So how did the Springboks knock out France? | Rugby World Cup 2023 Analysis

[@FakeCoin118]

The Springboks vs France game was one of the most emotional games i have ever had the honour to watch

[@brunodesbergesdarz]

4 days later and I'm still not over it...😅

[@pig_sel6191]

Im french and i cant accept that Congrats to SA but shame to the refering and to world rugby

[@jacquescoeur5817]

First rugby game ever? Ireland vs New Zealand was way better by any rugby metric.

[@Kombo-Chapfika]

@@jacquescoeur5817 metrics 🤣

[@propellerhead428]

sacré bleu the moaning and bitching from Le Bleu is almost as bad as Ireland's

[@CliffieScottWilliams]

As a springbok supporter, I can honestly say it is the win that I have felt the most conflicted over. The game was so good that no one deserved to loose - and the utter disappointment that the French players and fans must have felt is heartbreaking. I cringe every time I see any Bok fan poking fun at the French loss or posting derogatory meems - it just doesn't show the respect both teams deserved from that game alone - let alone the 4 years of games that preceded it.

[@craigweideman6194]

Maybe you haven't seen the comments on social media by the french fans after the loss. you might change your mind about this

[@frontierlandfrank5314]

I don’t get the apologetic winners. Dumbest thing I’ve ever seen. SA played fantastic rugby, they deserved the win.

[@taaniadyzel9756]

Well said my fellow Saffa👍

[@clement6574]

I'm French and I congratulate you in this well thought and written comment my friend. It makes me swallow the pill of defeat more easily.

[@Michdes]

Thanks for your sportiness

[@josephharrington7129]

I was fortunate enough to attend both Paris 1/4 finals. As an Irish supporter and with France my second team it was heart breaking. But incredible games, atmosphere like no other for both matches. Memories I will never forget, rugby at its highest form and both games fighting into over time. It was all special. Good luck to NZ and SAF for this weekend's Semi-Fs.

[@jacqloock]

I hope you’re backing England and NZ this weekend. Thank you for your service.

[@natecoet3291]

​@@jacqloock😂 an Irish to back England? Really?

[@Thatmotivatingguy]

Mate , you really lost twice this weekend

[@Matt-m3y-r4u]

Both games were epic, for sure.

[@thomasmandeno2776]

You said it man. I was gutted too, and I’m a Kiwi. It just doesn’t seem right that they are gone. It wasn’t supposed to be like this☹️

[@deeps2169]

Hit the notification harder than the Fijians hit Marcus Smith

[@elvisnomzaza9500]

😂😂😂

[@nielnelson210]

😂😂😂

[@RassieErasmustheGOAT]

😂😂😂😅

[@deadkennedyrolls21]

Ha ha love it!

[@TheCosmerenaut1]

Liked this quicker than Marcus smith searched for French plastic surgeons after the match

[@kumquat4543]

Objectively up there with the best games of all time

[@nathanbaker8684]

100%

[@BanzLanda86]

Affirmative 🤝🏾

[@danielcillie1856]

Agreed

[@Jesus_is_Lord_316]

Yes indeed. A cracker!

[@Passtouille31]

As a French fan I can say that it's been 4 this team plays beautifull rugby, whenever there is opposition the matches are pure BANGERS, and are very intense to watch emotionally. There is not a lot of French fans saying this game was that great, because that's a painful one... At least we loose in best way we could, that's what you expect from the hosts. Hope we will continue to stay on top for the love of rugby. Bravo à l'Afrique du Sud et merci aux guerriers pour ce spectacle ! 🇨🇵⚔️🇿🇦

[@jayduplessis7698]

I think Rassie did that tap-and-go move just for Squidge...

[@JDkanga]

How you manage to analyse and put together these detailed reviews just days after a game - often in parallel with reviews of other games - will always impress me. Thanks for the work!

[@paulswart3570]

You really teach alot in your videos , as a big fan of the sport I really admire the amount of work you put in to making us these videos!!*

[@daanjoubert5297]

I agree, as a Springbok fan I'm too busy jumping around to notice the small things

[@saltedlightproduction]

Hi. As a french this is by far the best video made after the match. Talking tactics, clear view as always of what happened, thank you!!!

[@johanschoeman869]

This is the best Rugby podcast by a country mile. Thoroughly professional and thoughtfully presented in great detail which i as a rugby fan did not notice. Great job.

[@evandower6708]

“Whoever lost would’ve earned every ache of the heartbreak which, ultimately, is a privilege delivered as pain afforded to those who had the most meaningful love and hope.” Wow.

[@alangrove2642]

As a Bok fan, the most remarkable thing about this game is how many of us survived what felt like an 80 minute heart attack. The ‘95 Final was tense, but at half-time you could feel something was in the air, this game, when Eben scored, it almost didn’t register that somehow the boys weren’t just still in it, but they were in front. Like Bongi said, FOR SOUTH AFRICA! Condolences to France, it takes two teams to make something that special, and they were utterly brilliantly breath-taking.

[@thinkofitthisway7804]

Good luck Alan from an Irish Boks fan. Hope you guys win the Cup.

[@rusilamarakiwai8530]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@MontsoultTV]

In 1995, what was "in the air" was the huge scandal that all rugby fans remembered. You can give O'Keeffe a beautiful gold watch. As with William Derek Bevan in 1995, after the final won by South Africa against New Zealand and having refused 4 tries to France in the semi-final (all rugby fans remember this scandal), he receives as a gift from the SouthAfricans, a gold watch. Subsequently, Derek Bevan was charged with serving the South African cause.

[@alangrove2642]

@@MontsoultTV would you like some salt with your saltiness?

[@jordipont4456]

2 teams and 4 nz referees

[@luzukomadonci6655]

I've been waiting for this analysis since the final whistle of that transcendent game. Squidge... The Antoine Dupont of KZbin rugby content 🎉

[@kurtsudheim825]

Nee, the Daniel Carter, because he's calready a legend, not one in the making

[@petergee7539]

Except he talks too fast to keep up.

