Springboks Dominant: New Zealand v South Africa, 12 July 2008 | Rugby Highlights | RugbyPass

RugbyPass highlights continue! 12 July 2008 - New Zealand vs South Africa. The All Blacks went into the series with a world record 29 successive home victories. South Africa had won the World Cup in the previous year and was considered by many to be the best team on the globe. Could South Africa beat New Zealand in their back yard?
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[@cosmos1250]

That Ricky January try will probably go down as one of the best Springbok Tries of all time.

[@velimasuku8808]

To this day!!!!

[@justsmashing4628]

100% agree

[@watkinsrory]

I was watching this in Coco's Bar in Amsterdam its a Kiwi expat bar. What a great game it was needless to say the Kiwis we not to happy.

[@kruffkurtis9846]

Where would rugby be without these 2 countries!?. The greatest rugby nations of all time. 🇿🇦🇳🇿

[@stanmonzon5788]

Nope. England are better.

[@user-ou4tn8wr8i]

​@@stanmonzon5788imagine england 🤣🤣🤣💀

[@vikatooala]

When the all blacks faces South Africa, it's always a battle of the ages. Can never miss games between these two nations. Epic!

[@selbymashile9108]

Young Frans Steyn was a monster damn💪

[@bishopbrink7149]

Yes WAS

[@niklaasburger2547]

To bad he didn't get enough game time.

[@selbymashile9108]

@@niklaasburger2547 jean de villiers owned the no12 jersey the was no way......may at 10 or 15

[@thizozothizozi3782]

I saw 6 to 7 all blacks players failed to take the ball from him.Strong grip on the ball.

[@1ma4ighter]

@@bishopbrink7149 he's still as good, just lost a bit of aggression that's all, he wasn't too bad last rwc

[@MrTheBarintokyo]

I remember watching this game almost 12 years ago (was 13 years old). Januarie's try still gives me goosebumps of how hard I celebrated after the All Blacks lost at The House of Pain.

[@harleywoolford5247]

Yeah McCaw said 2009 Boks were best team he ever played

[@TheTruthDon]

Good old battles between great sides, Percy Montgomery was magic.

[@niklaasburger2547]

Dude the game was in 2008...

[@harleywoolford5247]

@@niklaasburger2547 ya I know. rugbypass were wrong to think Boks were dominant in 08, it was 09 when they did well

[@damo9961]

Back when the better team usually won/refs weren't atrocious.

[@tomai8210]

All Blacks forward pack lost a bit of its composure back in 2009 when Ali Williams was injured and ruled out all throughout the season so looking for someone with his expertise was quite tough for Graham Henry. You look at Boks, you've got Botha and Matfield, Wallabies you've got Vickerman and Sharpe. You look at ALL BLACKS back in 2003-2007 when they had Ali Williams and Chris Jack. They were unstoppable because of their physic, agility and physical gaming traits that they both possessed and it counts for sure.

[@DYLANYOUSONOVABITCH]

lol "every time the whistle blows, he wants to tell everyone about it"

[@IAMMURAGE]

Grant Nisbo.

[@tumelomofokeng4526]

riot xD

[@mattybhoy6522]

Holy smokes there were alot of high shots by today's standards lol. Like what did you have to do to get a yellow back then haha. Crazy how things have changed.

[@DavidJones-ih1cp]

Matty Bhoy - Those were the days, when men were men, and sheep were nervous😂

[@rugbywatchesgaming4048]

Yellow back then is red now and a lengthy ban.

[@josephcoleman6047]

2009, the year we beat the British & Irish Lions, and also beat the All Blacks 3 times 🔥

[@kiwijcr2984]

Springboks were brilliant in 2009. By 2010 however they were weak and beaten 3/3 by the ABs

[@fidget2020]

Didn’t get a W in NZ for 9 years after 2009...lol.

[@TheTruthDon]

Dave Mitchell must be a Pom

[@JMac_96]

That 09 Lions tour still hurts, incredible Bok team however

[@miguelangel3254]

true, and brussow had a LOT to do with that, what an animal

[@thelastotaku96]

That High tackle on Habana damn

[@Enrique_00_]

Nobody is Talking about about the 36-34 Victory for the Boks against All Blacks? That was Probably the Best Match I have ever Watched in my life!

