The most violent rugby match ever broadcasted live

[@Hammersteyn]

Today there would be seven hours of TMO 6 Red Cards and 11 Yellows for a game like this

[@KiwiPepega]

Only to SH teams. NH are pieces of crap, refs give them victory by way of being a toss pot.

[@TechnondiaPty]

[@ReafDraw]

Hahaha ain't that the truth !

[@fscott1756]

Yep, would've been 11 vs 13 by the end of the match!

[@jonnybgood9162]

Sad really

[@Matt_Alaric]

Fights are all good fun, but gouging another player on the floor is one of the dirtiest things a player can do, and Schalke should have seen red.

[@srodber915]

Imagine a Lions player had done that, the snowflake Saffa fans would have popped with outrage

[@Rob-jh5xj]

​@srodber915 LOL, only snowflakes here are you woke Europeans, best of 4 countries and you can't even win a series against a Bok team. Arrogant players the lot of the Lions players. Can't wait to see them get hammered by the Aussies in 2025.

[@Emmanuel-Power]

@@srodber915 The same way the snowflake roses (or is it white) cried after the Owen Farrel debacle. The tackle on JP Peterson with today's rules would have been a borderline red (at least a yellow). As a South African fan, I agree regarding the actions of Schalke - he was a lucky man to have still stayed on the pitch! If VAR was used then he surely would not have stayed on. But I salute that British team - they came to play and they fought fire with fire. Not many can stand up to South Africa when they come at you hard. Just ask the All Blacks after they have been brutalized by South Africa a couple of weeks back. Rugby is for real men, for the rest there is soccer....

[@rogerg.shannon3345]

@@srodber915 i stopped reading when you said snowflake. i don't read children's books....

[@johnglennmercury7]

Dirty boer scum. Same old story

[@samacw]

Every "most violent" match video is South Africa vs someone else.

[@nicdelange2900]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@nicdelange2900]

They play to win

[@ljtheman7875]

No you don't have enough knowledge

[@nicdelange2900]

@ljtheman7875 send me ur no then ill send u the charge down video from the famous charge down.....

[@janicesmall4990]

We only got our 1st yellow card in the 2023 World Cup on Saturday. We won't fight unless we are defending ourselves😊

[@bean691]

How the referee saw someone gouging someone’s eyes, and thought it was worthy of only a yellow, is beyond me. That aside though, this is one of my favourite rugby matches, and series. Back when rugby was rugby, before they took power and strength away from the game. There would be about 7 red cards if this game was played today.

[@nicdelange2900]

😂😂😂😂

[@nicdelange2900]

Watch again

[@Bullbotha]

It shouldn’t even have been a penalty!

[@sphereseal8341]

I mean I think its good rules have been adjusted to properly punish players for misconduct

[@RicksPhatPharm-vw2lb]

The English are so dramatic, Schalk was helping him with that plank in his eye.

[@Happychappy444]

A man cannot tarnish his whole legacy with one action: O'Gara: Hold my beer

[@jeffrey89095]

It wasnt actually his fault. If you watch the game there's 90 seconds on the clock so he can't kick it out. Lions don't track back either and the SA chase is great. So he has two options, last play if the game give SA the ball just inside your half for anlinout and hope you defend to win or he can up and under and go for the win looks to his left and sees the best fielding winger in the world and goes for it. Execution wasnt good but the decision is admirable. He was also very obviously concussed moments before this. It's often edited with other clips to make it look different than it actually was.

[@douglasdejager8450]

​@@jeffrey89095agreed. O'Gara was a great player and he dared on the day. Respect to him from a Bok fan.

[@warren1743]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Dan-lg4bs]

I’m English but I admire the Boks they come for nothing but an absolute battle every single time and we give it to them, all be it we usally lose but it’s always entertaining. Proper blokes play this game no doubt about that.

[@joesouthborn2960]

Not everyone understands. You understand. ;)

[@Alias-gy3tz]

Great comment.

[@mranderson5496]

You are now invited to the next braai

[@JackN13_]

And you always come up short in that battle

[@dasnutnock6408]

@@JackN13_ "England has won 66 of 156 matches against South Africa, while South Africa has won 35. 55 matches have ended in a draw." You've had England's number the past two decades or so, no doubt about that, but you're some distance from reaching parity.

