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The Golden Lions Nearly Scored The Fastest Try Of All Time
By Calum Henderson
Lourens Erasmus could have probably set a new Guinness World Record but wasted too much time putting the ball down.
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The Golden Lions opened their Currie Cup campaign against the Pumas at Ellis Park on Saturday by scoring one of the fastest tries in rugby history.
Two-metre lock Lourens Erasmus dotted down just 8 seconds into the game after running onto the kickoff and brushing past a non-existent Pumas defense.
Erasmus’ try was fast but not quite the fastest ever. The Guinness World Record belongs to winger Tyson Lewis, who scored in 7.24 seconds for Doncaster Knights vs Old Albanians in 2013.
Lourens Erasmus could have broken that record if he hadn’t wasted precious time mucking around after crossing the try line. If he had dived here he almost definitely would have been the first player to break the 7 second barrier.
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While not the fastest try ever Erasmus’ effort is certainly the fastest try by a forward ever. He joins the likes of John Leslie, Lee Blackett and Dafydd Howells in the sub-10 seconds club.
The Golden Lions went on to win 68-26.
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The weather was dreadful but the playing surface was great so there is no real excuse for such another poor standard of play from both sides. Dragons just the better team. But, what a shocking decision by the TMO not to award the Fifita try. This pretty much sums up Welsh rugby with poor teams and poor officials. The WRU have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done quickly to avoid rugby being lost to our future generations.
Go to commentsNo chance of Borthwick selecting any young talent. He announced his selection policy from the outset with naming a poor OF as Captain, retaining an equally poor Youngs and Vunipola brothers when there were many better EQP in the Premiership. SB revival of Leicester was based on SA muscle and a terrific Welsh flanker he has generally ignored young English talent.
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