2020: North vs South

All the highlights from a thrilling North vs. South clash.

[@JC-zt1zu]

Probably one of the best games of rugby I have seen since 2000

[@SJSUPhil]

I agree, it was great.

[@pabloneizion2592]

You're right. Bloody good game!

[@jonahpati6760]

What a game, back and forth! Outstanding talent!

[@shamiromrimmoy5964]

Relentless excitement. This needs to be a series

[@dr.curryputshersexyglasses4317]

“Totally Best out of three”

[@Skybar23]

this shows you that historically in NZ rugby, the flair in our game comes from the north island (not suprisingly as it has the bigger portion of maori and pacific islanders )and whereas the conservative approach amd structure comes from the rugby played in the south island. Combining the two is what made mz rugby strong.

[@seanclark4001]

Definitely lived up to the hype .

[@GGRUGBY]

Will Jordan bright future

[@Rodz-vg2el]

Man nz rugby are looking great as always, the world better take note, the skill and talent for this game here is undescribable.

[@expat74]

Reiko thinks he should be untouched when in goal. The part of his game I hate, huge talent but calm your balls.

[@howdoiunbakeacake1525]

Nah their jus joking 😂

[@GGRUGBY]

btw he had amazing game

[@alvinhoken222]

Same sentiments

[@gratefulguy48]

too much tik tok

[@billgauna9113]

Yeah bad attitude eh

[@magnumpi8097]

Great game. Jordie got the last laugh over Reiko in the end. Humble pie best served warm ;0)

[@KernowekTim]

Aye,

[@nepiahemopo1702]

Yeah nah. Neither Ioane or Barrett had anything to laugh about. This was champagne rugby bro, not tiddly winks.

[@magnumpi8097]

Of course. Ok bragging rights then :0)

[@nepiahemopo1702]

@@magnumpi8097 savour it my friend. Yous would need to build a bigger trophy cabanet at this rate.

[@magnumpi8097]

@@nepiahemopo1702 lol. Overall top game. Hopefully they make it like State of Origin, best out of 3 series.

[@pondbus1ness]

What a game!!!

[@Jennyeq]

And the crowd went wild!

[@janapewhairangi4894]

What the HELL did I miss??? 🤦🏽‍♂️😭... stuck in WA... I tend to miss many current events! What an epic game! No wonder the boys back home man caved it tonight!!! 😆

[@shaunryan6]

Kiwis dishing up top quality as usual

[@alexgonzalez-bi1cg]

was there a haka? in my country this game wasnt able to watch n tv, i imagined both team doing the haka together, 30 all blacks dpoing the haka together

[@AdamM7796]

Surely this becomes a permanent Fixture in the calendar when a 3 game series, what an advert for Rugby Union, only change is make is to allow the player to choose based off where they went to High School or the First county they played for to allow the likes of J.Barrett to represent his native North and D. Mc to represent the South and prevent a similar circumstance repeating itself. Obviously once you choose one there's no going back

[@rabbitss11]

Like a Barbarians game, skill and precision across both teams, outstanding

[@paemataxviii4776]

How does the selection of the teams work?

[@sting1077]

The provincal team you 1st played for in the itm cup. That's why jordie barret(who is a north boy)played for the south because his 1st provincial debut is for Canterbury. Similar with McKenzie played 1st for waikato but he is from South island

[@paemataxviii4776]

@@sting1077 thanks

[@paraiparai4447]

Why is J Barrett playing for South and Mckenzie playing for North?

[@fiabotsvisuals8188]

Jordie payed for Canterbury, Mckenzie Waikato

[@notquiteadr8300]

based on your provincial debut mate - Jordie debut for canterbury and Dmac debut for Waikato

[@chadraynes6183]

How good would dmac look in the blue jersey

[@rbjohmson77]

The Blues need a quality fullback. They should target David Harvili. Dmac chiefs thru and thru.

[@rbjohmson77]

@Henri Panapa Yes but Beaudy is heading to Japan for a season and we need to replace him. I agree about Otere Black!

