I was a young boy watching this game live there and it was epic. That days players where pure talent. Danie Vanschalkwyk nr 12 for the Bulls ( Northern Tranvaal) was my rugby hero.

@colinraath9179

Жыл бұрын

i agree

Ah the day a small province beat four countries combined, PRICELESS!!!

@douglasherron7534

2 жыл бұрын

Pity the Springboks couldn't (until the 3rd Test). Also, I wouldn't consider Northern Transvaal a "small province" - nor would most Blou Bulle fans of the time... Plus, you're obviously not aware of the time a single club team from Wales beat the All Blacks. Now, that's an achievement!

@johnsmithwinkwink1704

2 жыл бұрын

Oh just for you ( Another accomplishment of Western Province, which no South African team has ever been able to match, is the double victories over the All Blacks the first being (10-3) played on 15 August 1928 and again (12-11) on 16 July 1976, while several countries have never been able to beat the All Black team, Province managed it twice hee hee!!) NOT 1 BUT TWICE.

@douglasherron7534

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnsmithwinkwink1704 What do you mean "another accomplishment"? The video is about the Blou Bulle (Northern Transvaal) but then you switch to Western Province - those are different Provinces so they are different achievements, but all three are certainly praiseworthy. However, I would still contend that a single club (Llanelli, in 1972) beating a national team of the stature of the All Blacks is still at least as good, if not better than, Provincial teams achieving the same feat. After all, a Province has a far bigger pool of potential players to pick from than a single club... Llanelli's feat is unlikely to be repeated as national teams don't generally play club teams anymore during tours (plus the structure of the game has changed enormously since professionalism came in - to the detriment of individual clubs).

@colinraath9179

Жыл бұрын

absolutely brilliant

Great game. Guscott was a nightmare to play against. Always in the right place and rarely had a hand put on him. Sublime player.

@appellantspark7773

2 жыл бұрын

Yea Gusscott had fire in his belly ya can see it in his eyes

@oliverhunter9495

2 жыл бұрын

Incredible player, defensively he wasn’t great but he could do everything else to genius level and just made it look effortless. A three time lion and I think one of only 5 lions to have won more than one series.

You can just hear Telfer when Townsend threw that intercepted pass; "AWWW NOOOO, GREGOR, EFFING HELL!!!!"

Top left corner it says WP Rugby and not Northern Transvaal 😁🤣

I was there in Loftus that day, at Kings Park for the 2nd Test, and Ellis Park for the final (3rd) Test... The Saffa's were completely despondent until the Bulls win, then expected to come back in the 2nd Test and when they didn't they had to make the most of the win in Jo'burg. Great memories, good times!

@mahlanguism

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know about despondent. I was there too and I came from that game thinking it would be a 3-0 walk over. These were mostly second string teams shorn of Boks. Boks scored 9 tries to 3 but because they had no kicker, it was always frustrating uphill.

@douglasherron7534

2 жыл бұрын

@@mahlanguism Maybe it was just the guys I worked with. They did seem to swing between the 'boks being the best thing since sliced bread (24th June 1995 onwards) to them being crap when they lost (repeatedly) to the All Blacks in 1996...

Back then, jerseys and shorts were really nice to wear (except when it rained). It's also surreal to see a South African team with only white players. Things have changed in 25 years and SA is even stronger thanks to the inclusion of Black players.

Guscott was a bit of a cheat code at times in attack. Give him the ball, what do we need here: run, step, chip, grubber, drop goal? Whatever was needed, when it mattered he did it.

@douglasherron7534

2 жыл бұрын

Including a drop-goal in the second test at Kings Park...

what a game.

What game! Both sides played some brilliant rugby.

I loved Casper and still do❤

Adriaan the main man ❤😂

Ironically showing a Western Province logo on the score...

@douglasherron7534

2 жыл бұрын

Good spot!

Casper steyn and graeme bouwer had great games

Northern Transvaal's winning strategy? Keep it tight, challenge the Lions up front, give nothing away and then run straight at Tony Underwood as soon as you make a break. Learning from Lomu in '95, priceless.

Amazing game, and surprisingly the lions never wanted to play the bulls after that 🤣🤣🤣, in 2009 the bulls were unstoppable, by far the best in the super rugby, would have been a good game vs. The lions. Then 2021 once again they didn’t wanted to play the best in SA (btw the bulls did then play the SA’A side and beat them 17-14, what dis the lions do against SA’a side?

THAT'S HOW GOOD THE BULLS USE TO BE AND NOW ARE AGAIN!!!

@colinraath9179

Жыл бұрын

absolutely

6:34 player is behind tait so may have drifted forward but was back out of the hands

@douglasherron7534

2 жыл бұрын

Different laws, different refereeing...

Not many big names in this northern Transvaal team. They did well.

I think I saw Jonno make a pass. I’m sure I did.

I imagine the Boks didn't study the Lions defensive strategy much... I don't think there was one.

@oliverhunter9495

2 жыл бұрын

Only you’ve got Teichman on record saying their defence in the final 25 minutes of the second test was the most water tight he ever played against.

@wrightyy

2 жыл бұрын

@@oliverhunter9495 That's passion! Or it was in 1997. My point was they're didn't do much training in D. As far as I know. Clive Woodward brought that into rugby.

@oliverhunter9495

2 жыл бұрын

@@wrightyy Probably passion and a superb group of players doing their job. History has not been kind to Woodward, he was an incredible innovator for his time.

The best from 4 countries couldnt tame the bulls,what a shame,not enough muscle in their pack.

@wrightyy

2 жыл бұрын

With a few tweaks for injury and form, this was basically the team that beat the Boks two weeks in a row, too.

@markbrown-sb2zm

2 жыл бұрын

@@wrightyy A bok team with Carel "clean cv" du Plessis as coach.Same as playing against a blind team and hence the boks lost.

@wrightyy

2 жыл бұрын

@@markbrown-sb2zm I am afraid my knowledge of this tour is exclusively based in the documentary (which even as a South African, if you like sport, it's great. Enough time and two series win have passed you won't hate watching the Lions win). I have a fairly decent knowledge of all th games and the lions squads etc. But as for the politics at the time of SA rugby, I don't know. I do know they lost a series to the ABs the previous year. And the lions coaches stayed with the ABs in preparation.

@markbrown-sb2zm

2 жыл бұрын

@@wrightyy nope,I love the lions series.Good hard,gritty,close games.I do wish the journalism would improve because we spectators only hear of Rog refusing drinks after gzmes,not enough of Jason Leonard coming to the bok changeroom to swap jerseys with a bok greenhorn.

@deklerkverwoerd7721

Жыл бұрын

it doesnt quite work that way lol

Some refereeing shithousery there at the end.