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1953 New Zealand rugbyThe 1953 New Zealand rugby team had an ace sidestepper but against Wales were beaten by a Welsh sidestepper.1953 New Zealand rugby sidestepsI first came across the name of Ron Jarden in the excellent book "New Zealand Rugby Skills & Tactics" (Lansdowne Press, 1982) .The book contains a section headed "Beating the Man". This section was based on Ron Jarden`s book "Rugby on Attack" (Whitcombe & Tombs, 1961). In the books, Jarden describes in detail how to beat opponents "by agility", mentioning both the sidestep (he describes two versions) and the swerve. "Ron Jarden" at allblacks.com describes Jarden`s rugby career. It mentions two occasions when Jarden scored 6 tries in a single match. It also tells how Jarden was an automatic choice for the All Blacks between 1951 and 1956. In his first-class career of 134 games he scored 145 tries - quite a feat! "Sidestep" is not mentioned in his allblacks.com entry and I have seen no video clip of Jarden sidestepping - yet from the way he descibes how to sidestep and from his prolific scoring I suggest he was an expert. 1953 Wales v New ZealndKen Jones for Wales collects the ball after a cross kick and a fortuitous bounce, sidesteps a cover defender and scores the winning try.For a fuller descrition, see Welsh rugby sidesteps. Ron Jarden was the cover defender!Jarden described the try in his book, "Rugby on Attack", page xii of the introduction.So.....
Jarden describes how Jones used a swerve! It just goes to show - what constitutes a sidestep is open to debate. Sidesteps are amazing... ... they affect games, perhaps they also affect your memory! Return from 1953 New Zealand rugby to NZ Rugby
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