So how did France defeat the Springboks? | Autumn Nations Series 2022

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Last Saturday, France completed the set: Under Fabien Galthie, they have now defeated every single tier one team, as they sent the Springboks spiralling towards a second successive loss. So what can we learn from these two teams in one of the best tests of 2022?
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[@N1kNaks]

All I want for Christmas is a squidge video on the Italy Australia game.

[@colejones6312]

What's the point? Italy won against an Aus C-team. It's good for Italy but it's kind of meaningless in the scheme of things.

[@N1kNaks]

@@colejones6312 I mean he had shown great interest in Italy's development in previous videos so it would be nice to see his views on what was an historic win for them. It's exciting to see a once struggling team improving and playing at a higher level. (Unless you are a salty Australian I guess...)

[@bitchoflivingblah]

And 5 minutes tagged on the end about the USA vrs Portugal match.

[@achillerouot9238]

@@colejones6312 nah man, I think it's more of a D team, oh nevermind it's actually E, oh no it's actually the Z team. When are you going to stop trying to defend Australia and acknowledge they got beat by a better team, pure and simple, and that Italy are now becoming a good team

[@kristian762]

😂😂

[@mdc295]

Even Wayne Barnes, the ref, was bamboozled by that Kolisi try!

[@basilea9838]

nobody saw him before he was already behind the try line

[@francoisbezuidenhout4638]

Too busy looking for a SA infringement...

[@VinceratedR]

@@francoisbezuidenhout4638 You mean a french infringement ? Barnes was giving the advantage to South Africa at that moment.

[@rhyswilliams4893]

@@francoisbezuidenhout4638 there's that victim complex that squidge spoke about. He was giving a pen to SA...

[@francoisbezuidenhout4638]

@@rhyswilliams4893 who is he/she? I don't pay attention to sbody that never touched a rugby ball...

[@nicolaskluzek]

As a French fan, I agree with the analysis here, the Boks are probably the strongest team at the moment. Our coach Galthié, insists on the bigger collective experience this team has compared to us. 14 out 15 on the pitch were world cup winners and it shows. The French are building up cohesion,, lucidity to win games as well said here, and momentum but this SA side will be very hard to beat...With Ireland being strong and the AB and England probably arriving ready next year, exciting games ahead whatever happens!

[@sakabula2357]

Going to be one hell of a WC...

[@stephenphillips4609]

One of the things I love about Squidge's videos is...the explanation about why seemingly controversial, dodgy moves (that winning French try) are not as iffy as they look. Or the breakdown of Kolisi's miraculous try. I actually think the Bok captain appeared out of a puff of smoke in mid air to score that. But that's my theory...

[@jasoncooper6540]

Lol squidge is just trying to stay neutral. Let's just take out all the foul play, offsides and all the rest of the bullsh t

[@mojalefalebeko6933]

I saw kolisi score a similar try against Argentina this year. I think it was planned

[@julienmccallin1848]

Never clicked faster on a notification. Ever since I've started watching Squidge I've been a huge Willie Le Roux defender, and I'm English ffs. Great video !

[@tabou1]

fantastic video. I just found the solution to enjoying your videos even more: play them at 0.75x speed, then everything sounds perfectly clear

[@MetYsJa]

From Cape Town, can't fault anything you've said. Boks can beat anyone once they cut out a few small mistakes. To lose to the two best sides by small margins giving away points so easily, I'm still confident that we will defend the cup.

[@thesintro4749]

As a French supporter who cheered for you during the last WC final, I can't really argue with that. You have the quality and WC experience on the long term. If we want to take our first title in France, we have to come near perfection to eliminate the Boks and the other potential final candidates.

[@TheBigd1975]

As an Irish man I just hope we can get to the quater finals next year🍀😂

[@tabou1]

@@TheBigd1975 you will, and then... the usual scenario will take place

[@izizovitch]

@@TheBigd1975 come on, from France, you can’t say things like that, you are a pretender today.

[@TheBigd1975]

@@izizovitch history has shown we can't make a quarter final, if we can then I'm a happy man.

[@caleblim6890]

Ntamack looks so confused when Kolisi bursts right past him to score. Ntamack is just standing there blinking when Kolisi dives in.

[@ptitmut]

Ntamack looked confused in every game area on the last 3 games sadly ^^ not only on this try...

[@FromAgen]

Dupont replaced by Jason Statham; that's why France beat the Boks !

