10 Funniest Moments In Rugby History

This clip is from a rugby sevens match taking place in Samoa. A fight (and I use that word loosely) breaks out at a ruck between two opposition players. After a couple of the softest punches you’ll ever see, the former Samoan international sevens player Simaika Mikaele hits the floor as if the punch (barely) landed on him had been a Mike Tyson’ haymaker.

In football such a dive would surely have had the fans on their feet screaming for a card and the referee surrounded by players from both teams demanding action. This is rugby however and everyone reacted exactly as hoped, as both the fans and players laughed their asses off at this pathetic attempt to con the referee.

Mikaele has since come out and defended his actions claiming it was just a joke, although that hasn’t stopped it from being branded one of the worst dives in the history of sport. I’ll let you judge this one for yourself.