Bok fans too hard on yourselves - you could have won the series 2-0 if the drop goal hadn't gone over. I wish we had a third game but my heart couldn't handle the stress😀. Your fans are something special - you can see what the Boks mean to the country. What a privilege to play the World Champions. There will be many fantastic clashes to come. 🇮🇪👊
If Ireland got the right calls last week they would have won .and if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle .Rassie got his plan wrong. The most important thing is that last year Ireland beat the world champions when it counted at the world Cup.
As an Irish fan, I felt the BS between both sets of fans was way over-blown. That was a proper test match. On any given Sunday, either team could win, just like last weekend. I think both teams are head and shoulders above the rest. Much respect SA from Ireland.
Couldn't agree more! I hate this toxicity from both sides. SA and Ireland both got a win, we should all be happy! Great rugby, exciting matches! What more could we ask for?
The toxicity comes from the SA side with rassie and his shithousery remarks about the Irish and ellen etzebeth and his bs shit stirring. All backfired on them yesterday.
@HorseyPorsey there's nothing toxic in what I said its just the truth if you're offended so be it, if you like to think it came from both sides that's you problem but irelands coach and players were nothing but respectful and kept their mouths shut during all the bs, pity that can't be said for the other side.
I think South Africans are a bit hard on themselves. Ireland absolutely battered them early on, and the fact they came back so strong is a credit to them. Great game of rugby 🏉
Although their comeback in 2nd half did coincide with Ireland having 14 men in the pitch having lost their captain. At least 9 bok points in that 10 mins.
Rassie f*cked up by not rotating some players. They are old, they can't do back to back tests at 100%. Ireland were blessed by a couple injuries as Farrell also has the tendency to not rest players.
@@tomeggleston367 It's true XD The old boys weren't hungry and the Irish ate us. Ireland deserved to win. But yeah, when the team is old, you can't throw them in back to back. Rassie is a genius, but yeah, in hindsight, that is all I would have done - have the bench start (bar Handre), and starters bench.
@@chris5240same experienced guys that won the world cup playing 3 intense back to back games only 8 months ago. Not buying the argument but guess you will be praying for injuries.
We love you Rassie. Irish man here. Rugby is always the winner. For us it’s just fantastic to be at the big boys table. As the song goes : « we’ll meet again don’t know where don’t know when… » ❤
Na we don't love him he's an absolute bell end, he's been nothing but disrespectful toward the Irish since he left munster, he's been disrespectful to refs aswell. He's just eating humble pie the jackass they should have lost both games to ireland.
Fair play to Ireland. Well deserved winners. 1-1 is a fair result. Now we as South Africans got a taste of how our opponents must have felt in the world cup to lose by only one point. The wheel had to turn on us. The margins nowadays in international rugby are paper thin.
As a Irish man, this is just great for us, not only the win and playing so well against the world champions but in Ireland we have such good talent in the pipe line. Looking at the SA team i would like to see more time for the youth.
About time the Boks realise that territory is the most important thing in rugby. All the processes and game plans help bugger all when you're consistently pinned down in your own half. We need more Saschas, Manies, Saneles, Willemses and Krappies in our side. Game-breakers. Individual brilliance. Like the Irishman who popped over two brilliant drop goals, thinking on his feet. Well done to Ireland. They deserved this victory because they were the better team on the pitch.
I agree ,our decision making was poor on the opponents goalline and when we were under pressure in our own half ,with our scrumhalves just kicking the ball in the air just to allow Ireland to get the ball and put us back under pressure
@@sakkievanaswegen5517 It boggles the mind that you can just "offer" the ball to your opponents with senseless kicks. My goodness, the forwards have just put their lives on the line to secure the ball for your team and then it's kicked down your opponents' throats! FIRST priority: get OUT of your own half at all costs!
SA have the largest player based of all countries, if you can't beat the Irish who have only 30% of our playerbase you need to start asking questions. WORLD CUP stars look lethargic, Williams was a fresh breath of air. Play the best player at any given moment in time.
Congrats to the Ireland team and supporters. Well deserved winners! Both sides played a awesome game. Safe trip home to you all; always welcome in South Africa!
The attack only comes from the confidence of winning. South Africa was caught on the back foot from the kick off . The disturbance on conceding early is hard to return. Both teams deserve their ranking and this only makes rugby better . Respect to both teams. What a show !!!
I'm still not over this loss as a Boks fan. However Ireland absolutely smashed us in the first half. A 1-1 all series is a true reflection of two very good teams.
All Black fan here, Wow!! what a fantastic exciting two match test series draw, well played S.A you are all great athletes with a excellent coach and management support. So much respect for the Springbok, their historic record speaks ample and just a very well drilled squad at their peak performance wright now. All the very best when you clash with the All Blacks this year 👍
What a truly compelling test . Two great teams who don’t like to lose. Both teams will gain a lot from the last two tests. Great for rugby and respect their skill and effort.
