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5 Big Weekend Sports Moments You May Have Missed

We take a look at the biggest and best sporting moments from this past weekend.

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9 years ago

August 29, 2016

Some tight encounters, brilliant individual performances, and dramatic moments made for an incredibly entertaining weekend of sport. But with so many great highlights, we decided to rank out top 5; so without further ado, here are our picks of the best sporting moments from the past weekend:

Piutau’s immediate impact for Ulster

After joining Irish club Ulster from London Wasps, former All Blacks and Blues back Charles Piutau made his debut for the club known, tearing through the Northampton defence, beating a number of players, and delivering a spectacular offload to set up a try for his new team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciZMKTVA-K0

Louw’s silky skills

Francois Louw pulled off a stunning behind-the-back pass to set up Bryan Habana in the Rugby Championship clash between Argentina and the Springboks in Salta.

Leicester’s counter-attack

Jamie Vardy opened his account for the season, capping off a brilliant counter-attack by the defending Premier League champions Leicester City against Swansea.

Savea sinks the Wallabies

Julian Savea rounded off a brilliant try for the All Blacks against the Wallabies, scoring in the corner to seal the Bledisloe Cup for New Zealand.

Faf nabs a century

Faf du Plessis scored a determined century before South Africa reduced New Zealand to 38-3 at stumps on the second day of the second test at in Centurion on Sunday.