[@taetjo1]

What year was that?

[@Enrique_00_]

@@taetjo1 2018

[@hraklispapageorgiou6926]

Mine has to be the 25-24 game in 2017, I'm a springbok fan any day, even tho the boks lost, it's still the best game of rugby I've watched.

[@TheThinkingMathematician]

What I would do to see a mixed team from the SPRINGBOKS and the all blacks versus the rest of the world..........

[@davesmith826]

What would be the point? It would be like watching Muhammad Ali fight an infant.

[@TheThinkingMathematician]

@@davesmith826 EXACTLY! a freak show ;-)

[@revolutionnow5227]

Dave Smith lol couldn't have said it better

[@rileyfreeman9726]

@@TheThinkingMathematician whole lineup would be new zealand lol

[@HemiJB91]

@@rileyfreeman9726 full of your self lol get the fuck out

[@hadynmilton5542]

Percy Montgomery. Legend.

[@davidkymdell452]

And Schalk.....don't forget Schalk

[@101nka]

He was an unstoppable kicker in the Rugby 08 playstation game

[@Will.Flavell]

And Bryan Habana

[@siyamckeys5978]

Percy ❤️❤️❤️

[@CaptainChurrr]

Two-step Percy. Big fan and his left boot was magic!

[@paullombard00]

It was somewhere around this time -around 2010- that the ABs started playing a very fast, ball in hand, offload style of Ruby and started dominating. It took us most of 10 years to catch up. Today’s style is a lot more skilful and fast paced.

[@mr.hotspring601]

Good times, great rivalry and legends of the game who'll still be remembered in years to come.

[@silverfang1122]

I watched this when I was 11 years old, those guys were my heroes. I remember going out into the yard to do a little kick and chase like January did all the time

[@JacquesHolliday]

Every time he blows his whistle he wants to tell someone about it!!!! hahahahaah. Brilliant superb excellent magnificent commentating... we miss you sir!

[@24NIEMAND]

Dan Carter with his iconic walk up to his place kicks and Percy Montgomery with his short and simple way of kicking, what an interesting contrast. And to think that amongst all those great players from 2008, Steyn (Springbok #21)is the only one still playing at an international level. At his retirement, it will be a definitive end of the 2000/2010's era of rugby, so sad.

[@lluvik2450]

steyn retired in july

[@michaelironside8707]

No way man, 2004-2005 the Boks were just another level, even after watching The ABs demolish the B&I Lions I thought they were unstoppable and then the boys in Green rolled into town, absolute monsters back then.

[@loverugby1362]

What a bunce of legends in that bok team🔥

[@delsar1523]

I remember these years it was hard to watch

[@juan33652]

World cup Champions SOUTH-AFRICA 1995-2007-2019

[@johndykes8042]

So!!!!

[@juan33652]

O yes and we won 🏆 against the British &Irish lions

[@nmaunda4]

@@johndykes8042 it feels good to be WORLD CHAMPS 3 times, two of those Thrashed the English

[@KiloPage777]

​@@nmaunda4 2023

[@LB_die_Kaapie]

2019 SA lost 1 game and became Four Nations and Rugby World Cup Champs!

[@theultimatesharpshooter6734]

In my opinion the 2019 Squad is actually far stronger than the team in the video. Defensively wise, Discipline wise, Forward domination and in my opinion a better flyhalf. The 2008/2009 squad will have a couple of wins over the AB's and AUS but then lose in Europe (During a time when European international rugby wasn't as strong as today)

[@mjribes]

@@theultimatesharpshooter6734 The only difference between the 2009 and 2019 squads is how well coached they are. The 2009 squad had to coach itself

[@theultimatesharpshooter6734]

@@mjribes That is very true. If the 2008 - 2011 squad was coached by the 2019 Rassie and his assistants they would be unbeatable given the quality in that side.

[@fidget2020]

Man for man the 2009 side was a better side than the 2019 bokkes, no doubt about that.

