Rugby World Cup 1995 Final: South Africa v New Zealand

Drama, tension and surprise. It had it all. Rewatch the iconic Rugby World Cup 1995 Final between South Africa and New Zealand in full.
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[@stevenvictor2587]

Who else is here getting amped for Saturday? Boks and Kiwis in the final again...finally! Good luck to both sides...but go Bokke!

[@gustavnel]

I'm so nervous😂

[@tutonguni529]

It was a romantic win

[@afrobeats4511]

They way they're singing shosholoza cohesively... brought tears in my eyes, so amazing. What a South Africa we would be having today if it wasn't for those greedy politicians 😥

[@channingbloom7125]

💯

[@bustrumondu9827]

especcially the singinging right after the break betwwen the two exra time halfs.. stuff of legends. very powerful i can image how the songs affected the all blacks players

[@HamishBanish]

Mandela will be in tears in heaven seeing what South Africa has become under black administration The whites gifted the blacks a world beating country that the blacks have ruined and enfeebled. "The great black shame"

[@nicholasimlach1787]

You poisoned us

[@truthminister5828]

Greedy and racist dont give Afrikaaners a chance in business or jobs. 😢

[@joshrees1985]

This is the match that brought a whole country together my goodness it’s historic

[@jackofalltraids2690]

Take tips America

[@mahmudabdulwadud8515]

Yet the players are whites 🤣

[@joshrees1985]

Chester Williams was in that side

[@juliansydney9819]

@@mahmudabdulwadud8515 look further at what the game did. And Mandela

[@mahmudabdulwadud8515]

@@juliansydney9819 I appreciate the game but dont talk about history of nation & everything. It's funny & shameful when it comes to colony 🤣

[@clumsytriangle2436]

25 years ago today!

[@andersonfunare313]

'And then we have 65'000 South Africans here today...tremendous support.' Pienaar: that wouldn't be 65,000 South Africans...we have 43 million South Africans...' A true captain in every sense of the word. WHAT A MAN!!

[@kidpagronprimsank05]

16:27 that famous tackle against Lomu by Joost. Sad both are not with us today.

[@makeperceive]

Matchwinning moment, two legends

[@len2son]

@@makeperceive best buddies up in heaven now!

[@ForzaVryheid]

Still gives me goosebumps to this day!! The golden age of South African history- Mandela and Pienaar lifting the trophy! And to this day a nail-biting game even when you know the result!! 🇿🇦

[@fezile]

20:08 - Greatest 22 drop out I’d ever seen. Wow.

[@rewayi]

Merhts is an underrated player

[@jandrevisage8842]

That looks like it's over 80 Meters!!!!!! wow

[@NZENZN]

holy f wasn't expecting that

[@eltski2619]

I love the way the forwards set the scrums in less than 30 seconds, not the 4 1/2 minute fiasco it’s become to day.

[@ilnerdmiope]

It was a lot more dangerous for the forwards' columns though. It was more spectacular indeed, but it wasn't worth it

[@sakabula2357]

@@ilnerdmiope you truly are a geek...

[@autocorrect2313]

@@ilnerdmiope Just started playing rugby and I have to fully agree. This looks metal though

[@garethlloyd4716]

Crazy how much the game has changed watching this

[@JW-th4nn]

Some absolute real legends here we'll never forget playing in the most iconic rugby match of all time. RIP Joost van der Westhuizen, Chester Williams and Jonah Lomu. x

[@sakabula2357]

James Small

[@tonyjlorns1727]

John three true warriors you mentioned there RIP

[@waapeterm]

Ruben Kruger..

[@lee-annmcdonald7137]

Who's here now watching in 2023 and hoping history repeats itself 🎉

[@vanessac1721]

Yebo yes 🎉

[@skwad240]

It did

[@JINXRSAMobile]

And so it did

[@felicitywillboughby6901]

Who is here 2023 watching this superb victory, Tata Mandela and crying like me? Not forgetting the amazing 2019 win.?.Cried like a baby too lol. Rugby gods in my view. Proudly SA. 💃✌️

[@JINXRSAMobile]

Bokke!!

[@cowetareserve]

Watching in 2022. I was barely a year old when this went on. Glad to finally get to catch the game. 2019 was intense! This is bound to be just as intense!