[@mrttripz3236]

As a South African my respect for the French team is at an all time high after that performance! It could’ve gone either way Ps: all the salty Frenchmen replying to this are making me lose my good will.

[@girodleo31]

As a french, my respect for the RSA team is at an all time high after that performance. Don't ask me what i think about the refereeing tho.

[@GregoryRowles]

​@@girodleo31did you honestly feel that way during the game or after the captain made a spectacle of it

[@mrttripz3236]

@@girodleo31mate, do not pretend that you didn’t benefit at times from that ref. You got away with clearing rucks from the side for instance.

[@groenrizla2513]

​@@girodleo31Which team scored more tries 🤔

[@alastairnewman1233]

@@girodleo31 I'm with you AND I'm also a South Africa supporter! I watched the game with an eye on the ref and also thought; "Whoops, that doesn't look right!" And much like the times when the Springboks have had a rough time with the ref, I've walked away from the spectacle and wondered what could have been. That is why I like Rassie's posture towards referees. "Let's make it easier for them to ref the game." because in all honesty, the rules have made it more difficult to ref while the spectacle and safety have improved immensely, so the only thing the players can do is to play in a manner more conducive for eliminating controversy.

[@frozenwolf8458]

Pollard's kick and Kolbe's block I think deserved more attention.

[@mazibukomail]

No footage perhaps.

[@pig_sel6191]

The last 3 points for SA? Im agree the SA player isnt on his feet

[@ogamiitto8627]

They obviously did. Congratulations to South Africa, they are a great team indeed. But all non french fans have to understand that this game, in the french collective psyche, nourrishes a feeling of a prevalent unfair treatment by the refs in this sport. 1995, 2011, now 2023 were hard to take, to say the least. And it's not about being sore losers. France' sport history is full of iconic beautiful losers. In cycling, Raymond Poulidor, who never won the Tour de France, is much more revered than his rival Jacques Anquetil, who had 5. In football, same with Saint-Etienne team in the 70's, which never won the european cup but kept an indefinable aura... It's not about the fact you lost. It's always about HOW you lost.

[@frozenwolf8458]

@@ogamiitto8627 The referee obviously didn't do the best of jobs and there is a video by TSAnalytics about it, but as you'll see, no one team seems to have been favoured. The French played an excellent game on the whole but in the 2nd half I feel that South Africa really took it up a notch and played very well.

[@joelego5767]

nigel owens addressed this, the ref did nothing wrong @@pig_sel6191

[@aster5193]

I have to say, both team were basically perfect. This time I must say it was almost due to luck. A couple of bounces in France favour or a couple less bounces in Saffas favour would have changed everything. It really was an immovable oblject against an unstoppable force kinda game.

[@danorogers4397]

2 points on that. 1 - a team creates its own luck imo 2 - The bounce of the ball did favour SA that night, but on ANY other day, the bounce could have favoured france. That game was a true specticle of rugby played at the highest of levels and if it was possible, both teams should have won and gone through to the semi finals.

[@jasonoffice548]

Did you actually watch the video? He explained very clearly, why the Boks won. They may have been lucky moments but it was not down to luck.

[@pig_sel6191]

​@@jasonoffice548yeah And the french coule won this game too Thats 1 point difference If juste one favorable rebound for SA and thats lost If you look stats french team had more chance to win But Some rebound and decisions of the ref could change this game

[@kurtsudheim825]

Not exactly, but that's what made it so entertaining

[@kurtsudheim825]

​@@danorogers4397no you don't create your own luck muppet, that's contradictory to the definition of the word LUCK

[@Passtouille31]

The truth is that we wasn't at our top level due to mistakes, frustration, and maybe some pressure. Players gave everything and nobody can blame them for the performance. This is just sad to loose after this because we were dominant for the most part. I hope the players will manage to get trough the most cruel defeat in the history of rugby and come back stronger. France has a brillant future in rugby, this time congratulations for SA 🇿🇦, WE'LL BE BACK 🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵

[@Crossway-]

Well judging by how the French are dominating the U20 rugby for the past few years. I think French rugby is on the rise.

[@nicholaslead6016]

You will definitely be back!

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

That French team has a big future.

[@captain-pepper]

@@Wolf-hh4rv what the fuck am i reading, it's over for french rugby. This was our best team ever in 100 years and we still can't pass the quarters. Stop pissing in our asses, rugby is becoming a dying sport in france and nobody will give a single fuck about it in 3 years max. world rugby will keep being a southern hemisphere masturbation and nothing will change lmao.

[@nicolasmorvant]

sans compter l'aide de l'arbitre

[@MJ31579]

One thing that is not spoken of enough is team work. In Western culture it's about admiring one person. And the springbok team have amazing individual players, but their team work is beyond amazing, a real synergy. One falls or drops there is another one right there to pick it up. "I am what I am because of who we all are"

[@gijstempelman9400]

I love the anecdote that when Vermeulen wasn't chosen to play, Victor Matfield ask him if he was ok. His reply was just "1 Team 1 Mission".

[@ordsage]

@@user-zu3zy5xp8oaren’t you a snarky one

[@maxmax8153]

For sure the synergy was at the maximum that they had a 16th player on the field aka O'Keefe, the difference is insane no doubt. France was much more better than these hodlums, soooo much better

[@gijstempelman9400]

@@maxmax8153 Tell me you're French without telling me you're French

[@shingaidarangwa7701]

@@user-zu3zy5xp8onothing I love more than these victim tears. 😭😭😭 keep em coming pls. More more more pls 😭😭😭🇿🇦

[@keeganharrison3769]

Your intro and final passage are incredible. Hits all the strings and gives words to the emotions we all had that Saturday.