[@kahupapuni7863]

What awesome rugby standard way above the rest

[@pieterbarkhuizen9705]

Cap

[@petertyler8075]

the rest of NZ?

[@west1329]

You lot the World champs?... No? didn't think so

[@xleiloh9502]

Wes T lmao still overall the best everyone knows that 😂

[@petertyler8075]

@@xleiloh9502 like all Kiwi wishful thinking based on rugby in a bubble...

[@paemataxviii4776]

Why is Jordie Barret in the South?

[@Paakid]

He debuted for the Canterbury rugby first so had to play for souths.

[@bremCZ]

Love the crowd sound effects added.

[@west1329]

That ain't a crowd... It's 4 Irishman yelling from the suites!!

[@kikia6611]

It's not a crowd, it's just Justin Marshall making all that noise. 😂

[@franciscobizzaro]

Good to see the set up rolling maul midfield. Been taking notes from Erasmus

[@west1329]

That one couple in the stands, cheering well above their paygrade xD

[@homoheidelbergensis7756]

Took a while before it started playing

[@hermanmala1745]

One try a side within 10 minutes. Yeah that sounds like a while

[@julianalderson6996]

need to keep it" not just for selecters. because its a great tradition, and great game!

[@komanengwaketsi5008]

Name of the commentator?

[@yoshimitsu380]

Justin Marshall, former AB half back is one.. I forget the other fellow.

[@joshsalmon4523]

I had no clue there were no fans until the very end. RIP

[@kikia6611]

Yeah thanks to "covid", aka 99.99999% of NZ being healthy but yet missing out on this game live.

[@seanmisiale149]

Sooouthh!! What a game😁😁

[@92Adzy]

Line ups in desc. Please

[@aryehlevine8677]

So good instant classic

[@samuelinglis2409]

Where is rikeos try

[@mark130471]

Best out of three then?

[@stevenwhite9408]

The talent in nz is awesome. A taff

[@JS-ob2xt]

When the only team good enough to challenge new zealand is new zealand

[@west1329]

pffft...

[@flyaway2846]

South africa will beat them.

[@sathnidu_athauda]

Fr 😂

[@west1329]

@@sathnidu_athauda even ozzies can beat them LAWL

[@sathnidu_athauda]

@@west1329 an aussie hyped after 1 game i see 😂 oki

[@realjt6951]

Why was the second South try not awarded in the end? there's nothing wrong with it. The video shows the rolling maul and Codie Taylor scored it but then the next clip showed no change in the score?? Pretty hard done by there

[@vic1343]

Awesome game go the South's best space to live best rugby players born in souths..💪.

[@wadesharp11]

Epic game!

[@tostakyscpo]

I think they could also do "West" and "East", they have enough brilliant players...not something we can afford in France anymore....

[@drisszyani3497]

Nz rugby is the best in the world . All blacks have 2 teams To win the world cup.

[@howdoiunbakeacake1525]

Yea nah

[@drisszyani3497]

@@howdoiunbakeacake1525 with these team north and south ABS win easily the world cup.

[@howdoiunbakeacake1525]

nah jus arrogant tbh

[@johnnysins4399]

Springboks are current World champs!

[@markwillies4330]

Take out players from Tonga Fiji and Samoa then we will see.

[@mozzyboilup7052]

Good to see the "North vs South" game back only don't agree with the selection/eligibility set-up? Just keep it simple and base it on where you are born. Just because you played your first professional game for a club somewhere other than where you were born is because there were no opportunities available at the time you started playing professional rugby. To put it in perspective, if you were born in New Zealand and played your first professional game for A.C.T Brumbies you wouldn't want to play for Australia? 🙈🤭(sorry skips,no offense) I don't know? Just saying, I'm from the Waikato and i know I'd want to play for the North.✌

[@Youre]

What if you were born in Wellington but moved to Dunedin in infancy and have been there since? And what about non-NZ-born players? Should be based on where you played high-school rugby.