[@breathe_3asy]

Fourie's try one of the best ever for me. The sheer power he had was a symbol of SA rugby. England's envy over Springbok strength has given me much satisfaction over the years

[@spinynormanbest6410]

The state your country is in gives me much satisfaction also😏😏

[@breathe_3asy]

​@@spinynormanbest6410 sorry if I hit a nerve hahaha plenty of us emigrated to London I suppose you are happy we ploughing through all your women as well? LOL

[@spinynormanbest6410]

@@breathe_3asy They're not my women like bro

[@hunterluxton5976]

Cheating bastards not power.

[@BK-vz3mx]

​@@spinynormanbest6410ja because the state of your country seems a dreamy barge

[@simonmac9266]

Sat in the stands in Pretoria watching the game with a gigantic drunken Boks fan to one side of me and an equally huge and similarly sloshed Irishman on the other; during the final penalty neither could watch and asked me for a commentary. Awesome game and still fantastic to watch the replay!

[@islamisthetruewaytogod6812]

Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way) don't help either. Thank you very much for your time. First of all, if you have any questions regarding Islam and yourself, just open the Quran randomly, and you will find the answer in front of you, like a miracle and a sign from God. Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them). Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI). Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy. Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful. Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI). Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad). Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning! Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures. Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement. It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them. (19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).. God said : Say, “We believe in Allah, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and in what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. And to Him, we surrender.” (2:136 / Translated by Community) Salam (Peace) ---------------

[@blackmettle]

By any standards, now or then, that eye gouging is a straight red.

[@John-o4k]

Today half player would be sent off. Eye gouge would be banned for life

[@beetle6323]

Hardly eye gouging.

[@13Badseed]

I was there! Tickets to this match was a birthday gift from my father. I remember watching Morne Steyn's kick traveling, it felt like an eternity, but when that North stand at Loftus started cheering even before we could see it sail through, the crowd erupted. One of my all time favourite memories.

[@The_Angry_BeEconomist]

beautiful memory, thankz for sharing

[@ryanhenry21]

What a game. Both sides are tough as nails

[@zwakelemgabhi]

Bring tears to my eyes watching, the drama of sport cant be recreated anywhere

[@harrisonlumb9128]

He flapped it from O'Driscoll

[@ashr8327]

My mum is South African, my Dad English, rugby is the household sport. Always good when these teams meet on the field.

[@bjnwright]

That opening segment is going to give me nightmares - imagine having Victor Mattfield just casually stalking you. Such a unit

[@vladtheinhaler8476]

And now it's his reincarnation Eben Etzebeth

[@knockschool]

Bakkies Botha made Mattfield look like a choir boy. ?

[@turangatohiariki3042]

Old school all black's said playing the springbok's was like a 80 minute's of fighting after the game felt like they just finished a fight 😂😂😂

[@johnmanning5568]

All Blacks…Springboks….80 minutes! Why the apostrophes?

[@turangatohiariki3042]

@@johnmanning5568 Myst be a modern day thing not to use them,Like spelling American's using you're as your

[@johnmanning5568]

@@turangatohiariki3042I think that you’re misunderstanding apostrophes and their correct usage. An apostrophe is only used for two reasons. The first is to show possession eg John’s car is black. The second is to signify that a letter (or letters) is missing from a word eg I can’t see you later, so the apostrophe shows that letters are missing from the word cannot. That’s it. That’s all that apostrophes are for. So when you said “80 minute’s of fighting” then the apostrophe was not necessary and it was the same with “all black’s” and “Springbok’s”; the apostrophes are not required. That’s been the situation for all time; it’s not changed at any time.

[@turangatohiariki3042]

@@johnmanning5568 Must be from the 2nd Oxford dictionary onward's for the new COLONISED WESTERN FREE WORLD WHICH IS NOW A LOST WHITE SOCIETY NO BELONGING CULTURE IDENTITY OR TRADITIONS

[@HaachitiNgandu]

😂😂😂😂

[@rsacitizen6151]

The most violent is the springboks vs the Irish in 1997 even Gary Tiechmann was involved in a brawl

[@coatknight]

The Irish emulated the French of the 80s on that day.

[@islamisthetruewaytogod6812]

Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way) don't help either. Thank you very much for your time. First of all, if you have any questions regarding Islam and yourself, just open the Quran randomly, and you will find the answer in front of you, like a miracle and a sign from God. Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them). Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI). Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy. Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful. Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI). Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad). Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning! Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures. Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement. It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them. (19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).. God said : Say, “We believe in Allah, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and in what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. And to Him, we surrender.” (2:136 / Translated by Community) Salam (Peace) ---------------

[@jazzflute2465]

Massive difference between hard and just plain dirty.