[@jean-michel.a]

absolument

[@mikezog1030]

I have to say that it is not often that I ever see another team dominate SA physically (if ever). The French did this for some periods in this game. If you ever want to get a Saffa team's respect, this is how you do it.

[@300routasydan2]

Ils nous ont tellement respecté que leur entraîneur a passé la semaine à faire pression sur l'arbitrage en chialant que l'on serait des tricheurs. Arrêtez de nous flatter comme si vous donniez un sucre à un chien " bon toutou , maintenant qu'on a pu montrer comment nous vous sommes supérieurs, au panier ... Fin de la partie " . On en a rien à branler d'être de bons faire-valoir ! On veut notre chance d'aller au titre de manière légitime et licite !

[@sakabula2357]

​@300routasydan2 Don't give sugar to your dog Frog..bad for their teeth

[@mikezog1030]

@@300routasydan2 Well if you want the title then dominate physically AND win...

[@roblouw3038]

Next Level analysis Squidge - i remember finding your channel at the 2019 WC in Japan and your commitment to "finding" how the game actually evolves chess like is still there and so absorbing - fantastic work and really appreciate it...

[@calvinspaceman]

I’m so glad you said it too because after I watched SA vs FRA I honestly thought it was the best game I’ve ever watched. And I’ve watched a lot of rugby too

[@maxmax8153]

Much more one of the biggest robbery ever toes to toes with 1995 and 2011. SA is always involved in these scandals. No more respect for them at all, it's done.

[@aurelielilyg8254]

Merci Squidge Rugby, even though I still can't get over it. 😭😭😭

[@patannbuch5]

We, The Springboks, have lost very important games before as well. France will come back stronger and wiser. Believe me.

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

Exactly in my life time there have been so many times I felt the Bokke should have won but lost. This French team is going to be very challenging for everyone moving forward.

[@dan13lmalan]

What excellent insight Squidge, thank you for all the time you put in. Better than most of what you could ever get on broadcast.

[@fraserposford144]

So much pain for France, this wasn't the fairytale ending that it looked destined to be. For Ireland and France, last week was beyond cruel.

[@maxmax8153]

Sure, a live robbery always feel like a pain specially at this level. Now we have our holy trinity : 1995 / 2011 / 2023. Congrats Commonwealth ! O'Keefe the mighty 16th boks

[@patrickfranke3819]

Shame, do you think they are still angry about that little Corsican ?

[@Laurentus]

@@maxmax8153 And this pathetic nonsense right here is why you will never win a world cup.

[@literallyjustthings9227]

@maxmax8153 You know South Africa left the commonwealth around the 1960s…?

[@eoin8156]

The thing I’ve noticed about rassies SA is they may be level in points with you but the difference is you’ve had to go tonnes of phases and work incredibly hard to score where as the boks find a weakness and exploit it with such ease which fucks the opponent mentally. The saffas noticed that French back three couldn’t catch a cold so bombarded them with kicks and scored easily as a result .

[@Wezwp]

The boks defense is just better

[@riri1718]

Yurp, and that mental fuck up does a lot of damage. Even Ireland felt that they worked very hard for their tries against the ABs, but ABs seemed to have it way easier for their tries (the Mounga/Jordan try sticks out)

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

Yup he figured out that one French wing wasn’t quite up to it. At first I thought we were kicking badly but it was chaos every time we kicked across there.

[@subashsewchuran3709]

As good as your analysis is, Squidge, I still don't think people understand what a great game of Rugby we witnessed. France were incredible. They managed to tactically deny the Springboks of scrums & line outs and; combined with aggressive physicality, dominate the collisions. Add in slick passing and you can understand how France scored 3 beautiful tries. On the other side we had the Springboks who absorbed the French onslaught and deprived of their main weapons, sought to use quick counter punches to stay in the fight. Ultimately the great defences of both teams took over and the result was decided on a 52m kick. This has to be the greatest World Cup game ever. It's sad that someone had to lose.

[@marco-dn7kd]

You have forgotten to say that this 52 meters penalty by Pollard at the 68th minute should have been given to France instead as Kwagga Smith puts his hand on the ground before trying to pick up the ball...

[@jacquescoeur5817]

You’re absolutely right! Almost on par with Dragon vs Connacht nov 2012. History was written right here. After this game Rugby Union will never be same. Eramus is such a genius and a nice guy ! Obviously go bokke, best rugby nation to have ever existed. God bless 95 and them joining international competition, rugby has never be the same since.

[@kjlovescoffee]

@@marco-dn7kd Whistle watch explained why this was not illegal - kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6PNdaGYnZqsfMksi=Ynq8KMto4rXmXiLV&t=235 In summary, it's not illegal to touch the ground. It is illegal to support your bodyweight while performing the jackal. In my view, at the angle we saw, it could go either way. It certainly looks like he's resting on his right hand before he goes for the ball, but then he's able to have both hands on the ball without moving his feet foward. Ref called it pretty much instantly, so from his vantage point it was probably a lot less ambiguous.

[@antoinejallon4637]

​@@kjlovescoffeewhistle watch is a great show and I love Nigel Owens but almost everytime he stands by what the referee said... And it's normal, imagine him saying "Nah Ben O'Keefe did a really bad job". How many penalty have we seen for such a movement, he has both hands on a ground at some point just before he goes for the ball, that is a penalty to France no question :(

[@marco-dn7kd]

@@kjlovescoffee well inconstency is the major issue when talking of this WC refereeing. Many similar actions ended with a penalty for the defender. At this moment of the game and such an important one the ref can decide the outcome of the match when it should have been the game itself. Again as J.Stransky put it "I thought a few decisions went our way. You have to take the luck when it comes and I would imagine that, for once, Rassie Erasmus is not going to be making a video." And these decisions all along the match went mostly the Boks way as Erasmus has entered into Ben O'Keeffe''s brain. He is still very young and he hopefully will learn of this as well. Curious to see how it goes for the next game even if the Boks are overwhelminig favorites.

