A sad moment for sure, but one that any referee, worth his or her reputation, could do no more or no less than to award a red card. Sonny did go in hard and direct, his vision wasn't obscured, he did hit Watson dead square in the head, he did know the price; he paid that price, and it cost his brothers very dearly indeed. It cost a series victory over the British and Irish Lions.. Mitigating factors are of no consequence once the slow motion replay reveals such a blatant act of foul play. The outcome was 'done and done'. Off the paddock, Sonny is a different 'animal', a kind, humble, caring human being, who wouldn't seek to apply physical harm, but in the heat of the moment, at that particular time, he made a bad error. Thankfully Watson wasn't badly injured. Sonny will always have my admiration for being a lovely man, and a great athlete. He just made a howler.

@slau330

Жыл бұрын

The All Blacks had two other games to rectify this mistake and could not do it. The All Blacks lost the series not Sonny

@fundzreal7680

Жыл бұрын

@@slau330 it’s the second match of a three test series, so you know maths?

This was a fascinating insight into the inner workings of the team. SBW is a legend on and off the field, to be admired for the person he has become.....his values, beliefs and lifestyle, NZ should be (and of course is) proud of him

@octavia2

3 ай бұрын

Bullshit. He's still in denial. It was an obvious red, no 'massive decision' about it. He's a thug who didn't have the intelligence or the guidance to change his ways, and can't see that or admit it even now.

The guy is a wonderful person and a fantastic rugby player, regardless of which code, Union or League. #respect 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💚❤🐠

Owen Farrell is the grandmaster at shoulder charging.

@thilinaekanayaka6935

3 жыл бұрын

Bradley Williams Agreed 😂

@craighjonas8833

3 жыл бұрын

His shoulders ability has surpassed all Jedi.

@temokootapuhi4588

3 жыл бұрын

And amount of times he hasnt been pinged is shocking

@trewens

2 жыл бұрын

Same old kiwis, always whingeing

@temokootapuhi4588

2 жыл бұрын

@@trewens you must be a pom, you grew up around winging and can spot it a mile away aye 🤣😂

Sonny is the man legend

@PatrickKelly-lz3pv

3 жыл бұрын

And a terrible boxer

0:31 I'm sorry what does the 50 years have anything to do with the call? You smashed a guy in the face with your shoulder

@AlwaysAC

3 жыл бұрын

Assuming that the preferential treatment they are used to will continue I guess

@PatrickKelly-lz3pv

3 жыл бұрын

Intentionally

@khankake9576

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing, he simply mentioned 50 years because he was the first All Black in 50 years to get sent off. Do you get it now?

@mattgthor

3 жыл бұрын

Because they all blacks are better than that. I can't speculate his intentions or the other all black red cards since then. But the 50 year record stood for fair play and sportsmanship and mana and respect

@PatrickKelly-lz3pv

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattgthor The fifty year old record stood because they had previously got away with foul play, and Sonny Bill Williams could and should have been sent off while playing in other internationals the All Blacks are a great rugby team but dont give me that fair play and sportsmanship crap.

Not ideal for Smith to say they never plan for a red card...

This man has literally "done it all"

Putting it on the referee is piss poor. Next time use your arms

@kefe4520

3 жыл бұрын

You need 3 country’s to beat 1 hahahaha

@christoduplessis8177

3 жыл бұрын

@@kefe4520 the Lions is made up of the four home nations which is the essence of the Lions so not at all sure what you mean by that (unless it is a Gatland\Scotland jibe)?

@kefe4520

3 жыл бұрын

@@christoduplessis8177 mate it’s still four countries to try and beat 1 country 😂😂😂

@christoduplessis8177

3 жыл бұрын

@@kefe4520 I feel like you are missing the conversation completely but cool, four countries form one team, one country the other team. Noted. Thank you.

@bluesteel5688

3 жыл бұрын

@@kefe4520 .....actually 4 countries (and 5 if you count NI and Eire as separate)

You never see set phases as cool or successful as this period. Sbw was mean at it

It's all right bro. Shit happens to be the best of us. You're bigger than this Sonny. I am a massive Sonny Bill Supporters, but that's no longer acceptable in any forms of Rugby. Ironic because they actually banned the shoulder charge because of him in league. Doesn't matter the guy is incredibly humble. He will learn from it and move on to be the best he can be.

