I'm Irish. That was the best England performance I have ever seen. They refused to be intimidated, didn't get drawn into pointless retaliation, which the Boks wanted them to do, and destroyed them with great rugby. How they managed to keep their composure and discipline is beyond me. Not one of them flinched over 80 minutes. I think the fact that so many SA fans were genuinely embarrassed by the thuggery led to a sea change in their approach to the game.

@kaltonian

7 ай бұрын

absolutely spot on, i think the French also played like it to against will Carling's men and the French fans just walked away with their heads down in embarrassment

@haskear2

7 ай бұрын

That was the best England team collectively ever produced in my opinion. How we have made such a mess of it since 2003 I will never Know. You can say what you like about Woodward, Dellagio, Greenwood. But for 4 years we nailed it

@biggussconnus

7 ай бұрын

I'm Irish too. What an England team. They were such a unit

@user-hs7po1cs9j

4 ай бұрын

That's a great assessment of a fantastic England performance. Thank you. Matt Dawson was as hard as nails in that game; producing an amazing performance in the face of downright thuggery.

@stevent81104

3 ай бұрын

Agreed - I'm Scottish but that was a display of discipline and running rugby.

As a South African, this game was the lowest point in our country's rugby history. Corne Krige (our captain) led by example and that example was one of thuggery and rule breaking. It was disgraceful. No excuses, but rather apologies to England for this pathetic display of rugby.

@shankrl1

9 ай бұрын

The lowest point was SA poisoning the All Blacks in 95

@the11eventhour

9 ай бұрын

And England's, too

@williamboulter8134

9 ай бұрын

@@the11eventhour Between us let's hope that this never happens again in the game.

@DeejaySpandex

9 ай бұрын

Krige definately looked bad here, I remember this game very clearly. He then moved to england to play for my supported team Northampton Saints where he became a local hero, he cleared his name for sure.

@whytheface777

9 ай бұрын

Agreed. I complain when England play like thugs. Doesn't matter which team it actually is....the boks played like thugs in this game. Absolutely horrible. What a bad example to every SA boy growing up and idolizing these players

How Matt Dawson even walked after that game was a miracle

@joebloggs3551

8 ай бұрын

South Africa definitely lost something when TMO came in and they could no longer rely on their thuggery and cheating.

@RicksPhatPharm-vw2lb

7 ай бұрын

🤣 go look at New Zealand vs South Africa games or Australias games... It's only the North that pretend rugby was not this way for all. When they game became professional in 94' it took more than a decade for change to occur. This game was the last of an unprofessional era of the Souths rugby. England winning sent sweeping reforms throught the South. So much so that noone but New Zealand or South Africa knows what the Webb Ellis looks like anymore up north. It will be 24 years, even 28 years if you don't win the next one. Stay pressed lil whine

@peezebeuponyou3774

4 ай бұрын

They nearly took his head off three times, you muppet.@@RicksPhatPharm-vw2lb

@billyanderson7024

3 ай бұрын

SA are still a dirty team despite winning the WC - they just get away with lot less thn they used to@@RicksPhatPharm-vw2lb

Even as a Welshman, I have to say that this was one of England's most magnificent performances. They effectively put the Springboks to the sword. Tindall, in particular, was colossal.

@bannaubrycheiniog1329

8 ай бұрын

Stop licking their boots boyo, you'll be telling us how far you bend over for Charles and the windsors next

@alexwardle8108

7 ай бұрын

Great comment pal and thank you .

@Smoke_C

7 ай бұрын

No wonder Tindall hates SA to this day. It’s a lifetime filled with hatred now.

@bannaubrycheiniog1329

7 ай бұрын

@@alexwardle8108 Go Boks!! Farnell crying like a baby lol, won comfortably really

@garethboyd8580

3 ай бұрын

I’m an Ulsterman, not one to normally speak about other nations’ performances, but England were immense there. Dawson earned legend status, Tindall earned himself a princess, Krige was an absolute disgrace (what he did to Robinson in particular), Wilkinson showed massive bottle, even Healey was respected by that day. Skill and patience, it beats f*ckery every time.

