Springboks' Captain's run ahead of the Ireland Clash at the Rugby World Cup

[@bruce8554]

As a recently returned South African, I can only glow at the obvious camaraderie and sincere cohesion amongst these men... such a tribute to themselves and the country as a whole. Hats off, respect.

[@jacquesjansen5221]

Welcome back brother 🙏

[@warrenabrahams3387]

Go Bokke Go I'm proudly South African and a proud Springbok supporter although I've stayed in Auckland Aotearoa NZ for almost 5 years , my family and I still supportered the Springboks even though amongst a lot of Kiwis and other nationals who were trying to convert us in becoming All Blacks but we stood our ground as proud South Africans. Also a special mention to 2 special players Frans Malherbe and Jean Kleyn who I personally know when I got to know them while doing their firearm hunting licenses when I was the DPO at Cloetesville SAPS and Jean Kleyn presented me with his Stormers tracksuit top that I have since 2014. God will bless Springbok Rugby today Siya and all players. Once again Go Bokke Go !!!!!!!!!

[@SMacCuUladh]

sorry for you guys losing, naybre you'll be good enough rhe next time you don;t poison the oppentants.

[@lindsayjenions2795]

I love the words on the back of their shirts = Keep rugby clean xx I pray for no injuries tonight on either side xx Go Bokke, love you xx

[@wot4922]

I can't contain my excitement. Go Bokke 👊💚💛🇿🇦

[@maggielowe4351]

I can’t contain my excitement, go Ireland 🇮🇪 I love watching the Bokks play, awesome team but I’m Irish so 🤞🤞🤞

[@chrisalheit3205]

So good to see the guys laughing and having a jol. Lekker gees in the team

[@PB22559]

☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘

[@WillemClaassen-j2v]

Focus boys don't be over confident .Keep the faith all things are possible .We believe in you guys. Remember we are history makers. Stay humble and believe in one another. Go bokke go.

[@mikeyjslater]

The ball boy deserves a raise

[@smithshaw1151]

Great footage! We need more of this from all teams.

[@RozWentworth]

Viva bokke...you can do it

[@victordastile5204]

Coy boys! Lesssss gooooo🏈🇿🇦

[@lizzyhanahoe4197]

The Harp, The Shamrock, Green, White and Gold 🇮🇪💚☘🇮🇪💚☘ all the best to everyone

[@Mntungwa77]

Wishing you all home in South Africa, a load shedding free 2hours from 21:00…that’s all I can pray for, for y’all! More than that is asking too much!!!

[@Lucky-wi5oo]

There's no loadshedding this weekend

[@Mntungwa77]

@@Lucky-wi5oo Following those (mis)kicks by the Boks...maybe we should have had loadingshedding !!! Where is Ramaphosa when you need him...oops, I almost forgot, he's probably selling 10bn worth of animals, with hard cash in Phala-Phala! Talk of using your office for self-gratification! There are lots of farmers from all walks of life selling animals out there, but who would an oil-rich young Sheik rather buy from, a president or some dude called ...me!!! Never mind me; just blowing off some steam and trying to forget about the game!!!

[@russellmcphee72]

Wow Faf is beefed up since the last RWC. I love the way that they are having fun. Go Bokke.

[@sifisomagagula5476]

The boys looked jacked up! Super fit. Awesome sight

[@desmonchristians1650]

We are truely a blesses rainbow nation. I can sence the unity ans the great spirit amongst our players. It realy gives me goose bumbs when i see the size of some of our players. There is just one goal for them and that is be be the best. This is the result of years of hard work they have been preparing 4 years for this match and for this tornament. I wish our team all the best for todays match. Goooooooooooo Bokkkkkkkkkke after the game you guys can enjoy your irish coffee en biltong.

[@PB22559]

😂☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘

[@KMKM.S94]

😂😂😂🇮🇪🫵🏻

[@Micah88]

I have this feeling that Mannie Libbok is going to have an exceptional match this evening.

[@glenntree5401]

How did he go 😮😅

[@Micah88]

@@glenntree5401 lol man oh man! Ive never been more wrong in my life haha…we lost mainly due to him…I would say that there were some other concerns as well. Ireland also matched our power and we’re the better team on the night solely because of the kicking factor. 8 points were left on the field. I think I don’t feel that bad because it wasn’t a knock out stage but this was a clear issue way before the RWC so I’m not sure what Rassie is going to do with it because this could cost us the World Cup in a QF, semi’s or even finals. We’re far from done though and I’m confident in my team’s abilities.