Some how when Mako Vunipola tackled beauden barret while on the ground the ref did not bother to have a 2nd look.

@westsideAUKILANI

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Ref was not consistent. SBW deserves a red then so did Mako...

I played at Wesley college in the 70's it was war . This happened as part of the game ,the monster stomping rucks! All the grades played like it was the last battle you would fight in. 79 final at Wesley against Tipene the lst's. Pene lemoto.....whole school brawl .Poneke.

100% a red card. No debate needed.

@vagalN

3 жыл бұрын

Shit happens, he got the red card. The AB's drew the series- which was a great spectacle. SB still a star

@dommer256

3 жыл бұрын

@@vagalN Oh yeah. He was sounding sorry for himself saying it was a big call from the ref, but he had no option to send him off, and that was SB’s fault alone.

@vagalN

3 жыл бұрын

@@dommer256 ok, time to move on

@tombutcher3021

3 жыл бұрын

@@vagalN lol if it was time to move on why have an interview and allow it to be posted on the internet....

@SioneDunk

3 жыл бұрын

Should never have been a red

He knew exactly what he was doing. Dirty trick and well done to the ref who had the courage to send him off.

@bradleywilliams6440

3 жыл бұрын

John Lamond,Owen Farrell is worse.

@karlsingh9805

3 жыл бұрын

no he didn't. watson dipped just before impact and he was 6 inches too high that's all. just unfortunate. don't forget he's played as much league as union and they chop necks every tackle!

well if you gonna shoulder charge a guy in the face, what did you expect's gonna happen? payback for all the other illegal tackles you made and got away with it

@punisher_yt1288

3 жыл бұрын

Grow upp man one day you get away with it others days you get red carded it's just the game

@christiantasidaily

3 жыл бұрын

Stfu man, go worry about something else 🤣

@louaiga74

3 жыл бұрын

@Greg Kyle real shit! Farrell is a seasoned Grubb,can't get over that shoulder charge against South Africa right on fulltime when he didn't get penalised at all and England won smh

@paddyanglais91

3 жыл бұрын

Agree - think BOD spear tackle in 05

Still a dual international,not many can say that,gave us many a year of great sport uce❤️👊🏾👍🏾

Incredível record ...... you abs são foda !!!!

Didn’t show an ounce of remorse.

first red card in 50 years well that sounds like a bias from refs...

They dont get red cards because the ref is on their side.

@thor_6886

3 жыл бұрын

And how is it, or why is it, that neutral refs from every other rugby playing nation all decide to be on the side of little old NZ? Oh hang on, except the one who reversed the penalty in the 3rd test, costing the ABs a chance to kick for 3 points to win the series. Thanks for the laugh, though...

@howdoiunbakeacake1525

3 жыл бұрын

😂 Fkn sooks.

Definitely deserved a red card for that hit. It didn't cost the All Blacks the game though. When he went off, the scores were tied. The All Blacks eventually pulled ahead by 9 points later on. The All Blacks still have themselves to blame but.... that go ahead penalty? That was the real controversy. Hate to see a tight match decided by a call like that... But the series dished up another one anyway a week or so later.

Yet Mako Vunipola was pinged for a similar offence on Beauden Barrett in the 56th minute but only got a yellow. Where's the justice in that?

My favourite sportsman. Been following him since I was 5. Great and humble human being too.

I Love Sonny Bill Williams, My Muslim Brother ❤

Lots of respect for SBW

You know what they say: 'you can take the man out of rugby league, but you can't take the Rugby league out of the man.'

@PatrickKelly-lz3pv

3 жыл бұрын

They also say people who live in glass houses gather no moss.

It was a dangerous challenge! He got what he deserved! I played rugby at school! If you got sent off you cast shame over the school! It’s a tough game! But you treat your opponent with respect! Sonny Bill broke that code!!

