American Reacts The Most Feared Rugby Team In The World | The Springboks Are BRUTAL BEASTS 

They don't call us Rugby World Cup Champions for nothing. Proudly South African, Proud Springbok Supporter 🇿🇦

Oddly enough we don't really consider our style of play as brutal but efficient and effective.

I didn't realise the rest of the world viewed our play style as brutal, I just thought that's how you play 😂 Proudly South African and love the Bokke

I broke my collar bone in a final. The medic told me to leave the field. My captain told me he needed me. I switched from right to left side of the scrum and played another 25+minutes to the end. I did not miss 1 tackle in that time. If you ever played the game you will understand. Loyalty and team work is everything

We’re taught to go for the kill everytime we see our opponents. In my coach’s words “tackle him so hard that he won’t wanna touch the ball again ” proudly South African 🇿🇦

You cannot take someone out while they are in the air. You have to wait until they land before you smash them into next week.

The hit by Am at 0:32 and the Xhosa commentary is absolute perfection. Makes me smile every time

As a South African, watching this video makes me very. I am not a huge rugby fan, but I watched every world cup game and watching our boys in green bring home the gold was the best! BTW, watching your reactions was classic!

That language was Xhosa (one of our many African languages spoken in South Africa) EVERYBODY - white or black - loves the Xhosa commentary team because they are so passionate and enjoy what they are doing

The one thing South African Players fear the most from High-School to the Springboks will always be other South African Players

I love how people all over the world react to our boys in green and gold.Their mouth always hang open in disbelief 😲. As a South African I am super proud. Springbok Rugby Team is and always will be the greatest team ever in my book. Proudly South African 🤪🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

I don't watch sports in general, but this was fun to watch, especially your questions/reactions to certain stuff we see as "normal", but I guess it's because as South Africans know struggles and failures, and that probably shows because of our dedication to succeed. We can be a volatile country within itself, but if we stand together across all cultures, races and religions, we are a powerful nation, and that's one thing I'm proud of. South Africans are amazing, especially with our diversity, and once we treasure that, nothing can rip us apart. I actually enjoyed watching this video despite not being big on sports though 😅

All passes when running forward travels forward because of your momentum running forward. As long as the pass leaves your hands in a backward direction it will be deemed flat or backwards.

No that last clip where you asked about if its the superbowl of rugby was the British and Irish Lions tour celebration. Basically every four years, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland make a dream team called British and Irish Lions and they travel to either Australia, NZ or South Africa to play the best of 3. So for example 2001 they went to Australia, then 2005 they went to NZ, 2009 to South Africa, 2013 back to Australia and so the cycle starts again. Its a massive rivalry and its known for the bloodshed,concussions, ejections,punching and illegal hits above the neck(because there is no love loss between the former British colonies and the colonizers. The same way we celebrate July 4th(because we beat the crap out of the British haha). So in 2021 The B&I Lions toured South Africa and the Boks won the 3 game series 2-1. The Superbowl of rugby is the World Cup. Also happens every 4 years. The next one is next year 2023 in France. The Springboks are current reigning champions and will be looking to defend that illustrious trophy next year.

Love hearing this about our boys in green and gold!!!!. Soo stoked to be South African

The pass at 3:15 was forward, they disallowed the try. Although the rule is that the ball just has to come backwards out of the hands, but due to the player's momentum could still go forward, so some refs might've allowed it. Still an insane run from Lukhanyo Am

In south Africa we have 11 official languages the one that you were asking it was Xhosa language in South Africa we are multilingualism which means we speak 2 or more but the minimum is 2 English is a medium of instruction. We different cultures, I myself I am a Zulu from the know as Shaka Zulu and all this languages in terms of culture/religion/ language we have common activities. We are like a rainbow with 7 colours which means we are the rainbow nation

We are a Rugby 🏉 nation. Strength is our weapon 💪💪💪

Southern Hemisphere rugby in general (that’s South Africa, Australia & New Zealand) is very physical. When those teams play it’s a party 🍻

World Cup Champions for a damn good reason. Very Very proudly South African.

With regards to the 'touching down' of the ball in the score zone, yes you are absolutely right, the ball has to be touched down for it to count as a try or 'score'. If you can manage to carry the player back across the line or even carry them over the 'dead ball' line, it won't count as a try. Also, you will notice that after the try has been scored a conversion will take place for an extra two points, now this kick will be in line with the area where the ball was touched down, that's why you'll see that given the opportunity, the player will try and touch down the ball as close to the middle of the goalposts as possible, making the conversion kick easier for their kicker.

Proud South African 🇿🇦 South Africans is very strong we don't mess around lol. Love the Springboks.

