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Monday, October 27, 2008

Scott Quinnell's crossbar challenge - Northampton Saints

After another busy weekend of rugby, we're still getting our ducks in a row so figured we'd stick up this fun clip for now, the series of which we're hoping to feature regularly as the season continues.

Former British & Irish Lion Scott Quinnell will be competing in a new feature on the Rugby Club as he looks to take on all challengers in the Guinness Premiership with the rugby version of the Crossbar Challenge.

The test of distance and accuracy comes about from Quinnell’s natural ability to throw the ball through the posts from the ten meter line.

The former Wales number 8 is looking to take on all before him, as he travels around the country seeing who has what it takes to to throw the ball from 40 metres, over the uprights and between the posts, in one attempt.

"I'm confident that my arm is still very much the one to beat; I've been practicing my quarterback throwing, and it's great fun heading to the clubs and taking on the boys on their home turfs. I'm determined to show them how it's done!"

In the first episode we see Quinnell at the Northampton Saints, taking on a team that clearly has a helluva lot of team spirit and more than a few characters in the squad.

We won’t tell you what happens, but what we will say is that if this clip is enjoyed by all, we’ll do what we can to feature it on a weekly basis.


Time: 03:10


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51 Comments:

  • haha remember seeing this on thursday! i hope they do keep it up! on the site it says.....

    "Scott Quinnell is taking on the might of the Guinness Premiership in a new Rugby Club feature,...."
    so lets hope its a regular!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 27, 2008 9:33 pm  

  • that's no language he's talking

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 27, 2008 9:34 pm  

  • great

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 27, 2008 9:39 pm  

  • Anyone know what Murray said? Sounded well funny but I couldn't understand what that last word was. :D

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 27, 2008 9:39 pm  

  • Keep em coming, their fun stuff

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 27, 2008 9:51 pm  

  • oh he said he has 11 clubs to go :)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 27, 2008 9:54 pm  

  • Excellent stuff. I'm backing Danny Grewcock to beat him at the mighty Rec.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 27, 2008 10:31 pm  

  • Let's see u do that with NFL Quarterbacks...:D

    By Blogger Don, at October 27, 2008 10:36 pm  

  • ahahahaha thats amazing!
    and sean lamont just as rorys brother lol
    and whats with dylan hartly at the start?

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 27, 2008 10:36 pm  

  • haha, maybe as somebody who spent some time playing American football this clip is funny just in terms of how many of these big fellas cant do this. I know a rugby ball is a little more difficult to throw overhand than an American football, but I'd say that if you took a sampling of your average american high school football team you'd be hard pressed not to find 7-10 guys who could do this. That being said I always enjoy these clips that give a little more personal look at the giants of the game.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 27, 2008 10:57 pm  

  • come on fernandez lobbe

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 27, 2008 11:26 pm  

  • Love it, keep it coming. As for more American football players being able to do this, do you think that might be because throwing the ball overarm is something you do in American Football whereas you never do it in rugby? Just a thought.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 12:02 am  

  • Awesome. Looks like rugby lads are rugby lads whatever level they play at...

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 12:12 am  

  • here, Purchase A, reckon I could do that?

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 12:16 am  

  • please keep it coming! awesome!

    By Blogger JW, at October 28, 2008 12:40 am  

  • at the end of the season he should go and take on Cutler of the Denver Broncos!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 12:54 am  

  • LOL! That was brilliant. Throwing the ball 40 meters? That's a strong arm. You'd expect at least all the hookers to be able to do that, although it is an awfully long way.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 2:30 am  

  • good God, funny as heck. i think i'm gonna do one, but instead use a football, and then maybe try with a rugby ball.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 2:36 am  

  • and when they started chanting 'macho man' to lobbe, i, for once in my life, 'lol'd.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 2:37 am  

  • great clip, have to give that a weekly feature

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 2:58 am  

  • loved it

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 4:03 am  

  • excellent clip
    ill be gutted if it isnt on every week

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 6:19 am  

  • lol keep it up ...........maybe a weeklee feature

    By Blogger Unknown, at October 28, 2008 8:06 am  

  • Grand - Quinnell is a legend. Post the series!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 8:48 am  

  • ENJOYED BY ME

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 9:19 am  

  • FANTASTIC! Have to totally agree with what 'hm' said, in that looks like they're still rugby fellas to tha bone no matter what level they play. Great for a laugh...

