Lesley Vainikolo loses his temper against Munster
Earlier today, in the Heineken Cup Quarter Final match between Munster and Gloucester, we saw Lesley Vainikolo's bad side. No, I'm not referring to his hair, although that also needs some attention.
The big occasion understandably had everyone pumped up, but for whatever reason Big Les decided to fling Rua Tipoki to the ground unnecessarily. I personally couldn't see what Tipoki did initially, but it looks like the big English winger took exception to something, which then started a series of scuffles with the Munster players, and even had one of the commentators accusing Tipoki of poking Vainikolo in the eye.
So as it turns out, Big Les has a big temper, and it doesn't take much to get him rattled.
The big occasion understandably had everyone pumped up, but for whatever reason Big Les decided to fling Rua Tipoki to the ground unnecessarily. I personally couldn't see what Tipoki did initially, but it looks like the big English winger took exception to something, which then started a series of scuffles with the Munster players, and even had one of the commentators accusing Tipoki of poking Vainikolo in the eye.
So as it turns out, Big Les has a big temper, and it doesn't take much to get him rattled.
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jesus, i heard about that, but didn't realise it was so bad, wanted to see it
so cheers rugbydump!
how about match highlights? (or in gloucesters case lowlights)
By James, at April 05, 2008 10:45 pm
What a stupid haircut
By Unknown, at April 05, 2008 10:55 pm
what a f-ing tosser
its is if hes got a bloody firecracker up his arse!!!!
By Anonymous, at April 05, 2008 11:16 pm
Tipoki sticks his finger in his eye thats the problem
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 12:06 am
He allegedly poked him, it wasn't definite, and anyway, that was after his aggro tackle on Tipoki..
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 12:34 am
all I saw was the Lesley gettin' handled, hell his punch got caught. Looked like a bunch of fuss over nothing.
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 12:52 am
The whole situation was pretty silly, but it does a great job of illustrating what's great about most rugby refs. You'd certainly never see a football ref talk with that much authority.
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 1:03 am
I cant get was started the "fight" in the begining either.... Was is the action of munster's No.8?
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 1:04 am
TBH, the worst thing in that match was Mossy's kicking. I've never seen him kick that bad. Hope he never does that for us in a Jock shirt!
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 1:15 am
woop woop! PAIN TRAIN'S COMIN'!!!
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 1:41 am
Lol, i know how painful it is, but it sounds so daft "poke in the eye" its like....big rugby lads, battering, stamping, tackling hard, occasional punches.....and a poke in the eye.....loool!
Nice video though!!
thanks!
By No.7, at April 06, 2008 1:44 am
Oh yeh! Just like to add....The Volcano has erupted!!! woo...was i the first to say that?! i bet not!
By No.7, at April 06, 2008 1:46 am
he should have had a yellow for that. and those shit commentators saying he did nothing wrong. last time i checked its illegal to tackle someone without the ball
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 2:04 am
There's no finger in these eye...notice the ref was two metres to Tipoki's right!
Two tries down Vainikolo's wing
To be honest I'd back Tipoki in a fight...hard bastard!!
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 2:24 am
Well done macho man, but lets be honest, Vainikolo has no future in rugby union, all those steroids and he's a kiwi at the end of the day, no way he merits being one of the 15 representatives of England in a full interntional, what a joke
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 3:30 am
tbh it didnt seem to me like big les knew the munster 13 had the ball...
and as a neutral from new zealand right, it definitely seemed to me like the munster players started it, vanikolo made the tackle and the munstermen went looking for a fight like they always seem to do...
its completely dennis leameys fault starting it all, if it wasnt for his punches nothing would have happened
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 3:56 am
agree with kiwikev there, if it wasnt for leamy pretending to be a prick nothing would have happened
still feels weird refering to vanikolo as a "big english winger" though lol
good stuff rugbydump keep it up!
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 3:59 am
yeah well said kiwikev, no offence to munster they deserved to win and played well but they do seem to jump in for a fight over nothing...spose its the irish blood
OZ FOREVER
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 4:03 am
look at Tipoki's shuffle after the pointing...
float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!!
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 4:06 am
KIWIKEV WELL SAID!munster and leinstermen definitely fight the most apart from the french leagues!maybe theyre a bit bitter about the history between england and ireland?
anyway they wouldnt dare try and start on bakkies botha!
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 4:08 am
typical munster...8 players on 1 guy...how many times have i seen that before?!not just from munster but from leinster too
ulster and connaught are always well behaved but im just getting fed up with munsters and leinsters behaviour tbh...gang up on one guy,act all pikey and make themselves feel big...
but on that bombshell...well played munster!seriously!lol
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 4:17 am
does it seem to anyone else as if Vainikolo never lived up to expectations in the six nations. any theories?