[@daggaboom]

Words cannot describe how big this game was in SA. The country was a hotbed of aggression, violence and despair but this world cup turned that around (short lived) dramatically and everyone was behind the single cause. Never felt anything like it. The other world cups we've won are great but this one has extra buzz. I'm so stoked and jealous people get to watch this for the first time.

[@cowetareserve]

@@daggaboom selfde ou boet! As an American now, we moved long ago; I’ve been wanting to see this match for some time. That drop kick… IMMACULATE! “HIER KOM DIE BOOOOKE”

[@Bongz90]

I was 5 years old!!! but I can remember how happy everyone was

[@Ben-gd9zz]

1:44:09 a battle cry for the ages! hope and encouragement from those in the stands mixed in with the courage and sacrifice of those on the field. Definitely the most consequential sporting match ever, it unified a nation.

[@LockedDownSpectator]

This must have pushed the Boks over the finish line ahead of the All Blacks alone!

[@thaboshai6239]

They cut the most lovely part in short, when the crowed shouted Nelson Nelson, and when the plane flew over the stadium and the crowed went crazy

[@Edd_Liquid_Snake]

2:00:34 This is what this match represents.

[@TheDruzza]

Legendary comment

[@FranzSausage]

This was one of the most important sports matches ever.

[@funinkosikheswa]

Yho! The atmosphere here is amazing!

[@yashpaldas2302]

The most thriving and emotional sport event I've seen i my life, still give me goosebumps.

[@UooooooooU]

I watched a movie about these topics. I was very impressed. thank you. byJapanese

[@frankoliver7748]

This game united South Africa across the colour spectrum. Mandela knew this was needed. I love my country!

[@user-im9uc2xu7e]

僕は、SPECIAL AKAのネルソン・マンデラさんの曲が好きです。

[@state2040]

You know you love your country when despite the insurmountable challenges we face this brings you to tears. Really hope we can forge a great nation in the future

[@linushahs396]

Remember this day so well. I’m not a big fan of rugby but I celebrated along with 40 mill proud South Africans. It’s sad that 4 of the players who started have now passed on.

[@luiscoelho5061]

I always thought that last scene in Invictus, when Damon's Pienaar makes that correction about '43 million South Africans supporting' them was a dramatization ... until I saw this footage. What captains these are, Mandela of a country like your Rainbow Nation, and Pienaar of a South African squad that had been banned from rugby for years prior to this glorious return. These are examples for us all, for the ages.

[@seektruth5750]

Francois Pienaar

[@charlesotto3510]

Rest in peace Chester Williams and Jonah Lomu, you’re both missed by us Rugby fans

[@nic0072]

And James Small and Joost vd Westhuysen and Reuben Kruger. All participants of that game. Sad really. Quite amazing that 4 Springboks in the starting 15 have died since.

[@moment9311]

Oh, Jamie Joseph is in New Zealand!!! Thank you for coming to Japan!!　by One of the Japanse Rugby fan ジェイミーがニュージーランドにいるじゃん！！ ジェイミー！日本に来てくれてありがとう！！

[@colinclaremon6640]

thanks for 95 final full match now we need 2007 final full match

[@wernerschneider4460]

At last I can watch it live. Hopefully including the magic end with the great captain receiving the Webb Ellis-Cup and the interview where he shamed the interviewer. This game changed so much for this country and its battered majority population. I already know that I will have tears coming down after these two mentioned scenes.

[@juanstewart]

Me too...❤ I always welcome the tears and deservedly so.

[@juanstewart]

This is premiering on my birthday... even though I wasn't there it's still marked as the most important day to me emotionally. Nice birthday gift. I always look back at this, living by the love, unity and care shown on that day.

[@wernerschneider4460]

For he is a jolly good fellow, that nobody can deny!!!!

[@kalalatauapai3500]

2021 and watching the Morgan freeman movie invictus so I thought I would get on KZbin and search up the 1995 world rugby Cup final. Probably one of the best world Cup final

[@Wrekage18]

Just got done renting it.

[@pindiwentuli3913]

I thought I had recovered, this clip has just given me brand new heart pulpitations 😅

[@3n03]

after i watch invictus😂. and now im here

[@MsJubjubbird]

Someone has a sign that says "Schuster for President" That's gold.

[@evertonspartan1370]

I'm back here during world cup 2023. Knowing that some of these players passed away is sad

[@adelaidesisasenkosi6361]

But they were old it was of their time… what do you think?

