How Argentina Stunned The World Champions

In Episode 8 of The Verdict, we analyze how Argentina stunned the World Champions with a 29-28 victory on their home turf. 🇦🇷🏉🇿🇦
It was a nail-biter until the very end-what went wrong for the Boks, and how did Argentina pull off this thrilling win? Join us for the full analysis and breakdown of this unforgettable match!
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[@Fredchiodi]

Such a pleasure to watch this analysis. Greetings from Argentina, brothers Boks. And till next week for a togh match for us.

[@MB-xq9hu]

Legends! Much respect for the Springboks... they played the game Saturday for the future, the adversity will pay off for the young players having been through it... Nothing builds character more than adversity, and a loss.... now SA will play the first group, and I would be very surprised if it's close... Greetings to all from Miami, South Florida's biggest Springboks fan!!

[@victorswart7411]

Character resisilience right indeed but we cant buils it with loosers like Moerat and Manie. Sorry its our team the Boks, they must go.

[@SteveWarlee]

Yeah, right

[@TheKeagsonn]

Mannie played well, missed 1 penalty. His general play was better than Pollard​. And pollard missed 2 penalties. Van staden missed a tackle that led to a try. Why not add him in your response?@victorswart7411

[@trumpet835]

Los Pumas ,was the best Keep it up.❤🇿🇦🇿🇦🏈

[@PhillipDawson10]

Honest and direct. It cannot come down to just one kick, and credit to the Pumas. they played out of their skin with passion and skill to beat us. Hoe lekker lyk daardie braaivleis hier in Holland nou

[@Alias-gy3tz]

No it can not, 100%, but when it does, and the kick is a sitter, your goal kicker is supposed to slot it every time. That said, I blame Rassie, has he learned nothing from the world cup?

[@Whotookcleaver]

Great show boys! Please can you have an honest debate on the next ep about what Moerat brings to the party! Always looks way too lethargic and docile for bok rugby.

[@watarota]

"Salmaan had a couple of nice touches early on in the game, just small touches being able to shift it one channel wider rather than running it up" Translation: Salmaan avoided trying to carry the ball into contact and was basically invisible for the entire match. Imagine we spoke about how nicely Etzebeth passed the ball all game to someone in a different channel to carry to the line. I don't understand why people are trying to hype Salmaan as I've seen nothing above average about him.

[@ethancroft5512]

I agree. It's absolutely pathetic.

[@LittleBigMediaCo]

Manie doesn't have BMT. Why won't the Bok management, commentators and you guys just admit it. Even for the Stormers he averages one good match out of three, and for some reason that's all people remember, ignoring the two kak games inbetween. No space for that level of inconsistency in Bok rugby. Especially not when there's Hendrickse who showed huge BMT in the Currie Cup final.

[@victordastile5204]

Love your vintage longsleeve bok jerseys🏈🇿🇦

[@jonathanjohnson8382]

Love d ref 1st tym seeing him

[@hannesbornman1045]

We didn't have a captian for the first half and we are messing to much with the bok DNA

[@leopalena2212]

Vamos Pumas! Vamos Argentina ! 🐆🐆🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@victordastile5204]

😴😴😴😴😴😂

[@dannywimpey2879]

Let's be honest, this result has been coming for some time. We've had so many nailbiting finishes where the guys just managed to pull through. Our start was magnificent but you have to sustain it. This will make the team a better one.

[@AC-hu3xk]

Guys, be honest . What has Salamn contributed to the team . Yes, Mannie has a kicking issue . But General Play is top of the cards. This guy Salman is so special for what ??. . Why are you worried about commenting on him.

[@candicemoos7784]

He just kak even for the stormers I hope that he is not the stormers captain for the URC season

[@victorswart7411]

They hired Manie Libbok and it worked, the 2 gentleman can go back to the Stormers Moetat and Manie BE GONE.

[@ianbrodie5051]

It's good hearing you guys chat Ike this. Have you ever thought of the 3 of you doing a chat like this plus commentary during the games.

[@kevinewert8546]

Not sold on the Carte Blanche intro, guys.

[@svndile]

Not many words about our invisible captain on the day...

[@RoscoeHill11]

What captain ?

