July Internationals | South Africa v Wales - First Test Highlights 

Deliberate knock on? Where? I didn't see it. Are there better highlights?

@@sports2hedz542 Just open your eyes then you will see it.

@@sports2hedz542 Not deliberate knock on, but, any one who only puts one hand deliberately in the way of the opposition passing the ball will be giving a penalty away. There was no attempt to catch the ball. If they don't give a penalty for this kind of action, then every team will start doing it, and that will be horrendous for rugby.

@@sports2hedz542 biggar made no attempt to catch the ball or steal it. Just put his arm out coz he saw there was an overlap. Just a tactic used to slow down or kill the attack. Coz if that pass goes through, de allende being the strong runner he is, draws in 2 defenders easily, leaving mapimpi free as a bird to recieve an offload. Imagine it was legal to do what biggar did, would be so easy to stop an attack with minimal effort, has to be penalized

Unlucky? The first try could be a forward pass, the second try could be a takle in the air. Just cause the call at the end of the match doesn't go your way doesn't mean it was unlucky

Just shows how dysfunctional the Lions are. So hard to throw together a team of all stars and expect top results.

This aint boxing buddy..where your opinion if they won or not.. the score in the end determines who won lol

@@user-ic5xq8oc9z relax bro...re-read what he said

@@sports2hedz542 True in part, but 2021 was particularly poor rugby from The Lions. People said it was a crap series. Even as a Brit I though the Boks looked good and all their tries where superb. Next time in Australia needs to be playing attractive rugby at the least.

@@oliverhunter9495 yeah...I definitely have some recency bias in this one 😄

Both teams respect eachother greatly and always bring the absolute best out of eachother. That's why even as a welsh man, SA are always my second team to support, and sometimes it's even hard to decide who to support and be happy for with games this awesome

he did make the drop goal

Yeah Reese - Zammit out sprinted Mapimpi too. He is class!

What is collaborative refereeing?

@@bobcougar77 The TMO and Touch judges have some responsibilities judging forward passing, deliberate offside, being in front of the kicker and other Laws where the Ref is hindered by positional limitations. I'm just thinking out loud really, it may be unworkable?

@@Joe90V Yeah, I don't know, i hear what you're saying though. I've always enjoyed the self-regulating aspect of the game of rugby. aka, you can slow down the ball but you're gonna get the boots. I think we've taken a lot of those aspects out of the game and put them onto the shoulders of referees in an attempt to clean up the game. It get's increasingly difficult for one man to manage. Then along comes High Definition cameras and suddenly the viewer at home can see the action in far greater detail than any human can see in real time. Somehow some kind of balance that ensures a fair match but isn't constantly trying to split hairs finer and finer.

@@bobcougar77 Nail on the head. I'm concerned that too much pressure is being put on one official, being constantly judged by HD camera work as you point out, when there are 4 qualified referees at each game. The game needed cleaning up with the sheer physicality that professional players bring to the game, but there is a fine line and like you, I enjoy the sportsmanship and self regulation. I know from my amateur days that injuries can last a lifetime and although we need to play ferociously (as that's the point) it needs to be fair and not cynical. Best wishes to you and looking forward to a thrilling third test weekend :)

Oh you mean when he doesnt get closed or shutdown with no space and then expected to make miracles. I would rather play with 14 players than have Willie and Jantjies there

@@travismailsa1 Your opinion is clueless and horrendously uneducated.

@@travismailsa1 Willie had a great game but there is no place for him to play pollard is going to come back willemse had a world class performance

@@falcont4494 If thats what you call a good game, imagine when he plays like crap how horrible it msut be. Well aware Pollard is being brought back as well as i never once critised Willemse, top player - i am a Stormers supporter btw, so obviously watch enough of Willemse.

@Travis my guy there were 3 starters that were good. Jasper, Willemse and Colbe. When Willie came on the team shifted to the next gear the way he orchestrated the game on first and 2nd receiver was out of this world. I agree he has had absolute shockers before but he was one of the best guys on the pitch Saturday. I guess you were just watching a different game.

Diolch

@@redemrys5342 Croeso.

Sesiwn Fawr!! Nice area Dolgellau

Got rid of Elton Jantjies, that was the difference

Klippies and coke

Only won because of the refereeing, wales should have won

@@XxRemixerzxX There is absolutely no way that last penalty should have been given. The ball hit his hand, he didn't play at it!! So it can't be deliberate!!!!

I agree 100% I looked at it again and again and again in slow motion and saw nothing that was cardable or even a penalty. What the hell is happening to Rugby? That was ridiculous. Some others saying "he held on to Willie. Not true. Horrid call

Zam I've watched him play at Kingsholm a couple of times. He has the wizardry and he is still hungry.

It was fun seeing him out sprint Mapimpi!

Agreed.

