The Springboks have a new admirer who is not a rugby fan at all, greetings from Croatia

Truth is, Ref was absolutely awful, the amount of high tackles, this is life changing sort of stuff, there is a good reason why TMO's were introduced. And if you truly believe that changed the game for the worse than you actively neglect the well being of others

@moosesnWoop

10 ай бұрын

No, it was just a time when rugby was way more aggressive with the likes of Bakkies and Burger among others. I mean, eye gouging at the :30 second mark.. lmao

@kurtpunchesthings2411

10 ай бұрын

Yea TMO changed rugby for the better not sure why Football didn't just copy paste TMO for VAR Anyway now I've heard a new yellow card red card rule is coming into world cup so If you get a yellow card yea 10 minute sin bin fair enough but during that 10 minutes it will be reviewed to see if it should be upgraded to a red card And if you get a red card next 10 minutes that will be reviewed to see if it around be downgraded to a yellow Honestly excited by that rule idea

@thinkbig3384

8 ай бұрын

It was RFU at that time. I was playing stand off for my regiment at this time and it was brutal however, you expected it and took it, and "take him out before he takes you out" was very much the attitude

@mpumelelobeyers957

8 ай бұрын

Nah.. You '1st world country ' people soft tbh

@wernererasmus2334

8 ай бұрын

You can't compare it. Different era. Different rules

Epic series...the Lions fans were good tourists too, joining in with the festivities after every match. They are welcome back anytime!

@EC23_10

10 ай бұрын

Such a shame the last South African Lions tour was during Covid so it's so long until the next one!

@SMacCuUladh

28 күн бұрын

isn't SA a bit dangerous these days?

@fredperry523

24 күн бұрын

​@@SMacCuUladh About as dangerous as London on a good day and a Bradford riot on a bad day.

@AInfrEEzebr

20 сағат бұрын

Ah we miss the Lions and their fans. Aussies are very lucky it's their turn next

"thats a great play from odrisscoll" says the commentator after he literally almost KOs a player by a tackle with no wrap?

@davidlalor9464

10 ай бұрын

That commentator is still ruining games with his lake of knowledge on Sport . They have LOADS of these frauds commentating on SPORT . In Ireland, England ( England have the WORST commentators in the World ) Ireland a close 2nd . They all broke and WOKE .

@gert_vC

10 ай бұрын

I have rewatched clips of this game many times over the years and I still can't believe the commentators said that's great play

@geo_brooknor2785

10 ай бұрын

@@davidlalor9464I’d argue the Welsh have the worst commentators due to their constant bias but it could go to any of the home nations

@davidlalor9464

10 ай бұрын

@@geo_brooknor2785 Im not going to back any commentator up here . They are helping ruin all Sport's .The only one that waz good was the late Great Bill McLaren . The rest put on fake voices , talk over the referee , didnt mind listening to Jonathon JIFFY Davies . He used to tell the COMMENTATOR to stay quiet while the ref is explaining . Now he talks over them . The refs ???? Who is employong these frauds ???

@robertpirsig5011

10 ай бұрын

Not sure if those rules were implemented at the time. O Driscoll almost got knocked out himself. It was an accidental clash of heads.

That was the peak of rugby the game was professional and high quality but you could still have a fight and no tmo every 2 minutes.

@Rodney0Brown

10 ай бұрын

The Brutal Natural instinctive & pure thrust of raw energy laid out for all to see. welcome to the Circus Maximus of the Modern Era...."Are You Entertianed?"😮

@Wolf-hh4rv

9 ай бұрын

Nah no fights in 2011. Maybe 1985

@liambirch6333

8 ай бұрын

Facts, it was a merger between the clinical professional game we have now and the rough around the edges armature game from tha past, it was peak combination

@offbrandsoup2579

2 ай бұрын

But you could get away with eye gouging and punching your opponent in the groin 🤦‍♂️

@rhubarbtart

18 күн бұрын

2011?? This series was played in 2009.... ​@@Wolf-hh4rv

Eye gouging is a clear red card offense and Schalk Burger should have been sent off. The only reason he wasn't is that it was only 30 secs into the game and the ref didn't want to ruin the contest. Like most fans I want to see a competitive match between two sides with 15 men on the pitch, but he really should have gone there's no question of that. However would we have had such an epic contest if he had?