[@kochka22]

🤣🤣🤣

[@pietjanjou1398]

Great video. As a bok supporter I hope Rassie does see this and help them change focus away from the ref's. And back onto the small game management issues that they can change. As they did in 2019.

[@jameswyatt4443]

I mean the boks would have won if not for the ref having a shocker.

[@pietjanjou1398]

@@jameswyatt4443 True

[@Cheeeesseee3678]

Bollocks 🤦🤦🤦

[@08padam]

@@jameswyatt4443 what decisions were non sense to you ?

[@jameswyatt4443]

@@08padam double movement, the left knee hit the ground. Forward pass at the end. There were many bad calls at the ruck, many offsides not given, scrums.

[@28990matt]

Please do one on Portugal just qualifying for the World Cup

[@ggg-eg5pz]

Wrong thread bro. Portugal only play football.

[@Trajan2401]

@@ggg-eg5pz ,they just qualified for the RWC next year after beating the US

[@homehydroponics5828]

First time i am looking at Frances controversial try. Ball player on ground. Ball stop 3 times distinctively. Thus double movement. :)

[@TheLK641]

One thing you didn't mention on the first French try : if you look at Mbomanbi a bit before, he miss a line throw, he's completely out and doesn't do much in defence for a bit (and what he does, he does it very late), then leaves the field for a comossion. He probably took a hit to the head a bit before, and that's probably the reason why the space is as big as it is...

[@FromAgen]

In my opinion, Macalou should play regularly for France since five years. He made his France debut in november 2017 against Japan !But he was banned by Jacques Brunel during the Six Nations 2018 for reasons that have nothing to do with sport. He has been rehabilitated by Fabien Galthié.

[@jeanlouis731]

Macalou isn't a game changer, this is pathetic to think of him as the man we need. He has a lack of collective spirit and he's very indisciplined

[@FromAgen]

@@jeanlouis731 Vous racontez des conneries

[@DaveRandall1]

Think the kolisi try was somewhere between luck and brilliance. More like great pouncing on an opportunity by kolisi. Don't think the buildup was engineered to give him that opportunity, it just opened up in the chaos of the maul

[@Karma-qt4ji]

I think it was planned. Remember the try that Eben scored where the referee gave the opposition the penalty instead? Go look at that and see that Kolisi was in exactly in the same position as he was here, had his hands on the ball but had not yet taken it from Etzebeth. We are trying things but we are doing it subtly.

[@aldobonaso3481]

The mix up between Kolisi and Mbonambi for the French try was very much to do with the fact that the Boks had a red card, it was a numbers game at that point. Failing to point that out seems a bit disingenuous, but I know it's Squidge, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt 😅 As a Bok supporter, it's strange, but I came away from that game thinking, I'm pretty happy with that (with the WC in mind), there is a lot to build on, and I feel we only lost because of our mistakes, and feeling we had won almost every head to head battle (especially physicality), but paid for a few stupid moments (including the red card). I think with 15 v 15 for the full match, this is a very different game. But only time will tell. Thanks to Les Bleus for a great game!

[@bosoerjadi2838]

I'm literally betting on an RWC 2023 final with those two teams.

[@julienmccallin1848]

They're in the same bracket so at most it'll be the semi final that's between them sadly

[@Salac0]

I hope you're not actually betting on a scenario that won't happen lol

[@bosoerjadi2838]

What if the Bokke end second in their pool? Then they drop into the other half.

[@luchogonzealaise3717]

@@julienmccallin1848 If they end up at the same position in their own groups (1st/1st or 2nd/2nd) , they can only meet in the final.

[@julienmccallin1848]

@@bosoerjadi2838 boks are either playing France or New Zealand depending on their position. If they pass it's either Ireland, New Zealand or France depending on who wins where

[@joaofigueiras1106]

If the next video is not a 40 minute deep dive on the portuguese team then i don't want it

[@Mirizyma]

For the french first try, mbonambi was a bit shaked before. In fact hes out few minutes after, that was very clever from Bail to fixing him

[@antivalidisme5669]

Yeah exactly

[@luvmatic]

Love your videos man. But, I am an Irishman, a Munster man, and a Cork man. Please tell me you are going to do a video on our win against the Boks in Cork? I would consider it my birthday and Christmas present!

[@Karma-qt4ji]

Jaysus man, get over it already!! Great game, well deserved victory, but that was not the Boks!!