[@wallywest9257]

In all seriousness though, 2019 they got beat by the AB's. then cruised through easy teams to play, Japan & Wales in the playoffs. Then beat aa England squad that didn't even show up to the pitch. Probably the easiest RWC run a team has ever had. England had to go through the pool of death, then wallabies & AB's to vs a very good Springboks team. Totally different runs

[@MorrisonRDCLS]

Yeah great team, believe the current team 2019 will get even better, with Rassie as Director of Rugby things will be put into place to keep the momentum. The Springboks have turned around but can only improve and dominate as long as they keep their heads screwed on right. Bokke all the way.

[@calvingroenewald2497]

The quota system has been an issue before, but every single, and I mean, every black player who made the world cup squad deserved to be there. Kolisi not the best in his position? Go and check his 2018 stats. He made the most running meters and breaks of any international open-side flank. This year his form may have been hindered by injury at first, but in the case of a captain that could unite a country, I think Rassie was justified in bringing him to the RWC not fully recovered. In any case, Kwagga got his shot, and proved he can’t quite yet make the step up, as much as I like him as a player. Lukhanyo Am not good? He is one of the smartest rugby players in the world right now. He reads attacks like a children’s book, and adapts and calls the shots on defense. The only reason he isn’t a conventional outside centre is because the Boks game plan isn’t based around him getting as much attacking ball. Combined with Damian De Allende, the two of the are like an immovable object on defense. Yes, the Boks were in a bad spot because the government decided to get involved with springbok rugby, but since Rassie has come back, he has made sure that players selected are based on merit and merit alone. We as South Africans, specifically us Afrikaners are far too quick to throw the word quota around. Especially nowadays, when it’s practically gone with regards to our rugby team.

[@arnoldmoeketsi3042]

@Gareth De Bruyn I respect you Gareth

[@calvingroenewald2497]

N H I just reread your entire discussion with Gareth, I misunderstood your point at first. I agree with you that players shouldn’t be seen for the color of their skin, and picked on form. I would take an all white springbok team or an all black springbok team any day of the year, if it meant the boks would be dominant. It is unfortunate that as soon as you pick players based on form, a lot of the time it ends up being a primarily white team but I expect that to change. We have a lot of untapped black talent at youth level, and if Rassie can find a way to cultivate it all properly, I’d take a 15 man black springbok team happily if we still won games regularly. I think that’s a huge misconception people have about most afrikaners who complain about government involvement in our sports. It’s not that we don’t like black people playing sports, it’s that we don’t like our shitty government having a say in something they know nothing about, when we all want the best for our team.

[@richardscanlan3419]

@@arnoldmoeketsi3042 because his views coincide with yours,you respect him.haha,you are too funny for words.

[@maaifoediedelarey4335]

Yup, and to top it, that was a particularly great AB team as well, and we also beat the B & I Lions in 2009. Edit : and oh yeah, the knowing little wink and nod at 04:34.

Remember watching the game live on TV. Great memories!

[@Mr1in1000000]

And then it was 2011.... and Bryce Lawrence came along.

[@richardscanlan3419]

ah,yes,because ofc you would have beaten NZ in 2011,right.Saffer revisionism,at its worst.You want to play that game,NZ would have won in 2007 without Wayne Barnes.

[@byro4467]

@@richardscanlan3419 but they didn’t so keep crying x

[@dhirshg]

Boks would have won that world cup!

[@novak7970]

@@dhirshg But didn't............lol.

[@ianhinrichsendrummer2113]

Springbok supporter here, not really dominant, but both sides played well. Greatest rivalry of all time. SA & NZ always holding the torch high for the southern hemisphere.

[@AhTu1306]

Am surprised there were no cards on high tackles.

[@Kl00f14]

Just a shame that the coach of this team, Peter de Villiers, does not get the credit he deserves.

[@henkstols9326]

He wasn't great but his post match interviews were always a laugh, I think he was great at varsity cup level though.

[@790day4]

Truee

[@ryano136]

Because he inherited a team , it was the beginning of the end

[@aasiefsahibo6483]

@@ryano136 . That was 2009. We did quite good in the 2011 world cup under the same coach. How many of Jake's players were in the 2011 WC squad

[@ryano136]

@@aasiefsahibo6483 You call being eliminated in the quarter finals good?????

[@craighjonas8833]

All Blacks: Welcome to the House of Pain! Springboks: This looks nice and cosy.😂

[@etiennevanwyk3208]

Schalk, Juan, Victor, Bakkies, Bismark, Spies. Dan Carter said those games hurt. He could only train again on Wednesdays.