[@knowmean]

The motherland has blessed us with rain to nourish our thirst for a victory. A wet ball and ground means Boks could be challenged in catching, but sometimes others catch a poes klap. I know the boys have trained in some wet conditions, but I am not referring to time with their partners. But 7-1 split means we prepared to retain the ball and fight to hold the slippery fish. Good luck to Ireland and the 3 x world champions

[@Mntungwa77]

Jeez 😂😂😂😂

[@JK-ww8dn]

I think maybe its a curse. Our passing has been sloppy in the last two games a few ball fumbles. The speed in which we move the ball out of the ruck and the speed at which we pass at could make it tricky with a wet slippery ball.

[@louislarsen3811]

Let's go BOKKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let's show them what WRC is all about.

[@johnmurphy9304]

Why do Ireland not know what the World Cup is about?

[@PB22559]

You 'nuke' squad just got nuked by the worlds no. 1 team. Maybe, you lot will learn some humility now. ☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘

[@johnmurphy9304]

So did you show Ireland what the World Cup is all about? Is the Referee SA too,so with 16 players you couldn’t get over the line,

[@nolan1907]

We have so many freaks in our team. We are proud Bokke!

[@jpgalway]

Love South Africa, but as an Irish person, I wouldnt be too dissapointed if Ireland win lol :)

[@seamus9750]

This Spingbok team has set the bar on how South Africa could flourish without politicians

[@laurenmaloy6155]

without politicians, the springbok team would look like Heyneke Mayer had it

[@riverwolf654]

Come on IRELAND 💚

[@stephaniechandler3842]

Go Bokke you guys are amazing

[@groMMit1981]

I've this feeling of utter confidence in the Bokke.

[@SMacCuUladh]

that's called arrogance, we'll cure you of that (maybe). gonna be some game!

[@Mntungwa77]

Confidence = Arrogance???

[@groMMit1981]

@@SMacCuUladh Confidence is arrogance? Shame boet, all the best xoxo

[@PB22559]

☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘ Worlds best side just nuked your nuke squad

[@SMacCuUladh]

do yout still have that feeling Mr Arrogant?

[@donnyscott6227]

This build up is like a final

[@babu7141]

Hot lot of ball checking in this vid!

[@rozzmoda_]

Rwc champs 🔥💚

[@soulasssassin]

Bokke by 15

[@PB22559]

🤣🤣 cocky saffas gets put in his place

[@soulasssassin]

@brianpena2239 Haha, more like hopeful. There were a couple of moments that could've made this a reality. Could've would've should've. Nontheless, a great game without any injuries. Let's come back to this comment thread after the final. See you then 😉

[@soulasssassin]

So here we are.....

[@soulasssassin]

​@@PB22559when you said in his place, you meant on top right just checking

[@AgreementMpala]

Less go bokke

[@jen8063]

Did you see the translation of your comment😅

[@Codydoggy]

What’s with the pink tops?🤔

[@mungoblizzard6114]

Training ASMR

[@TrancEII2010]

At least we know all the balls are pumped

[@GerhardPlos]

Go bokke, you can do it

[@mellymarriott6637]

7-1 split 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤️🇮🇪🏉🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@cassiemdavids5521]

Go Bokke 📢🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 Ireland in for rude awakening

[@KMKM.S94]

😂😂😂

[@krlauf5307]

Go Bokkies!!!

[@JoeMoni-d8c]

Irish trolls spreading a lot of hate in these channels... how low can you go???

[@HamishBanish]

No way O'Keefe will let South Africa win if it is close game. Kiwi refs and the Springboks are like north-south magnets Boks will need to get at least two scores clear of Ireland before the closing stages

[@boondocksaints2011]

I dunno , after ireland winning the series in new zealand he might have a grudge against us lol.

[@HamishBanish]

@@boondocksaints2011 Turned out just like I said (and many others too)... this match result was Ireland winning by 5 in a low-scoring game And, whaddayouknow, Kiwi ref O'Keefe whistled two late penalties-causing-points to Ireland and against Springboks. Yet ANOTHER match where the difference in the Springboks winning or losing was a Kiwi ref

[@boondocksaints2011]

@@HamishBanish @HamishBanish he left SA off with a forward try and gave them plenty of time to get the ball out in the end. The drove us to line but didint use the ball. No cards or serious injurys and a free flowing game i think the ref did a good job last night. 7-1 split with no kicker cost SA the game.

