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
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
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
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
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.
The Bok lock got sent off early in a questionable manner. That ended the contest. The rest was just a deliberate brawl, with the Bok captain taking out his own flyhalf, in all the excitement.
I think you need to check the official murder/rape stats between the two countries, bearing in mind certaintly the latter most are not reported in SA and stop spouting such nonsense. I bet you wouldn't go out on your own after dark Fred in downtown Joburg, outside of a Lions tour with strength in numbers.
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?
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
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 .
@@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 ???
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!
I was there that day, having seen the full tour. In modern rules the SAFA's would have been down to 11 men in the first 20 minutes! That's said, one of the best Lions Tours I've been privileged to be part of. 😊
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.
@@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.
@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.
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.
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.
@@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😂
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
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.
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!
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
@@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 🤣
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 .
This lions team was amazing and the fact the boks beat them without a coach is just testament to how good this generation of bokke was. This tour was unbelievable rugby
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 ❤
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.
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
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
@@JonSmith-uu7go I think you should put it on EXTRA slo-mo. This try is regarded as one of the greats. You will not see his foot in touch. His support however, had a foot in touch. That is what the clueless commentators are blabbing about: the wrong foot.
Tough time to tour SA in 2009. They were the best team in the world in 2009 winter.The ABs would eventually take the no 1 ranking at the end of the year tours to the north
This is when the "old style" ended. It was fun at the amateur level but these guys could be killers. Kearney delivered the greatest FB performance in history. BOD should have been red carded for that tackle (Im Irish by the way) ROG was concussed, no HIA protocol at that time. Different game boys. Ive been a rugby fan for 40 years, can tell the newbies from a mile off. Rugby, like 😊life aint black or white.
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!
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 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?
I was lucky enough to be at Loftus that day.Maybe Schalke should've gone for the eye gouging (50 cap shirt saved him?) Plenty of debatable points during the game. One thing for sure,everyone who played absolutely gave their all
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!
Are there any better supporters in world sport than the Lions fans. To go to a rugby mad nation, thousands of miles from home and have two thirds of the stadium is frankly incredible. When you first look at the pictures you do a double take as you think they are empty red seats.
Let me try to explain something to you. The Springbokke play hard tough rugby. But the Lions somehow gave away the most penalties. What does that tell you?
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.
@@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
Through everything else, that try given to the Boks at 73:39 was clearly a major refereeing blunder only because the video of the the foot crossing the touch line before being grounded was downright obvious! Had that not happened, it would have been a fantastic try anyway!
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.
Imagine this game today: Burger - Red Card (eye gauging) BoD - Red Card (Head Contact with Danie) Sheridan - Yellow Card (Shot in Bekker's nuts) O'Gara - Yellow Card under review for taking Du Preez out.
The Springboks have a new admirer who is not a rugby fan at all, greetings from Croatia
Dont support them. A bunch of thugs.
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
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
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
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
Nah.. You '1st world country ' people soft tbh
You can't compare it. Different era. Different rules
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.
The Bok lock got sent off early in a questionable manner. That ended the contest. The rest was just a deliberate brawl, with the Bok captain taking out his own flyhalf, in all the excitement.
100%
Epic series...the Lions fans were good tourists too, joining in with the festivities after every match. They are welcome back anytime!
Such a shame the last South African Lions tour was during Covid so it's so long until the next one!
isn't SA a bit dangerous these days?
@@SMacCuUladh About as dangerous as London on a good day and a Bradford riot on a bad day.
Ah we miss the Lions and their fans. Aussies are very lucky it's their turn next
I think you need to check the official murder/rape stats between the two countries, bearing in mind certaintly the latter most are not reported in SA and stop spouting such nonsense. I bet you wouldn't go out on your own after dark Fred in downtown Joburg, outside of a Lions tour with strength in numbers.
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?
Every brutal game I've seen seems to involve south Africa eye gouging shoul be a life ban
Should have been banned indefinitely. No place in any sport for scumbags.
@@eamonlyons8069 The Lions would've lost half their side if "scumbags" was the test! 😂😂🤣🤣😱😱
@@steveevesson4867 So this is the only "brutal game" you've every watched?
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.
Nah no fights in 2011. Maybe 1985
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
But you could get away with eye gouging and punching your opponent in the groin 🤦♂️
2011?? This series was played in 2009.... @@Wolf-hh4rv
No it wasn't. It was turgid and boring stuff.
"thats a great play from odrisscoll" says the commentator after he literally almost KOs a player by a tackle with no wrap?
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 .