[@damo9961]

Percy was so highly rated by the South Africans, but I always felt good about seeing him in the Bok jersey - he usually had a shocker vs the AB's.

[@shamiromrimmoy5964]

That was the End of the Invincibility of the Boks. 2010 & 2011 are two years for the Bokkes to forget

[@theultimatesharpshooter6734]

They were hardly invincible. They had like 1 good year against the All Blacks and were okay against everyone else. The boks today are far stronger than the one in the video.

[@Nervybear]

2010 and 2011 was when the Boks weren't allowed to stay at the top. It's like World Rugby just didn't want us to be top and the referees just f'd up every single match between us and the ABS.

[@matto6195]

At least the boks have tasted invincibility, all England knows is losing in world cup finals.

[@martintheunissen7847]

If Bryce Lawrence (NZ ref of the year) hadn't shafted the Springboks in 2011 worldcup quarters, they would have taken it, undoubtedly.

[@MartyP-lr7vw]

2007 & 2019 - tough luck mate !

[@luvukonombembe6197]

So dominant that World Rugby had to change the breakdown laws because of one man... Heinrich Brussow!

[@kiwijcr2984]

Man you talk some rubbish! Brussow was good but a typical big ass lazy Saffa, make a tackle then lie all over the ball slowing shit down 🙄

[@willemkotze2611]

Iemand se ketting is duidelik getrek!

[@roninvanderwesthuizen7226]

@@kiwijcr2984 you realize you just described pocock and hooper right?

[@abrahamhawkins1754]

Yeh Sa where clinical this year they where just pinpoint accurate with all there kicks and targeting all the right parts of the field definitely a master class during 2008.

[@ruaannel5743]

I will never forget this match,the all blacks / all benefits ,the ref he he

[@bluesteel5688]

NZ commentators even moaning about penalties when their own team gets them

[@frankvendetta9230]

Oh but they are real fuckwiths any way.

[@bluesteel5688]

@@frankvendetta9230.....very true Frans, couldn't agree more (apart from Justin Marshall, he is pretty good)

[@bruhmieter5688]

And yours don't salty

[@Orion3741]

A great match. Any side could have won this cliffhanger. This test was in 2008. The following year, South Africa would beat the British Lions, and clinch the Tri-Nations.

[@mceggz9612]

This is 2008 we didn't even win the tri nations compared to 2009 when we won the British and Irish Lions and the Tri Nations.

[@kenbyerley2036]

Since Aussie And NZ insist that the games they played before 1995 were World Cups then NZ has won 3 out of 9 equals 33.3% Springboks 3 out of 7 equals 42.8% a massive lead for the Boks. However if we only take games where THE WORLD was invited then its 3 to Boks and 2 to NZ. One commentator said. Never enter a land war in Asia and never play the Boks in a World Cup final.

[@AK-wc9rl]

I find it hilarious that Bok supporters only focus on RWCs and ignore all other tests because you know how embarrassingly bad your head to head record against NZ is.

[@craigweideman6194]

@@AK-wc9rl nothing embarrassing about bok v ab encounters chump. have some self respect

[@dvd_dnl]

It’s like 9/11 - every Springbok fan remembers where they were watching the game on this day!

[@StevenBenjaminAuthor]

this was Dunedin 2008... (Boks lost the Tri Nations that year) 2009 Boks won 2x in SA and then won the TN's in Hamilton

[@sal3092]

Miss these close games

[@TerbrugZondolop]

Crushing the AB in NZ. Sweetest.

[@thizozothizozi3782]

They are still dominating

[@cascade3769]

NZ has beaten South Africa 41 times and lost on 15 occasions in the pro era. SA are hardly dominant.

[@sakabula1285]

Legends wherever you look on that field....The gods of rugby..All Blacks/Springboks

[@johndykes8042]

Got that right,we were standing on the shoulder of giants matfield,carter,mccaw,monty

[@augustschmiedeskamp9722]

2009,the time we had the best springboks team

[@taetjo1]

This is a 2008 game.