[@kdc-nb5fw]

They were not old.

[@user-ki7ze8od6n]

I have never met Lomu . But I love Lomu☺️

[@san4581]

Lomuさん天国でラグビーしてるかな？

[@khankake9576]

You'll never meet him...he passed away at his South Auckland home in 2015.

[@kidpagronprimsank05]

Hope it includes fly over by 747, national anthems, and trophy presentation ceremony.

[@garthbekkerbuksie4338]

@@HelenGPitts lol it doesn't work

[@stanleyroman9132]

Still after all these years we are still seen as the most fearful rugby nation around the world 🌎

[@Blackhand1042]

But far from the most winning side in rugby

[@JINXRSAMobile]

@@Blackhand1042 we did win the most world cups we are the best..cope harder kiddo

[@oldblack15]

Next week if both teams do well. Rematch for all the toys.

[@JINXRSAMobile]

Bokka!!!

[@cschaka1]

The South African team played for Madiba and for the country here 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Well done guys, WHAT A DEMONSTRATION OF WILL ! Even Jonah Lomu said you guys played like possessed men ☺

[@theunspretorius2802]

I watched it live, was 12 at that stage. Brilliant and well deserved We had hope SA would unite, unfortunately the ANC ruined the country.

[@mattyallen3396]

Bullshit. Politically the boks had to win. Thats why the Sll Blacks were poisoned.

[@theunspretorius2802]

@@mattyallen3396 Whatever dumbshit, tell yourself that and to make you feel better.

[@mattyallen3396]

@@theunspretorius2802 Sleep well behind your razor wire fence, Alarms, attack dogs and gun by the bed. Fact is, is the kitchenaid poisoned the AB's. Politically the boks had to win because your nation was about to fall into civil war. Ironically all it did was postpone the invariable.

[@RadientZAR5749]

@@mattyallen3396 Apparently England was also poisoned when we thrashed them in 2019. SMFH. This b.s would not be said if the AB had won. The same goes for England. Proudly South African

[@Teacher-lj6in]

@@mattyallen3396 You sure about your "poisoned"facts? No substance to that excuse for a loss at the final... A great day for rugby it was!

[@wayne6512]

Brings a tear to my eye watching this. I remember it so well. This was the possibility of the rainbow nation. We all rejoiced. Black, white, on this day, colour made no difference. We were all South African. Imagine the possibilities of how things could have been. Then the haters took over.

[@arthurhenn2139]

This is best rugby world cup match in history. The best against the best. I was still a young boy by that time but I'm a proud SA supporter. Mr. Nelson Mandela made this possible. To see our boys late Chester Williams one of the best wings in the world by that time. I watch this match over and over because it makes me cry everytime because this world cup had brought our nation together. God bless SA proud of the boys.

[@Balboa_Rocky]

What is the real condition of South Africa now in 2021?

[@dizilizid8281]

@@Balboa_Rocky It's was fucked the day Nelson Mandela died. It's completely fucked now in 2023. Infrastructure is falling apart, No water, No Electricity, South Africa has the highest unemployment rate in the world after its rate increased to 32.9% in the first three months of 2023, after another 179 000 people lost their jobs. The ANC government are the biggest thieves and have all stolen billions of rands, Taxman is raping everyone, crime is one of the worst in the world and white people, well white men cannot get jobs - So reverse apartheid in a sense. Also, our petrol and food prices have become so expensive, we can hardly afford to survive on our salaries that never increase... So yeah, that's how it is now... It is what it is! But i am still South African and love my country and the diversity and cultures. It's just this corrupt government, they have raped this country, sown discord amongst the different cultures and races, unlike Mandela who was trying to bring us together.

[@trubyssot]

The most important game of rugby ever

[@oceanwaves657]

Both team had iconic classic outfit.

[@blitzkriegspearfishing]

An iconic moment in rugby world history♥️🏈

[@SiphoIkeNwahunanya]

i haven't seen The World Cup in 1995 like i wasn't born here i born in 2001 and my favourite team The SpringBoks are the best rugby team.

[@wernerschneider4460]

Welcome, brother.

[@tibotip1312]

Mee too👉👈🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@ay613]

I was born in 2002 so I was too young to remember England's win in 2003.

[@tes1moni840]

All blacks better

[@SuperEdge67]

It an established FACT that the All Blacks were poisoned just before this game. They’d have won otherwise.