I miss this England team so much. Bach linking play, Hill tackling all day, Johnno always making it over the gain line, Dallaglio playing smart, Dawson sniping, Wilkinson rarely putting a foot wrong, Tindall smashing people, Greenwood with a touch of class, Robinson with those dancing feet, above all a team who complemented each other, played smart rugby, didn't get intimidated physically and could grind out a result against the best teams on the planet (not the SAs at this point in history).

@shaynejones7653

11 ай бұрын

As a South African I must say they were a bit of a dream team to say the least What about Andrew the Prop? A machine. Only Os du Randt could tame him.

@ed1726

11 ай бұрын

@@shaynejones7653 Bit like your team which won the last world cup :) I assume you mean Andrew Sheridan? He came along a bit later than this team, this team saw the tail end of Jason Leonard (who was an absolute master of being brilliant without the public noticing - team mates and opponents respected him above almost everyone).

@tonyroy8123

10 ай бұрын

They were thugs @ed!

@ed1726

10 ай бұрын

@@tonyroy8123 spoken like a true intellectual thug.

@dxfifa

9 ай бұрын

It's easy when you have the best players by far to play good rugby. and around 2001-2004 England did

As much as it pains me as a welshman. This england side where absolutely epic in 02/03

@RolloZx

9 ай бұрын

yes its painful to admit it, but their ability to score points almost at will (esp against us) was just incredible

@neilrobson3064

9 ай бұрын

Well said…..

@juchetony1910

9 ай бұрын

I'd love to see 2002-3 England vs the best Welsh sides of the 70s.

@RolloZx

9 ай бұрын

@@juchetony1910 yeah they'd win on fitness and general professionalism I think but quite a contrast of styles!

@user-hv4lv4km2e

9 ай бұрын

they would of been average without jonny wikinson

How England went the full 80 without retaliating is the best part

@vanzylkoegelenberg9199

11 ай бұрын

Lol

@jingleballix

11 ай бұрын

Especially in relation to Corne Krige

@theriddler5601

11 ай бұрын

@@jingleballixThat was late in the game though.

@philbarrance

11 ай бұрын

oh rest assured we would have done but the difference is our boys were far better at it than them so we did it unseen

@TomTom-ul1sw

11 ай бұрын

More class I guess. Rugby's supposed to be a gentleman's sport yet the more I watch it the more I realise just how many dirty tackles and assaults there are.

With proper modern refereeing, SA would have been playing sevens by half-time.

@ForzaVryheid

8 ай бұрын

You're being very generous! 😂

@itellyouwhy6957

4 ай бұрын

SA were cowards. Only cowards approach a match in such a manner.

The best example of unbridled thuggery humiliated by heart, physical and mental fortitude.........and best of all pure skill and class, in rugby history

I was there that day, I was so embarrassed as a bok supporter. C.Krige was an utter meat head. An embarrassment to the Jersey.

@oldmanwillyboy2786

11 ай бұрын

The whole Bok side were vicious thugs! they were beaten in the best possible fashion.........

@MKRM27

11 ай бұрын

I would be embarrassed to be a South African. Full stop. On this day and every other day.

@williammarchant8702

10 ай бұрын

@@MKRM27 lol you got a chip on your shoulder mate?

@louvdberg

10 ай бұрын

@@MKRM27 where you from my friend ?

@markgreenwood3054

10 ай бұрын

yep ... I was there too (as an England supporter). Still astonished by what I saw. You got the feeling that if only the saffers had stopped trying to disable everyone in white and tried to play a bit of rugby they might have stayed in touch. Took something to beat that England team though.

I was at Twickenham for this game. Absolutely awesome how England played. Could feel every one of those massive hits in the stands. I remember Boks fans after the game in the pub saying how embarrased they were that their team's game plan was obviously to just beat up the English, forget rugby

Tindall, Greenwood and Dawson played absolutely outstanding in this game. Put the Boks to rights, and carried on bravely! One of the best matches England have ever played, hands down!