[@GTRKT-qr5sf]

@@taetjo1 He isnt talking about the game, he is talking about the team. The 2009 springboks had the same team as 2008. 2009 is also the year we beat the British and Irish Lions, so yes, I think he is talking about the 2009 team

[@kOt985]

Well done Sa. Yous have won the WC

[@animekawaiichan9399]

2009. The only time when the Boks hasn't lost even ONE match against the All blacks.

[@Bokgaatjie]

animeKawaii chan crap. 1928 1949 1960 1970 1976 1992 1996. Last nz clean sweep 1994. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rugby_union_matches_between_New_Zealand_and_South_Africa

[@animekawaiichan9399]

@@Bokgaatjie😠😠 Hey!!! Who the fuck are calling a "kaffir" you bitch!!!?? FUCK YOU!!! You FUCKING RACIST!!!!

[@aneyefoaneye9348]

@@Bokgaatjie it's hard to cheat when the game went pro... Nazi bitch 🖕

[@richardscanlan3419]

@@Bokgaatjie NZ clean swept you 3-0 in 2010.

[@davidpaterson9905]

Ricky sank the ABs at the Brook

[@tumelomofokeng4526]

Take me back

[@liamstevenson6801]

Looks like nzl still havnt changed the way they tackle at the neck

[@KingkongAGSOM]

Yeah an yous tackle around the dick 🤣💦

[@menzimngadi6793]

🤣

[@CPiGTi]

@@KingkongAGSOM "Yous" isn't a word. Then again, you're probably a factory worker

[@mizukageg6686]

I usually don't like to live in the past but I won't lie. 2009 Boks were great

[@christoduplessis8177]

The only team in the last 15 odd years that could get victories down in the country of the long white cloud on more than the odd occasion. Hard thing to get, however rare it is!!!

[@mornevanjaarsveld9623]

I'm happy the boks are back, winning and drawing our last 2 games in New Zealand, also winning the Championship, World Cup and lions tour in succession

[@Me-ex7qg]

Huh? The Springboks have beaten the All Blacks 3 times in NZ in the last 20 years. In comparison the All Blacks have beaten the Springboks the last 3 matches in SA and

[@christoduplessis8177]

@@Me-ex7qg how many other teams have beaten the ABs 3 times? Also a draw in there and a few close ones. That was rather the point but sure be a chunt about it👍

[@MrHammerkop]

F. Steyn, from 10:11 - How many metres made, with how many hangers-on? Now that is impressive from a back line player ... mind you, he's somewhat a largish fellow for all that.

[@jamescrawford9643]

Shine shine shine, rugbys best!!!

[@GiuseppeGaribaldi46664]

Not so sure of the extent of that statement. Okay, 5/6 in the tri-nations true. 3/3 in B&IL tour true. Midweek losses to Leicester and Saracens (understandable not the true Boks) = false-ish. Losses to France, Ireland and a predictable win over the Italians False. Total 9 wins, 5 losses. A bloody good year but truly dominant??

[@theultimatesharpshooter6734]

Agreed. They had 1 good year against the AB's but pretty much sucked against everyone else (except Aus)

[@raubi1549]

So we beated the best with our best. And won everything that mattered don't forget the super rugby.

[@Narapoia1]

It was 2\3 against the lions. The last game the coach played the side the politicians in South Africa wanted and they got smashed by 20 points or so. Fair call on the rest of the year, but no other team on the planet was going to clean sweep the ABs. Personally I think the 98 team was more dominant.

[@richardscanlan3419]

@@briannorbury8840 on what basis were SA a great team in 2011? NZ owned you through 2010/11,but yeah,the ref cost you the WC.TBF,you did get an 18-5 win at home v a second string AB side,but to temper that,NZ at home flogged your 'mighty" SB 40-7 a week earlier. The arrogance of saffer fans is mind boggling.

[@CPiGTi]

This game was in 2008 but I'm guessing you're talking about 2009? Super Rugby Champions, Tri Nations Champions, Freedom Cup Winners, Mandela Plate Winners, World Champions, Lions Series Winners and 7's World Series Winners....pretty dominant

[@bhekimoyo7870]

That was brutally

[@Charlie-uz8vb]

The All Blacks actually ''dominated'' the Springboks 19-0 in Cape Town in the next game.

[@kganyapacyclone3150]

I remember that block

[@pieterniemandt1733]

There is very few things as satisfying as a Bok vs All Black game.