Yup we saw that in RWC 2019

Many of the Squidge Rugby vids go into this in more detail. ‘Kick if you don’t gain’ is basically SA mantra at this point, and why not if it works and wins you world cups!? For how long could be interesting, as I think this match proves that teams are working out how to neutralise and even exploit the tactic, but we shall see how many aces Rassie has up his sleeves come RWC time. *ahem Rassie is of course just the water boy, not a coach*

It would be great if there could be a discussion on this so that a newbie like me can understand

This was their 1st game since 2nd Oct 2021... Don't loose your mind mate

Because the URC is a far cry from international rugby, and this style of play has won the springboks 3 world cups.

Did you watch the same URC as the rest of us? Who won it?

Leinster could have beat them if they were focusing on urc and not Europe

They scored with 13 men. 😊

My All Blacks got smashed,we need more than luck. Game three is going to be more of the same if we keep with this coach and his (Hansen’s old playbook) brains trust. 2023 RWC based on all games I’ve watched is open to anyone.

Why was Pollard not involved?

@@michelefavaretto627 according to Bok coach it was because Pollard was still playing in the French league last weekend, so he joined the squad late. Still would have been a much better choice despite this IMO

What did he do on the plane?

Wait? Does that means Mapimpi knocked the ball every time he touched it. Like Schalk used to?

@@Jamluji stfu moron. If you find that racist after I left a comment praising a black guy from a genuine place of respect and admiration, then you have the problem homie. I didn't follow it up by saying what a beast Wiese or de Jager was. No literally just talked about what a beast Mapimpi is and that in fact every back in the world can learn a thing or 2 from him.

@@Deontjie its funny because he used to make me so angry when he just started playing for the Boks. Man he literally could not hold on to a ball. If he did catch it he would lose it in contact. But I think he has improved on that so much to the point I really started to like him. His defensive contribution would be insane to ignore.

Mapimpi. Formidable player. Plays like a warrior.

Woah, awesome to see an international player here! Which country did you play for in this case? And results and position if you could be so kind (if you remember 😅)

@@Mystic_Apollo really?

@@AhTu1306 yes really. I'm realising now I probs could've just googled his name to take a look to see if it was legit or not, but that wasn't my immediate thought, and I wanted to hear it from him himself

LRZ yellow card was utter bullshit. He clearly released the player after the tackle…. Worst ref I’ve seen in a long time

@@Mystic_Apollo I played for Slovenia national team since I was 19 (now 29). Last few years I captained the side (Enej Radelj Semrov). Played as scrum half/9.

Obviously has nothing to do with the poor refereeing then does it? Referee acting like he took a bribe from South African coaches

Right now, the best 2 teams are France and the ABs my friend

Nonsense. France, Ireland and NZ all better than Wales.

Wales are good but they are worse than *ahem* New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, France, England, Ireland. Possibly Japan and Scotland on their day too, and Fiji are good rn

@@mauroger86 literally the world rugby rankings puts 1 SA. first, 2nd. NZ(3 places) and then France. France is only performing recently.. NZ, AUS, France etc. basically all these teams had a year and half of "free play" because MANY teams were banned from playing during Covid. This is SA's first game after WRC in 2019... the other teams everyone's mentioned HAVE PLAYED between 2022 and 2022.. Wales is a strong team, anyone who just says "NZ, Aus" etc. really doesn't know but just says buzz words like All Blacks because it's common. Anyone who says France is the best now.. after what? After how many years? They won the tournament.. a whole tournament and then got rankings.. Imagine if SA could play those tournaments. Hell, even the Southern Hemisphere tournaments, SA was excluded from playing with Australia and New Zealand.

You can't get beaten by Italy and be on of the two best teams in the world. I'm sure they'll be a threat in the next WC (they always are) but right now: NZ, France, Ireland, SA, England, Aus, even Scotland look superior.

The Welsh mentality and style of rugby, for about the past ten years, have almost always caused tense and and grinding games against the Springboks, for whatever reason, the Welsh give the South Africans a very hard time every time they play.

The Welsh test team is always good and always in the running for titles. The number of GrandSlams and 6N titles they've won is evidence of that. But they've sacrificed the regional and club game in Wales to give the test team complete priority. The game below that in Wales is dying.

it was a poor game for springbok ,they were lucky ,

Wales are always good against South Africa. That World Cup semi in 2019 was one of the toughest games we've had in the last ten years. I have big respect for them. Just a bit disappointed North and one of the other big players were trying to intimidate Kolbe for most of the game. It takes a lot to get him going and you can see he was very unhappy at one stage. It didn't work and backfired on them.

Elton need Support he stressed out but will be Back.Pollard & Elton u are the Best.No to Critism.Mistakes in Life is a Lesson to Learn.

@@loginroberts6673 if he wasn't in the right frame of mind then he should've asked to be excused 🤷‍♂️ yes we back him but a poor performance should be called out.

Your braggart team took our boys for granted. We made you look crap! YMA O HYD!