[@grahamesteele6432]

Excellent analysis and understanding of this great game. We need more specialists like you in this game to understand rules better.

[@NosmiAstroboy]

Cela fait déjà une semaine et c'est encore une souffrance Lundi matin j'étais persuadé que ce n'était qu'un cauchemar et que le match n'avait pas encore eu lieu 😭

[@vicvicking1990]

Perdre d'un point est définitivement le destin de la France avec les arbitres de l'hémisphère sud. Moi j'en ai marre franchement

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

The same happened to SA in 2011. We completely dominated Australia and think we should have won. The ref had a shocker, but hey we had a good team and the next bunch of games is soon.

[@oalphacool4433]

@@Wolf-hh4rvAs a Frenchman I very well remember 2011 and the very special refereeing style of Craig Joubert. Another robbery…

[@sirterryratchett]

@@oalphacool4433 as a Welshman I have very clear memories of the semi-final against France in 2011... sometimes luck is on your side, and sometimes it isn´t.

[@thetmes6133]

@@oalphacool4433I'm french as well, to me Joubert was a disgrace, 95 a robbery (but it's long ago), this time essentialy bad refeering but not cheating, I do not believe O Keefe made SA won on purpose, but I agree that with proper refeering we would likely have won this one: The style fo refeering between North and South is not the same, southerners tend to be way more "laxists" on penalties, when you compare to France vs Italy during 6 nations where France were penalized 14 times because World Rugby decided to favor attack over defense, it was complelty the opposite during this match.

[@kingd7946]

Great analysis. Loved the Gareth Mason tribute, I'm sure G-man is watching proudly from above...

[@markcourtney6113]

Mike Tindall and a few other pundits could learn a thing or two from squidge. “South Africa don’t play they score tries off 50/50s”, if you score 3 tries in a row off 50/50s, by definition, they’re not 50/50

[@geoffhughes225]

Ah yes they are. Each 50/50 biunce is a seperate incident. You can have multiple 50/50 bounces in a game

[@ピピン-u2g]

They are poor not only at analysis but also simple mathematics.

[@jcr2347]

Mark Tindall is the child of a salty English colonialist. Take the game for what it was. A brilliant display of the most intense, strategically calculated, fast paced rugby, Played for 81min straight. And I am a neutral who just enjoy the game.

[@prudeuncle]

Screw mike tindall he is nobody. He lives off his wife's money and reputation. What a terrible excuse for a man.

[@tonysa2337]

​@@geoffhughes225Yes you can have multiple 50/50 events in a game, but if many '50/50' events all go in the same direction ut is highly pbable that they were never 50/50 events to beging with.

[@louisdaillencourt2454]

Just watching this now. That's how long it took me to recover.

[@BzhToine]

I still can't watch it...

[@HereComesTheStormTrooper]

As a frenchman, I can only salute the Springboks efficiency when it came to punish any mistake made by France. The outcome of the game was so uncertain till the end, I couldn't breathe. This was, yes, probably one of the most epic games of rugby I've ever watched. I wish I had the strength to watch it again, because it deserves it, but I don't. Yet this results in being among the most heartbreaking games in my nation's rugby history (we had our lot already, didn't we ?). Four years is a long wait. Devasted but proud.

[@user-zc2kw3fo1d]

Ouais, enfin si on ne s'etait pas fait voler 1 essai, 1 transformation, et si les s.a ne s'etaient pas fait offrir un essai. Il auraient pu punir tout ce qu'ils veulent, ils auraient perdu de 15 points minimum. Et je parle pas de la pluie de cartons qu'ils auraient du prendre. Arretez d'analyser le jeu bordel, il était secondaire sur ce match, le seul moment ou c'est eux qui ont marqué des points et non l'abritre, c'est les deux essais(phénoménaux c'est vrai) de Kolbe . On aurait du plier le match au bout de 10 minutes.

[@kurtsudheim825]

It was the most entertaining match I've ever seen, even if it were a random test, like the one seen here from last year, forget a wc knockout game.. but as a safa or French ie, it gave us all near heart attacks or was so thrilling

[@kurtsudheim825]

​@@user-zc2kw3fo1dstop crying like a baby, this is a man's sport. Sure there were some bad decisions for the French, so to for the south Africans. It was fair. If your aunt had a prick she'd be your uncle. It's the way it goes, it's sport

[@oalphacool4433]

@@kurtsudheim825It is sport when a Commonwealth country wins. Otherwise it is not fair and needs rules changes. Faire-play the anglo-saxon way…🙄

[@seaskiaustralasia]

I expected the Boks to win, but with a very severe testing by a French team with massive credentials and deserving every respect. What I did not expect to see was a game that from minute to minute was totally unpredictable; a spectacle never to be forgotten and in which every single player from both sides had moments of sheer genius or herculian ability and skill. France did not lose this game, it just did not win it, and SA did not win this game, it simply did not lose it. I am 76 years old now and I do not expect to see the equal of this game for the rest of my life. I certainly have not seen the equal of it before and I have always been an avid union player and supporter across a few continents and a lot of years. And while their were some ref issues (as is always the case) it was shared by both teams. Amen.

