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<blockquote data-quote="THE CHIROPRACTOR101" data-source="post: 64007"><p>^great dancer too</p><p></p><p>norm hewitt is a legend,true maori warrior indeed</p><p></p><p>another great moment in our games history and one the greatest acts of sportsmanship in any sports history was in the test season of 2003 where wales played new zealand in hamilton</p><p></p><p>At which Welsh number 8 Colin Charvis was hit in a punishing tackle at the shoulders of All Blacks number 6,Jerry Collins.Colin Charvis was left unconscience as play continued on,where the All Blacks centre Tana Umaga stayed by an unconcious Colin,pulled his mouthguard out and put him on his side incase of swallowing his own tongue.At which point trainers arrived to aid Charvis and follow up on Umagas actions.</p><p></p><p>he didnt have to,play continued..and i remember clearly watching the replay in slowmotion where jerry smashed him..and umaga cheered and applauded the great hit as team mates do...but he saw the aftermath of the tackle and an opposing player wasnt doing so well..so he used(which shud be in any sport) common sense and aided his rival to safety</p><p></p><p>goodwill...feckin great will...thousands of kids in nz and wales saw that..and got a better understanding on 'sportsmanship'</p><p></p><p>great stuff tana!..legend you are</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="THE CHIROPRACTOR101, post: 64007"] ^great dancer too norm hewitt is a legend,true maori warrior indeed another great moment in our games history and one the greatest acts of sportsmanship in any sports history was in the test season of 2003 where wales played new zealand in hamilton At which Welsh number 8 Colin Charvis was hit in a punishing tackle at the shoulders of All Blacks number 6,Jerry Collins.Colin Charvis was left unconscience as play continued on,where the All Blacks centre Tana Umaga stayed by an unconcious Colin,pulled his mouthguard out and put him on his side incase of swallowing his own tongue.At which point trainers arrived to aid Charvis and follow up on Umagas actions. he didnt have to,play continued..and i remember clearly watching the replay in slowmotion where jerry smashed him..and umaga cheered and applauded the great hit as team mates do...but he saw the aftermath of the tackle and an opposing player wasnt doing so well..so he used(which shud be in any sport) common sense and aided his rival to safety goodwill...feckin great will...thousands of kids in nz and wales saw that..and got a better understanding on 'sportsmanship' great stuff tana!..legend you are [/QUOTE]
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