Three thoughts. This is where junk South Africa sides always went before the cameras were properly utilised. I wish the current England team had a single player with the courage and desire this team did. And isn’t it interesting how the game has changed in just 20 years - hearing the commentators describe a blatant shoulder charge as a great tackle 😂😂

32-31 winners over Australia, 31-28 winners over the ABs and 53-3 winners over the boks. The first time any team had beaten the tri-nations teams in consecutive weeks. A feat imo that will never be repeated.

@theroogie

10 ай бұрын

And most likely the last

@oleggorky906

10 ай бұрын

^ ^ Hence him saying: A feat imo that will never be repeated.

@helenaville5939

10 ай бұрын

Present tense history-making: England 10, France 53, Twickenham 2023.

@cunnerz99

9 ай бұрын

Ireland bet the whole world in one year just recently

@Apexgambling

9 ай бұрын

Why do the Boks not get a capital letter ? Disrespect much......thats all most can do is critisize and hate the Boks and i dont know why

I actually forgot how good Greenwood really was 🙌🏻

@juchetony1910

9 ай бұрын

he and Tindell were a magical pairing.

I am Scottish, but England were awesome and played some great rugby that year! South Africa were a dirty team which this match/highlights showed! This will never be forgotten for their gamesmanship!

@user-hs7po1cs9j

4 ай бұрын

Thank you.

I was at this match. An England performance to be really proud of. Low point for South Africa, they did a great rugby nation a great disservice

@randyschwaggins

9 ай бұрын

Kolisi has more than made up tor it bru 🔥

These were special blokes and a fantastic team in every way. Skill set, mind set, tactics, belief, spirit and example. They set the bar high here. Cheers lads 👏🤝🍻

The Springboks have always been a tough and uncompromising side but this team prior to Jake White coming in, was just largely a group of thugs. As for England this was a Golden Era and a million miles away from what we have at the moment, in August 2023.

that savage shoulder hit sandwich on Matt Dawson could have literally broken his neck and left him paralyzed for life, and you got idiots today whining about the game and wishing it was back to shit like this where a lot of shit went unpunished. No wonder World rugby is facing an avalanche of lawsuits from retired players looking at some of the savagery that was going on back then

@scran7346

11 ай бұрын

100% agree, also insane how many guys just in this clip get absolutely monstered with an illegal head knock and the continue to play, probably getting a few more concussions in just one match...

@matthew3078

11 ай бұрын

Big time. Comment sections are full of blokes claiming that rugby players are soft now, forgetting that a) players are so huge now that the collisions simulate car crashes and b) so many ex-pros have mush for brains because of how the game used to be

@Alex-mj5dv

11 ай бұрын

Spot on.. armchair fans who were watching at a time when your average back was 13st and loose forward about 16st, apparently bemoaning it going soft now.. a player from 2003 would not likely get through a match these days such is the weight, power and strength increases across the whole team 1-15 now. That’s why head knocks, tackles, rucks etc are so heavily monitored nowadays as opposed to pre-2010. Forwards especially are running into brick walls these days.. not saying you didn’t have to put in a hard shift back in 2003 to make yardage.. but the stopping power of every opponent isn’t like it is now. Like you said, it’s mini car crashes as professionalism has gone on longer and longer.

@ignaciogobet605

11 ай бұрын

You cannot use the hardest extreme as the rule. If you were not an "idiot", you'd know that, maybe grab some books?. Also, "could have" doesn't cut it.

@scran7346

11 ай бұрын

@@ignaciogobet605 moron spotted🤣

I still can't understand why South Africa put out a mixed Martial Arts team, against the best Rugby team in the world at the time, does explain the score though.

@brendonpitcher5611

11 ай бұрын

its disgraceful, we should have lost by a lot more

@BrendenEngelbrecht

11 ай бұрын

LOL!

@colonelfustercluck486

2 ай бұрын

that's very good !!! I can remember when I was a kid growing up in NZ in the 60's and 70's local games being broadcast...sometimes some really good punch-ups happened and the TV commentators would commentate the fight and the cameras would focus on that too. The ref would try to control it, but the fighting would continue for too long. So you got a tough rugby match along with some good 'scraps' broadcast for your entertainment.