[@fralucapedrotti7452]

Thanx for this live! Bokke 4ever

[@Johangv]

They even got Morgan Freeman to hand the trophy! Nice!

[@jeremyfyffer9025]

Thank you world rugby 🏉 greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@kaeso101]

Not gonna lie..that World in union intro gave me goosebumps

[@VictorSilva-tf3iy]

I was 12 years old, but i will never forget this game, one of my best childhood memory. Respect to Jonah lomu the best and one of the best of all time. But we had François pienaar a man with heart and humbleness and courage that made a team play like true springboks.

[@franklucas3311]

What a great watch. Takes me back to my chidhood days watching this game❤...

[@user-dj3gb5tx1r]

4th consecutive win ❤🎉

[@JINXRSAMobile]

Bokke

[@AmandaPaulabernardi]

Watching here from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@jadenphilander8799]

The two greatest rugby nations.

[@user-im9uc2xu7e]

永遠のライバル🏈ずっとずっと、これからも続くのでしょう。

[@marcov3709]

Can we please have the WC back in S/Africa ?

[@len2son]

France somehow stole 2023 out from under our nose, this despite the fact that they hosted as recent as 2007. The voting system was way too Euro-centric.

[@mydickisunbelievablysmallb7098]

@@ausGOAT-gb6gm stfu man. Even the AB players from that day said SA were the better team.

[@a4away]

@@ausGOAT-gb6gm You’re a doos.

[@tes1moni840]

No

[@amanpandey2210]

2027 cricket world cup is happening in South Africa

[@craighjonas8833]

2:00:34 PURE CLASS!!! Whenever the Boks win a World Cup the entire country erupts in jubilation. All because of this day.

[@kaeso101]

It is arguable to say that the NZ RWC team of 1995 was the greatest RWC side never to win the cup

[@Centre14]

SA2015?

[@Blackhand1042]

Nah 2015

[@kaeso101]

@@Blackhand1042 which team in 2015?..just asking tho

[@Blackhand1042]

@@kaeso101 the world cup side of course

[@Blackhand1042]

@@kaeso101 but it was pretty much the same side for about 4 years

[@jamessexton9953]

Rest in Peace Big Jonah, gone too soon

[@simontostee]

Its 2023 and this game is still relevant to me

[@jpricey]

Everyone remembers Stranksy's boot and Joost's tackle. I remember an 80 minute masterclass from Ruben Kruger. The man was on another planet this day. He was my hero growing up and I still to this day watch the whole final again and again, trying to focus solely on his number 7 jersey. What a player and man he was. RIP Ruben 🇿🇦🙏🏻

[@33baugh]

Final whistle was epic !! Springbocks champions !!

[@rpol01]

Great punch on Kobus Wiese at 1:56:50 just before the Boks won the game. Can we still cite the New Zealand lock 26 years later?

[@rpol01]

@Russell Turner Suzie the waitress takes offence at this comment

[@SuperEdge67]

Can we cite the South Africans for poisoning the All Blacks so they could win.

[@rpol01]

@@SuperEdge67 unfortunately not. But if you ever visit South Africa, Suzie the waitress would be delighted to show you the world cup trophy

[@JWB86]

Ivory De Coast played at this WC and were never heard of again

[@sakabula2357]

One of their players got paralyzed during the tournament

[@deklerkverwoerd7721]

@@sakabula2357 I remember, so sad for him

[@sakabula2357]

@@deklerkverwoerd7721 wonder what became of him

[@deklerkverwoerd7721]

@@sakabula2357 I'm not sure.

[@sakabula2357]

@deklerkverwoerd7721 jis bra dis rof..jy word vir jou span gekies...jy gaan na n groot geleentheid soos die...ek jy loop nooit weer nie..ek weet daar was n fonds vir hom gestig maar dit was net na die wereld beker..ek het sederdien nooit weet van die storie gehoor nie..in elkgeval..hoop dit gaan goed daar waar jy in Suid Afrika is..

[@fluctuatedsystem]

the best moment 1:56:54

[@zed1207]

I was a proud child at this moment, and even then I was in awe of James Small.

[@deklerkverwoerd7721]

Same here :)

[@phatcrayonz]

I was in South Africa when this happened.

[@mattyallen3396]

Did you get mugged?

[@craighjonas8833]

@@mattyallen3396 they stole his heart.

