1988 Wales rugby v Scotland

1988 Wales rugby winger Ieuan Evans displays his sidestep magic in one fantastic jinking run.

Ieuan Evans jinking

Wales in their usual bright red shirts are playing left to right.

It opens with a scrum near the Scottish 10 metre line near the touch line on the far side of the pitch.

Wales win the ball and it`s sent 10m almost straight backwards to the fly half . He sends it another 5 metres back to the inside centre.

That`s nearly 20 metres behind the gain-line aready. Plenty of work to do! The ball is moved right across the field.

Then Ieuan Evans gets it far out on the right wing.

He`s about 30 metres out from the Scotish line.

All that effort and Wales are just a few metres ahead of where they were on the other side of the field!

With his progress blocked he jinks inside...

• then jinks again
• then JINKS AGAIN
• THEN JINKS AGAIN

Four times he jinks and beats a Scottish defenderbefore finishing it off by forcing his way over close to the posts despite a desperate tackle close to the line.

Brilliant individual skills, try to Ieuan Evans!

fast, expert sidestepper.

Ieuan manages to keep a straight face despite enthusiastic congratulations. Eventually he allows himself a small punch of the air and a little smile.

Great rugby!

You can see it on DVD, maybe on clip

See the rugby DVD 101 Great Welsh Tries - my DVD player says it`s at the 1:2:14:13 mark. There are sidesteps galore on it.

You can also see this on a clip on the internet.
I saw it at 5:33 into this YouTube clip.