Review: Springboks VS Ireland 2 Durban 2024 July Tests. Reactions, Analysis & Recap Doris Leg Drop! 

Losing sucks, but I don't mind losing to a better team on the day. Our first half was embarrassing, we only started to play like World Champions in the second half. Congratulations to Ireland, they're an amazing team. They gave us a taste of our own medicine with a 1 point defeat.

Ireland were better than us on the day regardless of any mistakes from the ref. We'll done to them, they are an excellent rugby team.

How disappointing an analysis .. after such a great game, what do we focus on .. the ref / TMO decisions.. and how you can say that Doris is looking at his leg is totally beyond me .. honestly I think it shows how biased you are & u need to reflect on that.

What a game. All week I had this nasty feeling in my stomach, thinking that Ireland was going to throw the kitchen sink at us. The team announcements did nothing to comfort me; I looked at that team sheet thinking that Ireland might be stronger this week and it turns out I was right. Credit to Ireland for coming out swinging and bringing the fight to the Boks. It was an all out assault and it is a credit to the exceptional resilience of the Springboks to still be in the game at half time. Second half came, bomb squad came and we were without doubt the better side during that period. Thing with one point wins is this - both teams were very equal, but the one team was just able to do what was necessary to clinch it. Ireland did just that; despite being bested for almost the entire half, they were able to scratch and claw their way into the narrowest of leads at the latest of moments. Well done to this absolute champion side for the most exhilarating game of rugby played since the end lf the world cup. I know this is scant consolation, but Ireland proved that they definitely were good enough to win the world cup last year. Had they had one or two calls go their way, had they had jist a little more luck, had they pushed jist a little bit further, they could really have done it and tonight proved it. A series decider would have been nice but... I don't think my heart would have been able to hold out. I suspect a fair amount of Irish and South Africans would agree. Well done, Ireland. You've done yourselves proud.

As a bok supporter, Springbokd didnt deserve to win, they were too poor, if they wouldve won, it would be undeserved. We were not outplayed by any means, we just made stupid mistakes.

Ireland deserved that win, better decision making, better under the high ball, better kicking and better all round execution. Boks scrum was great but never looked too threatening in open play. Well done Ireland! Wish we had a 3rd decider test!

Irish fire 🔥 my god what a brilliant end to the series. Frawley and osborn, welcome to the team.

As Saffa all credit to Ireland. They deserved the win.

Horrible video to watch. Your assessment of Dorris "attacking the limb" is insane. People fall on legs and heads and arms all the time unintentionally in rugby near a ruck when ones weight is no longer supported. Slow motion would redcard every player.

As a South African I am disappointed but truly the Boks didn't deserve to win. Body language at the start said they were going to lose this game right from the start. Ireland rattled us physically 😮 Better we lost now than in the Rugby Championship.

Thank you for highlighting important things in this video @wildkard. Not you are the only one who is speaking about Doris landing on Marx's leg. For anyone reading, that could have been a nasty injury regardless of whaever else happened in the game. It should've been red. How either teams played or what calls were made doesn't matter, what matters is that a player almost got injured on the same leg that was fresh out of an injury due to dangerous play and no red card was given for that.

Sad day that my beloved Boks lost today, but Ireland wanted it more and deserved the win.

Here we go, didn’t the SA roll on kellahers leg last week and Ireland lost a try and SA were given a penalty. You’re wrong its a decision by the bunker your now saying there is noise reason to have a bunker. . I personally think you have just made an idiot out of yourself this was the best test by far of any over all these tests and you think it was most important to bring this shit up first. There were a lot more bad and costly decisions made last week and you were obviously found wanting. It seems this was all about your disappointment in the boks but little or no credit for an Irish team that are beaten SA for fun these days.

Ireland brought the fire, amd the Boks seemed suprised by it, and rarely looked like winning. A few Bok egos need a reality check: Bongi, Faf, PSdT...the soccer dive by PSdT, and then having a go at the ref for penalising him was embarassing and shameful.