I'd only started playing/watching rugby in 01/02 age 9, but this game has always stuck in my memory. I'm glad the Boks caste this dreadful team aside. The 2nd Lions/SA test is probably the most brutal ive watched and the stakes were a lot higher. Even though they've knocked us out of three World Cups, including 2 finals and the extra thrashing during the Pool Stages in 2007, they're still my f avourite team to play. Perfect combo of intensity and that skill you find in proper rugby playing nations who have been throwing around an oval ball sine they were in diapers. People are banging on about Ireland and France, but I still fancy the Boks to win it the time.

How I miss an England team playing like this. Running the ball with imagination, skill, power, and flair. All we get these days is kick and rush, kick and rush. Fit men - all 15 of 'em - and with brains as well as tactical understanding: that's what we need. A terrific performance from England - but it's so good to watch the current SA team, who I hope will crush NZ at the 2023 W Cup final in a couple of days!

Greenwood and Tindall had a great game.. power, pace and guile

To have 80 minutes of cheap shots and unnecessary aggression and get thrashed as a result. Awkward. No team would get away with playing anywhere near like this today - glad a lot of the safety regs etc. have come in.

@georgemadigan4961

11 ай бұрын

1972 cup final😂

@markjenkins3609

11 ай бұрын

You haven't seen Argentina play then. And France are not slow in putting it about

@johanvanderwalt4216

11 ай бұрын

Pissie

@raphaelfillos6120

11 ай бұрын

@@markjenkins3609 I spotted the irish.

@kurtpunchesthings2411

11 ай бұрын

oh 100% the game of Rugby is far safer these days if any team tried anything remotely to this they would have at least 3 players sent off if not 5

South Africans : "Waaa waaa waaaa Owen Farrell is such a dirty player!" Also South Africans: This.

@henniedevos

11 ай бұрын

Well if you look closely(I know you wont cuz you are probly english supporter)than you will see english players taking south africans out but yea that is why south africans hate the english cuz they always makes things worse and dont look closer to the actual video and people like you always comment on stuff the other do but not the english.Shame on you

@srodber915

11 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 so true

@Wolfsong27FlyHalfFullHeart

11 ай бұрын

Never met a nice South African

@prudeuncle

11 ай бұрын

​@@Wolfsong27FlyHalfFullHeartI wonder if many people like you?

@prudeuncle

11 ай бұрын

You do realise the time span between Farrel and this game and how much the game itself has changed? Imagine we still held the English accountable for slavery?

Amazing how Matt Dawson survived that carnage

@simliverpool

8 ай бұрын

It’s incredible how the ref missed so many of these assaults.

Some of the darkest days in Springbok history. Bad attitude mixed with sometimes average players, never a good thing.

@shaynejones7653

11 ай бұрын

At leastnwe win the fight

@rhyswilliams4893

11 ай бұрын

The Boks definitely earned their name for being dirty it still hasn't left them either.

@marnuskleynhans6270

11 ай бұрын

@@rhyswilliams4893 That's where you're wrong. Boks discipline has tremendously improved. Overall rugby has become a much safer sport with much stricter officiating and camerawork. Impossible to get away with being dirty now

@MKRM27

11 ай бұрын

@@shaynejones7653 I don’t see many fights that you want, with that scoreline, and at the following World Cup

@MKRM27

11 ай бұрын

@@rhyswilliams4893 they didn’t get a reputation for being dirty. I now associate South Africans with cowardice.

In fareness England are amazing here, makes you wonder when they'll be back.

@joeboonmusic4004

8 ай бұрын

@@chrisM-vu1xc 'Never'... Right, yeah. That sounds like a sensible comment. I'm assuming you said the same thing about the French when they were in their decade-long slump.

Wow, as a bok supporter this is really embarrassing 😟 I love that us just like those "islanders" pride ourselves with being extremely physical but damn the cheap shots made this side look ,... well cheap. Who was the coach?? It's like he just gave up even before the game started, well it does seem like that England side was somewhat unstoppable at the time , they were fkn superb!!! Hopefully the boks can stay a physical nightmare during the 2023 season while retaining their dignity , i mean so far so good. The current team is not without "moral flaws" but a hell of alot better than these okes.