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 10:19 am  

  • Excellent! It gets my vote as a regular feature...

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 10:35 am  

  • lol brilliant! i love "fernandez lobbe song"

    this "crossbar" contest was created by a french football tv-show named "telefoot" on TF1 channel, every sunday morning.
    The players have to touch the crossbar, shooting from 50 meters

    By Blogger Flooz, at October 28, 2008 11:53 am  

  • Love stuff like this, keep it coming...

    you got that clip of his famous try against France?

    By Blogger thedannyclayton, at October 28, 2008 12:44 pm  

  • Quinnell is a beast, a big lump of Welsh beef :D.

    I love this vid, keep em' coming please :D

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 1:13 pm  

  • very funny! keep it coming

    By Blogger Unknown, at October 28, 2008 1:54 pm  

  • good vid. keep putting them up

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 2:02 pm  

  • Nacho Fernandez lobbe es de boca...

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 3:07 pm  

  • Very funny clip.

    I'd like to watch this weekly.

    Thanks.

    Fuhrer.

    By Blogger Pedro, at October 28, 2008 3:31 pm  

  • Yea, I want Rugbydump to feature this every week as well.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 4:06 pm  

  • haha that was awesome! keep it coming! i'd be disappointed if it didn't become a weekly feature

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 4:07 pm  

  • Brilliant, more of this please.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 4:25 pm  

  • I think that they where singing :"Nacho,Nacho men", not macho men,because here in South America we call "Nacho" to Ignacio.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 7:47 pm  

  • Frankyh- Euan Murray said "lightweight buddy" its a reference to the bodybuilder Ronnie Coleman who shouts that to psych himself up while he's lifting.

    Was anyone else impressed at Ben "Pop Idol" Foden's effort? For a small man he's got quite an arm on him...

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 8:54 pm  

  • keep it up, was very entertaining

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 28, 2008 10:55 pm  

  • pulling quinnells shorts down ahahahahaha

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 29, 2008 1:11 am  

  • id say about 90% of high school quarterbacks in america could do that.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 29, 2008 2:29 am  

  • I doubt that 90% of american QB's could throw a rugby ball 40m so accurately! American Football's are a hell of a lot lighter.

    So what anyway, QB's are trained to do that. Get 50% of DT's or HB's to do it and i'd be impressed!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 29, 2008 11:11 am  

  • brilliant
    keep it coming ...

    By Blogger Unknown, at October 29, 2008 1:51 pm  

  • "id say about 90% of high school quarterbacks in america could do that."

    you're wrong, american football is much easier to throw overhand than a rugby ball. not only it is lighter, it is smaller and more narrow, providing it has better aerodynamics to throw overhand.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 29, 2008 4:49 pm  

  • american footballs are designed to be thrown like that, rugby balls aren't.

    'nuff said

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 30, 2008 9:47 pm  

  • You can just imagine Jimmy Cowan taking a 3 step drop in the pocket and doing a skip 10-12-13-15 pass to Sivivatu this saturday in hong kong. That would be awesome.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at October 31, 2008 6:30 am  

  • what on earth was Chris Ashton saying?

    great stuff. I'd like to see the guys from Quins and London Irish doing this. I bet they're a laugh.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at November 02, 2008 2:45 am  

  • To clear it up (!):

    They were singing Nacho Man to Nacho Lobbe, Ben Foden is Pop Idol as he missed a Sale training session cos he was at a Pop Idol Audition, Euan says lightweight Barry in reference to Barry Stewart, another saints player, Chris Aston says "Wigan rugby league convert, also best looking guy in the team. Sean Lamont obviously Rorys bro.

    That should cover it!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at November 03, 2008 4:18 pm  

  • Also Dylan says Dylan West by mistake, the other guys in the team rib him saying he is Dorean West's son!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at November 03, 2008 4:20 pm  

  • murray says lightweight party, its a joke cuz hes fairly light for a prop and front row and sometimes called heavyweight party.

    dylan hartley...awesome hooker

    keep em coming!!!!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at November 26, 2008 6:53 pm  

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