[@luvmatic]

@@Karma-qt4ji It was just over a week ago. Hardly into "get over it" territory yet.

[@Karma-qt4ji]

@@luvmatic Congratulations on completely missing the part you need to get over..... You are right, it was just over a week ago but, and I cannot stress this enough, that was not the Springboks. You played a makeshift team put together a week before the match, made up of South African citizens who are eligible to play for the Springboks if deemed good enough. It was a similar setup to the Maori All Blacks without the cultural element, so a South African Barbarians team of sorts. Good win for Munster and congratulations again on that, but let's not be all delusional about who you played, ok?

[@luvmatic]

@Karma Whatever floats your boat man. I'm gonna enjoy it, and when I retell the story, it will always be "Let me tell you about the time Munster beat South Africa *whispers* Select XV"

[@Karma-qt4ji]

@@luvmatic Good on you, mate. The only issue I can find with that is the fact that you feel the need to intentionally mislead in an attempt to make your self / team look good. In the meantime, I will always be, "let me tell you about the first season of URC when the European fans were adamant that SA teams were not good enough to compete, yet the final took place in SA between two SA teams with one of them the official winner of the tournament". At least my version will be honest but, to quote you, "whatever floats your boat man".... PS Happy Birthday.

[@ieatbananaskins7926]

As a Munster fan, 6:04 is exactly how I think Rassie sees us now And the RG Snyman line hurts about as much as his ACL does

[@ruairiodonohoe2533]

We still feckin battered the springboks on Thursday!!!. Id say we've recovered from his coaching

[@Karma-qt4ji]

@@ruairiodonohoe2533 That wasn't the Springboks, mate. Not many of those players were even considered good enough to play in the alternate Springbok side that faced Wales in the second test. What Munster faced was little more than a South African born Baabaas team who have never before played together.

[@rory6984]

@@Karma-qt4ji ok sure but we are doing shit in the URC at the moment so any kind if a national team should have beaten us. This is a step in the right direction for us

[@Karma-qt4ji]

@@rory6984 I don't dispute that for one minute. But I stand by my attitude towards @Ruairi O'Donohoe, you did not "feckin (batter) the Springboks"

[@kevgl27]

​@@Karma-qt4ji oh well. Good thing the Ireland team did then 😂

[@melthamman3590]

Always love your videos, but I have to wonder about the French try that you do not see as double movement. Fair enough that you state the French player's knees do not touch the ground, but his head and elbow did making him "tackled" and off feet according to world rugby laws since he is off his feet. Saw the same in yesterdays came when England was awarded the try in the 72th minute.

[@darrylleeroberts]

Exactly - both he and the ref got that call completely wrong. According to the rules, a player is deemed on the ground if any part of his body other than his feet touch the ground and support his weight. Quite clearly that French players head touches the ground long before the wriggling to cross the line. A blatant double move. Shocking that Barnes got that so wrong.

[@chrisnaude2929]

6:20 LOL, brilliant! I'm team Rassie and this is a fantastic suggestion Squidgey! 🤣😂👌

[@devilliersfourie5683]

Great video mate. I sincerely hope you do a SA vs Eng breakdown because I think we all know the Boks were ticking those boxes you mentioned. The world cup next year is gonna bring some glorious rugby for all of us.

[@RiderOfFish]

I would love to know how many times Squidge has used that RWC 2023 shot of Jerome Kaino and Lea Seydoux in these videos. Surely we're above 30 now

[@JacoLuus]

Great analysis again mate. One question , 11:03 Isn't his knees touching the ground? Yes I am South African so obviosly I am leaning towards double movement, and I am aware it's easy to spot in slow motion and with his body position he is not propelled of that knee like the rule suggest, but if you watch this in real time one can clearly see he was stopped twice before crawling over the line, it was not momentum like the rule suggest and if you are French you will argue his knees did not touch the ground. But he did not support his body weight and his momentum was stopped. Does this mean as long as your ass is in the air, knees not touching the ground and you are leaning on the ball in a ruck, you are allowed to crawl around a rugbyfield like a catapilar, remembering if the opposition try to tackle your legs it can be justified as side entry. To many grey areas and world rugby needs to look at it. The solution is simpler than one think, if the momentum is stopped and you cannot place the ball across the line, it's a ruck and those rules apply. Othewise we will have a lot of unhappy fans next year in the World cup. Great content keep them coming.

