We have good players but either our coach doesn't pick them (or our government doesn't let him pick them) or we loose them to clubs that pay better which at this point is any where in the world :(
diulikadikaday Lol ya thats about it. One huge difference is when the AB's make a break there is always a few in support to pass to, when the springboks make a break theyre usually on their own looking for support. SA rugby is not looking good at all lately.
diulikadikaday Alot of south african born players have ended up playing for other countries theres definately talent thats not being retained in SA.... The same way league poaches the schoolboy union prodigies in aus
Saracens in England have had a South African phenomenon at hooker for a number of years in Schalk Brits who, at 36, seems to get better with age and still plays second fiddle to Du Plessis! This guy is an all-rounder for crying out loud. The complete footballer and has been for years! Don't take my word for it. Read The Rugby Paper and find out the majority of the player's 'Dream Team'.
Schalk was never the best hooker in sa, although he was selected few times and some believed in him, me never and Merritt based nope schalk wasnt the best hooker ever in his time in sa....
Questionmarc And it would be justified on his part. They will soon replace him with a black player. Same as David Miller being replaced by a clown like Themba Bavuma.
Sven Claassen temba bevuma is such a talent, you’re gonna see. He is now captaining his franchise team. This year you’re going to be eating your words when test season comes
As much as I love Marx, France's hooker (forgot the name) is the best at no. 2 at the moment. He's a menace. 4 tries in his last 6 games last year. Nee wat!
Francis Hunt you don't know what you're talking about. From a prop he is awesome! Just because refs make wrong calls and general public believe it don't make it right! He isn't hyper extending... he is too low for the worse prop so the opposition folds the correct call is a Springbok/Lion penalty every time
team are made form reguarly performances, onr game for springboks rigged by abs all of a sudden there good lol , oh how we forget, 41-13 -57-15 57-0 lol so ggod there back lol
SA best rugby team ever. They are tied on three WCs with NZ but won two of theirs on the road and NZ had two extra WCs to win theirs. NZ over the years do a lot of self promotion about being the number one team in the world then choke at the following WCs. SA quietly went about their business shows up and win. Even NZ had a winge about food poisoning after 1995 WC final. Begrudgeers! Oh but we are no 1 then choked to France in 1999, we are the best and choked to Fance AGAIN in 2003. Choked again 2007 Won a debatable one by a point at home in 2011 and finally backed it up in 2015. Choked again in 2019. Now the likes of Ireland are beating them on a regular basis. What will the excuses be now? They have dropped back into the pack and the pack is average enough now with England wales Australia and Ireland and none of those will be winning any WCs soon. Get a grip and stop all the self aggrandisement, it has worn thin and oh ya while you are at it get rid of the stupid Haka as it looks ridiculous than grown men are carrying on like that. Really in this day and age ! The haka didn’t do the Natives any good when the English Colonists came and cut them down and planted a load of Scottish Presbyterians there. Only thing you could do with such a dour lot. Come mate my hole!
Typical comment of someone who in all likelyhood has never played any sport at any decent level and is a coward. You also do not seem to know nothing about the Maori wars at all. Go read a book and stop your racist comments that have no other purpose than to offend. Shame on you !
lol abs stage games its so obvious to keep rugby going,, abs never sent in peoiple to rucks so springboks could get the ball all the time to make a game of it, they take the throttle off to keep games alive, rugby has gotten boring abs thrashing everyone, so now to keep rugby going they need to slow down on purpose let the teams get the ball to make it a contest, the abs are so fucking good the world knows it, these rigged and paid games like the lions series to keep them alive and make money for abs to apy there players to stay in nz, this is what its about take money to make games close, soon they will be paid big money to lose to keep there players watch this space, argentina they start passing on the ground on purpose all of a sudden abs cant pass a ball to a player, 4 kicks out on full, aussie 54-6 then oh man we cant playu rugby no points cruise let them score 34. so rigged get real people.
sam jones it's not rigged idiot. To be so consistent like the ABs is like superhuman so I'm pretty sure you can't keep on winning the whole time. And it's been riven this year. SA just gave ABs a scare cause previous results were far worse for the Boks. Don't give crap about rigged and paid cause in rugby it's about the sport not money. However the topic for "paid French referees" is another story;)
Malcolm Marx is brilliant. An impact player of note. And a true asset to Springbok rugby.
I love the respect SA and NZ rugby players have for each other. They know what it means to be the 2 best rugby nations playing each other.
If European Rugby fans read this comment 😂💀
Nah but it's a fact. Two best rugby nations.
J have no greater respect for a rugby playing nation than SA, coming from a new Zealander
Yeah he played a 10 out of 10 game. Unbelievable performance.
Beast of a player
He's a beast!
Great player. But can the springboks get a range of good players to help him out? He can't win games on his own. He'll come close though!
We have good players but either our coach doesn't pick them (or our government doesn't let him pick them) or we loose them to clubs that pay better which at this point is any where in the world :(
diulikadikaday
Lol ya thats about it.
One huge difference is when the AB's make a break there is always a few in support to pass to, when the springboks make a break theyre usually on their own looking for support.
SA rugby is not looking good at all lately.
diulikadikaday Alot of south african born players have ended up playing for other countries theres definately talent thats not being retained in SA.... The same way league poaches the schoolboy union prodigies in aus
Questionmarc yeah it's just the bad picking...not sure what Dreyer is doing in the squad
diulikadikaday Him and Kitshoff pretty much played that game alone, breathtaking!!