[@cornedenecker1636]

He's dogshit man. How on earth that guy ever became a springbok Captain is beyond me. Useless. Almost as useless as our defence and line-out

[@kerapetsithemba9802]

The intro is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@annettekolb3103]

Respect to Los Pumas for beating the boks to bring them all back down to earth. The ref was fairly on par. 1. Please please please Rassie dont let rugby royalty blind you with moerat. He is not bok quality he is not an enforcer and definitely not a captain. Please just release him for the stormers and forget about him. 2. Please bring in a kick specialist to help Manie with his pressure kicking for posts. Also allow a sport phycologist work with him. 3. If you bring Manie on leave say Pollard or Sacha on 12 to take over the kicking. 4. BJD not in the scrum allowing only a 6 man scrum was a huge mistake specially 1 man down where the pumas made good on using that 10min to put us under the pump. Please bring in Ruan Venter as a replacement enforcer. Louw was fantastic taking over from BJD. The entire team had good and bad moments however the cluster at the mauls was shocking. Handeling shocking. Fassi, ox, vinny, Steenekamp and Eben really stood out. I really hope Rassie is now done with his experiments for a while

[@laureanoalfaro9351]

I'm Argie and just a note...yes he blew that kick, but Albornoz who had a great game, blew a couple of them prior to that last one that would have put some distance and made that last kick not that important. So the most important issue was to let us alive after those initial minutes, after that the game changed a lot and overall I think Pumas played better. Nervewrcking, but a very entertaining game for any neutral.

[@Tomk79rhby]

Yes. True Argentina deserved the win and should've won. But still, sboks could've won. That kick was an opportunity to close the game out regardless of what happened before it or who deserved the win. Think what frustrates most people is that Manie seems to miss those opportunities. That kick and the penalty kick to the line.

[@laureanoalfaro9351]

@@Tomk79rhby Yeah I totally get it, but like in the case of Albronoz, I think both coaches went for the attacking skills of these two fellas and the improvisational side of their games. Yet it's true that having a reliable kicker it's a must and boths sides played with fire due to that.

[@superbowljoel01]

lol Jaden with the heads up plays

[@danbillybob516]

Why can't the Bokke put 2 halves together? We seem to only be able to put 40 minutes in then there is a huge change.

[@johannblignaut1966]

Such an inordinate time spent on all SA programs on the merits and demerits of Manie without any thing new being said since the WC.Becoming very frustrating.Enjoy the Dunhill Links Schalk.

[@davesteyn]

I am no expert but this manic drive to play attacking/running rugby does not sit well with me. I have watched nearly all Springbok games and some of the most beautiful tries were scored by the Boks of yesteryear. We have won four world cups playing Bok rugby. I feel as if the Boks coaching staff and management have capitulated to the pundits saying we play boring rugby. I have never seen a boring Springbok side. Just my opinion.

[@mountainman9145]

Very lenient treatment of the Boks from the verdict team. While the breakdown and jackling looked good the Bok flanks, i.e the 6/7 combo, looked to slow to make crucial tackles when they were needed. When Libbok came on, it appeared he was instructed to use the high ball for attack as opposed to running the ball through the line - so much possession was handed straight back to the Pumas for very little gain.

[@SteveWarlee]

Congrats libbok

[@mpilodigitalmarketing]

DMac missed a similar kick in Cape Town straight in front basically. That was even more shocking. Mannie's kick wasn't a shock. He's pretty much 50 50 but had an almost perfect game if it was not for that missed touch and kick at the end. Mounga and Jordie missed kicks that would have won the game in the final for the ABs. And those are bloody good kickers. Feel sorry for Mannie, but he's still world class.

[@Sanlorenzofederal]

Wowww 3 leyends!!!

[@gertmuller9783]

Wrong kicking options, we gave too many good ball away. Not Manie's kick that cost us the game!

[@frankvsnschalkwyk6030]

I find it very Interesting, that most analysis did not highlight the key conversion kick missed by Polard 40th min. Manie then did kick the penalty 30, altwee Manie en Polard could have won the game for SA, maar dus beter om net te fokus op 80st min. Baie interesant.

[@coatknight]

When a player misses a kick, it's not just whether they missed it that matters, but also when and how they missed it. Some players can rise to the occasion under pressure, while others wilt.

[@slagathor54]

You know I think it would be amazing to see a world cup in Argentina but it's going to the US instead. Obviously it's partly money related but I have to assume it's also because the coverage in Argentina is just not up to it unfortunately. I watch games in Argentina with big crowds (and we know how crowds in South America can rival anyone) but the atmosphere gets let down by the substandard production value. It's a shame because Argentina deserve it a lot more than the US does.