[@michaelbaxter7452]

According to the French you are allowed to lie on the floor and have your teammates push you around like a wheelbarrow

[@GRB-tj6uj]

Around the tryline you're allowed to stretch out to score the try, on any another part of the field you'll eventually have to release the ball if you're no supporting your own body weight. So no, you're not allowed to crawl around and the try was fine.

[@ytevysbhtb]

The try was valid. And even if for some reason, it would have been cancelled, there was an advantage for the French, so they would have scored at some point anyway, SA's defence was on the breaking point

[@JacoLuus]

@@GRB-tj6uj This is the problem, the rule is not clear and it is judged differently by different referees. here is a few examples where the same situation is judged differently, kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5i7kJZ-Z8qloM0, here it is allowed kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZ65i4awrpagjLM, kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWqvd3mcr5eXo6M, kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2bYoWCXhNh0kKc.

[@moosesnWoop]

@@michaelbaxter7452 can also come in from the side and seal off the ruck

[@conor9848]

Don’t ask Rassie

[@desmondmahon6386]

I just want to see the ireland south Africa game analysed

[@ciaranbrk]

Also those two have outstanding defences I can't wait for Ireland vs france in the 6 nations. 🙂

[@makeperceive]

Hey Squidge, what do you use for your editing? The reason I ask is your audio levels jump around quite a lot. You could possibly try using a compressor or limiter on your audio to smooth it out and make it a bit of an easier listen for your viewers.

[@dimitardobrev3296]

Its not a bug, its a feature.

[@makeperceive]

@@dimitardobrev3296 Lol, could be true

[@NickSchoonwinkel]

Set the speed of the playback at x.75

[@skygremory5247]

I have never thought a ref was bad but my lawrd, the calls that I saw in the game between SA and FR was a joke... clear tripple movements award the try yellow card, etc...

[@MbusoMhlongo]

So how did the Springboks beat Italy? kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJq8gHdnoM55bdU

[@DrCDBDC]

Smoke and mirrors in the game plans and tactics this close to RWC. To think that RE is only focused on the refs and that the ability to turn this around is out of the teams hands is daft. Springboks are experimenting in these test matches.

[@lukemcadie5106]

Could you also do boks vs italy because that’s the first game in 3 years the springboks have played a different game

[@brendanmolloy572]

Can you analyse why Irelands attacking game hasn’t clicked this Autumn

[@michaelmarrinan9981]

I think teams with rush defence have put us under a lot of pressure we were used to, plus the most the Fiji game is a write off because our attack never clicks with carberry. I also reckon balacoune has something to do with it, class player but not a playmaker and never really got stuck in to the action the way Lowe does

[@ggg-eg5pz]

It's only been one game bro and it's hard to show much against the boks. Winning is all that matters against new Zealand, boks and the french. Fiji doesn't count.

[@zyaicob]

I doubt he's gonna do that, he hates Ireland

[@Trajan2401]

Peaked too early like France lol

[@michaelbaxter7452]

Shadow of the world cup looming ...

[@matibanebavuyisedinga2173]

this is the best rugby channel on the internet.. and the ads🔥🔥🔥🤣🤣

[@affiliateclimbmax9287]

That forward try against Kriel was genius and something the Boks can use if they want some creativity you see everyone expects them to maul.. France are clever indeed..

[@luobomu9747]

Macalou inspires me to buy another silly Stade Francais shirt.

[@wasinlatamafrica3290]

As always, really great analysis, Squidge. Thank you!

[@grahamarthur]

Beautiful Squidgey. I love that you choose to be positive! I agree SA needs to lose its victim complex and instead focus on getting better.

[@flick1599]

Go sleep

[@grahamarthur]

@@flick1599 ?

[@ethan004]

Firstly, clearly there is something going on with the particular TMO personal in this game as the same TMO personal cost New Zealand against England to the similar try except it was "grounded on the line" but there was no clear angle of the ball being grounded, I really could not care if New Zealand won or lost the game I do care when the TMO and referee "Professionals" make stupid mistakes and just guess/assume what happened, and please don't say "I am just calling match fixing because my team lost." This is not the first incident that has happened in a VERY short space of time, also I play rugby at club level, I have read the rules published by World Rugby, that last try against South Africa was at least 2 if not 3 movements then a shove, which is allowed, shoves are allowed but not double movements. Also I am happy to accept sometimes teams out play the Boks, what would the point of winning all the time be, unless it is in the World Cup then yes, win every game.