Such bias. But you always suffered from that.

As a South African supporter in NZ, only watched the game now. Boks blew so many chances in first half and Ireland was better team in first half. Boks were better in first 30min of 2nd half. Ireland really did well with the defence. Good arm wrestle. Congrats Ireland - definitely deserved the win.

Stop will you, your way off on the doris tackle.

It was a croc roll. Yes. It wasnt an attack on a lower limb. You are, I suggest, talking through your Springbok crest.

Goeie dag Wildcard. All things aside, that was an epic test match and very well deserved victory for Ireland as they can go home holding their heads held high and I think this is just what the Boks needed before The Rugby Championship.

You are so so sad 😥 unsubscribing from Ireland

Congratulations to Ireland. I think Springboks playing game in first half lost us the game. Second half seemed different plan but too little too late. Ireland was always in the game. Thank you Wildkard. Cheers from Durban.

I don't think Doris was aiming for the leg, I think he tried to make a legitimate clearout, found himself falling to the side where, if he holds on, will get pinged for a crocodile role, so he lets go and comes down on the leg. He doesn't drive into the leg, that's just where he falls. But I do get your point, it is like throwing a punch or any other vicious act, its either a red or it's nothing, however if the offence is for recklessness for not trying to avoid the leg, then yes a yellow can be warranted

What a game!!!! Haven’t seen so much blood in a test match for long while

It was an absolute 'bloody' beast of a spectacle... an awesome game. Lots of mistakes from both sides, bit what a game... nail-biter. Wait, the next match will come... Boks out for revenge. I am stoked that we have a rivalry building now between us and Ireland...

You're literally the only person complaining about the ref favouring Ireland. All the saffer fans and pùndits have been very gracious in defeat with no complaining whatsoever. They all agree that the best side won on the day. Wildkard, you need to do better.

Not even a yellow card😅😂😂😂 If you want to play chess or snooker, its your choice.

It hurts but must say well played to Ireland..Bokke far from the finished product and didn't see any of the new Tony Brown attack influence.In fact...we looked very flat on attack..Thx for a great series Ireland..wish there was a third Test

If Ireland got the benefit in that decision then it goes some way to make up for Like Pierce.s disgraceful refereeing last week which cost Ireland the game.

1-1 was a fair series result. Both teams were outstanding. Just a shame we aren't getting a decider I suppose.

I think Ireland are one of the few teams who can match the famed South African physicality. I think most other top teams would have lost both tests by at least 10 points in that feral atmosphere with the Boks on a revenge mission. No one over here thinks Ireland are better than the Boks. That's just the media hyping things up. I must admit I didn't think that this tour was a good idea. I thought our boys were already showing signs of fatigue in the league and and European competitions. I thought we would lose both tests and probably be hammered in one of them. Instead i think we have got much more positives than negatives. The first test we played quite poorly for half the game but managed to get ourselves back in contention. The second test was a big improvement. Main benefit for us was the emergence of Osborne as an alternative to Kennan and Frawley as a viable option at ten.

That Malcom Marx situation was nothing compared to the Craig Cassey matter. At least someone was sent off this time (yellow card). The Craig Cassey situation should have been a red to Snyman, late tackle on a scrum half or at least a penalty to Ireland. Thats why there was so much blood in just the first 15mins of the first half.... Ireland were being revengeful for the previous game man.

After the ref awarded Ireland a penalty. The ref missed a Irish Lineout dummy. What's a Lineout dummy you ask? A Lineout dummy is where you pretend to throw the ball the first time and throw the ball on the second time. I was not expecting a Irish drop goal in the dying seconds of the match. South Africa weirdly enough refused to score any tries this match, and only did penalty kicks. So Ireland was the only team that was able to score the only try of the match.

As a die hard Bok supporter. Ireland you deserved the win. Boks we’re disjointed.

