WE’VE SEEN GLIMPSES of Joe Schmidt in action as a player, but today we stumbled on this piece of archive gold from France’s tour of New Zealand in 1989.
Playing on the left wing for Manawatu, Joe Schmidt was clearly a favoured tactical ploy for the north island region on the day. Before scoring this second half kick-chase try, he had already gone incredible close to converting a similar effort in the first half.
Quick celebration and then back to work.
If we know anything about Joe Schmidt though, it’s that he’s anything but one-dimensional when it comes to rugby. He was pretty sharp in defence too, as he showed with this this first-half try-saving tackle.
Here’s the full highlights of Les Bleus’ victory. Schmidt’s try comes on the 12.30 mark.