[@kesivan]

100% agree. Also the comms went down convenient when the TMO was supposed to check it. It only came back after the conversion. Coincidence… I think not. I was in Marseille at the game and they didn’t even show the replay of the try on the big screen! Can you imagine not showing the replay of the try of the home team. Even the French were complaining until they realized something was up and then they started booing … unfortunately Barnes buckled under the pressure of the crowed.

[@ethan004]

@@kesivan This is the first positive feedback I have ever had on this topic, So there you have had first hand experience of the wrong things going on in World Rugby, and it's sad to see, I think they could be trying to get the Boks down emotionally and psychologically ahead of the World Cup next year, maybe they just don't want South Africa to be the second country in the world to win two Rugby World Cups in a row, hence all the banning of Rassie after he clearly states he is not blamming the Referees, because when we have Rassie in as Coach we win.

[@ciaranbrk]

I'm so looking forward to Ireland vs france 6 nations in 2023.

[@terenceh3907]

Squidge, while I love your analysis of team tactics and how they aim to break teams down, the rules are not your area. If you are supporting your body weight with anything other than your feet, you are deemed off your feet. Why do you think jackaling players cannot lean on the tackled player when trying to steal? You can create a tripod with your feet and your head but the moment your head touches the ground you are off the feet and must place the ball.

[@iabnatgeo]

I was wondering that too. The law says the player is brought to ground if he is lying, sitting or has one knee on the ground. He isn't lying or sitting. It's semantics, I know, but that's how I'd read it. But what the ref also needs to assess is: - to what extent is the ball carrier's forward momentum affected by the player bound on him driving forward and the defense pulling at him to access the ball ( both are clearly happening). Had it not been a try we have two penalties against SA including no tackle release and whatever Barnes stuck his arm out for.

[@kenrehill8775]

DuPont sees everything all the time.

[@olwethungcebetsha178]

Can't wait for the springboks vs Italy video ⭐️

[@Bennusan1]

Thanks for a great review! Interesting stuff as always. I'd love to hear your thoughts about how the teams are approaching this period before the world cup. Are they "drip feeding" new tactics or are they actually holding their cards close to their chest to unleash it in the 2023 RWC?

[@antivalidisme5669]

As a Bayonne born lad I have to say, your sponsor intro was next level

[@Darren_S]

I like the vegetables who think the Bristol Bears beat the Springboks. 😂

[@greyaye8565]

11:03 You can see Falatea's knee hit the ground and even see the impact change the stress on his calf muscles. I'm pretty sure that counts as a double movement.

[@williambotha5864]

I would love to see an announcement from SARU that someone called 'Squidge' has been added to the Springbok brains trust ...

[@kierac9072]

God, you really make the best ads. Maybe I do need squarespace???😂

[@jeznewman9043]

“…sly manoeuvring via violence…” - pure poetry Squidge

[@symeremeyers4148]

13:53 I’d argue that the French pack is better than Ireland’s

[@James-rc6qq]

One of if not your BEST videos. Said everything that needed to be said about south africa while providing top analysis. you are the goat

[@ericthomas5928]

A very very good analysis !! 👏👏

[@mojalefalebeko6933]

The Kolisi try was no flook, they did they same thing against Argentina this year. It was genius

[@mazibukomail]

19:39 Such shade 😭

[@greglavagna5546]

Great vid as always. Would love the Boks to focus more on the game. Only error is at 15:23, it's neither DDA or Fourie, its Marx at number 16. The haircut is a giveaway.

[@beanzieobeanz2955]

never before has a reigning world champion been so ready to wear a V on the forehead

[@johannrugby3811]

I like our new attacking style, it's promising for the future particularly for the World Cup.

[@franciscorosa3302]

Please do a video on the Portuguese qualification

[@ZandreM]

I can try and blame the ref but we tried a running, played well but our handling let us down a lot

[@conorredmond10]

We need a Ireland vs South Africa please

[@dawidmaree5002]

Hard video for a South African to watch. But I also had the sense that: 1. SA is playing differently. More positive. 2. The two losses were more South Africa's fault than Ireland or France's brilliance. Taking nothing away from how brilliant Ireland and France are playing. And maybe what a scare they got playing South Africa. Maybe they are better off for playing South Africa. I am concerned that SA's mauls are not as succesful and SA is NOT scoring when they are 5 meters from tryline. Every other team is ABs, Australia, France, Ireland, and even England.