I consider the Kiwi's to play a rough game. Every time the 'Boks are pitted against them, my stress levels reach fever pitch. Rugby players are big, strong athletes. I was at Ellis Park one day and I landed up in a throng of spectators - an amateur rugby team who travelled to watch the match - never before have I felt so dwarfed by other people. Huge!

That forward pass from SA n9 was slightly forward, but remember that there is momentum involved, so at a running speed the ball could be caught a bit in front of where a player was when it was thrown, so the general rule of thumb is that the hands have to go back and the ball should not be thrown anterior to the frontal plane.

Hi love the reactions. Let me try and answer some of your questions. 1. The pass was what the call a flat pass. It is a judgement call on behalf of the refs. If the initial pass when leave the passer's hands is backwards and Momentum carries it forward it is fine. 2. In the scrum, as long as the players are bound to the scrum and the ball has not gone past the last player's feet, it is deemed still in the scrum and can be dribbled forward usually be the last player's called the 8th man or number 8. 3. High kicks, no pleyer is allowed to be played in the air. The hit can only be made once they touch the ground. However an attacking player, like in the video, may contest for the ball in the air and the collision in the air is deemed fair play provided the challenging player has a fair to good chance of getting the ball. You cannot just jump and collide for the sake of knocking the other player away. 4. The touch down (😁 see what I did there.), A try is only scored once the ball is grounded on or over the goal line. It must be done with control and clear downward pressure. The spot where the ball is grounded also determines from where the goal kick or extra points kick needs to be taken. 5. The language you heard was Xhosa, one of the 11 official languages of South Africa. Just as a side note, the head on head collision you saw and commented on is definitely not legal and the player was red carded for it. I hope this helps your understanding of the brutally beautiful game we so dearly love. Regards

The last video South Africa are the current world champions. They are 3x world champs tied with their biggest rivals New Zealand who are also 3x world champions.

Springboks' physicality is our trademark. That was isiXhosa language, also spoken on Holywood's Black Panther movie. Thank for the review 🖤🇿🇦

Us south Africans take great excitement in rugby even though not all want to play it makes us very proud watching the springboks play and win.thnx for reacting to my country 🇿🇦

The pass at 3:40 was deemed backwards, or "flat", by the TMO. You can't pass forward. However this try was disallowed because of apparent obstruction by Springbok 9 earlier in play.

yep, you have to touch the ball down over the line for it to be a try...Note, where you touch it down determines where the conversion attempt after the try is taken from ..i.e. if you score a try under the posts then the conversion will be right in front of the posts, if you score in the corner then you have a really difficult conversion from out by the sideline

The reigning, defending Champions of the world 🇿🇦

The 'boks are just built differently. Here in New Zealand they're feared, hated, respected, and loved in equal amounts as possibly our great rivals. They're the team we love to hate :) And yes, that try at 3:10 was disallowed for a forward pass. The later one (at 9:45) was "flat" (i.e., nearly parallel with the field markings), but not forward. It's illegal to tackle someone who's in mid-air going for the ball. And yes, you can stop someone scoring by getting your body between the ball and the ground (the ball is "held up" and no try is given). That last scene was after the World Cup final.

Xhosa, the commentators are hilarious.

Head on head is automatic ejection from the game these days. Modern era is very focused on safety of players given the high number of concussions. The small guy you refer to is Cheslin Kolbe, one of the best players in the world. And the second highest paid.

To me, the best rugby games played in my era, was the games in the 1995 RWC, the games between Springboks and New Zeeland, with legends like Jona Lomu, Os Durant, Naka, Pienaar, James Small etc, last named probably the smalest guy playing, and gave some of the hardest tackles on Lomu

Proudly South African, even though, I am not into rugby. Hardloop hulle plat Springbokkies🙏❤️😍🇿🇦😅

What I love about Rugby is that even if you are not a fan or follower of the sport. They will show some highlights of that days games on the sports section of the news and even though you might not understand what is happening, the rules or the scoring, it will be a video where you think to yourself "Wow, that was pretty good"...

The Springbok team combines piano carriers with piano players. That is why they are the greatest rugby team in the world.

Proudly south Africa. Love my country ❤️

To answer your question about the 1 tri being done in the centre of the "endzone"; it's being done because, the closer the tri (touchdown) is to the centre , the closer your kick will be towards the posts.

GO BOKKE! 3 time world champions! To answer your question at around 10:50. The further outside of the tri-zone the further away you are for a conversion kick (it's more challenging). The closer you are to the center of the field means the conversion kick is easier because the kick will be basically right in front of the posts. That's why you see them running and putting the ball down for the tri as close to the middle as possible. I hope that makes sense. I tried to summarize it as best as I could.