[@mywazimu]

This is objectively one of those matches where "It could have gone either way" and it is not disingenous to say. I think both teams worked hard to negate each others strengths and that is really it, this French game plan was copy and paste from the All Blacks Vs Boks game at Mt Smart. Keep the pace extremely high in the first quarter of the game, blow them out then bring the subs on and hold out. It has to be the best rugby union match ever played, it simply has to be. The ability of the Boks to counterpunch in this game as opposed to that one kept them in the fight and in the second half they just slowed the game down to a trickle. Bringing on subs, chicanery with the HIA's and just every last bit to not allow the French to get into a rhythm, plus the sheer depth of their bench meant that they did not have players on their knees in that last quarter like France did. At the end there Dupont was basically walking and their collisions just lacked the oomph.. they were tired. Same as Ireland vs NZL, they played 30 phases but at walking pace and that is why there turned over, guys were so tired they couldn't get to the clean out and it cost them the game. They just did not have enough quality off the bench. All the teams in the upper echelons are going to have learn one thing from the Boks and All blacks, this is now a 33 man game. Develop your depth so there are no noticeable dips in quality and performance and there is no subsitute for "battle hardened". NZL and SA both brought on world cup WINNERS to close out the games. One thing I saw that reinforces this, I saw on another channel someone point out that for the game against England this weekend, Lukhanyo Am did not make the 23, neither did Canan Moodie, Jean Kleyn, Big Andre, Trevor Nyakane, Jasper Wiese and Grant Williams. All of them would walk into the English starting 15, whilst not a single English player would crack the Boks starting 15. It is honestly mind boggling.

[@Mariusmjvr]

I'm depressed due to the fact that we won't see France play again in this world cup. From a Bok fan. What a team!

[@jankoekemoer6034]

Life is too short to be depressed for France. Be depressed for our country that's going down the shit hole in every aspect except rugby.

[@ME-eu9sf]

The Anglo-Saxon referee is always against France. You're together now; hail Commonwealth ha ha

[@brunodesbergesdarz]

Thanks mate, fair play of you

[@jacquescoeur5817]

@@jankoekemoer6034he isn’t depressed for France he is depressed for rugby, because he’s going to have to watch springbok play instead of France.

[@maxmax8153]

You paid to much your 16th player and it ended with your victory, congrats SA, congrats Commonwealth

[@stevedavidson666]

Thanks for the great words about Rassie and Jacques. I truly believe they will go down in history as guys that made a difference not just to Bok rugby but world rugby as well. And what they've done for SA is immense, just as long as our useless government don't stuff things up as usual.

[@liamcc9834]

I'm surprised there wasn't a mention of Kriels kick to Arendse, may not have been tactically planned in accordance to your analysis but the shear beauty of that try🤩

[@EoinJoyceMapping]

Hit the notification faster than Kolbe charged down that conversion.

[@sundown005]

Mightily impressive that you hit it before the video was released 😂

[@EoinJoyceMapping]

@@sundown005 good one 🤣

[@71bootneck]

Poetic Justice that SA knocked out France. Feel for team and fans. But France hustled the RWC. It was meant to be in SA. That NH mafia in WR is BS. So yes. Karma is a bitch

[@glen1482]

Absolutely. I even remember thinking at the time we lost the bid... Boks are going to win because of this!

[@shaunchildren]

Beautiful put ! Rugby is lucky to have such a good analyst! That game was something else .

[@charlyroch2469]

As a French fan it was indeed heartbreaking. I really think France was on top of SA. Just look at how much line break they did. SA really did a great job adapting and canceling French attacks. The way Eben locks player into the rucks is amazing. And the forwards trap to isolate French from their supports was genius But still France keep attacking and keep the ball for the most time. I think France had their chance but lost too many occasions on small errors. But with all the mistakes and all the counters they only lose by 1pt. It shows the determination they put to game. About the ref... France is crazy about it and i am curious about what you as an impartial watcher think.

[@katrynkwarrentyn1803]

Loved this analysis, you explained it in a way that I finally understand a teeny bit of the brilliant minds behind this crazy game with the odd shaped ball. Thanks ❤ Rugby is most certainly the winner after this match

[@charlesaugis7784]

Why don't you mention the referring performance I mean it definitely played a role in this game hasn't it?

[@Robbybabes1988]

If the ref blew properly France would have ended the game with 11 men on the field and SA would have won by 20 points.

[@mathlevrai]

Probably the dumbest comment I've seen about the match and the ref job, is it by lack of courage or intelligence ?

[@lizfidel]

Your content is is ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT.. SO NERDY, yet filled with humor. I appreciate that you literally IMAGINED how to own a youtube this way. LOVE your work, I am watching this for like the 5th time cause I like the description you give to the France 10 going high on Eben E.

[@mrh6221]

To say I’ve been itching for this would be the understatement of the century

[@angelojumped]

This was bloody brilliant! I always feel like I'm educated, entertained and just carried along by my Virgilio of Squarespace into the daunting world of rugby strategy. What a game that was. Thank you!

[@veiddimaddur8354]

Stressful match to say the least. Gutted for France

[@pig_sel6191]

Im too And im frustrated because of the réf But congrats SA

[@lm_b5080]

as a south african living in paris (with a french wife no less!) its been pretty awkward all week at the amount of spite, emotion & hate the french have shown toward us for this game.. nevertheless, i think its great to see how passionate the french are about this team, the 1000s of new fans drawn to dupont & co. & have no doubt that they'll lift the trophy in 4 years time!

[@prudeuncle]

​@@pig_sel6191ref didn't lose the game France did with that horrendous kick to touch. Better team won on the day deal with it.

[@sonjagay4151]

​@@lm_b5080I feel for you, as a South African with a French husband,, and and living in and loving) France for over twenty years, it was heart-wrenching and a bittersweet victory...

[@kimok4716]

​​@@lm_b5080try to understand us. You guys got 3 world cups already (including one that was handed over to you in 95). Meanwhile we just came out of 10 years of utter misery, and we get knocked out of our home world cup in the quarters by one point. Boks fans have no idea what we are feeling. You guys never had any huge heartbreaks like we or the irish did in this world cup. Plus they were definitely controversial moments including the kolbe charge down which world rugby has confirmed to be not valid

[@masterofnone554]

Wish I could give this video more than one like. Brilliant piece of analysis as always!

[@bassmeister5977]

Our French team must become more vicious. In such a close match, the quality of the game will not be enough.

[@oalphacool4433]

May be buying a few golden Rolex to give away would help too…

[@laurent8214]

no ! the referee is responsible for the worst refereeing of this world champion cup. Finally he won the game.

