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No flanker will score a try as good as this ever again

Published 14:06 15 Oct 2016 BST

Conan Doherty
No flanker will score a try as good as this ever again

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Who said forwards can't run?

Justin Tipuric can. He can run and then some. He can run through crowds of men. He can run away from desperately retrieving backs. He can kick the ball over a centre's head and run right past him. The Osprey's flanker stole the show during his side's comprehensive win over Falcons at Friday night's Challenge Cup. The Welsh international was man of the match and he scored what could already go down as try of the season with the pick of the club's rout, 45-0 they won in the end. He got up and fetched the ball spectacularly at first, exploded forward as soon as he hit the ground, burst through a limp tackle, kicked the ball over a centre's head and went over the line with three men hanging off him. It was pretty special. Skill. Fl1 Purpose. Fl2 Power. Fl3 Pace. Fl4 Creativity. Fl5 Pace. Fl6 Pace. Fl7 Pace. FL8 Success. Fl10 It was pretty good for a flanker a rugby player a human. https://twitter.com/ospreys/status/787054524288626688 And we thought Dane Coles had the best feet for a forward. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNBp_tQrEV0 Still, Justin Tipuric's hands don't have shit on Jake Heenan's. There's only one flanker who can produce these soft hands. Conn1 Conn2 Catch up with the latest episode of Football Friday Live

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No flanker will score a try as good as this ever again