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
@@davidlalor9464I’d argue the Welsh have the worst commentators due to their constant bias but it could go to any of the home nations
@@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 ???
Not sure if those rules were implemented at the time. O Driscoll almost got knocked out himself. It was an accidental clash of heads.
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!
Make a pause at 1:33
Juan smit and bakkies botha Against 9 of them.
This guys were asasins
They’re scum
Boo Hoo. 😭
Cheers bro for that summary, good work!!
Happy to say i was there. Great match, great memories.
I was there that day, having seen the full tour. In modern rules the SAFA's would have been down to 11 men in the first 20 minutes! That's said, one of the best Lions Tours I've been privileged to be part of. 😊
Underrated Lions team - best of the professional era IMHO
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.
@@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.
@@jacqloock it was the greatest lions series it had the lot.
And yes the world has lost the plot 😢
One of the best comebacks from South Africa.
One hell of a fight for 1 point. Must be the best, if its that close!
Helps if you injure and KO half the team your playing.....
"touch, touch, no try" … ref blows a try 😂
It was a brilliant try, one that only the likes of Jacques Fourie could score. Don't hang too much value on the partisan commentators.
@@spervuurproduksies Old drunken Barnes was looking at the wrong feet.
Don’t call uncle a drunk
This was the dream SA team that won the 2007 RWC. Almost lost to the Flying Fijians in that epic QFs match.
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
@@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
blitz bokke is the name of our 7 s team
@@NasinuWarrior85
No red card for eye gouging. Great ref
15 years ago. The rules were different.
Good to see someone giving it back to South Africa!
That was one hell pf a game!
Intentional gouging should have been lifetime ban, not just a yellow card.
The kick to win 😮
My favourite match ever, the intensity and physicality was unreal
Geech coached me at Fir Tree Middle School. Greatest inspiration in my life.
The game which proved Sheridan was not the prop he fondly thought he was.
He was. Just not against these boytjies!
@berrytree The international stadiums have to meet international standards and requirements in order to accommodate the northern hemisphere softies.
@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.
he certainly got under that bastard Botha's skin
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.
o'gara was hated for that,only made a cameo and killed the game
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.
@@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😂
@@ptgigg you know nothing about rugby you clown.
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
@@johnryan2636 his run to make the tackle was so lazy though for a fresh player
How can eye gouging be a yellow?
Or a head-high, no arms tackle get nothing!
@@truthmatters1950 yes, but eye-gouging is cowardice. typical of burger and his broedebond mates
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.
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!
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
@@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 🤣
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 .
Strange how nothing said that the Boks should have played with 14 men after Burger thought he was an otologist. Straight red for gouging
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.
5:13 bru thats the biggest bounce i ever saw😂😂😂
I have now seen over 20 videos where the title of the video is “most brutal rugby match EVER!!”.
This is the actual one though.
@@business3867 if the Lions and the animalistic South Africans are involved then there’s a pretty good chance!
Did all 20 contain South Africa?
@@samacw probably! South African rugby players tend not to be gentle men!
But is it as brutal as the Battle of Boet Erasmus?
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.
This was one of the best SA teams I've ever seen.
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
Yip, I agree. But please not in 2033. Thats a bit spiteful.
@@nadiaswann7043 that's a joke in 2033 man 🤣
Best Center of the 2000 decade - Jaques Fourie 06:27
Can south Africa play a game without playing dirty?
Yes , you are just bitter
Yes I am better thank you 😂
@@ianmartin1947 No it looks as if you're still bitter
Yep still better thank you 😘
@@ianmartin1947 surely not with that attitude
This lions team was amazing and the fact the boks beat them without a coach is just testament to how good this generation of bokke was. This tour was unbelievable rugby
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
Yeah I remember that 2nd test very well…it was pretty brutal.
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 ❤
And Ireland
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.
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
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
Greatest test of all time?
I had forgotten Fourie was in touch for that try
Wasn't in touch laddie
He wasn't.
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
@@JonSmith-uu7go I think you should put it on EXTRA slo-mo. This try is regarded as one of the greats. You will not see his foot in touch. His support however, had a foot in touch. That is what the clueless commentators are blabbing about: the wrong foot.
saw that scrum cap and knew it had to be Heinreich Brusouw
I witnessed Neath against the Boks at the Gnoll. That was the most brutal game ever. The ball was just a distraction.
“The Lions have got the Springboks rattled” I think you’ve got that the wrong way round.
This would be on Rugby leagues most brutal list somewhere in the 200's
Went to this game, apart from the result it was incredible.
Burger should have got a red and banned for life.