@steveevesson4867

8 ай бұрын

Every brutal game I've seen seems to involve south Africa eye gouging shoul be a life ban

As an Irishman, I enjoyed this tour and especially this game. Outside the physicality of it there was some super rugby but for me the most brutal match I seen was the .2002 Springbok v England match. It was pure filth with England playing all the rugby.

Happy to say i was there. Great match, great memories.

"touch, touch, no try" … ref blows a try 😂

That was one hell pf a game!

My favourite match ever, the intensity and physicality was unreal

One of the most exhilarating and brutal rugby matches of all time 0:30 20 seconds into the game Schalk Burger gouged Luke Fitzgerald's eye This was spotted by the linesman and Burger was given just a yellow card for the offence 1:17 Brian O'Driscoll exchanged shoves with Victor Matfield which provoked both sides 3:19 Rob Kearney was taken out late Bakkies Botha told Mike Phillips he had "sexy blue eyes" The second half was even more brutal Mike Phillips questioned the South African forwards as to if they were on steroids 3:48 Botha cleaned out Adam Jones from a ruck dislocating his shoulder 4:14 He then tried to wind up his replacement Andrew Sheridan 4:55 Sheridan caught Andries Bekker with a low blow in a maul (missed by the officials) 5:12 Pierre Spies charged at the Lions' defence sending Jamie Roberts flying 5:18 Brian O'Driscoll blindsided Danie Roussow knocking him out and concussing himself in the process O'Driscoll played a few more minutes and was replaced by Ronan O'Gara 6:22 On another charge from Pierre Spies, he knocked out O'Gara who then missed a crucial tackle on Jaque Fourie 7:14 Shane Williams on the counter-attack was smashed by Heinrich Brussow Hope you enjoyed the video!

@federicosuarez6832

10 ай бұрын

Make a pause at 1:33 Juan smit and bakkies botha Against 9 of them. This guys were asasins

@dhall5785

10 ай бұрын

They’re scum

@msg1711

8 ай бұрын

Boo Hoo. 😭

@rhubarbtart

18 күн бұрын

Cheers bro for that summary, good work!!

I had forgotten Fourie was in touch for that try

@ljtheman7875

6 ай бұрын

Wasn't in touch laddie

@jacqueshughes3085

26 күн бұрын

He wasn't.

@JonSmith-uu7go

17 күн бұрын

Rubbish - he was well out, the replay showed it crystal clear, wasn’t even close to being not out but the ref and linesmen bottled everything that day

The kick to win 😮

How can eye gouging be a yellow?

I love being a South African when it comes to rugby. No matter how many times they change the rules, the refs, or the venue, we find a way to win. We earn our respect, we don't sell our souls to the highest bidder.

Pure Barbaric Ruthlessness Unleashed from the Fires of Pure Hell itself.😮

Underrated Lions team - best of the professional era IMHO

@declanmccabe9063

10 ай бұрын

Just got their 1st test team selection all wrong. Whatever they saw in Lee Mears. Between that series and the 01 series they should have been the Lions.

@jacqloock

10 ай бұрын

@@declanmccabe9063 To be fair they came up against probably one of the best Bok teams ever, albeit utterly uncoached. If that Bok pack were coached by Rassie or anyone marginally competent (say, McGeechan, oof) they could’ve rivaled ca 2015 ABs or ‘74 Lions for best ever. Beat the ABs thrice that year and much less squeaky than either of the Lions wins. Robertson & O’Driscoll best center combo I ever saw and I submit that Kearney in 2nd Test best individual performance OAT. I’m a Saffa, BTW, and not wont to compliment Britishers but we’ll laud heroic hypermasculinity wherever we can find it in this post-civilizational hellscape.