[@sakabula2357]

I'm still here

[@davidvickers8425]

Regardless of who did it, 31/36 of the nz squad had food poisoning 2 days before the match, you can tell the abs arent rheir normal selves, colorless dry zombie like, they were changing their shorts thru the game because they soiled them, plus vomitting on the sideline. I wouldnt be proud to beat that team.

[@nic0072]

Mehrtens confirmed that a few were sick after dinner on the Thursday night but that everyone was 100% fit on match day.

[@ulfibonkers3205]

Time just flies

[@Erock1275]

Jonah the GOAT.. Only 20 years old here.. Needed the whole South African team to take him down lol

[@petes9524]

Er, no, just Moist.😉

[@JINXRSAMobile]

Yet never could score a try....shame

[@Erock1275]

@@JINXRSAMobile Mate, the whole team made sure of it. Also, some of the All Blacks players were jealous and froze him our so many times

[@dlennox1629]

The greatest world cup final....

[@jt.8144]

2023. Had to watch this after watching INVICTUS. Thank you!!!

[@kdc-nb5fw]

So many of these people not with us anymore.

[@Denny_Boi]

I wonder who wins. Real talk, the kicking game in this match is insanely good.

[@Quitplaying360]

Interviewer: 65,000 South Africans in here. Tremendous support Pienaar: we didn't have 65 thousand South Africans, we had 43 million South Africans cheering for us. Crowd erupts

[@kicsilo]

tank you !

[@user-rq6cm7vb3v]

Good old memories

[@tomasnozka1]

Beautiful experience to see this !

[@andrewmakin8151]

rugby was another thing so much has evolved lineout was random now it’s precise scrums were spontaneous now structured high tackles almost no problem now yellow and red cards etc

[@caracas787]

This is without doubt a moment in Rugby history a team of South Africans the majority of whom were Africanas bringing together a nation backed by a black President who in my humble estimation was not only the greatest leader of all time but a visionary . Oh how Africa needs another Madiba.

[@bustrumondu9827]

what a way to capt off with Francois' last words for the event!

[@marckaminickas7119]

Zinzan and joost are my two favourite rugby players of all time,and I'm an Aussie,

[@walterpay341]

chaotic beauty of a sport

[@user-vr7rw1nb7y]

Francois Pienaar=Matt Damon

[@nathanmasso2378]

43 Million .Good On Ya Mate

[@refinededusoft]

love the intro

[@user-im9uc2xu7e]

一触即発の至近距離でのハカカッコ良い!!それを迎え討つスプリングボクス👍どちらも、めっちゃカッコ良いです✨!!惚れます!

[@joshuawainaina8103]

What a match. What a moment

[@RobertHearn-hu2br]

Fantastic

[@x-panther7365]

You are heroes for south Africa better thank God thank Nelson thank you white red there is no difference all humans are equal in the eyes of God greetings from Indonesia

[@mttd2340]

The day i will never forget

[@tikaq9344]

I was 10 years old watching it from 🇹🇴

[@makeperceive]

Why has World Rugby uploaded in 16x9? We're missing some of the image from the original 4x3 aspect ratio.

[@mahfuzalam893]

Very nice

[@user-jo4lw5qx7b]

Well done, I'm a all blacks fan, SA THE GREATEST RUGBY NATION EVER. 23 WELL DONE SA. I FINALLY ADMIT IN TEARS AND HEART PAIN, YOU SOUTH AFRICA ARE THE BEST. I WAS BITTER, I ASK YOU FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS, I WAS A SORE LOSER. I WAS WRONG. SOUTH AFRICA ARE THE GREATEST RUGBY NATION OF ALL TIME. LOVE YOU ALL.

[@bradleycrafter2081]

South Africa is the best at rugby GO BOKKA!

[@juliansydney9819]

Bokke

[@bradleycrafter2081]

@Go on have some at the time of me making this post the springboks was the best plus it is rated as being the worlds greatest rugby team

[@zukisamhlakaza2218]

1995 rugby world cup

[@funinkosikheswa]

Playing ball in hand and running is a style that came with the Fijians and Somoans when they were poached by NZR.

[@pauliallen]

Please broadcast it at 720p

[@kolisionn]

Haven't watched union properly since the 2011 world cup but this 95 all blacks team will always stick with me. I was 8 back then and all the kids had the Lomu haircut, including me lol