[@johndykes8042]

Beating the northern hemisphere teams l think is above that but only by a hair

[@bakkiesbothatheenforcer1638]

Just have to love these one eyed NZ commentators. On 62min in the game mcdonald almost takes off Habanas head and the commentator says "big tackle". What a joke!! Was that a Bok tackle on a all black they would have called it red from the go.

[@Narapoia1]

Yeah they are terrible

[@michaelironside8707]

This was back in the day when anything below the eyebrows was considered all good.

[@bakkiesbothatheenforcer1638]

@@benisrood Dude, I don't care who the commentators were rooting for, but when you commentate on a game you should not be biased. The sad part is SA commentators were neutral for many years after readmission. But the last 5 or so years they are following the exact same trend. Why can't they just comment on the game as is?

[@jannievermeulen844]

Yeah the boks are dominant now as well if you didnt know

[@sesequatch2598]

Against England not NZ.

[@jannievermeulen844]

@@sesequatch2598 Well we will never know what would have happened if the All blacks beat england but it would have been tight I think,The springboks and New zealand are both legendary teams.

[@sesequatch2598]

@@jannievermeulen844 Eddie Jones worked hard to play against the AB in the semis. But didn't prep enough for NZ greatest rival.

[@h8evil685]

2009 l think. This the game where Sione Lauaki made 6 errors, 3 of them Crucial where it costed us the game and Lauaki his ABs Jersey... RIP Sione Lauaki.

[@mrpauli8944]

H8EVIL calling someone out when they have passed. Like Ronan Keating says ‘you say it best when you say nothing at all.’

[@richardscanlan3419]

Sione Lauaki didn't play for NZ in 2009.His last game was v Samoa in 2008.

[@DrGreenThumbNZL]

Percy was a Legend , always made me salty

[@ComboMuster]

AB hard to beat... always goes to the wire.

[@josephvanwyk2088]

Nah- I think our current 2019 group out ranks these guys by a mile.

[@TheTruthDon]

It’s difficult to say because that was an excellent double from South Africa this year but my goodness having a prime victor matfield, bakkies, habana, John smit, morne steyn, Percy.... World Cup winning squad in 2007 was excellent and then add in a couple of the bulls players. Morne steyn scoring 31 points against the all blacks 😂😂😂 dropping 55M penalties over to win the series against the Lions. He was unreal.

[@derickwilliams2195]

And the coach was none other than the brilliant Pieter de Villiers ...

[@aasiefsahibo6483]

After some people read this the comments will change.

[@derickwilliams2195]

@@aasiefsahibo6483 lets see what happens hey because truth of the matter is we beat the British & Irish Lions, and also beat the All Blacks 3 times and we beat the All Blacks in their tradition powerhouse in the House of Pain. That nobody can take away from Pieter de Villiers no matter their personal opinion of him is. Wishing you a most outstanding 2020.

[@wot4922]

Percy Montgomery ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@DaveMaroldahasatinydick]

Yep, 15 years ago the Yappies enjoyed some temporary success

[@TFARM56]

Best springboks team

[@elvenrace2982]

What is the commentators problem ?

[@grogiebear]

only win 1 of 3 that year against nz doesnt sound like dominant, sounds like losing 2/3? maths can be tough sometimes but at least try. . .

[@craigpeel6653]

Won all 3 dickhead - SA 3 - NZ 0.

[@nickandrews6423]

@@craigpeel6653 Actually, this was the 2008 series where we lost 19-8, 0-19 and won this one. 2009 we were dominant.

[@kiwijcr2984]

They were awesome in 2009... but unlike the ABs, they only lasted 9 - 12 months... in 2010 they were beaten three times by the ABs..

[@LB_die_Kaapie]

We also changed coaches all the time unlike the ABs which is why we didnt really stay dominant. Hopefully with Rassie as Director we get more continuity.

[@Nervybear]

Thanks to the referees buddy.

[@richardscanlan3419]

@@Nervybear er,no,thanks to being a better team.

[@CBM1979]

Percy Montgomery 😊

[@andrewwhitehead4966]

I got married that day.

