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IN THE NICK OF TIME
GUS1COTT’S DROP GOAL
South Africa 15 Lions 18 2nd Test in Durban 28 June 1997
With just four minutes left on the clock Matt Dawson spun the ball back to Jeremy Guscott who bisected the posts with the coolest of right-footed strikes to put the Lions into an unassailable 2-0 series lead Ironically for one of English rugby’s best attacking players with ball in in hand his two most memorable moments of magic in a a a red jersey came when he he put boot to ball having also undone Australia six years earlier with a a a superb chip-and-chase try A A A KNIGHT’S TALE
All Blacks 10 Lions 9 4th Test in Auckland 13 August 1977
A hurried clearance from Phil Bennett gave the All Blacks one last chance to strike as as they trailed 9-6 in in the the dying throes of the match Centre Bill Osborne elded the kick and put up up a a huge up-and-under that Steve Fenwick took cleanly almost man and ball on the 22-metre line Under pressure the Welshman passed back to 2 a a a a a a a a a team-mate who who lost control of possession when tackled The ball fell into the arms of rampaging No 8 Lawrie Knight who sprinted over One thing you can always guarantee from a a a a a a a a a match involving the the British & Irish Lions is is is is is that it it isn’t over until the the nal whistle We take a a a a a a look at at eight Tests where victory
was secured in in the dying seconds WORDS: JON NEWCOMBE
1993 TOUR CONTINUED SOUTHLAND 16 ALL BLACKS (IN CHRISTCHURCH) 20 TARANAKI 25
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