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08th May 2015

VINE: 6-foot-8, 18-stone Crusaders lock blazes in 60-metre wonder try

Jumping Jehosaphat!

Patrick McCarry

Ah Super Rugby, you never fail to amaze.

Canterbury Crusaders rebounded from their loss to Hurricanes last weekend by opening up an aisle of whoop-ass cans on Queensland Reds.

With the Super Rugby clash, at Ami Stadium, still relatively tight, Crusaders lock Sam Whitelock – one of the four rugby-playing Whitelock brothers – scored a try for the ages.

He burst through two tackles, 60 metres from his own line and, well, the clip [below] will tell you the rest.

Whitelock tips the scales at just over 18-stone and is 6-foot-8. Serious gas. Serious try.

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