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Watch: Crusaders prodigious fullback-in-waiting scores 80m try after chip and chase
By RugbyPass
The depth at the Crusaders these days is something else.
Tasman Makos fullback Will Jordan had a remarkable debut provincial season last year and looked certain to hit Super Rugby in 2018. The 20-year-old would have likely featured for every other team had he been on their roster, but such is the depth at the Crusaders he wasn't able to debut.
In his second season with Tasman, Jordan is proving the Crusaders have a superstar waiting in the wings after a man-of-the-match performance against Southland, bagging two tries and having a hand in one more.
On the stroke of fulltime, he scored this special try, turning a loose ball into an 80-metre effort after chipping the defence from just outside his own 22. After waiting to regather the audacious kick, Jordan sums up his options before putting on an incredible turn of speed leaving the Southland cover defence stunned.
After scoring 19 tries in 11 matches for Christchurch Boys High 1st XV in 2015, he played in the Christchurch club system before being snapped up by Tasman on a 2-year deal. A trip to the World Rugby under-20 championships last year raised Jordan's stock as he shone in a title-winning New Zealand side, before coming home to play Mitre 10 Cup where he impressed enough to take a Crusaders squad spot.
Jordan's full range of skills leave no doubt here at RugbyPass the former Christchurch Boys product will be wearing black by 2023. This kid is the real deal and the Crusaders have a special fullback in the wings.
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Look there are a few unarguable facts here that are very clear. SARU was close to bankruptcy with SR, bailed out by the Lions and they need the URC and EPCR. Inclusion of SA teams in URC has been a great for for ALL concerned, from a rugby perspective and financially, moreover there is massive growth yet to come. The GP is in financial trouble and this will be the catalyst for EPCR change to further cement the Boks.
If this all plays out with even greater rewards for the urc AND the Top14 & GP via EPCR, the 6N will become 7N. Nz and Aus NEED to get their version firing with Japan & the PI’s, otherwise they will find themselves increasingly regressing…
Go to commentsPerofeta came back and was available for the eoyt right? Or was that why Love was in the squad (but got injured in the last week)?
It was such a frustrating year. Perofeta looked a service stop gap until Jordan was fit, but then got injured. Plummer was selected because of Pero's injury and dmac shat the bed in the second half in Australia but Clarke (?) got himself binned at the 65 min mark so Plummer couldn't come on (at least with the risk adverse Razors thinking) when he was planned to.
So many other exciting opportunities that could have happened without injuries, but then theyre probably balanced by knowing Sititi probably wouldn't have been given a chance without multiple injuries happened.
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