Thing that has impressed me about last weeks post game and this weeks post game is that both Farrell and Rassie after the game are complimentary about the team that had won. Not trying to take the win away from the winners by moaning. That game today was an epic game between the two best teams in the world. As an Irish fan, happy to have won but let’s maybe just accept the last two games have been top rugby from two very very good teams.
Agg well played boys , Ireland came hard and we just didn’t look sharp .. they played a solid game , that drop goal at the end … nothing you can do hey . Decent series .. Ireland are tanks … we have a bright future to look forward to .. some serious talent that needs experience. Exciting times ahead .
We wish that we had the key players that were left at home in Ireland, due to end of a tough season injuries. But "ja", we did ok, for all that, in my opinion🏴☠☘"dankie"
Congrats to the Irish and well played and deserved the win. To Rassie and the boys, well done and chin up boys. We win some and lose some. Proudly South African and a proud Springbok🇿🇦
Hopefully We won’t play Kwagga at 8 again. I don’t think it worked. The team lacked energy at the start of the game, that’s where the game was lost in my opinion. SA needs to learn to start and finish well, more consistently .
Losing Willie that early was a body blow. We needed his experience. We got better in the second half, and it could have gone either way. Two great drop goals sealed it for Ireland. Well done to them. Great warriors.
Boks need to get more depth on the bench Salmaan Moraat is just a bad selection if you’re not going to use him in the game, you better off picking an extra loose forward The starting pack were a disgrace in the first half, I mean 6 points only and they missed chances when they entered into the opposition 22
takes from the game: 1. Faf needs demoting, is harsh but he was poor in both tests and Williams was miles better. 2. The Kwagga experiment needs to stop, it hasn't worked in the past nor is it now, he isn't good at 8 but especially he isn't good as a starter. Play Roos, has his faults but damnit he's an 8. Kwagga on Bench. 3. I've not seen a lot of people mention this but its a good point; Rassie has only three times used the same Bok team two weeks running and each time they've been quieter in the second game. That was probably the most fatal error along with starting Faf and Kwagga. 4. Typical emotional Saffas; last week Brown was Jesus now he's awful. Chill, it'll work. 5. Irelands tactical changes were clever. Selection is key and POM, great player, but replacing him was totally right, Ringrose for Aki was also as the latter was totally ineffective last week. 6. Most of all, the lack of a third test is awful, the beauty of a test series is that players and coaches learn about each other and attempt to out think each other. At Pretoria Boks looked more hungry for it, Ireland were forced to reevaluate after that loss succeeded in doing so. Its a real shame that the drama can't continue.
7. Handre is also suited to kick and fetch rugby. He is not the way forward. He is not a distributor. It's time we move from him now. Get Sascha to kick and use Manie?
@@justina7041 Handre actually can play this style (think back to early in his career he was a revelation after Morne Steyn) but I agree that untill the second half of this test he'd loked rusty this series. I think he should probably quit Leicester and play in the URC to improve, I also think that one of the main reasons he improved in that second half was he had a different halfback partner. I actually really like Libbok but if you play Sacha at 12 you sacrifice De Allende or Esterheuizen.
Boks were rudderless, with no attacking plan. Willie was a big loss, from a skills point of view...Faf needs to go play club rugby and Polly needs a break! Etsebeth also was too quiet and our two brilliant wingers had no quality ball to attack with
2 great teams - 2 great games - honours shared .... I'm kinda glad there isn't a 3rd - makes the next game build up even better! Well done South Africa 🇿🇦 and come on Ireland!!!
As a bok fan this is not the end of the World for the boks we are still world champs...Boks should've change there game plan from attacking rugby to our strength the kick game because Ireland defence came up quickly..We should've made them stay in there 22 with the kicking game...Without willie the attack doesn't function properly and with Tony brown's game plan Mannie Libbok is the man
I think the okes were tired from last week, they looked lethargic and all the blood subs stopped us from finding our groove early on. Ireland are a top side and they deserved the win today.
Ireland deserved the win, they played better. Respect. We played bad and looked tired. 4 or 5 players were great!Ox, DDA, Williams, RG were outstanding.
All points scored by penalties, seems very familiar as the same as always. And lets be honest, very lucky to lose by one point, could have been much worse, Wake up call !!,
This is on Rassie We conceded points and penalties from that stupid exit strategy to box kick with no depth from inside our 22, and continued to do it and concede possession from it We didn’t adjust that and the only change was that left footed exit from Grant Williams which resulted in a territory gain
To all the Irish fans = 🎉 well done on the win! Its well deserved and you are truly a quality side! To all the Boks fans = Lets remain a champion fan base for our country and team. Champions win tournaments and also lose games. Lets remain champions through the highs and lows. We played a great team today and they won us and deservedly so. Im proud 🇿🇦
We accept defeat. Ireland played very well. They had ball possession throughout. Springbok was weak this time. To Rassie: you did your best, sometimes they must be defeated so that they don’t undermine other teams and later get the shock of their lives. Well done Bokke, but sometimes you must be defeated. That is building your fresh strength. 👏👏👏: To both Teams. Gooo Ireland, South African fans are not sulky. You taught us a lesson.