Quite right, if this was a game of croquet that would be the punishment however..........
Red card ref bottled it .
eye gouging, high tackles, dirty play by boks, again......
Tough time to tour SA in 2009. They were the best team in the world in 2009 winter.The ABs would eventually take the no 1 ranking at the end of the year tours to the north
This is when the "old style" ended. It was fun at the amateur level but these guys could be killers.
Kearney delivered the greatest FB performance in history.
BOD should have been red carded for that tackle (Im Irish by the way)
ROG was concussed, no HIA protocol at that time.
Different game boys.
Ive been a rugby fan for 40 years, can tell the newbies from a mile off. Rugby, like 😊life aint black or white.
Every now and again they show a bit of rugby.
Quarter -final 2011 SA v Aus, the most controversial. Ref simply cancelled the ‘hands in the ruck’ rule.
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!
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.
@@pricejoss Who is suffering from dementia?
@@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?
Only 3 English players in this squad! May as well have been Ireland and Wales' tour of SA
SA lucky. Clearly outplayed by the Lions.
The violent, cheating South Africans of the 2000s are everything I hate about this sport.
😂😂😂 you are talking bollocks
I was lucky enough to be at Loftus that day.Maybe Schalke should've gone for the eye gouging (50 cap shirt saved him?) Plenty of debatable points during the game. One thing for sure,everyone who played absolutely gave their all
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!
Are there any better supporters in world sport than the Lions fans. To go to a rugby mad nation, thousands of miles from home and have two thirds of the stadium is frankly incredible. When you first look at the pictures you do a double take as you think they are empty red seats.
South Africans really do play a dirty game
Let me try to explain something to you. The Springbokke play hard tough rugby. But the Lions somehow gave away the most penalties. What does that tell you?
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
Corrupt video ref, his foot was clearly in touch!
you must be cross eyed and part of the clan that england scored that try in 2007. You people make me laugh
Skalk burger gouge was a dog move, should've been a straight red no question
When does the brutality start or what am I missing?
A brain
Wow what a crazy game....why we love the british and irish lions here in sa
The wing score's the try, the British want to cry horaah horaah!!🇿🇦
So glad the Boks beat them in this and the last tour!!
FUCKING BEAUTIFUL GAME!!!
O'Gara. A very ordinary player.... Literally lost the match single handedly
You just know that try by Fourie haunts the poms not just because of skill but power as well
You do know that it's the Lions playing?
Where did they find the commentators?
Never mind, AI is coming.
Foot clearly in touch for the try home decision😢
Makes sense that South Africa were involved.
For all the plaudits he gets Ronan O’Gara really fooked that series for us, never forget that.
He was concussed and shouldn't have been on the pitch
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.
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
Burger should have had a red and a very long ban. Disgraceful.
If South Africa isn’t in the video it can’t be the most brutal rugby anything 😂
Appalling referring, foot clearly in touch, and eye gouging in a RED card, high tackles and dirty play by the Boks as usual!
Ah look an anti Southern hemisphere rugby fan
@@ljtheman7875 So sad to hear you have impaired vision!
@@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
And the lions are all sweet and innocent 😂😂
Stephen Jones at the peak of his powers
Through everything else, that try given to the Boks at 73:39 was clearly a major refereeing blunder only because the video of the the foot crossing the touch line before being grounded was downright obvious! Had that not happened, it would have been a fantastic try anyway!
Commentators are so biased
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 .
That Fourie try that was foot in touch and given - ridiculous
These commentators are still been employed by tv companies . THEY even get the replays wrong .
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.
hell of a game
SA would have finished that game with 10 players in 2023…😂
Commentator. Oooh aand the Lions have the South Africans ruffle...... Me laughing myself in a coma.
No its not, Nothing on the French side of the 1970s
Imagine this game today:
Burger - Red Card (eye gauging)
BoD - Red Card (Head Contact with Danie)
Sheridan - Yellow Card (Shot in Bekker's nuts)
O'Gara - Yellow Card under review for taking Du Preez out.
Compared with some matches in the 70’s this was a ladies’ game.
Couldn’t clean the springboks with apar-tide pods
Wow, clever....
This commentator is so biased😂😂
Talk about one eyed commentary
Berger’s part in this contest shoulda ended after about 30 seconds.
The call should have been '99'!
Proven World Champs over and over❤
See the standard of officiating hasn’t improved
The arrogance from the Brits, even in commentary. So good watching them lose
Yeah , they are sore losers some of them
When the Lions arrive....there's going to be blood!!!! 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
The commentary hasn't improved with age
The 99 tour was a lot rougher.