When I was young playing school rugby my father told me this. if you can't run around the opponent run over him. That's basically our mentality.

I loved watching this video and your reaction. If you think the team is brutal then you have most definitely not seen the fans yet 😆😆 We grow up with rugby, whether you're a boy or girl. Go bokke! 🇿🇦

As a South Africa who has watched rugby many times, the springboks and other South Africa rugby players and teams fight with the determination that if we win, loadshedding will disappear-

the thing about the pass nowadays is that it only needs to be coming backwards out of the hands. If inertia brings it forward as in that case then it is okay.

When you asked what language is that, the commentator was speaking isiXhosa, one of South Africas 11 official languages and an official commentator language for Rugby🇿🇦

We live rugby in South Africa, the reason they keep running past the tri line is to try get under the “goal posts” because after a tri you kick in line with where you touched the ball on the ground, so when they keep running it’s not to show off but to touchdown under the posts

@McJibbin The reason they run after crossing the "goal line" is, wherever the ball is placed inside the goal line, determines the angle of the kick to the poles that happen after a try is scored. So, the closer to the poles they can get when scoring a try, the easier the kick. 2 points for a kick really matters in tight games

Spot on re touching it down. When tackled you can make one final movement. This explains the offloads to a supporting player, reaching for the line for a try.

That celebration at the end was the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The next one is next year- hope you catch some of the games

He didn't pass it forward, he passed the ball flat. As in to say he passed along his line, directly next to him, that's the closest you can get to a forward pass while keeping it legal

Big shout out to you too for this reaction. Those are our sports giants 🙌🏽🇿🇦

If you were wondering, we have 11 languages.

At 11:06 the reason he ran further in once he passed the tryline is because wherever the ball gets put down is the angle where the conversion (kicker) has to kick the ball from. So if the players are able to they will try get as close to the middle of the polls as possible

As a proud kiwi growing up in the sport Respect to south Africa always great matches to watch 2023 letsgoo

Really enjoy watching your rugby reactions Connor! This was a great one to react to. Well, all of them are tbh. The small guy that got steamrolled by the really big guy, if you watch closely from another angle, is seen to be lights out after the big guy gets up to celebrate the try.

The forward pass rule is that the hands have to be angled backwards as the ball is released. Obviously when two guys are running full speed, the guy passes the ball and it will most likely land on the receivers chest AHEAD of where it was thrown from. It just happens that way because you are running forwards as you release the ball. It’s angled backwards but because you are running forward it still traces downfield in the air - that’s unavoidable. The longer the pass the more like a forward pass it looks, but the ball was never THROWN forward.

The Springboks is not brutal as depicted in the headline, the just will not back down ever against people taking chances. They are a regular world championship winning team.

To answer your question. The closer you put it down to the poles the easier kick you will have for the conversion which is an extra 2 points when kicked over.

Love your reactions, especially when you ask "Is that guy ok??" 🙃🙃🙃🙃

Hey there Connor ... Regarding min 3.50 -" forward pass" - if you look at the 22m line in front of Am {passing} and Mapimpi {catching} is about 5m in on release abd 5m in on catch...

Nice video Yankee boy, props, seriously! I don't give a crap about rugby but you got me feeling national pride for the SA team! You make them look like real warriors!

I really enjoy your posts!

True story. The Springbok training camp had to invest in new and Heavier weights to push Eben during training. Apparently he asked what he was supposed to do with those small weights when he first walked in. The heaviest weights at the time were 40kg dumbells, 88lbs.

Check out Bakkies Botha! An absolute beast!

Smaller guys can truck bigger guy with timing and explosive power. If you accelerate at the right time, you mess up the defenders timing. In this clip the French forward to (6) would have wanted to be leaning more forward, but Kolbe was jogging and then accelerated and exploded into him, so it messed up his timing. Kolbe is also very strong for his size and add the speed...

Regarding the running in the try area or "end zone", the goal is to place the ball as close to the poles as possible when scoring the try, hence making the angle of the kick easier for your goal kicker. Also yes, they can tackle you out of the try zone if you have not placed the ball down on the ground in a controlled manner.

We sometimes played on gravel fields at some of the smaller towns close to the Northern cape in the 80s and 90s.

We don't only want to play we want to hurt, its just culture

Who ever watches your channel please go and watch Chasing The Sun Netflix Springboks and you will understand how much this Game means to us in South Africa 🇿🇦 love ❤️ your views on schoolboys Rugby because there is we’re we start

Audiovisual mix on this clip is 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

It wasn't a forward pass - it was probably on the line. But your reaction of Kolbe (the small guy) running that guy over was classic! From South Africa.

Rugby is the best sport man and our Springboks are masters!