[@wayneval6249]

Awesome show as always LEGENDS. BUT I just felt that you needed to be a bit more Honest with regards to Libbok and his kicks. Unacceptable at this level...He is a great Player, but unfortunately he lacks BMT. His body language always shows a lack of confidence when he is about to kick a penalty, unlike Sacha and Pollard. Also I don't believe at the moment that Moerat is good enough to have the Honor of wearing the SPRINGBOK jersey, never mind to Captain the SPRINGBOKS. On the day AM should have been Captain, he has a wealth of knowledge as a Captain and would have had a lot to say to our Players when the momentum swung in Argentina's favor. A great Captain knows how to motivate his Teammates (as We see KOLISI do week in and week out), and the thing with our MIGHTY SPRINGBOKS is they know how to win even when they not playing well...and that unfortunately didn't happen in this match, because that missed Penalty would have won the Match for the SPRINGBOKS, like we've seen them do so often in the past. Looking forward to the match on Saturday...BEWARE OF A WOUNDED SPRINGBOK 🙏🏻💪🏻🇿🇦

[@tvpc3194]

will this continue during the urc ?

[@stanclayton1006]

If you play your 3rd team against our rugby friends we insult them and we loose out

[@uSbusiso_]

We need to be more critical about Jerry with the defencive structures

[@nathanaelcoetzee3619]

the issue is that we have two systems, let's not forget that the attack system is having an impact on our defensive system as well. In 2023 we had a defensive structure, now it's like we trying to have two systems

[@uSbusiso_]

@@nathanaelcoetzee3619 I don't know mfo ka Coetzee hey. Caught between enjoying seeing the boks defend the line vs the boks cross over the line. Not we do score counter act tries from the wings Now we scoring tries and leaking just as much, I don't like it.

[@cospic66]

Manie played a good game. He is an asset to the team, he didn't lose us this game, we lost the game in the 1st half when we stopped playing our game and started playing for a full stadium in nelspruit, were we told to lose I wonder 🤔

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

Can we get Kitshoff back now?

[@coatknight]

Injured.

[@annettekolb3103]

Why do the player stopping another player from rolling away by sitting on top of that player get away with it sitting on top of a player which make it impossible to roll away

[@marcosaltamirano9456]

Que manera de hablar tonterías en the yellow card carreras pone el brazo “armas” para cubrir su cuello en lugar de sostener la pelota se cubre con su brazo

[@andrewspaltman]

Argentina didn't stun anyone! The "newbie" Boks missed too many tackles, which made Argentina look good. They need Pieter-Steph Du Toit to show them what it means to be a Springbok ~!

[@Fredchiodi]

Whatever.... we won. And we can also show what it's like to be a Puma. Remember 1982.... but then again, maybe you had not even been born. Greetings from a puma.

[@andrewspaltman]

@Fredchiodi Shame . Are your feelings hurt, little boy ?

[@mrfearfactory94]

@@Fredchiodi Dude ignore this guy. I'm a bok supporter but even i'll admit that Hugo Porta was probably the greatest rugby player in history, in my opinion easily better than Carter. I've always loved Los Pumas just like Die Bokke. Good luck this Saturday, the two best teams in the southern hemisphere fighting to the end!

[@vuyaniman9440]

5/10 gents. Defence was poor.

[@cornedenecker1636]

Moerat was kak. Nowhere as a lock and useless as a captain.

[@frankvandermerwe1487]

The result confirms to me this bok side isn’t in the same league as the all blacks 2011 - 2015. Hurts to say, but we are full of basic errors

[@BogartAus]

If we played our first team then we would have won but we are building depth.

[@MB-xq9hu]

As a non-expert and not knowing the actual answer I ask... Did the All Blacks play tournaments with backups to build the depth experience? Maybe they didn't so they never had a loss like Saturday, and MAYBE it's the genius of Rassie that he sacrificed the loss on Saturday for these players to be huge contributors to the 2027 world cup... Go Springboks!!

[@MB-xq9hu]

@@BogartAus Exactly what I meant... And it will pay off in 2027 I truly believe when early 30's players on the roster are in the mid 30's... Father time is undefeated!

[@RoscoeHill11]

Shit take. We rested Siya , PSDT frans, bongi, Willie, DDA, kolbe. Also benched eben, and 3/4 World Cup locks are not in the squad. Should we have won yes . But if rassie just wanted to win that game believe me he would’ve just played the strongest 23 .

[@frankvandermerwe1487]

@@RoscoeHill11 I don’t think it’s controversial to say that and I’m just giving my opinion. I never said we are bad (even though we were crap on Saturday). There are just question marks over some players you can’t ignore. We are in a position where we are forced to look deep into our stocks and give exposure to young players because the big guns are in or approaching mid 30’s. So I’m not convinced of our depth yet and I expect more pain as we continue to give guys experience.