England lock Wade Dooley hits Wales number 8 Phil Davies hard with a violent right hand from behind that forces him off the field with a broken jaw during the 5 Nations match in March 1987 at Cardiff Arms Park.
Correction, John Hall started it with his neck pull on Moriarty. Tulip was just an idle passer by until he was accosted by the very Reverend PC Wade Dooley
Described as the most naturally violent man in world rugby by his understudy, Dooley did not endear himself to me as a sportsman to respect but a giant of a thug.
If I remember correctly after repeatedly being beaten in Cardiff did England not decide to deliberately take this uncompromising approach? Of course it didn’t work.
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Correction, John Hall started it with his neck pull on Moriarty. Tulip was just an idle passer by until he was accosted by the very Reverend PC Wade Dooley
Described as the most naturally violent man in world rugby by his understudy, Dooley did not endear himself to me as a sportsman to respect but a giant of a thug.
That's how you deal with a thug like Davies!
In a game of big men, and some undoubtedly hard men too, Dooley was both.
How to sucker punch someone from behind. Dooley was a crap player. Typical thug copper
Dooley runs a tea shop now it seems with his wife, just make sure you tip well.
Cheap shot!!!
Scum bag move
Was this the game Stuart Evans scored the try ?
Dooley burst Doddie Weir’s eardrum in a match too. Maybe not as bad as a jaw break but not fun either.
It's a few moons back but Dooley was out of order…. Cheap shot.
Wales were desperate not to lose to England at home and were at least as culpable (probably rather more so) for the violence in this game.
England banned 4 players – Wales didn;t ban any.
Don't think Davies targeted Dooley again after that.
Ouch bloody hell the Blackpool Tower caught him with a devastating punch didn’t he!
Phil Davies got EXACTLY what he deserved.
And Mark Jones ko’d dooley
Dooley was a Blackpool copper, you can imagine him smashing a few skulls on a Friday night at kicking out time…
A cowardly punch from behind.
Dooley was a copper then, should have been sacked, prick.
Public school boy game, football fans fight and it's uproar these Muppets break jaws on the pitch and fuck all is said, fucking stupid
What do you expect from a copper
Wales lived by the sword and were renowned for violence and foul play they got some back that day and moaned like babies
If an All Black had done that the British press would still be crying about it 30 years later.
“He really has had a tremendous bang there”…do miss Bill’s commentary.
" let's hope he gets on the field again…. "
Blindsided him – these days he’d be banned for life
Good shot Wade downed the sheep shagger in one!
I remember watching Dooley being knocked out by Frenchman Olivier Roumat, all in the game.
Dont take liberties with Dooley Probyn and the toughest of all Winterbottom.
Played a few games with Wade when I was a student. On the same side thankfully. Good company.
So who won the game? Just asking 😂.
Cheap shot from Davies spotted by Dooley and summarily dealt with. Excellent Rugby.
No sure what the fuss was all about. England had been being beaten up by Wales for years.
Phil Davies took the first swing anyway, Dooley was reacting to that.
That was how it was sometimes back then.
it was goodnight sweetheart a big thumping farewell for MR davies
If I remember correctly after repeatedly being beaten in Cardiff did England not decide to deliberately take this uncompromising approach?
Of course it didn’t work.
That England scrum was as tough as they come. Dooley, Chilcott, etc. A forward line not to be messed about with.
Only a copper would do that
And Justice was quickly dealt out, against the perpetrator, by PC Dooley.What a man.
The good old days that why my face looks like its been hit by a shovel
Heartly jaw is the rooster which they try to make as a broken jaw snail
No-one would want to be on the end of one from Dooley.