[@mozzyboilup7052]

@@Youre "Where you were born"!! Period!! Saves confusion and complication. Otherwise you have brothers playing for two different Island's,oh wait!🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@Youre]

Mozzy Boil up only if the brothers went to different schools. I don’t know of any brothers who went to different schools

[@mozzyboilup7052]

@@Youre "You're" (🤭) over thinking it mate. Ask yourself, where were they born? Then you will find that they would be representing the same Island and not raising eyebrows playing against each other. Pretty straight forward. Basically in my opinion, the current system is rubbish.

[@Youre]

Mozzy Boil up I don’t think I’m over thinking it, its a pretty simple concept: the school you went to determines the island you play for.

[@musccampagne1365]

great match

[@privatebaldric8767]

Game of the year. Easily.

[@cheeseweasel69]

What...a...match!

[@Aerosonic10001]

really good and entertaining game, but I just hate Rieko Ioane’s attitude, the way he was laughing and pointing at Jordie B in the in-goal area, just not needed, you scored, stay polite, a personality trait which will keep him out of the black jersey

[@RioGamer]

Agreed

[@crackawoody]

It looked as though he took offence to Jordies cheap shoulder charge

[@Aerosonic10001]

wreckless shoulder charge i would say is more like it, Ioane dived just as he went in for the hit

[@crackawoody]

@@Aerosonic10001 yea man, agree, just in real time, I could understand why was kicking off like that

[@KernowekTim]

Jordie had the laugh in the end. Rieko got delusions of grandeur?

[@nswblues1580]

New Zealand state of origin, Go souths🔥🔥

[@tomjones9097]

should stick to where you were born, only 2 players from North (Dmac and ALB) were born in South and 8 players from south were born in North (Whitelock, Codie, Bridge, Goodhue, Barrett, Ioane, Eanor, lomax) I guess the AB selectors wanted a fair game so they went with the current criteria

[@kyman3843]

Its not based on where your born though, they based it off who you played your first itm cup game for. Hence why jordie was for the south as he played for cantabury

[@AJ-jm8nl]

Reminds me of state of origin

[@slayerbot1394]

As awesome of a game this was, one thing stands for sure, NZ's attack is all about pace and speed, and seems to be the only thing going for it. Simply put we cant defend against ourselves. Judging by the score, you'd think we cant defend. That might actually be true, that we cant defend against high speed offense. Note the NZ v Eng RWC game. If NZ cant defend against high speed offense, then i dont think anyone can.

[@petertyler8075]

Great contest.......

[@UPB78]

This is a true ALL STAR GAME, unlike the NBA boring, predictable and overrated one.

[@seymourbutts6451]

What a game

[@Nenemoosha-so3we]

Wooooooow!!!!! Invisible crowd..😂😂😂😂😂😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@sammacculloch446]

Not too different from a normal wellington crowd 😅

[@Nenemoosha-so3we]

@@sammacculloch446 😂😅

[@ronjeremy6128]

MAINLANDER

[@Nabritta10]

Wowwwwwwww. Pure NZ Rugby

[@restlessbeing1398]

T.j peranara is the goat!! THE KING IN THE NORTH

[@bustarogers9990]

Reiko Ioane and Damian McKenzie illustrating the difference between a Champion team, and a team of Champions perfectly!!!. The more Rugby's going like the fake NFL and NBA the more i get less interested, and that is truly heart breaking for me on so many levels.

[@baroid88]

Hands down it was rigged. 4 mins over time gummon 🤦‍♂

[@Hullabaloo23]

Hands down doesn't really matter NZ/All Blacks rugby still won at the end of the day 😄 gummon🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@jamalwoods9649]

Kal two a Lafay.

[@lukaduka1001]

the fake crowd noise is off -putting. Why do we need it? Ridicoulous

[@blairansellfraser]

Great game, but what’s with the fake crowd cheering rugby.com.au? Keep that crap for Fox, rugby fans can handle reality...I’m sure we all know it’s Covid-19

[@sammacculloch446]

Unfortunately that was put in by the nz broadcaster... it was terrible 😆

[@blairansellfraser]

@@sammacculloch446 Shame on NZ Broadcasting then! We are not morons...