[@ryangaskin6319]

Squidge loves the game

[@klrgopher1377]

I need clarification on Ruck, Maul and Scrum rules.. Seems every Ref has his own ideas of what's legal and what's not. For me there's a clear leg lift in the maul for Arendse's try in front of Barnes? And the moment when a French player plays the 9 early and no penalty is given. And forming a wall in front of a player catching a high ball, is that not obstruction? At this point I have no idea what's allowed anymore..

[@antonioprim7007]

Are you thinking about doing an analysis in the RWC qualificar and Portugal? Would be Very interesting.!

[@shaunryan6]

By making sure that there are technical difficulties so the video referee could not intervene to overule a try that was clearly not a try. Simples!

[@michaelbaxter7452]

As a South African I would much rather have us play Ireland and France than new Zealand in the world cup , I do believe they may have peaked too early again

[@MrBreakingBud]

Same sentence over 2 years, boring Saffa supporter

[@arno222444]

I disagree France is very far from the peak, they did not play very well against Australia and SA after 6 months without playing together, Dupont and Ntamack (back from injury) were average. They did not win the usual french way but they won it a little bit « dirty ». (English style LOL) that is not our usual gameplay.

[@kesivan]

@@MrBreakingBudnot as boring as all your comments on this tread. Was wondering when last has your country won the World Cup? Have they ever ? 😂😂😂

[@brettg4784]

The Boks played with a forward short which shows their dominance

[@samuelbrisseau2694]

France played with a player of the year short...😀

[@cobus5841]

At 11:03, hi knees is on the grass. His subsequent forward movement is from off his knees. Just saying...

[@CptRumcan]

South African fans are quick to forget how good Willie is and how much they owe Rassie.

[@buhlehlophe3941]

Squidge Rugby: He's knees never graced the grass, even in the slightest sense. The Video: @11:02 😕

[@stevenburrow8804]

I think the maul try was planned. If you watch le Roux he stands almost waiting for Kolisi to appear, and as soon as he sees him he starts running a support line

[@LJFN213]

knees on the ground doesnt mean tackled, head or elbows also means tackle. go read the laws.from a kiwi.

[@yooyist]

Rassis (with a s) means stale in French, but it also means, in a more academic way, thoughtful and reasonable... Oh well ! :D

[@JoburgJoller-e9o]

Rassie, boet we need Squidge in the analyst's chair next year.

[@lanceconte2231]

Amazing teams. World Cup will be a tight game... Cuz France, SA, Ireland, All Blacks and England will be at their best.

[@rowan_8755]

what was the attendance of that bristol game?

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

Over 26,000 apparently

[@rossstubbs7398]

We need to work on our goal kicking. If we get that right and one or two other stuff then I reckon we have the world cup for next year.

[@joharnsharp3842]

Brilliant stuff, as per

[@jbeden12]

where is the French analysis part ?

[@porcupineinapettingzoo]

Great content, thank you!

[@paraic9163]

Skipped Irelands win over the boks?

[@ciaranbrk]

Who also out mauled them and stopped the Bok maul stopping it dead. Great though.

[@ottavio2dr]

Tinny amendments!? You mean, like a genuine flyhalf and an reliables kicker as for the game against Ireland. Mate, b4 elaborating sophisticated analysis, watch to simple basics. In the first two games, excepting LeRoux' interventions, I basically didn't see no proper distribution of the ball in order to put them on the front foot for gaining momentum and disrupting the attacking - defense balance or parity, excepting individual breaks performed with a huge effort and spent of resources. As about Willemse's kicking game (South African playing foundation) , absolutely deficient... even against Italy. It must not be a coincidence if things radically changed when Libokk came on the pitch. After missing more than 10 kicking "kickeable" points in their previous match against Ireland, they understood that, in order to win, they need to score tries and for that they need to build up their attacks. This is the real reason they changed their game and also probably it was a matter of prestige and pride. Too many South Africans in France which know very well the local prejudges about Springboks' game ; well they wanted to prove that they aren't just buffaloes, but fine tacticians and spectacular ball players, which they did... As about the best team in the world, this is debatable, but from frenchies' feed back, it looks like they really are the best team in the world or at least the toughest to beat. Once again Springboks are rarely beaten or defeated (mostly by the ref), they usually are just loosing it (which is not the same thing) and with few exceptions this is the history of their failures for decades... PDV, Meyer, Coetzee eras are witnessing - 10 years of incompetence. This is coming from a Bleus supporter which is not in love with his own fantasies... Or, maybe, is seeing what you can't / refuse to see, just because you want/need to publish ridiculous vids based on assumptions and or delusional convictions (Rasie if you are watching this!?!?!? 😂😂😂😂😂)

[@otarchelidze333]

great video ! please make an analyses of how Georgia beat Wales next

[@francoisbezuidenhout4638]

So how did SA annihalate Italy?