[@ljtheman7875]

Sa plays hard

[@RRich100]

That’s why they commit so many fouls and see yellows? Should see a lot more than what they do too

[@ljtheman7875]

@@RRich100 oh you talking absolute bollocks

[@Emmanuel-Power]

What is amazing is when one is on the winning side, hard is just that, hard! But when you start to lose it sometimes becomes something else; suddenly it is dirty?!?!

[@tsaki_titan]

The reason you can't differentiate between bard and dirty is because we always play your weak team hard and you never beat us so your small frail ego gets hurt and you say it's dirty play.

[@schnozz87]

About 20 red cards in this game by today's standards 😂 glad i got to watch this series before the game started to deteriorate...

[@theofarmmanager267]

I’d always want the Lions to win or England to win. But I love the way that SA (usually) play the game. Tough and direct with great finishers. Yes, playing on the edge that way does result in unlawful acts with people like Corne Krige and Bakkies Botha seemingly preferring to play dirty rather than clean. I’ve just watched SA beat the AB at Twickenham and they used their power game to perfection. England certainly won’t win the 2023 World Cup but SA ought to be semi finalists at the very least.

[@OboteOjok]

and ur prediction is half true at this stage, SA in semis but to face England

[@theofarmmanager267]

@@OboteOjok I’m afraid that my prediction will turn out to be 100% true - I can’t see England beating SA (but then I said that about the semi in 2019 when we played the AB). I also predicted the 4 in the semis to be AB, Ireland, SA and France but not knowing the draw. So, I am only 50% right there. Surely the final will be SA versus the AB?

[@OboteOjok]

@@theofarmmanager267 SA vs AB will be a banger, the way the Qrtrs turned out any combination of 2 will be a banger in the finals. I loved the Qrtrs weekend, my neighbors (None Rugby) must have been wondering Ohh Btw England have an Axe to grind, that will be beautiful in Paris

[@theofarmmanager267]

@@OboteOjok and I always thought a banger was a sausage….SA v NZ will be brutal - in the rugby sense. The thirst for revenge for England is there but you must have the tools to get that revenge - and I don’t see England have those.

[@xDontStandInTheFirex]

Mate England just put their heart and soul into that match, but yes, you were right. well done RSA and well done England@@theofarmmanager267

[@Aidjay]

Was that a nut-punch at 2:32?

[@JterrazasSolaz]

Yep, by Andrew sheridan

[@trevorerasmus1605]

Danie Rossouw. LEGEND

[@BatteryCommander]

How far offside was O'Driscoll for that headbutt, sorry 'tackle', on Danie Rossouw?

[@DC94359]

Perfect tackle

[@bravorojo87]

And yet no one talks about it… it’s like Roy keane - his legacy should be one of thuggery and pre-meditated wrecking of a man’s career. Somehow still on our screens every week

[@user-lq2dc9wj2n]

red card@@DC94359

[@tobolee6385]

​@DC94359 they missed the part where he went off 5min later ...tackle my ass . .hes lived off the lie for all these years

[@South_Affy]

The Springboks love the brutality. These new rules with TMOs and Red cards, pajama slumber rugby kit, have calmed them down a bit. World Cup 2023

[@nardusvisser]

0:28 Matfield will drop O’Driscoll any day of the week, with some change to spare..

[@jandre78]

I wish he did!

[@okbutthenagain.9402]

Yet he never did. Funny how your unicorn wish is exactly that!

[@jandre78]

@@okbutthenagain.9402 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@richiemckeever6635]

Some achievement that and him twice the size..

[@Irish-Gael-sg4lv]

Well you're watching rugby not cage boxing or fighting.

[@breconjordan]

The eye gouge should have been a permanent ban from playing rugby in any way. Disgusting behaviour and definitely should be punished more toughly!

[@theunshanekom2]

Hey Snowflake....Rugby was hard, played by guys who gave and recieve......don't be a doos!!

[@dyllanwilson7790]

What about that nut shot to bekker ?

[@cornedenecker1636]

Haha permanent ban? Must suck to know the whole of Britain and Ireland can't even beat the Springboks 😂😂😂.

