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Watch: An absolutely enormous 22 metre drop-out was kicked in New Zealand today

It’s very rare that a drop-out makes the highlight reel but this one deserves a its place in the pantheon of greatest ever.

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Manuwatu’s Kurt Baker, a former All Black Sevens and Maori All Black star, managed to gain roughly 80 metres – with the ball eventually bouncing out on the Bay of Plenty five metre line.

Baker was with Italian club Zebre in the Pro 12 last season, playing 519 minutes in nine games, starting seven and scoring a try. He returned to New Zealand at the end of the northern hemisphere season.

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Tom 56 minutes ago
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I'm not sure about the Earl incident. I recall him missing an important tackle but he's certainly a quick flanker. SB has him cover centre when doing 6-2, fortunately we've never had to see how that would play out.


I'm not getting on board I'm afraid. The fact that England are scoring tries and being competitive despite being so amazingly disorganised and managing to lose every match is even more frustrating. The players front up and make a good account of themselves physically but the defence since Felix Jones is so much less organised. Players are flying out the line all over the place, there is no cohesion at all... And the attack... Literally it's just Marcus Smith.. and a bit of Feyi Waboso. Almost every player in the backline has done nothing offensively because the structure just isn't there for it, there's nothing creative or innovative to challenge the defense. The last 20 mins against the Boks it was just runners on crash ball off the 9, over and over getting smashed behind the gainline and turned over. These players are capable of doing much better.


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