As a Bok supporter - Sam is my favourite AB. Strong Man but what I respect most is his humanity - fantastic bloke!

From a saffa huge respect for the classy all blacks.🙏👌🙌🇿🇦🏆

Pure class.

Us Saffas still have plenty of PTSD from AB wins over the years... nice to be dishing it out every now and again. Good to play the final against them again, always the greatest challenge in rugby.

@orlandosadie6283

3 ай бұрын

PTSD and in the final the Boks dished out some of their own PSDT. That showdown final was destiny calling between the 2 most successful WC teams, but IRE & FRA is nowadays equal to the NZ challenge. Just see how Fra & Ire are also dominating the u/20

As a Bok fan, I’d rather loose to the AB’s than the Poms.

Much respect from Mzansi 🇿🇦

@rooftile883

3 ай бұрын

What is Mzansi?

@venkateswaranmurali2432

3 ай бұрын

@@rooftile883you don’t know??? Guess 😜 “South” Entertainment ✅

@wot4922

3 ай бұрын

​@@rooftile883 means South.

What a nice and humble human being. It's sad that great guys like this had to lose such big games.

He's such a good man, such a great NZ sportsman, a good role model for the kids. All the best Sam !!

We Saffas love seeing him on the field. We demand the best and to go up against the best. Greatest rivalry continues.

These guys at the top of the game, put a lot of physical and emotional energy into the sport they devote their lives too, so it’s not easy times when they miss by a small machine. The game is about many teams and players, nice when your team wins but feel for the loosing players. Great when they credit the winning team.

As a 🇿🇦 i can say sam is a phenomenal player. To be an great All Black for that long and have such a stellar career with so much silveware is incredible. Easily one of NZs best. When we lifted the trophy i could still feel for these, all black greats. Enjoy your retirement legend. Respect from 🇿🇦💪

@Baz502

3 ай бұрын

Exactly, he won loads of trophies. One final loss doesn't really change that. He lost to a team that just needed to win unfortunately for him

This cycle of the ABs dropping below their usual extreme standards and eventual meeting of the Boks in the final has reignited my love for our rivalry. I think it was kinda needed in some ways as The Boks had gone through their own very real slump in 2016/17 with that massive thumping from the ABs to come back to the heights of 2019/BIL tour and now the ABs had their slump, their own Bok hit job at Twickenham and subsequent WC final, to miss out on glory by only a point. It's re established the rivalry in a real way for me. I expect the ABs to make massive statements in this cycle before the WC in Oz.

Absolute legend. No fewer words.

I have great respect for Sam and understand his emotions around the loss. We have been there and it is not nice. Sam personifies what i understand the AB's to be. Tough, skilled and uncompromising.

Saffa here. Top bloke and a great rugby player! Thanks for your contributions to the game 🍺

Seems like the nicest human. Big respect to a fantastic player. From SA.

You might have lost the game but you are a champ- from a SA supporter

From SA Sam is pure class very good player and much respect to him. NZ has really dope exceptional players, also super nice guys.

Hi, Sem is an icon, always a joy to watch in a match, but he is sometimes not seen much on camera, but maybe he always does the dirty work that is simply needed, for example, when he breaks a tight game after the end of the limit, when it could have been tied, but thanks to him, it was a win - it's experience, cleverness and the still visible joy of the game. I'm from the Czech Republic and rugby is rather a marginal sport here, but I love the sport, it's not usual to see 90% of all matches that have taken place since 2011 here - I admire those guys for many reasons, although rugby is a contact sport, but it's played a lot brain and Sem just has the overview, there's no doubt about that.

As a bok supporter the ab team thru the years have given me great rugby to enjoy and wins against them was hard to come by ,but always the pinnacle of what is possible when great players apply their skills. Thanks Sam u carried the silver fern like a warrior.

The All Blacks will miss him. Love from SA.

Huge respect for this man, and, all of the AB’s for that matter.

One of the all-time greats. Not just on the field but as a person.

True legend of the game

The RWC final between the two best teams and historic rivals was going to be a war.

will be weird seeing new zealand without whitelock, he's just been a feature for as long as i can remember

Sam is class! 🇿🇦🤝🇳🇿

Pure class!

Ian Foster should learn from Sam about how to take a loss...

@orlandosadie6283

3 ай бұрын

Fair comment but a 1 point loss will eat at your soul for much longer than a 10 point margin. Just ask the French

@11jsaid63

3 ай бұрын

Easier for him to get over it than it would be for Ian Foster. Whitelock already has two winners medals. Would have been incredible if he had won a third though.

@Baz502

3 ай бұрын

1 point losses are the worst, NZ were favourites going in, SA looked done after the England game

@craigmorgan4676

3 ай бұрын

Foster is THE BIGGEST clown in rugby!Foster voetsak!😬😬🙈👎👎💀💀💀💀💀🤡🤡🤡🤡🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

@71bootneck

3 ай бұрын

@@orlandosadie6283that’s why Rassie planned it that way. Each opponent in the playoffs. Was no fluke 😂😂😂

The Springboks vs The All Blacks. The Sporting World's Special Relationship.

Great bloke

Legend from a South African

Interviewer starts with SA got lucky mantra. Ya cool we’ll keep winning and you can keep telling us we lucky. Perfect.

@zisssssou

3 ай бұрын

We? Were you on the pitch during this world cup...?