[@clintondavis3352]

That was one of the best rugby commentary videos, Funny, witty, in-depth and a very well through out add segment. Good work sir, I'll be back.

[@sibzism]

Still my favourite rugby channel! 😊 (such great storytelling!). As a South African, it hurt me to see any team lose in this game. Especially when both teams were so magnificent...😊🇫🇷🇿🇦 It really was the best game of rugby in history! 👌🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@kurtsudheim825]

Greatest match ever, even out of a wc knockout, though just about nearly gave me a heart attack

[@ballyogan18]

Yet you have England in the semifinals the don’t deserve to be in it hope S A trashes them

[@300routasydan2]

​@@ballyogan18j'espère que les SAF vont perdre parce que l'arbitre fera trop d'erreurs en leur défaveur qu'ils goûtent le fumet de leur escroquerie avec les néo-zélandais

[@SimonFishley]

No mention of the charge down?? But why?

[@strickystrickland5065]

First half SA vs France was heavenly 2nd half of ABs vs Ireland was heroic combined best game ever

[@mickmaxhoey3408]

Squidge, Will - that was amazing as ever. Particularly loved the analysis of the Etzebeth try - live I couldn’t understand why poor Jalibert had to tackle him - makes total sense now. Hopefully when the ire nz video comes I’ll be able to watch - still too raw now😢. Best weekend of rugby ever despite the pain (for us Irish at least) on Saturday.

[@harry5326]

No one is going to talk about Cheslin Kolbe's charge down?

[@jankoekemoer6034]

Because everybody was whining about it in the other videos.

[@agarrigue002]

@@jankoekemoer6034 And there is a reason for it. Things like that never happen. To not at least check if it was a legal charge down is mind boggling to say the least. I've been watching and playing rugby for the last 20 years of my life and I don't remember something like this happening ever, that's how rare it is. Might be because Kolbe is faster than Usain Bolt or might be because it's almost impossible but it seems like it warrants a check from the TMO either way.

[@lilith3953]

@@agarrigue002 It's happened 6 other times at international level. Four of those times were by the All Blacks, of course, three by the same man. If you played in the southern hemisphere, it might not have taken you buy surprise quite so much. Cheslin Kobe rocks.

[@laurent8214]

@@lilith3953 Kolbe played in france, remember that before posting stupidities. just consult the analyzes on the net about this interception

[@agarrigue002]

@@lilith3953 6 times and it doesn’t warrant a check from the TMO?? It’s like someone breaking the 100m sprint world record and not having him take a drug test.

[@kjlovescoffee]

9:14 Willemse working in a sneaky goatse - I like it.

[@___JWM]

How good is Du Pont!! Far out!! And to the French fans, no worries with the ref blaming etc. It was a tough loss to take given how well the French played and such a good rugby team. It could’ve gone either way, deserves a test series!!

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

That French 9 is one hell of a good player. Those little dinks behind the rush defence were perfection.

[@roycrowned9428]

Thanks man honnestly as a french Guy i must Say south Africa played well Indeed and its out faut for placing ourself in a position in which a blind referee cost us the game however the mistakes made by thé referee where horribles and very far for beeing few. Great game, ruined by a Bad referee, Guess WE will sée in Australia

[@maxmax8153]

Sure when the referee is always by your side it's quite more easy to handle it no doubt about it. When you will face such robbery as 1995, 2011 and now 2023 you will understand the feeling you can trust me. World rugby is near a joke these days.

[@truthandjustice6838]

Dupont was nullified in the second half and Dr Klerk caught him many times. Dupont had no more ideas once the Springboks caught on to the kicking game. I think the biggest weakness for the French and why they lost that game, was Dupont's performance in the second half.

[@truthandjustice6838]

@@user-zu3zy5xp8oChampions never stop playing...the first rule of World Cup winners. And every decision you are complaining about, has been debunked by referees. There were even more penalties that went France's way. Dupont is feminine, like most French men, and couldn't handle the pressure (he waved the white flag like they do in France). France will never win the WC as their men become more and more feminised. And femininity doesn't work in rugby.

[@plutoprimer6446]

loved the Gareth Mason message in the beginning. RIP

[@craigweideman6194]

class

[@RafiqPhillips]

Thank you for this masterclass of writing and analysis.

[@thudeshreenaidoo3330]

This was undoubtedly the best rugby match I have ever seen! Hands down 😮

[@seamustheplatypus]

How did South Africa win ? I think it was pretty obvious.

[@JarrydRLee]

Thank Rassie, I've been checking for this video twice a day since the final whistle.

[@JS-pb6gb]

No mention of Chelsie jobless charge down??

[@sundown005]

Too controversial dude x)

[@Selfimprove_Man]

This might just be the best KZbin video that I have ever seen!

[@j0shmyg0sh90]

I've been waiting for this one!!!!

[@OfficialArthusamakh]

it's been 5 days since that game and i'm still not over it.

[@josephsweeney4219]

Been waiting for this all week. Did not disapoint.

[@francoisdavel1786]

Best analysis on youtube bar none. I quite like the stills to be honest. It enables me to see the structures better.