@@redemrys5342 typical passion merchants 😭 "we gave them a game" and what did y'all get at the end? An L! We gonna wipe the floor with y'all in the next game.

@@Mo_Zinho hak hak bokke is kak.

They were avoiding to blame the ref 😅

SA needs to come back and join the Super Rugby Series, the northern clubs aint for them

@@deeznutz5437 they won the world cup and felt they were to good for the super rugby comp

I think more the plan is to expose the weakness, and we did that after a first half that was not clinical.

@@johnnybrown3734 No actually, we won the World Cup and New Zealand decided they didn't want to play us anymore.

Idk about above level. NZ rugby is better. All blacks would’ve blew out wales

Yeah not so sure about that. Time will tell though. Only win % and trophies matter. If the Boks keep improving both then it doesnt matter by what scoreline ABs smash other teams. ABs have been the gold standard with the Boks 2nd for 20 years. Going to require several world cup cycles of Bok dominance to change that perception.

While we were lucky to win this one it was a clean sweep for the south this weekend, including a thumping for the Irish who are one of the stronger NH teams at the minute.

Wales are the worst team in the nh and they almost won

@@felixdavis3451 wales have produced some of the best players of the game,that game against the boks was very entertaining game for me

@@darthhamo7568 no they haven't, and they lost to Italy

@@felixdavis3451 bro there’s the legendary j j williams he bamboozled a lot of players in his time and many other great welsh players

@@felixdavis3451 Watch the 1974 Lions Series against South Africa and the brilliant Welsh players who were in that team like JPR Williams, Phil Bennett, Gareth Edwards to name a couple. Four tests were played against SA. The Lions won 3 and drew the last one. In 1971 the Lions cleaned out the All Blacks. I am a Kiwi / Maori and an avid All Black and Springboks fan but history undeniably shows the Welsh have produced great legendary rugby players in years gone by. Some of the best in the world and good clean players with exceptional skill and talent. Ka aroha e nga rangatira ko Phil Bennett ko JPR Williams, ko Gareth Edwards ko Barry John and not to forget the great Irishman himself ko Willie John McBride - Captain of the 1974 Lions Team. Arohanui kia koutau katoa / much love to all.

Yeah, it was a good contest. Interesting to watch. You guys had to endure so much pressure for so long. Your team took every try scoring opportunity.

Yes - he must be counting his blessings that he decided to go for Wales over England seeing how the roses are crumbing!

He'll leave Glos very soon as they WRU will want him under their control

@@Jennyeq Hmmm... Even after Wales got beaten by Italy? Something England have never managed. England do manage to get to the finals of WCs though... They're rebuilding the team around new players and a new gameplan, that's what happens in rugby. Just look how France transformed. Plus, England had a shit 2018 and an incredible 2019, people have short-term memories.

how the heck can you tell he was running at 80% pace...I know alot of runners who appears as if they are not running at full pace but they actually are.....Reese Zammit it never appears as if he is running at full pace so you telling me he is always holding back?

@@zorba4166 it’s true a lot of great fijian players like sivivatu and rupeni they only ran fast enough to beat you. They had another gear.

Shit we just got handed our arse by the Irish in NZ with backs running the ball and their wingers loving it.

And 6 points and missing a touch line penalty

I don't know why he is still playing for the Boks.

Him and Willie

@@wiaanduvenhage9630 If it wasn't for Willie, we would have lost yesterday. He was the one controlling things in the midfield when Jantjes went off.

@@Karma-qt4ji very true, but don't you think Gelant will be an improvement?

It is a penalty. The rule states clearly if a player is not in a realistic position to catch the ball and just stick out a hand but was not able to catch the ball , it must then given as a deliberate knock on because it kills the flow of the game in a negative way. If that rule is not inplace players will then just try to slap every ball pass and it will become a slug fest. That penalty is a penalty today , tomorrow, yesterday.

@@heinrichswanepoel6566 I am not debating the penalty just don't agree with the rule in general. They don't have it in Rugby League and very rarely see it in a negative way just more people going for intercepts without having to worry about being sent to the sideline for dropping the ball.

The right wing are usually causing problems for you.

Elton is a great talent & will improve. Too much has been invested in him till now, the coaches all see something they like & have worked with, thats enough for me. Not long ago everyone was cussing Willie, but he evidently had a superb game yesterday.

@@stonewhall The coaches all fear political meddling. Jantjies is not fit for a provincial team. How many changes does he need?

@@Deontjie What political meddling with Jantjies?

@@Karma-qt4ji If he is not selected on performance, what is he selected on?

On mostly OFF the field, I've seen Janjties, Lionel Moepi? and Courtnall Skosan on a night out in Hamilton NZ after the Lions beat the Chiefs 2016 SR season, Janjties was a mess he had thrown up on hisself and was sleeping in it... 😵 He had his funny haircut then too 😂