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 6:08 am
I dont get wut started the fight either...
By Don, at April 06, 2008 6:53 am
wat an idiot
lesley vainikolo is a tit
if he smehow worms his way into the lions squad 2009 im going to explode hes garbage
the volcano??
hahahaha he shined in the 6nations didnt he??
also whats with the hair?
that is terrible
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 7:01 am
the commentators are fuckehads and if it was tipoki one on one tipoki would smash the fucken gay english fuckwit
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 8:21 am
Tipoki is a dirty filthy c@nt. He has a record of foul play longer than anyone else in rugby and it extends to battering ordinary everyday joes in bars too. In fact he was in such an incident just before he moved over and to Ireland. AS for him having Vainikolo, " yeah right". poking someone from the blindside while he^s in a discussion with your forward pack is not hard. Tipoki is filth, and this wont be the last incident he is involved in.
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 9:36 am
Can't say I've been too impressed with Vainikolo. Never receives the ball on the left with Sinbad there and never really gets chance to get any real pace onto it. Every game he shows what he can do with some raw power (takes two to take him down) but unless he starts trying to get the ball hes of no use. Should start making more runs off his wing like Tuilagi does, breaking the line.
As for this, scuffle over nothing really? Poke in the eye by Tipoki, what we've come to expect from him really.
By cp85, at April 06, 2008 10:46 am
Cry baby, here, any chance you've the clip from that same game of Donncha O'Callaghan flying up on the wing against Vainikolo?
By Der Tierarzt, at April 06, 2008 11:29 am
Vainikolo had "KARA" braided into the back of his hair, last week an interview with an irish news paper, Tipoki siad the younger kiwis in munster like Mafi and Manning were calling him KARA, a name he picked up in new zealand for his back injury i think it means old man in Maori, the young munster boys were messing but i wonder does Vainikolo and Tipoki have some sort of history? Doubt they ever rubbed shoulders before, maybe there is something deaper!?
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 11:42 am
Where's that Paul Hodgson try saver for London Irish against Perpignan?
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 12:02 pm
Haha Kiwiev thats class !!
"and as a neutral from new zealand right, it definitely seemed to me like the munster players started it, vanikolo made the tackle and the munstermen went looking for a fight like they always seem to do...
its completely dennis leameys fault starting it all," sounds pretty neutral to me alright.
And sprinbok4eva how many leinster and munster matches have you seen exactly?
the funniest bit had to be when Vainikolo's punch got caught
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 1:27 pm
Leamy is a farmer from tipp so hed have bate vainakolo lik an a$$. funny thing.. all the english players tend to pick on the smaller players? if ud remember about 2 years ago.. danny grewcock fightin wit stringer? an stringer went straight back into him... and the english bruise lik apples haha did u see the amount of times the gloucester players were gettin seen to fairys is all they are. Munster are just simply the best team in europe. Gloucester couldnt even mount a good enough attack to get through the defence and Nigel Owens was a very biased ref yesterday. He left gloucester off with a lot of crossing, not releasing and forward passes. but Munster still destroyed them... COME ON MUNSTER!!!! haha imagine "Big gay les" started like that in Thomond park.. hed be shot cuz its at de back of moyross haha. englishmen actin like that in limerick city aint a good idea!!! haha
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 2:15 pm
I love this guy
did anyone else notice after wriggleswroth scored against France Clerk pushed him and he went crazy..
made my day
lol
I presumed he would erupt through his try scoring ability, rather than pure rage
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 2:55 pm
Vainikolo + Balshaw = Laurel and Hardy
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 3:27 pm
can i just say to all the people claiming munster "fight the most apart from the french leagues!" when is the last time youve seen a munster player red carded or even banned for throwing a punch, dangerous tackling like we seen a lot of on rugby dump lately.
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 4:23 pm
funny how the commentators first stated tipoki caught him with a jab then changed to say a poke in the eye!!
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 4:34 pm
actually kind of does look like tipoki does poke him in the eye....
i love anonymous above ! Typical incoherent Munster fan, cant even finish a sentence without saying "Come on Munster" or depicting hypothetical fights. If they win this thing again there'll be no living with them...... Christ almighty come on Toulouse !
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 4:42 pm
To all the people sdaying Munster Start fights, lol lok up the statistics first you idiots, MUNSTER have the 3rd least foul play peneltys conceeded in the Heineken cup this year and 2nd in the Magners League, looks like yeer just jelous that Munster are better than who yee support
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 5:14 pm
He can lose his temper if he wants.. I will never rate him anyway... Not a great player at all.
