Morne Steyn announced himself to world rugby by kicking the crucial penalty goal that secured a series victory for the Springboks against the British & Irish Lions in 2009.
Wow, what an incredible turn of events! With Morne Steyn returning to the Springbok Squad to secure victory again twelve years after this epic moment!!! I honestly believed him to be retired from test rugby! Congratulations for the series win, from an Argentinean SA rugby fan!
Everyone talks about how Schalk should have been red-carded for the eye gouge (and they have a point) but conveniently overlook diving into the head of a player long after the try was scored, the assault on Danie Rossouw and the dangerous tackle in the air by O'Gara. Only two players were cited after this game, Schalk Burger and Bakkies Botha. Bakkies was cited and suspended for a perfectly legitimate clean out on Adams (?).
Let’s go Bokke!! What a match this was. Here’s to a repeat series win in 2021! This team will forever be etched into the memories of us Bok supporters. 🇿🇦❤️🔥
Yeah man, it's incredible seeing just how much has changed within the rules and regulations over the past several years. Nowadays, that would be a red and automatic 3-week ban at the least 🤣
Heaslip. Today we would have seen red cards for both him and O'Driscoll for that high hit on Rossouw. I will be the first to agree that Schalk also would have been red carded and probably should have been, but I find the Lions' fans tend to overlook the infringements from their own side.
The craziest thing about this match, Fourie and Steyn were starting on the bench. Two world class players that PDV left on the bench for most of the game
So bad that he was banned for months subsequently but only a yellow on the pitch. Extremely violent and to the eye, straight ref now and then. Great ref! Not! He bottled it completely.
No I don't think so, because he landed relatively safely. But the late hit by Heaslip on Habana when he scored and the high hit by O'Driscoll on Rossouw (not shown here) certainly would have.
@@thegulagarchipelago5921 he played in 2 world cups, Springboks didn't win 2011 & 2015. I'm saying it's a shame that the time he played the team didn't win a World Cup.
The Boks spent the entire match catching up from the initial 10 point deficit GIFTED by Schalk. It was not a yellow card because of pressure from the Lions. Quite the opposite; the Boks had a penalty due to their superior rolling maul. Boks clearly the better team on the day when you take the gifting into account. This is the point the UK press failed to address. It was a gift. The Lions team would have been quite happy if the Boks had committed further unforced foul play.
Having looked at it again, all of the Lions players were offside. He therefore should have put it deep into the South Africa 22 as there was still 30 seconds to go.
@@MrLebowski1980 yes, but it would take a brave fullback to launch a counterattack in the 79th minute. When players are under pressure you often will see sliced clearances into touch. All hypothetical though.
That's right - during this era PDV decided to move him to tighthead when Bismarck's inclusion as starting hooker could no longer be avoided as he was too damn good. It didn't always work out that well as Smitty sometimes gave away a few scrum penalties, but I feel his value as a captain was FAR more important than his skill as a prop....which wasn't bad at all.
It was accidental and not intentional ... todays game yes a red card... 2021 this game would have had 10 red cards with all the late, high hits ... u can agree to disagree ...
There was no TMO protocol back then so we had to rely on what the linesman saw. Since the linesman was Bryce Lawrence, it's a fucking miracle he saw anything at all. Definitely, under today's protocols, it would have been a red. But then O'Driscoll ("tackle" on Danie Rossouw) , O'Gara (taking man out in the air) and probably Heaslip (diving on Habana after a try was scored, hitting him in the head with his forearm / elbow) would have seen a red as well.
@@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186 i am aware that yes that why its called the british AND Irish lions. I also know that the lions are uk based and the majority of players are from the uk thats why i call them a uk side
Where do you northerners get your confidence from? You've won 1 out of 9 World Cups, You win a test series in the Southern Hemisphere once every 20 years and out of the last 10 Lions Tours, you've only won 3 lol
@@joetrp-3553 you call it a weak South African side yet it virtually the same side that won the World Cup. The same side that literally raped England in the final. Stop smoking crack son, its bad for your health.