Well done to Ireland and its fans for showing up... you gave us a taste of our medicine and it absolutely doesn't taste nice 😂.... but we love you and the good rugby game you give us...🎉
Such a pleasure to see rugby grit and skill decide a test match rather than a ref and replay. Well done to both squads. Lots of intensity, competition and little or no gamesmanship. Also so good to not see a queue of complainers to the ref. Well done both
We have to give this one to Irish from the first minute they were on top us, we manage bounce back 2nd half even though they were still knocking at the door. Not single out players but Mgomezulu should felt that ball to go out then we would played from there to manage to seal game. Hardluck to the bokke i'm sure they'll bounce back definitely.
Our finishing in their 22 sucked! We did not look professional at all. We looked rushed and we looked amateur repeatedly... Can we lift our patience and polish?
We'll done IRELAND!!!!from a huge Springbok Supporter.2 out of 3 for you GUY'S if u include the World Cup lost 2023.Think you have prove that IRELAND should be no 1.
Thank you for your kind comments about Ireland, but the Boks are world champions twice in a row and we disappointingly haven't even got to a semi-final yet. The Boks are no1 and Ireland a very close 2nd. It's just great that Ireland are at the top table now and no one can discount them.
It's the "bitter pill inie Bek" that has put a genuine smile on my dail 😁😜. Best way in Afrikaans Sir Rassie hv expressed our feelings as Southies. Moii gestel Sir Rassie 💯👌
There seems no cognisance of how critical the last five minutes are - if you lose momentum from the 75th you likely lose the match. Possession, territory and no errors. When Frawley cleared for territory I knew that was it - expected a penalty.
Zero trys, home ground advantaged, couldn't beat a yellow-carded Irish team and kept taking theatrical dives in the hopes it would result in penalties. Without doubt the biggest pretenders in World Rugby.
Many of the Springbok players are getting older now, because of this they are not nearly as fit as the younger players are, this needs to be looked into.
Ireland kept Boks hamstrung 1st half, hats off, but really lads, all those penalties 3rdQ.... pressure was skyhigh no doubt but we need to look at that. Conor Murray was my man of the match, not because of the try but his overall performance was exceptional, he was everywhere the action was before it happened, amazing rugby IQ. Great rugby many thanks
Irish guy here, South Africa, you pushed us SO hard, all credit to you, we just about deserved it...On a different topic, near the end the SA coach starts speaking Afrakaans, is it spoken a lot in South Africa? Or is English more common?
Congratulations on the win. Ireland were more deserving. Boks couldn't breach your defence. Afrikaans is probably kind of like Irish Gaelic I think, it's spoken in parts, but English more common
Just my opinion, but why do the journalists not ask Rassie the hard questions? Like what was the game plan tonight? Where did it go wrong? How are you going to fix this? Is Tony Brown’s method the best strategy for the Boks? I really get the sense that the journalists are tiptoeing around Rassie not wanting to offend him. And when vague answers are given why doesn’t anyone press him for a more specific answer. I understand that we don’t want to give our secrets away but all the vague and unanswered questions makes us as fans concerned because no-one knows where this Bok team is heading to.
Hugely concerning to hear Rassie say we know we can’t maul against Ireland. Mauling is one of our power plays and a hallmark of Bok rugby. So you’re saying we simply do not have an answer to Ireland’s technical/tricky dismantling of a maul contest? That’s shocking (!). It also explains why we didn’t kick to the corner in the RWC game where that would otherwise have been the obvious play; and hence why we lost that game as our goal kicker went walkabout. This loss has unfortunately diminished the Bok team in my eyes by quite a bit and I think Ireland can still rightfully claim to be the best team in the world.
Boks had 8 penalties and ALWAYS went for posts. Should have been brave and kicked for touch, to try get 7 points and stretched our lead. Another 1 point game and Boks came out on the wrong side this time.
Box kicks in our half and after that we should run the backs create pressure and get penalty or a try..... thats what i believe they ought to look at..... and props to Ireland for having a great game plan against the boks defense
I failed to understand why Etzebeth told Moerat not to replace him keeping in mind that they lost two to three line outs and extremely slow to the rucks.
Ban the Boks full stop ! They should only be playing in the Africa cup. Leave the European rugby competitions to the teams who know how to play proper rugby
What a test. Well done Ireland...and with no Hugo Keenan, no J. Gibson-Park, no Mack Hansen. no Dan Sheehan. no Bundi, no Casey . Phenomenal grit and guts.