@paulcostello1807

9 ай бұрын

@@jacqloock it was the greatest lions series it had the lot. And yes the world has lost the plot 😢

Geech coached me at Fir Tree Middle School. Greatest inspiration in my life.

O'Driscoll doing some kind of weak Mike Tyson impression near was brilliant. That skirmish seemed to set the tone. The battle began right there.

Excelente partidooo

5:13 bru thats the biggest bounce i ever saw😂😂😂

No red card for eye gouging. Great ref

One of the best comebacks from South Africa.

@nadiaswann7043

10 ай бұрын

One hell of a fight for 1 point. Must be the best, if its that close!

@Lockdown335

7 ай бұрын

Helps if you injure and KO half the team your playing.....

Can south Africa play a game without playing dirty?

@ljtheman7875

7 ай бұрын

Yes , you are just bitter

@ianmartin1947

7 ай бұрын

Yes I am better thank you 😂

@ljtheman7875

7 ай бұрын

@@ianmartin1947 No it looks as if you're still bitter

@ianmartin1947

7 ай бұрын

Yep still better thank you 😘

@ljtheman7875

7 ай бұрын

@@ianmartin1947 surely not with that attitude

This was the dream SA team that won the 2007 RWC. Almost lost to the Flying Fijians in that epic QFs match.

@ryanwaugh1

10 ай бұрын

Yes the same one that won the world cup and beat England 36-0 in the pool stage. Same one that dominated the 2009 rugby championship too

@NasinuWarrior85

10 ай бұрын

@@chris5240 that's a joke right? Which team doesn't play their first team in a RWC QFs? All the big names were in that Blitz Bokke team

@user-ii5cw9pf3v

3 ай бұрын

blitz bokke is the name of our 7 s team @@NasinuWarrior85

Yeah I remember that 2nd test very well…it was pretty brutal.

That Fourie try that was foot in touch and given - ridiculous

A different era in rugby. One can't compare. Back in the day shoulder charges wasn't only legal, it was considered a good tackle.

Come on now there's been at least 5 most brutal Rugby match video's now

This was one of the best SA teams I've ever seen.

Burger should have got a red and banned for life.

@patrickfranke3819

Ай бұрын

Quite right, if this was a game of croquet that would be the punishment however..........

@wobblertv8083

2 күн бұрын

Red card ref bottled it .

o'gara was hated for that,only made a cameo and killed the game

@ptgigg

10 ай бұрын

I always thought O’Gara was overrated. Bloke from NSW dealt with him (albeit he got sent off for it) but O’Gara looked like he wanted his mummy after it.

@Nieljoyceniel

10 ай бұрын

@@ptgiggyou are definitely a tan😂 o gara had more bollocks than any of your team. Imagine praising that rat for “dealing with him” when he went for him on the ground like a 🐈, suppose that’s how you lot fight😂

@brucejp1

10 ай бұрын

@@ptgigg you know nothing about rugby you clown.

@johnryan2636

10 ай бұрын

Roy’s tacking was never his strongest suit , Tommy Bowe should of made the tackle on the winger but got sucked in , Rog was right to kick in the air rather than touch , No rugby player would ever settle for a draw , you go out to win

@fuzzynut1991

10 ай бұрын

@@johnryan2636 his run to make the tackle was so lazy though for a fresh player

When are we going to ban South Africa from playing international rugby? Nothing but dirt

Burger should have had a red and a very long ban. Disgraceful.

The game which proved Sheridan was not the prop he fondly thought he was.

@nadiaswann7043

10 ай бұрын

He was. Just not against these boytjies!

@Rodney0Brown

10 ай бұрын

That Ground looks to Well Kept & Manicured, Your Not playing Pure Rugby unless its on Hard Thick as Concrete Dirt.