Red cards been given out like speeding tickets this year 2020. And your crying about SBW. How quickly loyalty changes a person. It’s only game. 🤦🏾‍♂️ you win some you lose some. But you live to fight another day.

Nope wrong call steve it was raining and that is not a backs day should of kept with 8 forwards and the backs covering everything everywhere

I forgot about it the next day

Last time I checked, a game of rugby like that provides enough drama without a follow up documentary getting players to over-emote to some background music. It was a ropey challenge, deserved red, lost game, great series. Better just leave it at that eh?

Can someone teach him how to wear a hat as well?

Time heals most things brother and this is one of them. I still think SBW should of played against the Poms in the semi. Merry Christmas brother, I know your religion doesn't celebrate it. SBW, All Black.

@shawnboy85

3 жыл бұрын

100% true.

Fast forward to 2023 pre World Cup and Owen *gets away with it, shoulder charge* Farrell is clear to play with *no bad*

A deliberate attempt to maim. Are we supposed to have any sympathy for that?

Sonny Bill beat them with the Blues so PUKANA BLEH😛

As for the boxing thing....I'd like to see Sonny climb into the ring with Joseph Parker.

@didywgtn932

3 жыл бұрын

🤣he'd get folded

@thomasmcgillivray3997

3 жыл бұрын

@canvas bed He's only hand-picked weak bums in the past that he knows he can easily beat...but we are not that stupid eh.

@khankake9576

3 жыл бұрын

I'd love Parker to get KO'd

He doesn’t give a shit about anybody else but himself, just look at his history, btw I was at this game, the weather was horrendous, but the night in Wellington later was on was one of the best I have had, the lions supporters were understandably excited and were great fun

how is it possible that they received no reds for so long? Some kind of leniency? Statistically is seems a bit strange, makes me wonder if it is too clean. Edit: this must also extend to yellow cards. I wonder how many yellow cards they have recieved per match on average over the last 50 years vs the last 2 years and how many penalties received per yellow card - and if this is much higher than the global average.

@peter3664

3 жыл бұрын

Ridiculous leniency. "On average, South Africa have received a yellow card for every 11 penalties conceded. For Australia it is every 12 penalties. However, for New Zealand, a yellow card is brandished on average only once every 43 penalties."

@chris5240

3 жыл бұрын

@@peter3664 thanks for the awesome data :D

This was a minor foul compared to the worst attack I have ever seen. That being the spear tackle on O’Driscoll. It was a potential neck breaker. I use the word attack and not tackle as that was what is was. Look it up as it was the Kiwi’s most shameful moment

@noelburland7169

3 жыл бұрын

You speak like you think that the All Blacks deliberately set out to injure the B & I Lions captain in the first test of the 2005 tour, but I have to disagree with the intent part. No team in their right mind would ever deliberately go out to maim the captain of the opposition. That being said, Tana Umaga and Keven Mealamu did cause Brian O'Driscoll a dislocated shoulder with their reckless cleanout and should have been punished, either during the game or by the citing commissioner. The fact that they weren't grates Lions fans to this day.

@MrThrib

3 жыл бұрын

@@noelburland7169 Not deliberate? They did it immediately and in an obviously synchronised manner, at the very first opportunity they got. Utterly disgusting. They seriously should have had jail time.

@manofvalour6982

3 жыл бұрын

Dude that is like the Springboks 53-3 loss to England in 2002. You cannot deny that the Springboks came there to only injure and jeopardize the English team. Corne Krige even admitted in his biography that they deliberately fouled the English. 2005 Lions tour was the same. O'Driscoll was a threat to any opposition. He was by far the greatest 13 of that decade. Images just couldn't accept it!

@stuart7245

3 жыл бұрын

@@noelburland7169 It was deliberate. First move was to smash one of the worlds best players into the ground. Potential neck breaker. Totally deliberate. I supported the All Backs before this.

@stuart7245

3 жыл бұрын

@@manofvalour6982 not a clue what you are on about

"It's a big call to make". Then don't make the ref have to make it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

He's not bad

That card cost NZ the series

@Nineteenseventy2

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't cost us the series. It was a draw.