Fair play to Ireland, for beating the Rugby World Cup 2023 Champions South Africa (Springboks).

All credit to Ireland, even after a loss last week and probably considered the underdogs they weren't intimidated they came out looking dangerous and physical leaving the Bokke skittish in the first half. Irish defence was very solid and they deserved the win. The Springboks played well but their new gameplan is still a work in progress. I think a 1-1 drawn test is a fair result all around.

Glad the Boks lost that game, their egos needed to be checked. So disappointed by PSTD’s attitude. Where is the humility? The quiet confidence? Hopefully the loss will help re-centre them

Outplayed on the day. Congrats Ireland. This loss will sting and motivate the Boks. After three 1 point wins in the RWC, we know what it feels like. Long may the rivalry and banter live

take your meds please, that in no way was a red mate, whats your opinion on the RG flooring of Craig , was that nothing ?, we can nit pick every game , no game is perfect but both are trying tricks to win, one thing i know is Ireland are not dirty players

Ireland deserved that win…well played

The ridiculous call on the croc roll was that no 5 (Ryan) infringing was the mitigating factor. In what world does one crime cancel or minimise another crime.

Complete bias.. this is painful, nothing but a rant about Doris and the bunker

Cant say im exactly convinced Doris dropped on Marx leg on purpose to hurt him ,seems entirely subjective, you can not tell if he is looking at Marx leg.

It was not a card Doris was in u are been biast it was accident boks commutes many fouls.u should be impartial meaning shut yup

As a 100% Springbok supporter I say Ireland deserved to win .What's more they are actually Irish for real .Unlike some European soccer teams that are infact Afrikan imports. Well done Ireland ( and Boks)

The fact that the Bokke played so bad being 10 points down early, and still lost by only 1 point from an audacious drop kick tells you everything you need to know. To their credit Ireland came to play and injure and did this to their best.

Thank you for your insight. It is obvious that Ireland wanted to make sure that Marx would not be a factor in the game. It brings back to memory the blatant foul play incident in the world cup final with regards to Mbonamb,s leg injury

People get red cards for a slip high tackle,but aiming to injure a player is a yellow. This actually destroyed a perfect game. Unbelievable that he got away with this bull!

The bias for SA of this analyst is off the charts. Look at the pain in his face at 11:04 .. he couches the Irish compliment with the equivalent of "good kick at the end" and couldnt help mention the TMO and referee. Jesus even the SA supporters in the comments here are less begrudging.

Took me 48h to watch you again...lol. now I know how you feel. rugby still rules!!!

Just to add if you want to give out about the ref all the time maybe you should go to Pamplona and run with the bulls and then decide who is correct

Can't wait for the match review to say the exact same thing you just said, Wildkard. I think World Rugby and TMOs are too focused on the outcomes of injuries in incidents instead of ruling on the act. I just find it funny that they swallow the whistle for this but had it been a NZ on the other side lets say Finau. It would've been called

Congratulations to Ireland. Looks like you really wanted to prove a point. I've never seen so many Boks bleeding so much in any game before. Eventhough you really wanted to hurt our boys, they really put up a hell of a fight in the 2nd half. Eben was especially targeted. I guess he should not have said anything about the Irish team before.

That was a proper game, a test match between some class players, ref, meh, poor, but neither team folded, scrapped hard, and I couldn't pick it, not that I'm good at it or anything, but both teams had that game. Huge ups for both, to my mind, game of the weekend, great game.

The Springboks didn't loose against Ireland, they lost against themselves. If they only took half of their chances, they would have won quite comfortably.

Craig casey had his head ploughed into the ground and there was no card let's get real here kid

Hey Wild card why not review the cause of Porters HIIA. You won’t because you are blatantly biased.

So you can read Doris' mind can you? Calm down lad, you're just a pound shop 2 Cents Rugby.

I didn't see the post match presser,but I think rassie must take this result on the chin for those 1st half tactics.....