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 5:47 pm
"the commentators are fuckehads and if it was tipoki one on one tipoki would smash the fucken gay english fuckwit" says the brave little soldier who cant even put a nickname!!!
"Vainikolo + Balshaw = Laurel and Hardy"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA that was hilarious!
By No.7, at April 06, 2008 6:12 pm
Tipoki didn't poke him in the eye, he was pointing at him. Anyway at least the Munster players play for each other and don't take shit. Vainikolo just lost the rag because he knows he's shit at Union. This isn't league where you run into someone and get the ball back. He started it by throwing Tipoki off the ground after the whistle had gone.
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 6:16 pm
Well to be fair i don't think Vainikolo knew tipoki didn't have the ball. Watch Tipoki for the whole video he's pointing the finger at Vainikolo, gets a bit closer and then could possibly have poked him its hard to tell.
Its brilliant the way O'callaghan just holds him and makes him calm down !
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 6:47 pm
as a neutral obsever of european rugby i am surprised to read comments from S.H. posters claiming that munster 'are always starting fights' and 'typical munster' etc.
IMO munster could be described as one of the more honest teams in world rugby and are famous for their ethos of hard work and honest play (and have a very reasonable displinary record i may add)
this type of confrontation is typical of the early stages of big games such as this, and players are understandably 'pumped up'. i thought that vianokolo's action were unjustified and all that proceeded was a bit of handbags.
as for the S.H. (ESP those from S.A.)posters, i think they should keep in minid the actions and mentality of their national and franchise teams, when making such comments, as they are by no means angels themselves, and known for their less than wholesome 'tactics' on occasions.
munster certainly look a level above many other N.H. club teams (except the french) and should be confident of the chances of winning the HC this year..
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 7:58 pm
To all the guys talking about Leamy staring a fight you don't have a clue what you are talking about. Of course you are gonna step in when one of your players get thrown about. That twat Lesley threw the punch, Leamy simply shoved him away from Tipoki. Tipoki would absolutley batter him, granted he has a bad record but since coming to Munster his discipline has been terrific. He si a perfect gentleman of the pitch
By Unknown, at April 06, 2008 9:33 pm
did anybody else see the way leamy caught vainikolos punch. pretty impressive
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 10:33 pm
All this about munster trying to start fights is rubbish. Anybody on a rugby pitch who sees one of their players being tossed to the ground after the whistle is bound to run over and give a piece of there mind (or in Leamys case some fist as well)
It signifies a close team in my opinion that they all are willing to run to support their teamate
By Anonymous, at April 06, 2008 11:07 pm
tipoki would put vanikolo to rest, he is a black belt in karate.
By Anonymous, at April 07, 2008 12:16 am
rofl that hair. what a berk.
By Anonymous, at April 07, 2008 1:43 am
"PATRON said...
Vainikolo had "KARA" braided into the back of his hair"
looked more like Kavo to me....
By No.7, at April 07, 2008 2:05 am
Lads, Vainikolo's hair refers to his new born baby.
Also, I have seen much worse on a rugby pitch, this was absolutely nothing, just a few pumped up rugby players.
When ever there is any sort of scuffle, and Munster are involved, you'll always have a few Munster players helping out there team mate. I was suprised that no other GLAWS players got involved to back their player up.
Love Tipokis shuffle as a previous poster commented. Tough bastard i'd say.
By Anonymous, at April 07, 2008 12:43 pm
lads i am a munster man so a bit biased in my views, but only for leamy catching Vainikolo's punch Glaws would have played the rest of the game without him. The refs words summed it all up - if you want to play the rest of this game calm down. The ref didnt talk to one munster player
btw thanks to all glaws supporters for a great weekend
By Anonymous, at April 07, 2008 2:16 pm
btw any chance of putting up munsters first try - from quinnies turn over in his own 22 to dowlings try.
thanks
By Anonymous, at April 07, 2008 2:22 pm
any chance there is footage of the mafi tackle on on the Gloucester hooker andy titteral. i'd was harder than this one he made on bortalami.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uL3o6kVfKOY
By molaoide, at April 07, 2008 3:29 pm
he should stop fighting and start concentrating on becoming the world class player that he can become!
james
By Anonymous, at April 07, 2008 3:35 pm
he also doesn't deserve ever to play in the lions
james
By Anonymous, at April 07, 2008 3:38 pm
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By Cheyanquí, at April 07, 2008 4:08 pm
I thought his hair read "Kava", but that wouldn't make sense...
or would it?