[@patman142]

Ireland have won 3 out of the last 5 encounters but don't let facts get in the way@@cornedenecker1636

[@johnfrench4137]

I agree it was stupid and doesn't belong in the game. However, it was pretty commonplace in those days for that kind of thuggery. French leagues were the worst.

[@peterjames777]

Morne Steyn is the GOAT

[@ljtheman7875]

Now we're talking!

[@chrisk6820]

Oh the good old days when we still had people who can kick a ball

[@theyoungmessiah420]

😂🤣ek stem

[@joshuagericke243]

U must be English then hey🤣🤣

[@foreignwarren7361]

Bring back Naas 🤣

[@robertmarx7901]

Handre Pollard has entered the chat.

[@foreignwarren7361]

@@robertmarx7901 meneer ballas van staal 🤣

[@TheOzzMars]

RWC '95, SA vs Canada. now that was the most violent game ever recorded.

[@lcloete5332]

Die slag van Boet Erasmus stadion. Hennie le Roux landed the best punch in rugby history that night.

[@anandgounden4376]

Lions can't come to Africa and think they're lions... they're born and bred here.

[@SipheSithole]

Could someone please explain to me why exactly Bakkies get cited for the clean-out on Adam Jones?

[@WalterWhite-sm2dr]

Dislocated his shoulder.. was physical .. Springbok team protested the following week by wearing a black armband saying J4… meaning Justice for number 4

[@MrNipsi]

I can remember Adam Jones saying that old bakkies Botha did nothing wrong shouldn't have been cited.

[@Karma-qt4ji]

Should not have been cited for that. Even by today's standards, the clean out was perfectly legitimate and just unfortunate that Jones got injured. Jones himself deserves a lot of respect for coming out and saying that it was a fair hit.

[@Robin-du8dh]

This is probably the 90th most violent rugby match posted recently 🙄

[@nyakwarObat]

😆😆

[@cjels5400]

Bakkies Botha “who is the lady in the red dress” 😂😂😂😂

[@Battrs]

When was this? 2009??

[@sheldinduplessis1424]

That bok team was massive! Even the wingers, Habana and JP were huge.

[@mryan4452]

HUGE, SA traditionally had big sides

[@Laurikiwi]

Habana defo was not huge

[@tristanfeinauer]

​@@Laurikiwimaybe not by rugby standards but he was quite big(muscle wise)

[@enochzantsi732]

I remember a day I went to watch the Sharks playing the Auckland Blues in Durban, and I was sitting quite low on the stands, close to the turf edges. JP Petersen was on my side of the field. I just couldn't believe how big this bloke was for an international winger. I kept getting distracted, trying to get my head around how this frame could reach the speeds of a Bok wing, because I had seen many international wings before, and they weren't like that. To boot, Joe Rokocoko was his opponent and looked just as big.

[@alimanhagler4510]

C'est ça le rugby. Un vrai sport d'hommes. Pas de violence, pas de rugby. Tout le monde aime regarder les bagarres au rugby. ❤❤❤

[@gustavfourie5099]

That try from Jacques Fourie is one of my favorite bok tries of all time!

[@springboks87]

O’Driscoll couldn’t rattle a wet paper bag in a fight 😂😂 Damn good rugby player tho!

[@yacoobsoni3388]

Lions are always filthy. Boks are hard. Huge difference. And you hear the Northern hemisphere commentators whining 😂😂😂 like babies 😂😂😂

[@neilsoncoombs4319]

Hard finger in the eyes.. 😂

[@Alhamdulillah.e.rabil.alameen]

Get in there South Africa. I'm from England (born and bred) and I'm glad the Lions lost.

[@alanjackson2712]

Berger should have got a year for gouging! I'd always admired him as a player before this game. Now, if I think of him at all, I just think THUG !!!🤬

[@christiansimmons630]

Watching Botha and Sheridan square up was great! I had them pleasure of meeting bakkies in Toulon (when him and Sheridan where teammates) and he was so nice and professional, so strange how much these guys change when the whistle blows

[@canihazburgers]

Sheridan would snap Botha. One’s a thug and the other was the strongest human to play the game.

[@coatknight]

​@canihazburgers Sheridan was strong but he was no match for Bakkies.

[@christiansimmons630]

@@coatknight the strength and conditioning coach at Toulon during their time there disagreed

[@coatknight]

@christiansimmons630 I'm not referring to overall strength. There is more to being hard than pure strength.

[@canihazburgers]

@@coatknight there is also huge ego at play which bakkies had in abundance. He was a thug at the end of the day and often went after weaker men. He gave Sheridan a push and probably realised it was a bad idea.