@mazambane286

10 ай бұрын

@@Rodney0Brown The international stadiums have to meet international standards and requirements in order to accommodate the northern hemisphere softies.

@Rodney0Brown

10 ай бұрын

@@mazambane286 Spot on Mate.

@daaichommie708

3 ай бұрын

@@Rodney0Brown Agreed. In fact I'd go so far as to say that a fitting punishment for any criminal should be to play 60 mins of rugby against Grey Bloem in mid winter. That was the longest and most painful experience of my sporting life.

saw that scrum cap and knew it had to be Heinreich Brusouw

Only 3 English players in this squad! May as well have been Ireland and Wales' tour of SA

I have now seen over 20 videos where the title of the video is “most brutal rugby match EVER!!”.

@business3867

Ай бұрын

This is the actual one though.

@johnmanning5568

Ай бұрын

@@business3867 if the Lions and the animalistic South Africans are involved then there’s a pretty good chance!

@samacw

Күн бұрын

Did all 20 contain South Africa?

@johnmanning5568

Күн бұрын

@@samacw probably! South African rugby players tend not to be gentle men!

hell of a game

SA lucky. Clearly outplayed by the Lions.

Quarter -final 2011 SA v Aus, the most controversial. Ref simply cancelled the ‘hands in the ruck’ rule.

Lol, gotta love british commentators :D Small things SA do - "WOW!, not on"... but then O'Driscol runs head to head into Danie Russouw which would SURELY be a red card today - what do they say? "What a hit! The perfect tackle to inspire your team" :D :D :D - Just as one sided as their press always are.

@jeremychandler3569

10 ай бұрын

I was thinking this as well. The Brit press also always like to say the South Africans are unfit LOL. The can't understand how such big men can be fit in the same way they just couldn't comprehend how a group of farmers could keep the most powerful army in the world busy for 3 years..... and often make them look very un army like!

@samclegg6998

10 ай бұрын

They didn’t say that though did they? They said it had no arms and was likely illegal, which it was And said that it was the kind of tackle that would inspire your team, which it did I think you might live in make believe land

@FireBladeTCO

10 ай бұрын

@@samclegg6998 you literally just said that they said it as well 🤣🤣... No matter how you try and twist the words, (just like British press does) it was still said 🤣

@davidlalor9464

10 ай бұрын

Im from Munster . No i don't love the British commentators . The Irish commentators are worse . You can hear it in there VOICES . THEY know nothing about Sport. Fake voices and STILL they employ them . I used to listen to the matches on a South African and New Zealand channel .the punditry is PATHETIC . The 2019 World Cup . They. Nearly said England hsd just to turn up . I put me last 15 quid on South Africa to win . Anyone that knew anything knew the pundits were psid of ,,,, or do NOT have a clue . The refs and the offield refs will cause HAVOC in the World CUP 2023 . I hope's im wrong .

@nigeljones8727

10 ай бұрын

Strange how nothing said that the Boks should have played with 14 men after Burger thought he was an otologist. Straight red for gouging

And twelve years later Steyn broke the lion's hearts for a second time ....rumor has it he will be up for selection in 2033

@nadiaswann7043

10 ай бұрын

Yip, I agree. But please not in 2033. Thats a bit spiteful.

@ljtheman7875

7 ай бұрын

@@nadiaswann7043 that's a joke in 2033 man 🤣

Wow what a crazy game....why we love the british and irish lions here in sa

“The Lions have got the Springboks rattled” I think you’ve got that the wrong way round.

By this series, we were 2 x RWC title holders but we still hadn't recovered from the 97 B & I Lions loss! So this sweet revenge for the Boks! This was a hugely competitive Lions series, a great Lions squad, unfortunately, they ran into a Bok team that had just peaked! We whitewashed the ABs after this series!

