stating that he's looking for a new challenge at this stage in his life after spending a highly successful ten years with the Queensland Reds and the Wallabies.
John Roe, Reds teamate and captain, says that Latham, the second highest try scorer in Australian test history, is in the best shape of his life and will add huge value to the Warriors ambitions.
Immense strength and speed on the counter attack, Chris Latham would pretty much walk into any international side with his freakish talent, speed, and determination. Worcester have got themselves a real catch by signing him.
Just look at this fantastic leg drive which got him to the tryline in this 2005 Super 12 game against the Highlanders. Note that he palms off a forward, has a winger on his back, palms off the fullback and still manages to score this incredible Reds try that sends the Aussie commentary team into raptures.
32 year old Latham is in the peak of his career currently, and despite an offer from the Australian Rugby Union to get him to stay, has decided to further his career with a new challenge in the English Premiership.
Latham will join other Southern Hemisphere stars such as Rico Gear, Greg Rawlinson, Sam Tuitupou, Thinus Delport, and Loki Crichton to name a few. Latham, referred to by some as the best fullback in the world, is raring to go, stating that he's looking for a new challenge at this stage in his life after spending a highly successful ten years with the Queensland Reds and the Wallabies.
John Roe, Reds teamate and captain, says that Latham, the second highest try scorer in Australian test history, is in the best shape of his life and will add huge value to the Warriors ambitions.
Immense strength and speed on the counter attack, Chris Latham would pretty much walk into any international side with his freakish talent, speed, and determination. Worcester have got themselves a real catch by signing him.
Just look at this fantastic leg drive which got him to the tryline in this 2005 Super 12 game against the Highlanders. Note that he palms off a forward, has a winger on his back, palms off the fullback and still manages to score this incredible Reds try that sends the Aussie commentary team into raptures.
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26 Comments:
bummer for that 14
By Anonymous, at December 22, 2007 4:33 pm
Thats determination for you
By Anonymous, at December 22, 2007 5:02 pm
Love the "afro" comment
By Anonymous, at December 22, 2007 5:10 pm
good job.
very good job.
By Anonymous, at December 22, 2007 7:51 pm
WOW! that really is unreal!
By Anonymous, at December 22, 2007 8:44 pm
hahaha. that is awesome! good to see that criminal element finally having something to cheers about.
By Anonymous, at December 22, 2007 9:04 pm
Wow...and yerr agree with digger, the afro comment was funny!
By Anonymous, at December 22, 2007 9:04 pm
lol afro comment hehe
but, its a shame he's leaving the wallabies and supers 14 altogether
By Anonymous, at December 23, 2007 12:27 am
I don't see any humor in the afro comment...
But that was one heck of a try I tell you...that's pure power.
By Don, at December 23, 2007 6:37 am
thank god he's decided to cum to a real league. The prem is the place to be, ££
By Anonymous, at December 23, 2007 10:38 am
don. the humor was that because his head was so close to the flag if he had an afro it would have touched it and not been a try.
lighten up mate.
By Anonymous, at December 23, 2007 1:20 pm
great effort for the try
great to see some wingers toughing it out against some forwards
for the record though that number 6i think it was put out a bad attempt to tackle, if he had have gone low i doubt the tackle would have been broken
all in all its a great tri, good to see he'll be going to the part of the world where he will be very much appreciated, seems to me there is less apreciation for southern hemisphere players when it isnt an international test
cant wait to see him playing again
By Anonymous, at December 23, 2007 3:50 pm
afro comment was pretty funny haha, good to see i'm not the only one who got it
By Anonymous, at December 23, 2007 3:51 pm
It was pure agression that did it, they weren't as committed to tackling him as he was to scoring. The opposition wasnt expecting him to go for it and were too busy worrying about passing it along the line. Latham is as immense as ever, RD should have linked this with his touchline run and score against wales.
By Anonymous, at December 23, 2007 4:45 pm
if you want to watch an uncredible solo try look cedric heymans in top14 against clermont!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!amazing
By Anonymous, at December 23, 2007 6:22 pm
I wonder why he's going to the worst club in the prem when, as was rightly said, he could get into any team in the world??
By Anonymous, at December 23, 2007 7:30 pm
to the person above, because worcester seem to have a lotta money to throw around these days, and to the person above that, CEDRIC HEYMANS TRY WAS AMAZING!!!!! OUT OF NOWHERE!! i especially loved seeing john smit on the floor behind him looking bewildered
By Anonymous, at December 23, 2007 8:30 pm
Latham's great try against Wales is also on here. You can view it by just click on the Chris Latham label under this video.
We'll hopefully get the Cedric Heymans try up soon, as well as some other great moments from the weekend.
Being this time of year things are hectic and take longer though obviously, but hang in there and we'll be back to normal soon. :)
By GMC, at December 24, 2007 11:11 am
awesome strength from latham but watch the corner flag move before he puts it down. think he was quite lucky to get it
By Anonymous, at December 24, 2007 12:42 pm
Australian commentry is just amazing "switched it into low-range four-wheel drive and chugged away", pure quality. Our commentators in England don't get at all excited even when we score.
By Anonymous, at December 25, 2007 12:14 am
Any chance of seeing Rupeni's tries of this weekend?
By Anonymous, at December 25, 2007 2:01 pm
No try, his head touches the corner flag
By Anonymous, at December 26, 2007 2:36 am
i bet rugbydump is making a best of 07 try savers and rib breakers!
i'm right arent i, muhahaha!
By Anonymous, at December 26, 2007 3:35 am
Awesome !!!
Amazing !!!
A word is yet to be invented !!
By Anonymous, at January 03, 2008 10:44 pm
the humour in the afro comment is that if he had an afro his hair would have touched the corner flag and he would then have been out-no try
By Anonymous, at February 03, 2008 6:44 pm
doug howlett take heed
you could never have scored that
By Anonymous, at December 03, 2008 10:01 pm
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