[@simontaylor2525]

12.00: or, Kolisi made a shop front of defending a pretty basic situation

[@Mokgatla_K]

The French double movement try? Why did I not see it being analyzed anywhere?

[@styx2470]

10:20 ?

[@chiefgl1161]

Boks are their own worst enemies for sure. France is really good and it is excellent for next year's world cup. It's a shame how the world cup draws are set up, having Kiwis, Boks, Les Blues en Ireland all on the same side. Damn shame.

[@IanJamesG]

How can you make a video analysing a game and not know simple rules of rugby like being grounded is not just limited to the knee being on the ground. It’s also very easy to jump on the popular narrative and criticise Rassie and make fun of him without addressing the points he was making which you barely even touched upon. The pass wasn’t forward, the turnover at the end was illegal and the try was a double movement. World rugby has a huge problem with refereeing and it’s absolutely not limited to the Springboks however, people like you are part of the reason why things won’t change.

[@LeMerch]

Ireland defeated them two weeks ago in one of the most aggressive games of rugby I’ve seen in a long time. Ireland & France are the top dogs of rugby at the moment. Oh how the mighty have fallen..

[@dn822]

How would hold on to that thought. Losing by such small margins away from home in games that could have gone both ways without a fly half.......

[@michaelbaxter7452]

We will see who has the last laugh at the world cup .

[@wot4922]

Funny...haha. We held the no.1 spot for 3 years....nobody spoke about it. Instead you continued bashing the Boks for anything and everything. Just because you hold top position now ( a few months), don't get cocky. Like you say...look how the mighty have fallen. You will find yourself not so mighty soon.

[@michaelbaxter7452]

@@wot4922 and honestly France is much better than Ireland so Ireland really are blowing a lot of smoke for no reason because they are number 1

[@wot4922]

@@michaelbaxter7452 it's THE most important thing in their lives. Country's going to go into mourning once Sexton retires.

[@dieontwerper8083]

Congratulations to France. The single biggest eye opener from this test, would be that the Boks dominated a strong French pack with one man less for 70 minutes, and even with an additional forward sent of in the last 10 minutes. If they can get their full strength pack back from injuries for the World Cup, expect lots of pain coming it's way towards the other nations.

[@RugbyJackal]

With Rassie banned, can he still give instructions remotely? And who'll be the new "water boy" now? Bobby Boucher?

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

I hear Jaco Johan is running water

[@RugbyJackal]

@@saoirsedeltufo7436 Lekker

[@ayandasikithi]

Great Analysis🤝🤝🤝

[@TommyCat4]

Willemse kick to touch was where the boks lost it. Showing he is not a flyhalf

[@stevechoge5175]

At 19:40, ain't that the truth.

[@Farzocalypse21]

Not sure you can call the Sprinboks the best mauling team in rugby when Ireland stopped their maul dead the week before, as well as scoring a maul try of their own against them.

[@charr4796]

Well as u heard squidge doesnt highly rate Ireland as he says France and South Africa have the best kicking game and packs 😂

[@ggg-eg5pz]

@@charr4796 well he does sound like a English cnut which explains it.🇮🇪💪

[@Trajan2401]

@@charr4796 ,hasn't helped SA they haven't even got 1 SH title 😂

[@benitolonard4441]

@@charr4796 How about thinking for yourself instead of letting a youtuber own your opinion?

[@charr4796]

@@benitolonard4441 I was being sarcastic quiet obviously

[@wot4922]

Hey Squidge. Hope you're good. Sorry for being petty but could you perhaps put at the bottom of your screen, conversions....like 3 yards is 50 metres or whatever. Only know mm, cm, m...ml. litre. Don't know ounces, pounds, stones, feet whatever so can you please convert. Thanks.

[@joelyons886]

COMING SOON: How Wales were spanked by ANOTHER T2 team… AT HOME! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@moosesnWoop]

OOOOOM WILLLLIEEEEE