1977 Wales rugby v Scotland

1977 Wales rugby winger Gerald Davies and outside-half Phil Bennett display their sidestep magic in one fantastic try.

Gerald Davies and Phil Bennett combine

What`s going on?

Wales in their famous red shirts are playing left to right.

The Scottish fullback, Irvine, chips ahead hoping to regather but JPR falls on the ball and Wales keep possession with a bit scrambling defence.

Wales move the ball and Gerald Davies pops up unexpectedly. He gets the ball on the Wales 22.

He doesn`t consider kicking.

Backs himself, jinking past two Scottish chasers in quick succession.

Then a palm-off - three defenders beaten!

Passes to Bennett backing up fast on the outside.

Bennett passes and play flows downfield towards the Scottish 22.

Bennett backing up again, this time on the inside, gets the ball back via a really slick pass.

With one superb jink beats two Scottish defenders.

He coasts to the line and Wales are in under the posts.

TRY!...to Phil Bennett and Wales.

Artful, skillfull, fast. expert sidesteppers, back themselves...

result - something from nothing

Gerald Davies, Phil Bennett - fan-tastic!

Just imagine doing that...

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Where can I watch Gerald and Phil - on DVD

It's on the rugby DVD "101 Great Welsh Tries" - my DVD player says it`s at the 1:4:26:10 mark. You`ll see loads of other sidesteps on it.

Use slow motion. Study them - they`ll come in useful.

You may find it on other videos and DVDs. You may even find it as a clip on a site but many have been removed because they breach copyright.

At the moment it is at about 4:07 minutes on this YouTube clip

It`s well worth it, get your own copy!

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