[@HamishBanish]

@@boondocksaints2011 Absolutely do not see that. This game was decided by O'Kieffe, not the players, and would have been a Boks win if Barnes or Reynaud had whistled or others - refs who looked more closely for their careers to Alain Rolland (Head of Refs) than O'Kieffe cared to (Kiwi ref on his retirement glidepath). Think we would agree any ref of this game gets accepts two things for sure - the scoreboard will finish close, and the forward-focussed gameplan from the Boks is their strategy to win. Which is why O'Keefe went out of his way to penalise Ireland twice in the opening twenty for early scrum shoves. He well knew the Boks front row would be energised and ascendant in the final twenty, when levelling things back for Ireland could be influential. Check out the replay of O'Keefe's first-twenty scrum penalties, my advice, it is physically IMPOSSIBLE there were early Ireland shoves, alone by the laws of physics and how fast sound travels versus bodies move. O'Kieffe just wanted to lock in some scrum penalty track records because he knew he could cash them in later with dodgy calls to prevent a Boks win. Problem solved for Ben's "showed balance" game review of scrums. Same as at the close. Boks have ball0-in-hand at the hot zone to win with a late score and take the game, right on the line. Yet, voila, O'Keefe "spots" (cough) either a knock-on or "a whatever" and whistles an Ireland penalty in the closing seconds... Ireland win. Watch it again, my recommend. Where the heck was that "knock-on" or "whatever"? Nobody can see it and nor could O'Keefe himself, as he was unsighted on the blindside and he could not have received an AR call given how quick his arm raised. The only conclusion is his calculation of better the Boks do not sneak things at the end, just before the final whistle. He shut the game down with a fake penalty, to ensure Ireland wins. ... which means NZ face Ireland in the quarter-final games. Which is cough-syrup puke. NZ would much, super MUCH, prefer a QF versus Ireland over the Boks. O'Kieffe and the NZRFU instinctively sense Ireland are paper-thin World Number 1s, whereas the Boks are tungsten-steel competitors.

[@deanesteenkamp3818]

at this level.. we cant kick

[@PB22559]

Your 'nuke' squad got nuked. They couldn't get over with that last maul. They just weren't good enough.

[@PB22559]

They look very relaxed, almost too relaxed. Ireland by 3.

[@jadenphilander8799]

They relaxed because they know they probably will win.

[@wammrwebi8950]

As a bokke fan i humbly disagree but i understand your point😤

[@PB22559]

@@jadenphilander8799 Ireland by 2 more than I expected

[@PB22559]

@@wammrwebi8950 Well, you were wrong lol

[@wammrwebi8950]

@@PB22559 Good game brother at least we are not playing the AB

[@gregoriusrex1855]

The Springboks are a decent team but their weaknesses were exposed by the Irish. South Africa will not beat New Zealand or Ireland. They aren't retaining the Web Ellis Trophy. Mannie Lebok and Faf de Klerk missed good opportunities

[@PB22559]

The 'nuke' squad just got nuked by the the worlds number one side. Is that 16 wins in a row for Ireland now? ☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘

[@wihanvanzyl4564]

SA played rather poorly and could've easily pipped it. The final score is al that counts, although I wouldn't be making such predictions😅 Great win for Ireland.

[@Waywind420]

Boks will get a reality check tonight

[@Andrew-fe3yb]

You mean pay check!!

[@dalibormlynek4197]

Ok crystal gazer😛

[@matthewdewet2242]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Waywind420]

@@dalibormlynek4197 I'm here to gloat, there's no shame in admitting I was right. Ireland Rugby reigns supreme.

[@PB22559]

@@matthewdewet2242 You were laughing at him but he was right. Who's laughing now??

[@twistdvr6807]

Kietsie wil net scrum, lyk nie lus vir touchies nie

[@gizahhub8732]

not WallahJJ, Sukran.

[@shamrock4840]

Loss 😂😂😂 Irish power

[@SMacCuUladh]

fanny boys

[@PB22559]

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