@leewilliams2763

11 ай бұрын

Our coach was Rudolf Strauli, great player in his days, but an AWFUL coach! That was the blackest day in Springbok history,! I was in a pub in Windsor watching this game and the english supporters were certianly impressed with AJ Venter keeping his head and playing well! Best England side i have ever seen! Worst Bok team i have ever seen!

@timoakley277

10 ай бұрын

Sadly, it does seem to be still in the Boks DNA to go brutal when things are going badly.

@bryanhannaford4619

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for your view. I think the physical side of rugby is fine but as you say the cheap shots have been included rather that been barred which is not good at all.

@jeffsteyn7174

9 ай бұрын

Maybe you should watch bowls.

@Infinite.Freefall

9 ай бұрын

Especially from Korne Krige. Expected better from him. On the other hand, Boks spanked Wales two weeks ago, and now gave NZ a nice hiding... Looking strong before the World Cup... Go Bokke!

Best game I've ever seen from England. Taught SA a lesson, well and truly. Lets give kudos to Paddy aswell.

As a Bok supporter, it was impossible to watch those games during that era with such average players. They literally showed up to fight as they knew they were going to lose.

@davidtaliai996

11 ай бұрын

Straueli was an average coach and man manager and krige as a captain had zero discipline. Jake white the following year cleaned the place out, changed the culture and they won the tri-nations! they were a completely different side.

@mcteste

11 ай бұрын

@@davidtaliai996 also nit being able yo select foreign based players did not help. We lost a few key players because of that.

@whytheface777

9 ай бұрын

Yeah as a springbok fan it's cringe to watch professional players act like bullies

@derekaarts4997

9 ай бұрын

Not the boks finest hour. As you said a bit cringy to watch

I was there that day, and it was clear to everyone watching what was going on. After the Bok got red carded, the Boks and especially their captain, lost his cool and decided to take his frustration out on the English team. The referee was complicit in that after the red card, he obviously felt he couldn't card another Bok, and they seemed to realise this, so it turned into a brutal frenzy, with one side playing rugby and the other just trying to injure the opposition.

This was the era of cheating and thuggery from South African Players . They have become more intelligent , professional and skiful and realise that thuggery ends in brand damage and scorn . Winning without cheating is far more satisfying and makes more money

What a side,Matt Dawson ,hats off mate

We need another England team like this in 2023 World Cup

Shocking performance by referee Paddy O Brien, was he blind

@peterpiper482

9 ай бұрын

Paddy,being a New Zealander,was used to a bit of "stern stuff". I've seen club games worse than that.

@floydkingi4364

9 ай бұрын

Who cares wheres he from, that crap was outlawed at International level at the time

Matt Dawson was the best scrum half in the world on his day. Look at the tap tackle at 0:52!!

@heinrichswanepoel6566

7 ай бұрын

Joost van der Westhuizen was the best 9 in the world . Till this day no international 9 had score more tries than him and to think in those days they played less games .

@02smithm1

7 ай бұрын

@@heinrichswanepoel6566 Won't argue with that. In 2003, the international scrum halves included Van Der Westhuizen, Dawson, Marshall, Stringer, Gregan... What an era for number 9s!!

This was not the most vicious match in professional rugby history. It did involve South Africa though.

Quite how O’Brien only showed SA 1 red is beyond me, there’s probably 2-3 reds just in this clip

@bravorojo87

11 ай бұрын

As said elsewhere here the game supposedly safer now. Yet Owen Farrell has done worse than this hit several times over the last 3 years and sometimes doesn’t get a card. Ridiculous red card.

@joeboonmusic4004

8 ай бұрын

@@bravorojo87 I'm sorry but that's laughable. Farrell always gets mentioned, he's never done anything near some of these 'tackles'.

@derekaarts4997

6 ай бұрын

The red was 5mins in if I remember correctly. After that SA was desparate, not our finest hour.

It is no co-incidence that South African rugby spent quite a few years in the doldrums after TMOs were introduced. They have had so many cheap shot thugs - Kobus Visser, Robbie Fleck, Bakkies Botha. As a Welshman. I've never wanted England to win a game as much as I did watching this. Looking back now, I am glad to have been able to watch the England team of the late 90s- early 2000s.

If the SA played like this now, half their team would be sent off.