@squide rugby tweeted the same about that Doris incident. Besides that Ireland were class and deserved that win 🥇

I dunno bro, regarding the Doris yellow card. Because of the 2nd player, we can't say 100% that Doris really intended to target the leg. If Ireland 5 wasn't involved, and it was the same result, then I'd agree with you. As a Bok fan I'm really pissed in any case, we don't know yet if Marx is injured again, he did finish the game, but the risk to injury there is really very high. But even so, with the influence of Ireland 5, TMO couldn't say for sure that it was an intentional attacking of the leg. For all we know, Doris could've been looking at the leg thinking "oh fuck, I hope I don't land on Marx's leg" because I think at that point he might not be in control of his actions. So ja, yellow for a reckless croc roll probably evens out. I just hope Marx is fine

You are right when you say you are a bit biased , you are way over the top on the Doris yellow card , you are seeing what you want to see !!! Worst decision you ever seen !!! 😂 wow, you make lots of little subtle anti-Irish comments , silly really your better than that mate

Ireland were brilliantly brutal in the first half. We couldnt recover in the 2nd half even with a bombsquad coming on. Those drop goals kept ireland in the game. Well done. U out bokked us👏👏👏

Love the commitment to the pronunciation of the hard 'g' but it's literally Grant, like 'go'. Thanks for the content, always good to get another perspective. I hear you on the dangerous play but we follow Rassie on this one. The refs gave a difficult job as it is. Pity our injuries are cast aside so easily though. Our boys' injuries are as important as any European team. 😢

Jesus great game and this guy is high

Man I couldn't even sleep after this defeat .......congrats to Ireland ✌🏿

Yes the better team won at the end not without a blood bath. A slaughter was planned. I beg everyone to go look at the game again please. I watched it 3 time live and 2 times after. You can see the reasons why all out Mauls collapsed. Marks were definitely planned. Porter should have had a yellow card after the 3rd scrum pull down. Only thing dickson did right there was to pay attention to that just not gave the card. At the mauls there was always a player off the feet behind bongi that new rolled away and with push back from Ireland caused the boks to trip over that player. The fact that none of the AR's or tmo didnt pick that up wow. Beside the hurdle jumping again the rucks still offside players were not penalized. This is just a few points but go look at the game again and hopefully you will understand what i am saying. Frawley well done you deserve your flowers. I cant really say the same for the rest

Your team booded our kickers and still lost your team was rubbish Irish well able for u

Too many egos in Springbok team. Lazy performance.

You had a problem with Doris falling on the leg but you’re fine with 125Kg+ tackling a 76Kg 5’5” scrum half while offside…not biased at all mate. They beat us up in the first game, this was returning the favour.

European Cup finals were not in Twickenham, but north east London in Tottenham Stadium. I was there.

I think Tony brown should work around the springbok system, not springbok working around Tony’s plan… I mean why fix something thats not broken??😢

July DeLight!! ☘️😊💯Especially as D Ref/TMO gave us nothing. Gave SA ‘3’ for THEIR knock on. FFS. Last week was a joke 🤡 Also Lost some respect for SA claiming ‘Obstruction’ by throwing Dselves at ☘️ players. Not soccer ⚽️. #classless Only as good as your last game sooo we just beat the Double WC winners, at home ☺️🙌 G’wan the lads! ☘️

It WASN'T a deliberate act to injure the other player!! He fell against the side of his leg! I rarely disagree with your analysis but you're way off on this!

Thanks to you I had a fight with my Girlfriend because she said you look sexy in your Springbok Shirt!

I feel Tassie should have changed the team for the 2nd Test Faf was out of the game,and the way we kick possession away lost the game for us,with ball in hand the score would have been different

Who is this loolaa? I lasted 20 seconds

Oh you're pretty sore, Wildkard. 😂😂

Rassie! Can you make some changes now... time you give Morne van den berg a run at 9. And please bring back Jasper Wiese at 8!!!!

You should be wearing the winners jersey. Respect.

