'ABSOLUTELY NAILS':  

Absolutely love this video dedicated to Jacques, as a South African I have immense respect for this man

My namibia brother. Played lock in the 2001 Windhoek High School Team with this legend. We all knew then he would be great!! Surpassed all our expectations

Lovely tribute. Imagine him and Peter-Steph Dutoit in the same team

Sean O'Brien recalls the biggest tackle he ever shipped: ‘Yer man, Jacques Burger, the lad at Saracens. That [Heineken Cup] game over there, in 2010. It was off a five-man lineout and Johnny just said, “Crash this up.” I did but I ran into him. ‘I remember thinking that every bit of air had come out of me. I went up and went on but I wasn’t going too far. That’s probably the biggest hit I’ve ever had. We met in the middle and the two of us fell down on the ground.’

Brilliant stuff Tim. You should go visit him on his farm when you come down to this side of the world. Would love to hear how he is doing now and what his best memories are.

One of the best tacklers I've ever seen !

Met him the day he played his final game at saracens, genuinely one of the nicest people on the planet. Love this series too, so many players to choose from

Excellent Egg. I think you made at least 1 mistake, in saying something like: "A player like him" - I have not seen one in the last 48 years. His Saracens record may be impressive but his work for Namibia was super human. How a man can put in 100% for 80 while losing comfortably just amazed me. He just kept getting up (metaphorically, for the next punch to knock him down again). He was the best player on the pitch v Ireland in 2007 (v BOD, POC, ROG, D.Wallace, & Hayes, etc.). From then on you could see that minute after minute, game after game, and season after season he put every fibre of his being into the next moment. He deserves full recognition. Thanks for the excellent content.

Brilliant, Tim. The man was an inspiration, so happy he didn't end up in Japan.

Yes Tim! Superb. Jacques really did wear his nose on his sleeve. One of the GOATs

Love this. Great work, Tim. And couldn't think of anyone more deserving of this spotlight.

One of my favourite players of all time. His performance against Clermont in the Heineken Cup cemented him as a Saracens legend.

Off the field he is a gentleman, on the field… well like rassie puts it, wild f…… dog

Wow! Tim, this tribute gave me goosebumps throughout the entire video! I had seen Jacques Burger pop up now and then and I never knew much about him, but this... this tribute was class! Thank you!

Hear!Hear! Well done, Tim - you knocked it out of the park. Jaques was an awesome force & an absolute joy to watch.

Glad to see Jacques getting some recognition, he was an absolute machine. Thanks Tim 👌🏻

Yup, Jacques was a phenomenon on the field. Reminds me of his namesake Schalk Burger. Legendary!

When a rugby player should have been nicknamed The Ratel - the Honey badger! Stunning tribute and narrative Tim! Thank you.

Any signing from Africa is always worth every penny.🔥🔥🔥. Brutal strength.

Great video and tribute. We Namibians are proud of him and wish him well.

This channel just makes me fall in love with rugby all over again! As a kid I had "The Great Rugby World" and now I have Eggchasers❤

Could you make a video like this about the rugby union scrum? I am so scared that World Rugby will cave under pressure from anti-scrum nations and eventually make the scrum a minor part of rugby union. I write about rugby union intentionally because I don't want to be associated with the rugby league. Your channel is refreshing I love it.

Absolutely yster,as we would say here in Saffaland.....top class Tim.

Great tackler and legal unlike a lot of other "hard man". Tough as nails.

You should go visit him when you come to SA… Namibia is insane

Respect tim...that was a propper hard man .

Namibia is so worth visiting ❤

Awesome!! Awesome! Baie geluk Jacques Burger!! Absolutely Nails!!

Thank you so much for celebrating a true Citizen from the Land Of The Brave

Taking out Bakkies like that...... 😱

Bang! Spot on Tim. This makes me a proud Namibian. Though as Nails. Hard soos 'n klip.

What a great tribute video to our Namibian brother! Huge respect. Machine! 🇳🇦

A brilliant mini biog' of a terrific and fearless rugby player. JB is the epitome of rugby union, and the reason I started to support Saracens... Bravo JB. 🎉

Jacques Burger was absolutely indestructible mentally and physically and you did not get a more determined and tougher player than him. He doesn’t need a countless amount of trophies to prove his worth because it is his character that matters most. Thank you Tim for this video!