[@Mistral.Gagnant]

The Battle of Waterloo in French rugby. Ben o'Keeffe was the Duke of Wellington (nz). Was Marshal Grouchy eating strawberries in the Bunker-TMO this time ? - 05:45 Kriel is offside and plays on Dupont = Penalty - 06:10 Etzebeth, intentional knock-on + try opportunity = Penalty + Yellow card - 13:51 Side entry and offside defence by Mostert = Penalty - 15:24 Vermeulen raises his arms in front of Ramos = Penalty to redo, 10m closer. - 16:07 Du Toit diving on Danty, head contact = Penalty + Yellow - 17:12 Kriel leading with elbow to neck on Penaud = Penalty - 20:57 Kolisi, side entry on ruck = Penalty - 22:51 Kolbe starts running before Ramos move = conversion re-kick - 24:38 Kriel leading with elbow to neck and face of Dupont = Penalty - 28:37 Reinach playing ball on ground with Woki to contest = Penalty - 39:02 Etzebeth heah to head on Atonio. Second yellow = Red card - 40:06 Mostert not releasing the ball, changing position on ground = Penalty - 42:49 De Allende not supporting body weigth + Knee on ground = Penalty - 44:58 Arendse on ground tackling Dupont = Penalty - 46:19 De Klerk in front of Du Toit making knock-on = Penalty - 50:20 Malherbe not rolling away and interfering on pick and go = Penalty - 50:25 Kitshoff knocking-on ball intentionally = Penalty - 62:16 Kriel not releasing the ball after tackle + Knee on ground = Penalty - 62:36 Pollard diving on Ollivon on ground leading to Knock-on = Penalty - 68:11 Smith hand on ground playing the ball = Penalty - 69:20 Mbonambi sealing off the ruck after french counter ruck = Penalty - 70:00 to 81:00 The Boks will continually slow down the game in the rucks - 79:23 Dupont raises his arms because he can't accelerate anything in the game ! Did someone already "squidge" the battle of waterloo 1815 ? Waiting for the footage...

[@worldchampions4379]

I sleep well at night sleep 😴 ❤🏆🏆 🏆 🏆

[@sakabula2357]

Lol..what a one sided view...a well..who cares...

[@glen1482]

And in all this content, not one error by the French? Best team to ever play rugby clearly 😂 Yawn... 🏆🏆🏆🏆 Go steal the hosting rights from another country.... please

[@devongarvie6261]

The last 5 minutes of this game was the closest I've ever been to a heart attack. I could literally hear my heartbeat

[@bjornroelfse4540]

The GOAT of rugby analysis and reviews 🐐

[@pmarkc3743]

Chasing the Sun was/is the best sport documentary series ever made. Its fitting that you were in it because your contribution to rugby with these great vids AMAZING!!!!!

[@michaeldubery3593]

Just gonna reiterate what a shame it is that we didn't see these games in the semis rather than quarters! I do feel like the French and Irish teams were unfairly robbed of that right.

[@panxhito29]

Not sure you will read me, squidge, but in the subway back from stade de france (while crying) i mentionned how a welsh, smart, guy, said 2023 might be too early for france. And, a guy in front of me in the subway said "is that welsh guy squidge ?" . Just to let you know it took me until now to digest france defeat. You're doing a great job.

[@myleslea5483]

This game...was beautiful in the sense that it came down to the game we all fell in love with when we were young. All the tactics and strategies came down to the basics again and it was beautiful ❤😍

[@elmaestroco]

The strategy at @13:25 is well spot on! Brilliant!

[@DavidRice_]

No words about O’Keefe and his wonderful refering ?

[@jankoekemoer6034]

Yip. Of course no other video kept rambling on about it. This guy actually knows his rugby. Suck it.

[@MrBreakdownBoy]

Still cannot understand WR still not allowing Squidge to show the final review.

[@VRietySociety]

This game was INTENSE! 3 min in france score and then about 3 min later the boks score. you couldnt go grab a quick beer at any time because you would miss something insane

[@brunodesbergesdarz]

didn't even have time to pee

[@cookiesenpai1641]

As usual hitting the nail with your video. I'm glad you like my home town Clermont!

[@armandverneuil6925]

super good video, really loved the explanation of kicking tactics ! But as a French fan, in France, many medias and journalists saw the game as an absolute robbery from Ben Okeefe. As I was in the stadium I wasn't capable of grasping wether those accusations were based on reality or not. Could any unbiased/neutral viewer answer me and give me his opinion ?

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

I think he missed a couple of things here and there as most refs do. He reffed the SH way - let it go if in doubt. I really don’t think the French anger at the ref is justified. The officials did put us down to 14 men for 10 mins. I accept the way that kind of collision is being refereed, but I don’t agree with it. Personally I prefer the more tolerant approach of SH referees.

[@jacquescoeur5817]

Oh no refereeing was great if not near perfect. Hence why no one talks about it nor has images of its greatness. If you want an unbiased opinion just read British press and how delighted they’re to be refereed by O’Keefe.

[@colinhugo5455]

Great video. Thank you for getting it out ❤

[@Fortheweak13]

Match was stolen by referee not asking for TMO for so many important decisions ...

[@allthingsphoka]

that squarespace segment was genius😂

[@snagsTS]

To France and Ireland, sad to see you lads go home this early. Two fantastic teams who were an absolute delight to watch, even if Ireland dished out a loss to the Bokke. You came away with losses in games that could have gone either way really. Much respect guys and if you keep this up you'll be hoisting the cup soon enough. Saturday and Sunday saw two games I'll remember for a very long time.

[@gaspardef9973]

I'm also very frustrated, as a French supporter. But it's heartwarming to know that England is still here to represent northern teams. Let's go England you deserve it! Hahahaha I'm just kidding

[@Bedecampbell]

You are truly a crazy man with a love for rugby. Your analysis is just top shelf. I don't know how you see what you see, but I'm glad you do. Keep up the good work.

[@sdrawk3611]

Massive respect to the French. As a Bok fan, you could feel they put their heart and soul into that game. What an epic battle! Rugby won that weekend. It was worthy of a World Cup final.

[@maxmax8153]

Till we found they had a 16th man on the field, the greater SA players M. OKeefe. Congrats Commonwealth, never shameful at all

[@balarospic-de-cobalt6392]

Yes it was a great game, but rugby lost, thanks to World Rugby, Ben Okeefe and the TMO. Good luck for the World cup, or should we call it the Anglo cup since it seems that non-anglo team just don't have the right to win.

[@endapian]

​​@jeanllup6150100% agree. Let's play our 6 nations turnment with fair-play between honest people wishing that italians can raise little by little their level!