By Cheyanquí, at April 07, 2008 4:12 pm
I'd have a temper too if my parents named me "Lesley"
By Cheyanquí, at April 07, 2008 4:15 pm
To cheyanqui:
"The word kava is used to refer both to the plant and the beverage produced from it. Kava is a legal intoxicant in many countries and if consumed before driving can cause a DUI citation. It is a tranquilizer primarily consumed to relax without disrupting mental clarity"
......lol....maybe...
By No.7, at April 07, 2008 4:18 pm
Was it not his dad or brother's name ? He was wearing a t-shirt in honour of one of them in the warm up
By Anonymous, at April 07, 2008 5:08 pm
No. 7,
I was actually referring to my relative surprise in seeing "Kava" on the head of a Tongan (rather than say, a Fijian)
By Cheyanquí, at April 07, 2008 6:06 pm
any chance of a compilation of Tony Buckley hand offs? the man's an animal.
By Anonymous, at April 07, 2008 7:27 pm
Kava is a reference to V'kolo's recently deceased brother, whom he also named his newborn after.
As for the Anonymous poster at April 06, 2008 2:15 PM; jeebus that was embarrassing
By Anonymous, at April 07, 2008 7:40 pm
"Lesley" and "Kava"?
I'll make sure to name my first two sons "Walker" and "Texas Ranger"
By Cheyanquí, at April 07, 2008 9:07 pm
cheyanqui that was hilarious.lol mate.HAHAHA!!!!
By Anonymous, at April 07, 2008 10:15 pm
Agree with no.11's comment. Didn't understand half of that anonymous post.
By Anonymous, at April 08, 2008 5:43 pm
Craaaaazy man, needs to chillax as the kids say these days. ;)
By Anonymous, at April 08, 2008 9:36 pm
Brian moore what a idiot !
Vainikolo dosent do anything wrong there, he trys to choke slam tipoki for godsake.
Typicall bised remarks from him.
Crap commentator more of a fat loud mouth idiot.
By Anonymous, at April 08, 2008 11:28 pm
it isnt brian moore its stuart barnes. vainokolo is a brilliant league player but, lik fatman farrell, hes a terrible union player. out of position for both tries, and manhandled all day by smaller, more talented men. ders gotta be more to ur game than 18stone and a ridiculous haircut for u to make it in the games superior format, give it up man
By Anonymous, at April 09, 2008 7:00 pm
worst thing about this game was overhyped ryan lamb mocking leamy and laughing after the munster no. 8 knocked on in the first half. what a clown, leamy has proven it time and again on the big stage, lamb has done nothin yet, know ur place ryan. this is the problem with gloucester, allen, vainokolo lamb have been told how great they are once to many, they were all pathetic on sunday. and i agree with above, vainokolo will nevr make a union player, union players can actuli big guys so vainokolos useless, he only got in the england squad bcause he scored 5 tries n a match of no importance earlier in the season, back to league big man, ur a joke
By Anonymous, at April 09, 2008 7:08 pm
Haha who ever said Vainikolo got manhandled by Tipoki .. Sort it out. You really think Tipoki would win ? Sure he's a better union player at the moment, but Vainikolo has just be brought into the world of Union. When he gets used to it, i can see him being Jonah Lomu-esque, and we all now how good Lomu was.
By Anonymous, at April 13, 2008 8:26 pm
I dont think anyone else could quite match up to lomu, in spite of the several "lomu-esc" players that have been described. Anyway the modern game is different, size doesnt matter as much. For instance the "white lomu" banahan being absolutely useless against a winger who can tackle.
By Anonymous, at April 17, 2008 9:33 pm
vainikolo was destroyed by howlett and two tries scored on his wing hes crap but i suppose he suits the predictable boring english play, this clip is nothing munster are clever and vainikolo looks like a idiot maybe he should concentrate on looking after his wing instead of playing up for the crowd
By Anonymous, at May 19, 2008 6:27 pm
My god, his hair really is awful. He needs to calm himself.
By Anonymous, at May 30, 2008 5:06 am
love how all the irish go mental just because vainikolo didnt take any shit from them. as for tipoki being hard, hiding behind your mates whilst mocking someone isnt hard! im sure if this was your precious neil best you would all be saying how hard he is for takin on loads of players on his own.
john 1874, boring english play?
spose when munster bored their way through the heineken it was great skill wasnt it! idiot
By Anonymous, at June 16, 2008 11:06 am
hahaha vanikolo tried to start something with a little guy and got thrown around like a ragdoll. typical ignorant announcers making excuses for english players
By Anonymous, at October 30, 2008 4:15 am
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