[@amsith4678]

which country is the lions's team ?

[@mryan4452]

Britain and Ireland, joint team

[@alanjackson2712]

Had that game not had been in South Africa, Berger would have got 12 months. It's amazing how everyone who goes on about how good he was seems to have completely forgotten this incident. The guy was a thug in this match !!

[@Emmanuel-Power]

Berger yes, but not Burger....

[@alanjackson2712]

​@@Emmanuel-Power Apologies My error

[@NameIWantedTaken]

Brian O'Driscoll: messes up an intercept and knocks himself AND Russouw out Stuart Barnes: "What a tackle"

[@Alltakenbla]

As a Saffa, what a hard on to watch the rest get wiped. Obviously the ABs are not part of the rest. Respect!

[@equinoxproject2284]

1995 RWC Canada v SA was a banger. Tough tough men on both sides went to battle that day.

[@reggawardle4874]

Brutal game played by gentlemen..pure body and soul sport..

[@mohsenhosseini2604]

Which year is this game ?

[@clintoruss153]

Thanks Ronan

[@okbutthenagain.9402]

"The most violent rugby match ever broadcasted live"Rubbish. There are more violent matches than the one you used. Funnily enough a lot involve South Africa.

[@jellslixcy6168]

Broadcast. I input it to the computer. The match was broadcast.

[@obaraabraham9934]

Brian O'driscoll was pure nails. He took out backrows on a good day.

[@helenivanic1628]

How about the soccer match between Netherlands and Portugal at the FIFA World Cup 2006.? 16 Yellow and 4 red cards. Umpire stopping the match every minute or so.

[@danasmith9415]

😂😂😂 1990s State of Origin; hold my beer

[@amanthea69]

Those were the days. But im glad that its tougher rules now. Same with icehockey for instance. I remember the 70's when it was almost lawless.

[@user-mkru]

Any man taking on Bakkies like this must have a death wish....or he is very stupid.

[@michealocaoinlean6176]

What a sheer thug and cheat he was.

[@Emmanuel-Power]

@@michealocaoinlean6176 Tough man making that comment from your couch. Please speak to any ex-player who played against him - only the deepest of respect/ None of them will call him what you call him - none. What did they call him? Well, The enforcer!!!

[@plutoniumnitrate1201]

pushing matfield is what really started this fight.....he stood there waiting for the response

[@andrewroberts5259]

South Africa always play dirty!

[@ir0ns1de5]

Epic Highlights. What a match💥

[@OffGridLivingEspana]

good old old school rugby from the bokke - Love watching us play limies

[@harryshawyer2093]

Best test match I've ever watched - it has absolutely everything. I'm looking forward to Ronan O'Gara gaining redemption when he coaches the Lions to a series victory in SA in 2033 ;)

[@goteddy3909]

Donkey O'Gara, most overrated player in his generation

[@rscoops3986]

I love this prediction. Even though we didn't win, this is the best match of any sport I've seen. A bombardment of pure intensity and aggression for 80 minutes.

[@nicdelange2900]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nicdelange2900]

In ur dreams pall

[@ru5tpR0of24]

LOL!

[@Shazibenga]

I truly enjoy the way Boks play this game. Physically strong team.

[@knockschool]

I'd say a lot of cheap shot's

[@guyreid8692]

Was this the 2009 lions tour to sa ?

[@Geoffdam123]

Wasn’t schalke in the wrong turn film ?

[@WonderboyTwoThousand]

Jaques Fourie you beauty !!! One of the best tries you will ever see...

[@markwilson1026]

Btw, the past tense of broadcast is broadcast. As for the sweeping generalisation in the title, it's just click bait.

[@ryanstephen120]

For all the bigotry and hate towards SA in the comments, one should consider where it comes from. UK press are particularly skilled at demonising whomever they wish. If you want the truth, don't be lazy, analyse match footage yourself and make up your own mind rather than just believing what you are told. You might find that the violence comes from both sides

[@Zumoari]

I'm glad they found time to play some Rugby in between the fighting.

