Rugby's Most Violent Match | Lions Vs South Africa 1997

Rugby's Most Violent Tour | Lions Vs South Africa 1997
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[@rugbydrive]

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[@snowyvandyk7193]

If that game was played this year, there would have been at least 10 red cards and several more yellows.

[@Mark-ok8ss]

A lot more entertaining than a post-2010 test match. The match today has more TV recalls and stoppages than anybody deserves. Love Gibbs and Guscott as a centre pairing

[@harryf1ashman]

I wouldn't call it violent I would call it tough but fair. A credit to both teams. I watched the last test series bootathon between these two it was simply awful. The game has definitely regressed.

[@neiltaylor6627]

When rugby union was a great game, knocked fuck out of each other than have a beer together ❤️

[@RazorMouth]

It's still a great game.

[@markreynolds1112]

collisions r nuthing compared today

[@robertwilliams9234]

Scott Gibbs was unbelievable in this game

[@cubandaddy1000]

He was immense the whole tour

[@andydavies2484]

Scott Gibbs, legend…….

[@marknorth9699]

That's Martin Johnson in the 2001 Australia Tour shirt! The 1997 sponsor was Scottish Provident.

[@anthonymoore1705]

this is the rugby that i loved, a real mans game back then, what a shame world rugby had to ruin it, most of these players would be sent off in todays game,

[@angusjudkins6058]

Nice video! Thanks for the memories

[@eprohoda]

frind,excellent video-work,

[@andrea22213]

Well, that was vigorous wasn't it.

[@stevenlurie1215]

I always felt Gibbs was underrated. Great on attack and committed on defence from an ardent bok supporter🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@edwardstroud8245]

Always thought Gibbs was underrated. One of the best.

[@fazertace6837]

Scott Gibbs was never “underrated”. Typical reaction from a part time rugby “fan”

[@edwardstroud8245]

@@fazertace6837 haha “part time rugby fan”. Class comment. I was there at that game my friend, and a few other Lion’s matches to boot! What I meant, for what it’s worth, is that you don’t often see Gibbs up there on the list of best centres very often, which I think he was. Never ceases to amaze me how social media emboldens people to make snide comments without actually knowing the first thing about the person. All the best.

[@fazertace6837]

@@edwardstroud8245 Scott Gibbs was only underrated because he was welsh. Welsh people never thought of him as underrated. Or rugby experts. One thing that really gets my back up is when individuals say that certain players are “underrated” unless they come from england or the southern hemisphere. So its a typical reaction. Maybe not from a part time rugby fan, but certainly from a one eyed rugby fan.

[@edwardstroud8245]

@@fazertace6837 again, you’re making a judgment with knowing anything about me. Mate, I grew up admiring all the Welsh greats from their golden era - Barry John, Edwards, JPR, JJ Williams etc etc, and the best side stepper of all Phil Bennet. Rugby is a global sport anyway, so yeah the Welsh may have always put Gibbs up there, but not on the global stage, despite that 1997 tour. Fair enough if you have a differing opinion, but no need for the disparaging remarks like ‘part time fan’ or ‘one eyed fan’.

[@fazertace6837]

@@edwardstroud8245 fair enough. I apologize for calling you both one eyed and part time.

[@redneckReno]

yeah....that was pretty frickin brutal

[@pitavatu8501]

A real game of hooligans it is...

[@damianbyrne1664]

Scott Gibbs....

[@cedricletourneur5980]

Oh punaise comment ça envoyait du bois à 200 à l'heure! J'ai mal partout rien qu'à regarder! Des tonnes d'adrénaline au cm3!!!

[@bazzybadboy7160]

This is when rugby was a man’s game not a sports persons game ! Those were the days I remember

[@markdyer2155]

That was a hard match, but not violent. For that look at 1991 RWC quarterfinal kzbin.info/www/bejne/onLNnmeenK6snrM where Eng went out to kick France off every ball - and they succeeded. Hurrah. The prize though must go to any match where Colin Meads played - the man was an animal and I don't mean that as a compliment - he nearly pulled a leg off someone who was in a ruck and spent most of his lines-out treading on feet and elbowing into ribs.

[@rugbydrive]

Watch my new vid! Unfortunately couldn’t include any punches due to KZbin demonetising every video in which I’ve tried to include them

[@Orion3741]

Misleading title. Violence ? Where ?

[@seminabaleca2099]

Who is the springbok number 7?❤️

[@anotherstormer]

Andre Venter. Was a bit of an enforcer in his days.

[@fazertace6837]

@@anotherstormer how can someone be a BIT of an enforcer? 😂

[@doppies2000]

Andre Venter. an absolute Machine. fittest Player of his time.

[@oliverhunter9495]

@@fazertace6837 Well for a Bok at that time he wasn’t actually that bad. There where others worse than him. He’s in a chair these days poor man. 3 of the guys in this series didn’t see 50 and Venter will probably pass young too

[@fazertace6837]

@@oliverhunter9495 ive got nothing against Venter mucka. It just tickled me that someone posted he was a”bit” of an enforcer! You’re either an enforcer or you’re not.

[@johnhanson5943]

A better game back then.

[@nobullshit8898]

Lol violent match you obviously wasn't at the knoll when south Africa come to town they said they would never play neath ever again

[@rh5466]

Good videos, shouldn't have put the rough music in it though, and don't speed it up so much. Don't speed it up any more than 105%.

[@rugbydrive]

Thanks for the comment about the music, however it's not sped up. You can't just speed up a match as then it wouldn't be synced with the audio. For some reason lots of old games look sped up but they're not

[@doppies2000]

wrong Title ! hard ? yes ! tough ? yes ! brutal ? yes ! violent ? nope !

[@GrandadsWorkshop5252]

Wow great reminder of how exciting this game used to be before lefty do Gooders ruined everything.

[@fairbylane]

Where’s the violence?