@toiletsmithy3630

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nineteenseventy2 yes it did. We would've won game 2 if Sonny wasnt sent off. Stupid penalties cost us the series

@Nineteenseventy2

3 жыл бұрын

@@toiletsmithy3630 you're assuming we would have won the second test even if SBW hadn't been red carded.

@toiletsmithy3630

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nineteenseventy2 SBW doing doing good before his red card. Ever since he went off, The lions kept taking advantage off it and tried to ram The advantage.

@Nineteenseventy2

3 жыл бұрын

@@toiletsmithy3630 I think you are too one eyed. The All Blacks were playing OK, but were just holding on. SBW needless shoulder charge did hurt their chances, But who will ever know, it's all history now. 1 win apiece and a terrible draw.

Rugby’s soft as hell but league is following 🤬

not a big call at all, it was completely right

Gee . Bad moment. A few tiny moments.

Obviously a red card but I'd like to know why Farrell has never been red carded given he has done very similar tackles

The all blacks just don't make sense. How can I team who wins that much and plays that much not have a guy sent off in 50 years.

@mikebarker6979

2 жыл бұрын

Barely any guys got sent off in the old days, from any side

The referee got it right. Stop whingeing

It was matched fixed . The bookies are the only ones that won here ...

Thats the only way to beat New zealand. bathle them with penalties, With england in the Semi's, bathle them with penalties. Penalties is the huge reason to most of NZ losses. how they lost to argies, penalties

@PatrickKelly-lz3pv

3 жыл бұрын

They lost to England in the last world cup semi final because they were out classed in every department

@peter3664

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe stop playing so dirty then? Good to see the ABs finally lose the preferential treatment.

A gentleman's game played by thugs or a thugs game played by gentlemen? A lot of both, our best export

it was an owen farrell special, but because he isn't farrell, he got red carded...

@theflaver

3 жыл бұрын

I see that porkchop took his reply off requesting evidence of farrell's hitting people in the face, as though it's not happened, but realizing the absurdity his comment removed it. But here are a few... kzread.info/dash/bejne/f2SB2shyidG_Zag.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/f2SB2shyidG_Zag.html

@brandonpye8757

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing like Farrells tackles. Come on let’s take the blinkers off and be realistic here.

If it weren't for the refs in the pocket, the All Blacks would get a red card every game.

@Nineteenseventy2

3 жыл бұрын

Yes we pay them so handsomely for giving the opposite teams all those cards, because the All Blacks never get carded in games. Stupid comment made by an ignorant fool.

Only way the poms could win

@Snookmeistergeneral

3 жыл бұрын

I think the Irish lads might not be too happy with your description there...

all good, we were robbed anyway at the end of the 3rd game, IRB wanted lions to win because the interest IN rugby was dying off in europe

@Porkchop259

3 жыл бұрын

Oh my world, every single part of that statement is wrong. Tv, sponsorship and attendance in Europe are all going up while SH rugby is dying a painfully slow death. How out of touch with reality are you?

@thesquire6352

3 жыл бұрын

@@Porkchop259 the guy caught the ball in an offside position.should of been a penalty

@thesquire6352

3 жыл бұрын

@@Porkchop259 plus european rugby is boring as hell, goal kickathon contests

@Porkchop259

3 жыл бұрын

@@thesquire6352 Mate i would just give it up as a bad job, every word you type just makes it more and more obvious to anyone reading that you are just a troll after a bit of attention and watch almost no rugby and know even less.

@thesquire6352

3 жыл бұрын

@@Porkchop259 wow what a burn lol northern rugby is boring as fuck it's a fact. Don't know why you keep saying otherwise, your best club players are our old ones at the end of their careers. Conventional boring rugby. Still doesn't change the fact the lions needed to cheat to draw

Talk about overrated a bench player at best ,he was lucky to be surrounded by great players in the All Blacks.Deffinately a red card conceded by a player with no smarts on a union field what so ever

How is it that nobody has mentioned the elephant in the room regarding this video? What the actual is up with the stupid hat he's wearing?!

The game is going soft