101 Best Tries

**101 Best Tries** is a UK VHS that was originally released by by BBC Enterprises Ltd on 3rd November 1986 then, it got re-released by BBC Video with a repackaged cover on 21st November 1988 and then, it got re-released again with another repackaged cover as part of The Classic BBC Sporting Moments range of videos on 7th June 1993.

## Description

If you are an ardent Rugby supporter or just a watcher of the game on television, names like David Duckham, Gerald Davies, Andy Irvine, Mike Gibson or Jean-Pierre Romeu mean just one thing; fast, free, flowing, enterprising and entertaining rugby, often ending in spectacular tries.

This video contains 101 International tries, all of them special in their own way. Some are individual efforts, others involve players from both sides - but they will all be remembered in one way or another.

As Cliff Morgan says in his introduction "The ultimate in rugby is scoring tries" and after that it's uninterrupted tries all the way to the closing credits.

## Trivia

* This video was originally released by BBC Video in 1986 where the packaging contained a green cover saying 101 Best Tries with Clifford Morgan on the front of the cover with the catalogue number on the top of the spine, a black BBC Video Logo on the bottom of the spine and a blue label on the sticker with the 1981-1988 BBC Video Diamond ident at the start and end of the video with with it (and the 1988 re-release) containing the 1981-1988 BBC Video Diamond ident until it was re-released as part of The Classic BBC Sporting Moments range of videos in 1993.
* Then, two years later in 1988, BBC Video re-released this video with a repackaged cover where it contained another green cover with the cover similar to the original 1986 release but the front of the cover's slightly different because it said 101 Best Tries with Clifford Morgan in white writing along with a Courage Clubs Championship Logo appearing on the front of the cover then, the spine's similar with the catalogue number still appearing at the top of the spine but with a black version of the 1988-1997 BBC Corporate logo appearing at the bottom of the spine and the back of the cover's identically the same as the original 1986 release except for the title appearing in a different font with a green label appearing on the sticker but the 1988 re-release remains unchanged from the original 1986 release because it still contains the 1981-1988 BBC Video Diamond ident at the start and end of the video and the 1988 re-release keeps the BBC Enterprises Ltd 1986 copyright on the back of the cover, the label and the copyright stamp at the end of the video.
* And finally, five years later in 1993, BBC Video re-released this video again with another repackaged cover as part of The Classic BBC Sporting Moments range of videos with the cover in green and white with the borders appearing in green and the rest of the cover appearing in white with a black BBC Logo appearing on the front of the cover and the top of the spine with the video containing the 1990-1997 BBC Video logo on the label and the copyright saying BBC Enterprises Ltd 1993 on the back of the cover and the label, but the 1993 re-release is different to the original 1986 release and the 1988 re-release and the 1993 re-release should of contained the 1991-1997 BBC Video ident at the start and end of the video, however on the 1993 re-release, the BBC Video ident which appears at the start and end of the video on the 1993 re-release is surprisingly the 1988-1991 BBC Video Globe ident for unknown reasons, although the 1993 re-release does keep the 1986 copyright stamp at the end of the video because of it being a re-release.
	+ It's possible that the master for the 1993 re-release (containing the 1988-1991 BBC Video Globe ident) was actually prepared for the 1988 re-release, but for unknown reasons, the 1988 re-release is left unchanged from the original 1986 release as the 1981-1988 BBC Video Diamond ident is still seen at the start and the end of the video, with the (possibly) prepared 1988 re-release master getting shafted until 1993.

## Opening (Original 1986 Release)

1. BBC Video Copyright Warning (1984-1988)
2. BBC Video Diamond Ident (1981-1988) (1984-1988 Opening Version)
3. 101 Best Tries Title Card
4. Start of 101 Best Tries

## Closing (Original 1986 Release)

1. End of 101 Best Tries
2. 101 Best Tries Closing Credits
3. BBC Video Diamond Ident (1981-1988) (1984-1988 Closing Version With 1986 Copyright Stamp)
4. BBC Video Copyright Warning (1984-1988)

## Opening (1993 Re-Release)

1. BBC Video Copyright Warning (1988-1991)
2. BBC Video Globe Ident (1988-1991) (Opening Version)
3. 101 Best Tries Title Card
4. Start of 101 Best Tries

## Closing (1993 Re-Release)

1. End of 101 Best Tries
2. 101 Best Tries Closing Credits
3. BBC Video Globe Ident (1988-1991) (Closing Version With 1986 Copyright Stamp)
4. BBC Video Copyright Warning (1988-1991)