Very nice to hear foreign commentators and analysts speaking so highly of Springbok players.
When your King is in the house. 👏👏👏
Malcolm Marx will be around for some time....... Great play
We have lost a beast this 2023 world cup.
Heart breaking news, recover well Malcolm
Here is a question. Between prime Bismarck v Marx v Smit who would you choose?
All 3 absolute monsters hard to make a call
Hard to say, all three are great.
Saracens in England have had a South African phenomenon at hooker for a number of years in Schalk Brits who, at 36, seems to get better with age and still plays second fiddle to Du Plessis! This guy is an all-rounder for crying out loud. The complete footballer and has been for years! Don't take my word for it. Read The Rugby Paper and find out the majority of the player's 'Dream Team'.
Schalk was never the best hooker in sa, although he was selected few times and some believed in him, me never and Merritt based nope schalk wasnt the best hooker ever in his time in sa....
🙌🙌
We'll loose him to Japan or Europe soon...Another springbok gone :(
Questionmarc hopefully not
Questionmarc And it would be justified on his part. They will soon replace him with a black player. Same as David Miller being replaced by a clown like Themba Bavuma.
Probably some far less talented player who has the required skin colour that'll replace him.
The very reason our rugby is going down. Especially when it comes to our springbok uniqueness
Sven Claassen temba bevuma is such a talent, you’re gonna see. He is now captaining his franchise team. This year you’re going to be eating your words when test season comes
Backgroundtotally no green screned
We know where our test of physicality comes from, it's the Springboks
Bokke bokke🇿🇦
You do a new take on Man Marx. No forward in this sport approaches him.
As much as I love Marx, France's hooker (forgot the name) is the best at no. 2 at the moment. He's a menace. 4 tries in his last 6 games last year. Nee wat!
He was awesome against Irland and Wales.......best in the world??
imagine he comes in as impact player.....
He was awesome against Irland they almost won
I love the reference to the scrum going ‘backwards’. Absolute rot!
john preston If there's anyone that knows about scrums it's Jon Preston...
Francis Hunt you don't know what you're talking about. From a prop he is awesome! Just because refs make wrong calls and general public believe it don't make it right! He isn't hyper extending... he is too low for the worse prop so the opposition folds the correct call is a Springbok/Lion penalty every time
Best in the World atm, from a kiwi
So why was NZ fullback man of the match then????
DELETE THE TRUTH
team are made form reguarly performances, onr game for springboks rigged by abs all of a sudden there good lol , oh how we forget, 41-13 -57-15 57-0 lol so ggod there back lol
so fuckin true mate
No one forgets that, unfortunately
What does that mean in English??
Mate just delete your comment and re write it in a language we can all understand
Lmfao!
SA best rugby team ever.
They are tied on three WCs with NZ but won two of theirs on the road and NZ had two extra WCs to win theirs.
NZ over the years do a lot of self promotion about being the number one team in the world then choke at the following WCs.
SA quietly went about their business shows up and win.
Even NZ had a winge about food poisoning after 1995 WC final.
Begrudgeers!
Oh but we are no 1 then choked to France in 1999, we are the best and choked to Fance AGAIN in 2003.
Choked again 2007
Won a debatable one by a point at home in 2011 and finally backed it up in 2015.
Choked again in 2019.
Now the likes of Ireland are beating them on a regular basis.
What will the excuses be now?
They have dropped back into the pack and the pack is average enough now with England wales Australia and Ireland and none of those will be winning any WCs soon.
Get a grip and stop all the self aggrandisement, it has worn thin and oh ya while you are at it get rid of the stupid Haka as it looks ridiculous than grown men are carrying on like that.
Really in this day and age !
The haka didn’t do the Natives any good when the English Colonists came and cut them down and planted a load of Scottish Presbyterians there. Only thing you could do with such a dour lot.
Come mate my hole!
Typical comment of someone who in all likelyhood has never played any sport at any decent level and is a coward.
You also do not seem to know nothing about the Maori wars at all. Go read a book and stop your racist comments that have no other purpose than to offend. Shame on you !
lol abs stage games its so obvious to keep rugby going,, abs never sent in peoiple to rucks so springboks could get the ball all the time to make a game of it, they take the throttle off to keep games alive, rugby has gotten boring abs thrashing everyone, so now to keep rugby going they need to slow down on purpose let the teams get the ball to make it a contest, the abs are so fucking good the world knows it, these rigged and paid games like the lions series to keep them alive and make money for abs to apy there players to stay in nz, this is what its about take money to make games close, soon they will be paid big money to lose to keep there players watch this space, argentina they start passing on the ground on purpose all of a sudden abs cant pass a ball to a player, 4 kicks out on full, aussie 54-6 then oh man we cant playu rugby no points cruise let them score 34. so rigged get real people.
sam jones it's not rigged idiot. To be so consistent like the ABs is like superhuman so I'm pretty sure you can't keep on winning the whole time. And it's been riven this year. SA just gave ABs a scare cause previous results were far worse for the Boks. Don't give crap about rigged and paid cause in rugby it's about the sport not money. However the topic for "paid French referees" is another story;)
Sam jones you are giving NZ a bad name bro! Do you even believe the shit you are talking?
i no its fact i no people
sam jones omg please be my English grammar teacher?
fuck school, i live in a house , i went to live concert what did i just say u tell me fuck school