As a South African the opening "it could have been the biggest win in history" is another reason to dislike the NZ attitude even more. So, because the ABs did not win the match, it is not the biggest win in history. Go check history fellas. It was the first time a team had won the RWC 4 times. The ABs played in 5 finals, won 3, the Boks played in 4 finals and guess what, won all 4. The 2 the ABs lost were both to guess who, the Boks. Besides that, the ABs played in 10 RWC and won a mere 3 times, the Boks however played in 8 RWC and won 4, meaning a 50% win ratio in a world cup tournament which no other team had ever achieved in any sport. Greatest game in history for the ABs is still a way away. Sam you are a piece of steel and deserve respect for your personal achievements, you are without any doubt the best rugby player to step over the white wash. Thank you for your career. Salute.

Why love you Sam Whitelock

Legend

Where's this filmed?

Number 2 in the world is an epic achievement!

What a guy

What a based fella

Ima kiwi and SA win fair. What pisses me off is the $##% en rule of the game. People at the top know jack about the game . They dont even play rugby a d make those stupid rule? It pisses me off.

BASED >> Overrated player! Plenty of actual better locks but great person and someone to be respected and loved.

Was a tough loss for sure … but in truth they were in position to win that game and not either Sam missed those kicks. At the end of the day it was meant to be

Well I only have 1 thing to say - as The Eagles sang/said: "GET OVER IT" you have the rest of your Life to live? So "Live it" - you cant change anything- if you cant let it go?? It will eat you alive - and leave you an embittered and hopeless Old Man! Get over it!!

Not exactly glowing reports about the various coaches 😅

Probably would have won it had Whitelock been captain that game. Ardie has a long-standing habit (even with the Hurricanes) of leaving kickable penalties out there and constantly going for the corner line-out, and it doesn't matter how many times it doesn't work, he just keeps going for it. Savea is a great player, but as a tactical captain he's always been pretty clueless.

Thanks to the ref in the Ireland quater they shouldn't have been there in the first place.

The utmost respect for the All Blacks AND their supporters. Class all over. The pundits, however, like John Kirwin, is a disgrace..... Much like Brendan Nel from South Africa. Always excuses and the ref made a mistake.

AB ian Forster talking nonsense like SA slow the game down they are too slow what’s up with that I love AB because Jonah lomu and now I have Ardie Savea my love again from AB but Ian Forster need to watch what he says.🇿🇦🇿🇦

A red card cost us the Lions Series . A red card cost us the World Cup !

Get over it ! You lost , they won. Next RWC the AB's , the French and the Boks will be the sides to beat. Ireland will be , according to their fans , the NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE WORLD, and will make playoffs only.

“As a saffa” “Bok fan here” “from SA”. No one cares lads

That NZ team didnt deserve a pkace in the semis let alone final Ireland blew it on the day

@user-eq9jv5uf7d

3 ай бұрын

Thank you to Ireland for once again choosing to fly with Air NZ..we trust you enjoyed your flight home sitting shoulder to shoulder & look forward to sending you home early again in 2027.

@MeanAzz_13

3 ай бұрын

​@@user-eq9jv5uf7d Sings : shoulder TO SHOULDER!! we're heading ON THE PLANE!! we're heading HOME AGAIN!! 🤣🤣

@wasteoftimehere

3 ай бұрын

@@user-eq9jv5uf7d Unlike NZ we only celebrate real victories and we don't cry when we lose (unlike you against SA---- a team,and your team also,which we have beaten regulary recently. Ireland blew it on that day,no problem!,our fault----- we are not disappointed because we lost,if we are are disappointed it is only because we did not perform (are you not old enough to see the difference or do you still see sport through the eyes of a child) And as poor as Ireland played that day they still almost won against a team (an All Blacks team)who had to play the game of their lives in order to win.

@wasteoftimehere

3 ай бұрын

@@MeanAzz_13 Unlike NZ we only celebrate real victories and we don't cry when we lose (unlike you against SA---- a team,and your team also,which we have beaten regulary recently. Ireland blew it on that day,no problem!,our fault----- we are not disappointed because we lost,if we are are disappointed it is only because we did not perform (are you not old enough to see the difference or do you still see sport through the eyes of a child) And as poor as Ireland played that day they still almost won against a team (an All Blacks team)who had to play the game of their lives in order to win.

@user-eq9jv5uf7d

3 ай бұрын

@@wasteoftimehere Top 8 bro, pretty solid finish for an Irish sports team dont be disappointed.

How can we take you seriously as a “rough and tough” sportsman with such an insecure hair dye? You talk about how people (sam Caine) have to deal with his red card in the final while you can’t seem to deal with some grey hair. We should listen to you talk genuinely whilst looking disingenuous? No thank you.

You guys were beaten by the best team in the competition and on the planet. Stop sulking, rugby does not belong to NZ. Others are playing the game too and more times even better than the ABs.

@user-eq9jv5uf7d

3 ай бұрын

You ok bro?

@MeanAzz_13

3 ай бұрын

​@user-eq9jv5uf7d looks like he's got a chip on his shoulder and been waiting years to have his say! 😂😂

@MrWillt100

3 ай бұрын

Be a long time if ever you become the most winningest sports team in the world and that's in any sport, but keep trying and one day you may learn what humility is at the moment you and your saffas countrymen come across as so arrogant so please keep being arrogant cause it's most becoming of you aye the best.

@chrissmit6439

3 ай бұрын

@@MrWillt100 yes.

@wasteoftimehere

3 ай бұрын

@@user-eq9jv5uf7d Unlike NZ we only celebrate real victories and we don't cry when we lose (unlike you against SA---- a team,and your team also,which we have beaten regulary recently. Ireland blew it on that day,no problem!,our fault----- we are not disappointed because we lost,if we are are disappointed it is only because we did not perform (are you not old enough to see the difference or do you still see sport through the eyes of a child) And as poor as Ireland played that day they still almost won against a team (an All Blacks team)who had to play the game of their lives in order to win.

Pure class.