Je suis Français et j'ai adoré ce match. Un très grand combat entre les Sud Africains et les joueurs de la Grande Bretagne. Merveilleux duel , terrible intensité. Le top ❤

@SK-tc2sf

8 ай бұрын

And Ireland

The wing score's the try, the British want to cry horaah horaah!!🇿🇦

eye gouging, high tackles, dirty play by boks, again......

Every now and again they show a bit of rugby.

Went to this game, apart from the result it was incredible.

73 min it's o"gara time ❤🖤

So glad the Boks beat them in this and the last tour!!

Best Center of the 2000 decade - Jaques Fourie 06:27

You just know that try by Fourie haunts the poms not just because of skill but power as well

@simondeaville6624

27 күн бұрын

You do know that it's the Lions playing?

Where did they find the commentators?

@Hereford1642

10 ай бұрын

Never mind, AI is coming.

If the same game was played today, each team would probably finish with ~12 players with 4 or 5 red cards and someone always in the sin bin

Great game but hardly the most brutal in rugby history. I've played in grassroots games that have descended into 30 man brawls; pretty common not so long back.

@erniescullion8452

9 ай бұрын

Yeah I know. As long your giving as good as getting then it's ok. SpringBoks dont like getting it but want to dish ot out . That's what ALWAYS PUT ME OFF THEM

@chrisgopsill3961

9 ай бұрын

I played my 30 years of the game in the amateur period and there was nothing like it!!! Refs missed most everything and what they saw was a ticking off. I was a blind side and loved leting my opposing flanker know I was on the pitch, within 5 mins I had him flat out and "tickling" him!!! Loved it, it but today, its a joke, @@erniescullion8452

When does the brutality start or what am I missing?

@spinynormanbest6410

8 ай бұрын

A brain

Best match ever

Does anyone know why O'Gara did that?

@stevenfennell7020

10 ай бұрын

He`s a prick?

@kurtpunchesthings2411

10 ай бұрын

Concussion

Bakkies Botha should have been banned for the take out on Adam Jones, clearly rargetted his charge to break his shoulder. . A cowardly cheap shot.

The ref was Ben O'Keefe ?

FUCKING BEAUTIFUL GAME!!!

@Rodney0Brown

10 ай бұрын

For Supreme Purity at its Highest Level, That even the Gods themselves would gasp in awe & wonder. No one Rugby loving purist of any Nation, can muster the will, strength, power, durability, consistancy, wonder & beauty & not to forget pride, than those Sheep loving, Kiwi's. Can i Get an Amen in the House.😅

Well Ogara fecked that up

Corrupt video ref, his foot was clearly in touch!

@derekallan1341

9 ай бұрын

you must be cross eyed and part of the clan that england scored that try in 2007. You people make me laugh

Yellow for eye gouging

The 99 tour was a lot rougher.

O'Driscoll and Burger would have been red carded in the modern TMO game.

Talk about one eyed commentary

O'Gara. A very ordinary player.... Literally lost the match single handedly

Greatest test of all time?

O’Gara ? did he have his hands in his pockets ?

Imagine 2024 refereeing and TMO for this game. How many reds, do you reckon?

A shame The Lions lost to the cheating (dirty bastards) South Africans... The ref should have been sacked after that game. I am all for a good battle no matter who is playing, but that game was not judged correctly.

@ljtheman7875

6 ай бұрын

Dirty cheaters stop being a little baby .

@mr.t30

6 ай бұрын

@@ljtheman7875 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@ljtheman7875

6 ай бұрын

@@mr.t30 you are being a baby . It's false information you're giving here

@mr.t30

6 ай бұрын

@ljtheman7875 i think you need a dictionary due to your lack of informative writing skills....

@ljtheman7875

6 ай бұрын

@@mr.t30 btw springboks have one of the best discipline in the world cup so you are telling lies

Appalling referring, foot clearly in touch, and eye gouging in a RED card, high tackles and dirty play by the Boks as usual!

@ljtheman7875

7 ай бұрын

Ah look an anti Southern hemisphere rugby fan

@lcoconstruction2660

7 ай бұрын

@@ljtheman7875 So sad to hear you have impaired vision!