[@MrAhuapai]

Remember though the All Blacks went to the no 1 ranked spot in the world in The November of 2009 and wouldn’t relinquish that spot for over a decade

[@nj-ns4sb]

At the risk of being pedantic it was exactly a decade, not more. Nov '09 - 2nd Nov '19 when the Boks won the RWC.

[@MrAhuapai]

@@nj-ns4sb yes thats pedantic.

[@nj-ns4sb]

@@MrAhuapai Well, be precise then.

[@MrAhuapai]

@@nj-ns4sb haha

[@jordanconnor1223]

I wonder if drop kick would of been successful

[@williampretorius93]

And being world champs means we’re not dominant?

[@gregje11]

Nope and you know exactly why.

[@thj6293]

@@gregje11 🤣🤣 agreed mate

[@fidget2020]

Nope it certainly doesn’t. You have to win between world cups and at consecutive Cups and no one has done that. Remember Albany in 2017? 57-0. That was just 2 years ago, so in answer to your question no. Brighton in 2015, Japan? Come on, the Boks haven’t been dominant for a good many years. Doh, the ABs have done back to back, my bad!

[@TheTruthDon]

No point listening to the menacing trolls, they can say whatever they wish but that World Champions status lasts at least 4 years :D

[@fidget2020]

VaaaughN Absolutely, and no one take care that away from you. Just like the 8 years from 2011 (when the ABs took it from SA) to 2019 (when SA took it back).

[@davidtaliai996]

I still think the 2004 team when jake white took over was more dominant than the 09 side also in 04 the big 3 were absolute head and shoulders above the rest of the world except against each other.

[@khethokuhlemvelase9822]

grear team with one of the best and most underated coaches in the history of SA rugby. PDivvy had the odds stacked against him from the outset. no one wantes him to be the coach cause of his race, feom tye outset you could tell he was being set up to fail. after winning the world cup, Jake White said that the executives at SARU made his job as a coach very difficult....Jakes was white..... there were certainly efforts behind the scenes which were roadblocks for PDivvy. SARU actually treats coaches bad. the only coaches who were given most of what they liked is Heyneke Meyer and Rassie.

[@antonielaing]

This was 2008. We were shit in 2008.

[@mrpauli8944]

For one year give us a break.

[@mjribes]

Just imagine how good this team could have been if it was coached by a man who wasn't selected for "more than purely rugby reasons".

[@chrisjacobs1817]

Snorre was the beginning of the decline for the boks.

[@martintheunissen7847]

I disagree, Snorre achieved brilliant results with the bokke, and got shafted by Lawrence, and conveniently shafted by SA Rugby. He is a through and through rugby man, far better coach than Meyer and Coetzee

[@niklaasburger2547]

@@martintheunissen7847 om beter as 2 kak coaches te wees maak jou nie ń goeie coach nie...

[@deanjoubert30]

Exact same squad who played 2007 WC just a few minor tweaks... Springboks would of won the 2011 WC if that dumb excuse of a Ref didn't Blatantly screw the boks over.

[@Karma-qt4ji]

So not the exact same squad then? :) More than a couple of tweaks, boet.

[@pilotmburu]

Ali Williams was offside by a mile

[@jessechristie1172]

Dominant? Hardly

[@boettgg1275]

Scrappy game. Won by 2 points is hardly dominant. !

[@Bokgaatjie]

Biased commentary not normal from a Kiwi lol. Thought it to be click bait for a while with January and James at 9 and 10. Surprised we won that.

[@jaedyneagle5290]

How is that dominant lol.. good win but not a dominant win lol

[@johnfreeborn979]

No 50 point margin, so not really.

[@ryano136]

??????

[@Narapoia1]

Clickbait title. 2008 was a shocking year, and this match is from 08. The week after this game the ABs crushed us and held us scoreless at home. 2009 was the year we were actually dominant, when the team stopped listening to that idiot coach and looked after itself.

[@Shanan81]

Dominant? No they won by 2 points!

[@REX1RC]

"dominant"

[@business3867]

5:07 only against the All Blacks do they TMO that try. trying to find any way to help them win.

[@novak7970]

Maybe SA didn't pay the officials enough in diamonds again.....lol.

[@rugbyshorts]

Great team, but a very average coach.

[@aniakarpova195]

Well everyone knows the All Blacks have won more games between the two nations. Both good teams for sure.