Amazing video, so glad you’ve highlighted why he was so good

Played against him and he had no mercy on the field but off the field he was a gentleman.

Much respect for the respect you show to the game and its players the world over. Keep it up mate. Your success is not by accident.

Legend. Reflection of Africa

Thanks he is from the land of the brave my country Namibia

Proper legend down here in Saffaland. The hardest of hard men. Thanks for this.

He would have done wonders in the Springboks camp. Awesome player

Thanks for giving credit to the people who make our sport amazing

Magic bro, it works perfectly.

this is good rugby media, thanks

Great video Tim, as always! I used to love watching him and his lookalike Neil Best . . .

Love it! Greatest flank of All Time!!!

Growing up as a flanker in the late 00's, this man was my idol - probably explains the four broken noses

N ware legende Sal hy wees. One of the best to have played this game for sure.

That game vs Clermont will never be forgotten. Brad Barrett was also monsterous. I remember Jamie Cudmore walking off the pitch shaking his head as if to say there was nothing any team could have done to stop Sarries today.

Fantastic celebration of a true rugby man Tim. Good on you for putting this together when most have already forgotten his exploits.

As a Saffa, i agree... great player!

Thank you for highlighting this incredible player and man

Thank you Tim, as a Sarries fan, that was awesome. I remember that Clermont match so well, what a player.

What a great tribute!!!

OOOF! Damn the goosebumps from this one!

Great tribute. What a machine. Would love to have seen him in a Bok pack with schalk burger ( at 8) and brussow or Juan smit

That's a great series. For a future episode, may I suggest a guy whose size and power dwarfed Wayne Johnson's? The late great Jerry Collins. Among other things, the way he passed showed the kind of guy he was on and off the pitch.

Brilliant video. Used to see him around St Albans quite a bit...byou couldnt miss him because of that hair and nose 😂

What a tribute, what a man

I regret that I had never visited Namibia. But fortunately, I have been lucky enough to enjoy some of its most wonderful exports. I can attest that Namibia produces the best lagers and the most extraordinarily delicious game biltong on the planet. With tough guys like these amongst their sparse population, it probably all makes sense.

What a coincidence, the premiership youtube channel just released Saracen's final match in 2011.

Great tribute!!!

He's as hard as the land he was brought up.

TRUTH And what and awsome channel idea. This will work so well Keep em coming!!!

The micro documentary i never knew i needed! Thanks Tim!

A brilliant video Tim. Thanks lad. 👊👍

What a beautiful tribute.

A BEAST ....

Well done, what a video !

Fantastic video tim. Loved this man.

Top accolade , excellent he was the man

Awesome video! What a true warrior! Pure courage and great skill. Fab technique along with the frightening aggression and impacts. Cant imagine waiting to get the ball off the ten and out of the corner of my eye already seeing him coming... Tip it and brace and maybe a quick prayer haha. A hero - if he played for Connacht we would have never let him go 😀 ... delighted to see he is exactly where he wants to be.

OOOOOh this is chilling. My skin went all prickly! Great video thanks alot, from a Bokke fan!

awesome video ... the man was immense on any field !!! Mooi so okie!!

Great work Tim EC ‼️ 🪖

Awesome video. Thanks! ❤

100%! All the best to him and the family.🙏🏻

LOVE THIS !

WOW!

Brilliant, Loved it

Brilliant man and player

Wow great video.

Absolutely awesome Tim well done

God I miss watching Jacques play

Great video!

Well produced, Tim. Good job.

I say this channel is Abolutely Nails. Thanks Egg.

Great video, so much emotion!

Legend.

Can we get one on Macaw, Lomu, Kolisi or Mapimpi? All amazing stories. Really interested to see where you take this in the future Tim, keep up the good work 👍

Teams used to genuinely fear this guy, an inevitable nuisance on the pitch

Fantastic

Jacques burger is the rugby idol

Brilliant video!

Very nice.

Beautiful

The bit Tim that you haven't covered is that Jacques Burger, Mauro Bergamasco, and , Side Show Bob are all the same person... Have any of you ever seen all 3 in the same room at the same time??? No there you have it

Great work

Maybe you should make the next 6 Nations Rugby vid. Tim. Apart from learning more about Rugby tactics and strategies, well learn about the players and their back stories.

Great video Tim