@KekeHimona

3 ай бұрын

@@ljtheman7875Don’t involve NZL, Argentina or Australia in the comment. South Africa played bully thug rugby back then. Many should have had permanent bans from the sport

When the Lions arrive....there's going to be blood!!!! 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

The reffing is unbelievably bad lol

Lions played the wallabies previously and same dirty game from the lions....

good.....but nothing like the 97 tour......

The Boks sent 5 Lions players to hospital that day. The way they played was a beautiful thing to behold.

@Geoffdam123

10 ай бұрын

Cheats.

@prudeuncle

10 ай бұрын

​@@Geoffdam123sure pal

@nigeljones8727

10 ай бұрын

@@prudeuncle So gouging is ok?

@prudeuncle

10 ай бұрын

@@nigeljones8727 gouging isn't really cheating it's more foul play. And as for foul play both teams expressed that on the field that day. I love how many anti SA fans there are round the world as it's a clear sign we are doing something right. Can guarantee you lot wouldn't cry as much if we weren't beating your teams on the regular.

@chuck9960

10 ай бұрын

juice boks have no respect in rugby. Go Abs!

O'Gara...

1:46 "The Lions has South Africa rattled" O'Driscoll pushed and shoved and immediately retaliated 😂 Physically this SA team was one the most powerful Springbok teams of all time! No one came close to rattling them in 2009!

@pricejoss

10 ай бұрын

Not just the most powerful Boks team of all time, one of the most powerful teams of any nation in history. SA were unreal during this period. Totally ferocious. No wonder so many players from this era are suffering with early onset dementia. It was a war.

@Garrett1240

6 ай бұрын

@@pricejoss Who is suffering from dementia?

@pricejoss

6 ай бұрын

@@Garrett1240 Steve Thompson, Alix Poppham, Ryan Jones to name a few, plus the substantial legal case being brought against the RFU for failing to protect players. Or is your comment inferring that rugby related concussions aren’t a cause of early onset dementia?

See the standard of officiating hasn’t improved

Rather loose every game than be a saffer

Commentators are so biased

@davidlalor9464

10 ай бұрын

Commentators up here are ruining Sport's . Iv to go online to watch and listen to a MATCH. These tool's are still employed by itv , bbc , ch 4 .

If this were played today there would be 5 or 6 red cards at least. Different era. Different level. When stepping onto the pitch was when you as player went to war.

so many high tackles ????? Ref needs glasses ???

i want the lions to win all the time🦁

SA would have finished that game with 10 players in 2023…😂

The commentary hasn't improved with age

Try was in touch his feet touch the line

For all the plaudits he gets Ronan O’Gara really fooked that series for us, never forget that.

@trevorbeacom6187

10 ай бұрын

He was concussed and shouldn't have been on the pitch

@business3867

10 ай бұрын

He had just got absolutely obliterated by one of the most powerful and fast forwards SA have ever produced and then by Jaque Fourie again. You start playing dumb after that.

@kurtpunchesthings2411

10 ай бұрын

I know it's been said here but ffs he had a fucking concussion the fact he could even stand at that point was nothing short of a miracle

The arrogance from the Brits, even in commentary. So good watching them lose

@ljtheman7875

7 ай бұрын

Yeah , they are sore losers some of them

These commentators are still been employed by tv companies . THEY even get the replays wrong .

@Hereford1642

10 ай бұрын

Accuracy is not important. The television company can make a star of a commentator or a has-been pretty much at will. There are dozens or hundreds, maybe even thousands who could do the job but your face must fit and then you get huge pay and privilege. So strange it is.

It's no state of origin, but for Union, it's not bad 😂......

4:24 Ahhh so he did deserve to get knocked out later ahahaha

The violent, cheating South Africans of the 2000s are everything I hate about this sport.

@ljtheman7875

7 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 you are talking bollocks

Ireland cost UK 🇬🇧