@pigslefats

11 ай бұрын

Well luckily they don't and thrashed England in last world cup final. England captain on his arse as Kolbe stepped.

This is how rugby should be played .A hard blood and guts game with both teams not taking a backwards step

England were absolutely incredible in this era.

It's when I see games like that that I realize how low England have sank.

This England team will go down as the best for a very long time.

I loved This England team ❤I wanted it to go on forever

The battle of the Gnoll stands out in my memory , brutal match.

Bad attitude by South Africa . Despite England played with one more player, they showed up how to keep calm and play a wonderful rugby.

"Letting Jason Robinson know he was there" lol

Fair play to England. They could play their way forward inspite of the SA foul onslaught. They kept their discipline. Today they are less than half the team -whereas SA are still riding high.

@ccw5886

8 ай бұрын

Just wait...The only way is up!

The most vicious this century, maybe. Playing in the eighties most games were like this, and my dad called us soft. Game has improved for the better

These highlights barely scratch the surface of how brutal this game was. Unless I'm mistaken, wasn't this England's last game before the WC down under? In which case they confirmed their credentials as tournament favourites, having beaten all-comers,and putting the fear up the Southern Hemisphere teams for the first time.

@michaelmondial8897

5 ай бұрын

No, they they won the Grand Slam in early 2003 after this and then beat the All Blacks (the famous win with 13 men) and Australia away in the summer. Then of course won the World Cup in autumn 2003.

Spoiler & summary: England 53 - South Africa 3 7 min saved of your precious busy life!

@JackN13_

11 ай бұрын

Spoiler SA 🏆×3

@henniedevos

11 ай бұрын

Another spoiler England🏆x1

@TJ20232

11 ай бұрын

​@@henniedevosobjectively false.

@henniedevos

11 ай бұрын

@@TJ20232 no

@TJ20232

11 ай бұрын

@@henniedevos naughty naughty editing your comment when you were wrong.

When you don’t have the skill and thuggery is your cannon that SA.

What a team! Hard as nails and brilliant (take a bow Will Greenwood in particular). You'd think the Boks would learn from past misdemeanours (1974 anybody?).

Krige should have received about 6 Red cards that day. But what an England team and how far we have fallen since then.😮

If this game was played now, SA would have picked up about 5 or 6 red cards!!! Brutal stuff.

Brilliant England team in the face of the most intense provocation

Very dirty Springbok side, specially from Captain, not England fan, but well done.

@shaynejones7653

11 ай бұрын

We won the fight.

Greenwood in his prime was sublime ..

There have been very, very few NH teams (maybe France) who have ever had a forward pack like this 2002-03 England team. They physically dominated every team (NH & SH) they played in that span.

@markbrennan212

9 ай бұрын

Well that's pretty much Ireland now, undefeated in over a year and top of the ranking for over 3 years.

@floydkingi4364

9 ай бұрын

As a kiwi I have to agree, when they beat NZ here in 03, I knew the were going to win the World Cup because of their dominant forward pack

@joeboonmusic4004

8 ай бұрын

@@markbrennan212 They have to win a WC first before they can even be mentioned in the same sentence as this England team. Having said that, you guys have my vote for this WC, really hoping you take it all the way. The NH has been dominating so far!

Watching that was nuts !

Aye. As a South African supporter this was an utter disgrace with a disgusting team and coach. Can’t recall who got sent off but he deservedly never played for SA again. Krige was a thug leader and Straueli endorsed it. One of the worst era’s of SAv Rugby ever with regards to performance and thuggery. Utterly embarrassing! England on the other hand were deservedly number 1 in the world at the time and I was surprised they didn’t have an even bigger score at the end of this game. It hurt to lose so heavily and badly but England deserved a big win and SA a thrashing.

Oh dear! When you’re beat before the whistle so spend 80 mins throwing cheap shots and still ended up being embarrassed 😂

@prudeuncle

11 ай бұрын

And look at us now.

@Diesel3229

11 ай бұрын

32-12 🤣

@prudeuncle

11 ай бұрын

@@Diesel3229 sorry how many world cups have England won?