[@-Vim-]

No comments on the 15 errors from the referee in favour of SA?

[@Robbybabes1988]

And as much in favour of France. Cry more.

[@oalphacool4433]

@@Robbybabes1988Sure… Fair-play the Commonwealth way!🤡 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZaTdGtpprp7d6ssi=9ndFiA3P0M2JMH_O

[@Robbybabes1988]

@@user-zu3zy5xp8o I’d agree with you there mate. The world cup has lost it’s ooompf. Only thing i enjoy anymore is the new rivalry with Ireland. Can’t wait for URC to start.

[@sohtnax7809]

why dont u speak of that last penalty awarded on a foul play, boks scratching the ball while leaning on their hands, still awarding penalty for boks, giving away 3 points making them win by 1 point ROBBED

[@___JWM]

“He made this, Kurtly Arendse definitely made this, I asked him” 😂😂😂

[@Weirdoxify]

in my opinion... that should have been the final. ill also extend the olive branch to say the NZ vs IRE game could also have been the final, 2 cracking quarter finals, us rugby supporters got spoiled

[@yourheinness9275]

Mate ! How much do you absolutely love rugby? For a scrawny little bugger you have an amazing rugby brain. Love you. Keep going. We are enjoying your channel.

[@c.musard8712]

One major fact is that the French completely failed to adapt to the ref (I’m not talking about supposed errors or bias), especially his interpretation of ruck laws; this is a professional fault for both the coaching staff during the preparation and the captain during the match as they had the Uruguay match to learn - Dupont wasn’t playing so he can be forgiven for lacking first hand experience. I reckon the Saffa tricks (scrum on clear from 22, the tap&go, etc.) kept them baffled and unable to focus on getting back in the game in the second half when they lost momentum. Another thing is the relative lack of experience of the French compared to the South Africans, even if players from Toulouse and La Rochelle know how to handle knockout games; players like Penaud, Bielle-Biarrey or particularly Jalibert were a bit off at times and it may not have been just opposite pressure but also the weight of the occasion. All in all, a great match to close a great weekend of rugby, as a Frenchman I’m obviously sad of the result but I’ll gladly cheer for the Boks on Saturday. The only really, really sad thing (it’s only sports after all) is that we don’t get to enjoy more of France, Ireland or Fiji (or Japan or Portugal); too bad there is no Plate or Shield side competition as for the 7s!

[@spervuurproduksies]

A much more balanced view. A 1-point defeat is the toughest thing to experience, because there are so many factors in a game that could have changed it. I agree that a plate competition between the next 6, instead of a meaningless bronze medal game, would be much more satisfying. I really do not like O'Keefe's interpretations, and I am very worried about him reffing the semifinal.

[@maten146]

The French team plays too properly let's say. In top 14 referees are really strict, while international rugby is way too subjective and you see teams like South Africa that use that subjectivity and adapt to it. It's good for them but I find it sad that we do not have the same rules everywhere and that you have to "adapt" to the referees, aka understanding that you can make fault when the referee do not punish them.

[@lilith3953]

Yup. The All Blacks and the Spring boks really showed the depth of what they can do, because as rugby nations their players have just been playing a lot more rugby from a much younger age then the Irish and French. These two tests really showed that you it's hard to beat that kind of experience no matter how much money your government pours into astroturfing a sport.

[@laurent8214]

too many mistakes by refeerer, really, not only about rucks

[@c.musard8712]

And they play 7s! Good for skills, good for rucks, good for adaptability… just look at Kwagga!

[@BadAl27722]

Great analysis! Spotting things that us normal rugby lovers don't see. Cheers Mate! Go SA!

[@oggythebug]

As a french i can say if the SA score 2 or 3 tries after a bick kick thats ok, if ramos kick touches the sticks and we miss 3 points that s ok but now we have all the footages available about the player who is running towards ramos and we can clearly see thats th SA player is starting running from his own line (we say embut in french but i am not sure about the english word,) he s starting to run at least 5 seconds before ramos is blinking an eye, we can see him running 22 meters and ramos didn t move ok guess what no TMO That s another robbery, so is it unfair game with a yellow card or at least do we play the kick again . We can see that fact on many footages that s a fact and for those who think that we will win the next cup in australia, never.....

[@henmar354]

We have the footage yes. Him and Ramos use to play together. Use your brain. For what I am about to say next. Kolbe knows ramos, they played together, he knew when he was going to kick. NONE of the footage show that anything illegal was done in repsonse to Kolbe. Take defeat like a man not a bitch. If you can tell me what foltage shows Kolbe was illegal a d it was , i will agree. But you no evidence you are just mad

[@superfastjellyfish78]

A beautiful game it was. If you're not french or south african, you've enjoyed it If you're Southafrican it's a fairytale. If you're french, you're mind is f*cked up. I'm a frenchman. I'm just leaving a comment here, as usual, because I love your vid. I will not look at it this time because it's too early. I haven't look at anything about this match for the moment. I won't be able for a long time. I won't even look at the semis. Nothing matters anymore. I love rugby but it's not sane for my brain, a break is needed

[@robdegouveia6262]

can someone show this to Mike Tindall! tell him to watch the 2nd half again. it was a masterclass of recognising the problems faced in the 1st half, addressing those and countering. if progression to the next round was based on flair, jacques and rassie would select accordingly. the bottom line is that the boks controlled the 2nd half after being somewhat shell shocked in the 1st. it was controlled right down to Faf's kick on 79

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

Tindall is too hungover and too lazy to do any analysis. Just stupidity.

[@dannyrodger491]

man you are an analytical genius !!

[@zakvanrooijen2287]

Always a good day when he posts a video

[@plnetmar4230]

It's not springboks, it's warthogs. They are not able to get up in the ruck and they even play anti-play by catching the ball carrier while lying in the mud. warthogs