Agree, I said the same thing! That was a red, no question about it.

I agree with the red card call 💯

It was definitely a red card. The Irish always play dirty. That being said, the Boks played crap and Ireland desirved to win. Many of the Boks don't have the hunger to win, Faf de Klek is one of our biggest handicaps. He is incredibly slow behind the pack and his decision making is below part... I won't mention the execution.

Losing is good too... Reminds us that winning is not preordained... you need a bit of luck in the game and we didn't get the rub of the green much... Agreed with you on the Marx incident. Intentionally dropping your weight on someone's leg can end their career. That someone else has then done a croc roll on Marx somehow mitigates the action because it made it look worse? The ref needs a talking to.

It seemed like a longer game with all of the stoppages (medics etc) and slow play on the field versus the England & NZ game… both were great games tho!

Ireland vs Ireland + Pollard. The amount of plenties from both sides but more so Ireland was ridiculous. Must have been a plenty called every 5 mins with is at this level supposedly the highest is shocking and not in a good way.

Super evil actions indeed! If you believe there was nothing wrong with that incident, you should seriously reevaluate your morals. This dude had just came back from an injury, and this could have sidelined him for another year or more. It doesn't matter if this was against a player from a team you dislike; these are ordinary people like you and me, with families to support. Who knows what another injury could do to his career. I'm really glad he didn't get hurt.

Didn’t get to watch the game. Just saw some highlights. So genuine question. Does anybody know why the Saffas kept taking the kicks and not going to the line? Just seemed odd to me. Would appreciate an explanation?

Remember, World Rugby(really at the behest of the NZRU) thinks a game with less than 5 tries is boring and scrums ruin the spectacle

I thought from the game footage that Caelan doris(8) was yellow, if they had done the yellow to James Ryan(5) instead if think it would have been upgraded to red. Your specific analysis makes sense but small margins without pausing a whole lot. SA kicking away counterattack and turnover ball infuriates me. Great watch, close contest. SA lineout as bad as the ABs, sad turn of events.

Snyman hitting casey off the ball last week and knocking him clean out should have been a red card also...so stop whining marks was unharmed and played on.

Fantastic battle between 2 rugby titans. It was a well deserved win. Despite the complaints about the 50/50 decisions last week, the Boks deserved their win too. Pity there was no 3rd test as it feels a bit like unfinished business between these two amazing teams. You went over the top on the red though. Yellow was enough. If there was a red card for every illegal tackle there'd be no players left on the field. There were no injuries, he wasn't crushed into the ground. Grow up mate.

I knew the springboks were going to lose as soon as they decided to go for 3 in front of the posts with Dorris in the bin when they had a dominant scrum. Ireland always looked to have way more points in them than 3s the whole game

This is one way to neutralise the power of the bomb squad and bench. By getting players replaced early and targeting key players. The leg drop scenario is identical to Shannon Frizell on Bongi in the World Cup final resulting in Bongi going off. But I’m not saying the Irish did this; I didn’t watch the game.

Wildcard, ignore the haters..you have a great channel.

I don't see any looking ar the leg unless he has eyes on the side of his head Wildcard.

Also feel technically pollard was tackled in the air in the first min of the Game, his legs taken from under him.

What the **** is a "Field Goal"?

Totally agree on the Doris cro-roll. I was expecting the ref to give a straight red and was very surprised when even the bunker didn't upgrade it. It is such a cliché by now, but we all just want consistency.

Some tactical decisions in this game will haunt us. Too conservative when opting to go for poles when we should have kicked for the corner and mauled. Ireland were on the ropes in the second half and we should have exploited our dominance. It should not have come down to a drop-goal. This is painful but some lessons have hopefully been learnt. Onwards and forwards.

Goeie dag Wildkard. Well done Ireland you are deserved winners. You played the better game for the most part. Faf should be dropped. Last week and today his performance was about the same.Grubber kick 5m out from the try line was beyond believe.