@Diesel3229

11 ай бұрын

@@prudeuncle exactly, fyi I’m a Bokke fan bru.

@prudeuncle

11 ай бұрын

@@Diesel3229 hahahaha sorry mate I just realised your probably quoting the 2019 final score.

God, we could do with these guys back now. And we desperately need a coach of similar quality. What a team.

Honestly...the most brutal match I have ever seen...is Springboks vs British & Irish Lions 2nd Test 2009...Magnificent...

I was at this game. Dawson was taking them to the cleaners. They even knocked one of their own unconscious trying to get to him 😂

Has forgotten what a legend matt dawson was and probably still is

Very sore for SA, I still remeber that game where Jannes Labuschagne made that late tackle.

Where was that in the last world cup bloody final? What a team we had then. Some nasty stuff by the bokke.

What a magnificent England team this was!

I was at this game. That South Africa team were really dirty and full of cheapshot merchants, in an era when all their teams were like that. It was so good when they got well and truly thumped.

Never been able to understand the cheap shots in union or league, one of the toughest sports there is why players feel the need to elbow somebody in the face when they are lying on the floor goes beyond 'sport' SA are a physical team always have been and I don't see much wrong with that but some of the behaviour here is assault

Dirty,cowardly boks got exactly what they deserved- a humiliating defeat.

As they say, history is written by the successor judging from the video's description. lol

I’m shocked that nobody left in an ambulance during this game!

Battle of Pretoria 1998 SA vs Ireland And France England 1992 are worth noting

02:52. I wonder if it’s Marnus’s bigger brother! 😂😂😂

There's players down injured & getting treatment on the pitch & the game carries on regardless.......😂😂 Brutal stuff & brilliant to watch. Great upload...👍👍

Whats the name of the music?

they decided that because england were streets ahead at that time they needed to try and beat england by cheating and taking cheap cowardly shots they even cocked up the cheating and still lost lmao

Matt Dawson at that time was beyond tough...great England victory.

Watching this makes me sick, disgusting behaviour from South Africa, really is just assault and should be treated as such.

I remember that match, it was brutal but England were too strong and too disciplined to get drawn in. Those were some great years as an England supporter

Pretty sure that Peter O’Mahoney wrote the training manual for this! ☘️☘️☘️

What a team we had.

The days when the Boks were super aggressive with sub-par defence, nowadays they are aggressive with superior defence

@garethleeming539

11 ай бұрын

Not aggressive,dirty and cowardly!

@howzit5406

11 ай бұрын

@@garethleeming539 exactly, just how we like our rugby in South Africa

@thomasluke980

11 ай бұрын

@@garethleeming539cowardly ? Says the big guy behind the keyboard. Say that to our faces , little one.

@piccupaul

11 ай бұрын

​@@thomasluke980LOL

@gareth1974barrington

11 ай бұрын

​@@thomasluke980says the man who hides behind a fake name

England beating the cheating South Africa - As it should be! 😂😂😂

That was a shameful display. The lowest . Hopefully tonight’s semi final 2023 is full of exceptional performances . Rugby always wins

Badass Vickery unstoppable.

@pigslefats

11 ай бұрын

Beast sorted out Vickery. Got his ass handed to him

I was there .. the atmosphere was imcredible, and without doubt one of tbe bezt English sides and performance I have ever seen..

Most vicious haha. I watched an England v Australia match in the 1970s. Mike Burton comes to mind, getting sent off really early. That match made this one look tame...

One of the greatest England sides ever! South Africa had no answer to that team and they played dirty! But, England just went do you know what you can bash us as much as you like. But, we're going to take on the chin and beat you. If only England had a team like this now. It's too disjointed.

I still think that 'Modern day' England would win the vast majority of their games playing this style of rugby. It almost felt inevitable that the England side then would score after getting into the opposition 22.

I think the Boks v the Lions was the hardest game I seen in 2009 I believe .

Paddy o Brian was fantastic, always very fair to England

Current England side needs to watch this.

Korne Crige unos de los jugadores mas desleales que piso una cancha de Rugby y encima siendo capitán de un seleccionado, debería haber jugado el rugby de los 70's o los 80's

The amount of cheap shots thrown by SA is incredible