@McJibbin the answer to your question or just to explain what happened at 5:35 the Springboks were given a scrum 5 meters from the opponents goal line and our scrum was so dominant that we were able to push them back and over for a push over try (if Australia on the defense would of collapsed the scrum they would of been penalized and we would of been given a penalty try ) The important thing here is the scrum stayed mostly intact and that helped with the momentum to keep on pushing forward. Hope this helps

A lot of these plays are legendary, big up too the players!

Hey @Conner, Francois here. At @10:10 you have to touch the ball down past the "try line" (but still inside the "end zone" / try area) for it to count as a try (score). The position of the ball placement (touch down) determines where the conversion kick will be taken from. BTW my 1st time seeing your videos, curious to see what's on your channel.

Never underestimate us South Africa for life

Springboks are the best!!!!

Our nations rugby history is steeped in the legacy of being a physical force to be reckoned with and absolutely no quarter will be given. That is what we expect from our Springboks; that is the badge our players wear with honour and that is the commitment our competitors must be prepared for.

You should react to the video of Bakkies Botha the enforcer, also played for the sprinboks, but was a tough guy to play against

@McJibbin I also noticed you did not react big enough to the absolute out of this world insane pass behind the back from Lukhanyo Am at 7:31 😝

10:27 The ball has to be grounded in order for a try to be awarded. The objective is to score, obviously but in order to convert the additional 2 points that come after, the closer you are to the posts means your kicker has an easier job of making said conversion. So if you're always grounding the ball close to the touchline, in a tight game it makes those conversion kicks harder for your fullback.

This is a real mans game. Rough as it is, it is played by gentlemen. Imagine football(soccer) players learning how to take a hit from these guys. Proud South African here. I love the Boks, but for Rugby I am ultimately an All Blacks fan.

I was in one of the most well known rugby schools in South Africa...Paarl Boys High. The way we played our rugby was just the way it is, we didn't know any different ,but funnily enough we agreed at the time (late seventies) that the physically hardest team to play against was Boland Agricultural School. We'll win against them but we were really happy when the game was over . Those boys came at you hard man. In the good ole days the up and under was very popular. The idea was to intimidate people, especially the fullback. They'll kick the ball high and the idea was to just plough him having the ball in hand or not . After the game become professional (1995 onwards) and they start to play a lot more games, they also changed the rules to make it a lot safer. Before that it was a free for all and brutal. Now the player that is about to catch the ball normally jumps into the air and then the attacking player must give him a moment to catch the ball. It is a judgement call and not always easy to decide on.

Going to become the 2023 champions here we come! Proudly South African 🇿🇦

Someone may have mentioned this, but where you "down" the ball in the end zone is how the extra point kick is aligned. So closer to the center is better for the kicker

Can never get enough watching the mighty Bokke play👏🏾👏🏾❤️

Loved your video!! I'm from South Africa and the Springboks are our team. We've had some amazing players!! Please do a video on Bakkies Botha and Schalk Burger. You'll be amazed at these South African players!! 😊

Haha I was at one of those matches. SB destroyed us 😅

to answer your question about the ingoal area. yes they have to put it down on the ground because the point on the ground determines the line the kicker has to use to score two more points after a try and it is still possible to loose the ball in the ingoal area

That try that blew your mind regarding the forward pass was checked by the official and disallowed..so you were correct

The only thing that makes me proud to be a South African at the moment...

No one fears them it's just hype 🤣😂🤣😂

My favorite thing to watch is people trying tackle Cheslin Kolbe and him being like "No thank you"

That's the world cup being lifted once again 🇿🇦❤️

The vast majority of the tackling by The Springboks highlighted in this is highly illegal penalised by a Yellow (10mins sin bin) Card or a Red (sending off for the reminder of the game) card. You've got contact with the head, no 'wrapping' in the tackle, tackles above the shoulder, neck rolls, + so much more that I can't remember. That's Southern Hemisphere rugby stuff you got going on there, a lot less civilised than the cultured rugby we've got here in the Northern Hemisphere 😉😉

My Wize coaches words to me were "tackle him so hard that he doesn't play another games." PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN SPRINGBOK JUNIOR PLAYER

When a kick at the poles is taken, the positioning depends on where the ball touched down behind the try line when the try was scored

It's where you put the ball down in the goal box is where you take your kick goal from, so if you touchdown in the left corner that's where you that the field kick goal from , that's why they always run it too the center to touch it down so they get a clean easy shot through the goal posts

4:56 was a scuffle because the yellow winger had carried out a shoulder charge without arms (and illegally and dangerously) for a second time in two weeks, the first one causing a try to not be scored and the game to be lost. He tried it again this time and got the try scorer in his face.