[@John-o4k]

Brian o Driscoll caused the lions to lose his attack on Rossouw took himself out and he wasn’t there to tackle habana 😂😂😂

[@leigholivier8600]

Ah yes, I remember this game. So much violence and fun! 😂😂😂

[@joetitirahi591]

watch how sa go into rucks nd maulstaking players out ball mowhere near the opposition

[@BurnedNerd]

was this rugby or UFC.... now Schalk "Cheese"Burger is a damn sports persona... 😂😂

[@ryanstephen120]

Yea he only won IRB player of the year multiple times and the Laureus World sports comeback of the year.

[@BurnedNerd]

@@ryanstephen120 that is good... also never said he was a bad player did I? He was also just a violent player.... who else pokes eyes on the field apart from him

[@Leewoods123]

Sheridan vs Bakkies would be very interesting!

[@gotacallfromvishal]

I don't see the violence, this looks like average South African rugby. 💪💪💪

[@IanStewart-e8k]

England v Wales 1980 was far more violent in the first 10 minutes alone

[@gipsydavy1490]

That would be a normal game of amateur rugby league, regarding the aggression.

[@HansCoche]

The English and French taught the Springboks how to play dirty. Thankfully the South Africans rose above that and decided to play hard rugby without any dirty playing. Now the rest of the world should follow.

[@gymfan7924]

Not only violent also one of the best test matches ever.

[@Leewoods123]

What a try by Jacques Fourie at the end!

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

Seen more brawling in high school rugby in Australia.

[@DuccioDiPrima]

Was this the rematch for anglo-boer wars?

[@franko1174]

There wasn't one punch thrown 😂😂😂

[@priyamaharaj9066]

As a South African I honestly prefer our current team

[@charles9487]

Mike Phillips is surely the only 9 in history that would have a go at Victor Matfield

[@tashurst1]

I reckon Terry Holmes would too-hardest scrum half I've seen. Peter Stringer probably would too (but then wisely run away.)

[@JohnRock14]

He was a boxer so has the right to be fearless tbh

[@tommcglone2867]

The Boks were targeting BOD. And BOD was having none of it. The GOAT even left one of the forwards seeing stars😂

[@oldskoolrools1353]

Reminds me of the old Spitting Image song..."I've never met a nice south African"....lol...but true

[@The_Angry_BeEconomist]

amazing comments here, all of them brought a smile to my face

[@colojaure2438]

Date?????

[@maxkibble480]

That’s why South Africa are number 1 in the world 🌍

[@monicaclaassen7662]

The referees of those days had there hands full. That was still real rugby … survival off the fittest. That was not only for South Africa but rugby all over the world

[@PeteWildman-w3e]

"The most violent rugby match ever broadcasted live" . . . . not even close!

[@John-o4k]

Rugby and the boks are much cleaner theses days. To be fair both sides came to fight o Driscoll’s tackle was assault

[@liamturner3159]

‘Most violent rugby match’ never seen saint Helen’s vs Wigan warriors

[@JB-wj7gn]

2009 lions series in SA. This game won the series for SA

[@charlesandrethompson8221]

South Africa vs Ireland is the most go and watch all there games from the 80s

[@chakalaka3960]

How on earth was that first bok try not converted 💀

[@HenryCurrie-q2e]

Funny thing is, neither this generation of Lions nor Saffas could contain the legal physicality of modern Saffa and Irish squads.

[@JimboPrague]

Gouging is an automatic red. The ref knew that if he sent Burger off so early, he would have been villified in South Africa for handing the game to the Lions. It reminds me of that cowardly ref who robbed the French in the 2011 final.

[@speak_your_truth.]

Disgusting from Burger, should have had a red and a long ban for such a cowardly act. 💩

[@henniebester9437]

Also O'Driscoll for a no arm concussive offside tackle on Danie Coetzee. Disgusting.

[@Karma-qt4ji]

He got an eight week suspension and he deserved it. O'Driscoll got nothing at all for his assault on Danie Rossouw and Heaslip got nothing for his elbowing Bryan Habana in the face late after Habana scored his try; then there was O'Gara taking Du Preez out in the air.... You seem to have a tendency to only look at the opposition. You should have a look at your own team from time to time.

[@lourenscoetzee9817]

Pity they didn't hospitalize o driscoll dirty sod

[@michealocaoinlean6176]

Common SA trait.

[@speak_your_truth.]

@@Karma-qt4ji those are nothing compared to the disgusting act of eye gouging, any true rugby player or fan knows this fact. Tells me something about you 💩

[@gekolizzard]

Whoever wrote the title must be a Weles supporter. 😂

[@nathancroft5839]

When does the violence start? Seen more scraps in a under 15s game