The dreaded GOAT chat, and other noxious substances.

[@RiaanLouw]

These boys definietly say "3 - 2 - 1 sit" at the beginning.

[@chrismouton1985]

Welcome back, lads! Great chat! Oh, and Tony, this is for you. 🏆🏆🏆🏆😘

[@StarLeo_]

Im not even a saffa but here you go Tony: 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆

[@carelpapenfus]

😂😂

[@DiannaShamley]

You’re a legend 😂

[@BaconPancake165]

Mark told us to do this. Sorry Tony 🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@Villafarrell]

So true about the English fans vs the English press!!!

[@jasonparsons]

Just for you Tony 🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@hitchikerspie]

Mark sent me here: 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆

[@creekyknee]

Great video gents. Give them hell Tony, those Boks fans deserve every bit of it.

[@elduderino3236]

I feel obligated: 🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@JL-ti3us]

Sacha and Moodie as a pair replacing Pollard and Willie, along with having Damian Willemse in the mix is killer.

[@stephanlategan2179]

Keep it up Tony! Also. 🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@elduderino3236]

@@stephanlategan2179 that's what she said

[@kristian762]

​@@elduderino3236I suppose he needs all the encouragement he can get

[@earthshift]

The Blitzboks has won the World Rugby Sevens Series 4 times, as well as having won 40 tournaments in the series and two Olympic medals !!! we love you Tony lol

[@DiannaShamley]

Lads, if you go to South Africa on holiday I PROMISE YOU people in SA are so warm and welcoming and friendly 😊

[@kristian762]

The biggest issue with vocal Bok fans online, most of them arent actually big rugby fans, theyre just Bok fans. Not the kind of people who would watch rugby if the Boks arent playing, or maybe they'll watch their local franchise at a braai or a bar if its on the TV. And I'd suggest most of them are little gen z bastards who werent even watching rugby when we were losing under Coetzee. And ja, we're a tad sensitive sometimes

[@Afrobear101]

Hey Tony how about this aura... 🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@Selu_G]

Loved the video guys! Kiwi fan here, I definitely agree with Two Cents about English fans, they’ve been pleasant to me for the most part (unlike their football counterparts)

[@paulcostello1807]

Dupont is like Bunce with an inflammation Tony. A superpower with better decision making

[@paulcostello1807]

When he played against Ireland in Dublin 2022 France lost and I think they would have been hammered if it wasn't for Dupont he was quite possibly man of the match. He is a freak a god of a player. An SA fan summed it up In a comment I read online that far inferior players have won World cups so judging a player just on having won a World Cup is not maybe the best metric to quantify Dupont by

[@Forest9528]

I agree that you don't have to win a wc to be considered the best but then you have to be incredibly exceptional. The only player who never won a wc that I consider one of the GOATs anyway is Lomu. At least 40-50% of the criteria to be the goat is a wc

[@jameswyatt4443]

DuPont hasn’t won a World Cup quarter final, he hasn’t won a game in South Africa or in New Zealand. He has 1 Six Nations. And his French team are genuinely great, so that’s not an excuse. You don’t have to win a World Cup to be the goat, but you do when you play for a team as good as France at home at least win a quarter final. Someone like Lomu may have never won it, but he was so close.

[@therosso1984]

Damn that microwave story was amazing 😂

[@mixmastermootree]

Anti 1080 podcast

[@clairemalone4542]

You mentioned you had ancestors from Munster. In 1978 the Munster team won a historic game against an unbeaten All Blacks team.

[@zackvye7632]

Tony!!! As a Saffa, I can definitely appreciate how painful some of our fans can be. Please come visit us though, I promise we're not all completely arrogant and I know many of us would love to share a beer and a shit joke with you!!

[@JimmyKip]

I can't argue with Bryn Hall's take on ABs level players that could be awesome at 7s; 2 players with the triple threat or run/kick/pass - dmac & fakatava.

[@Sentz89]

It's a game of space and read. Skills and attributes helps but you can compare it to touch that helps. Now imagine lunchtime at school not being touched. Hardluck by the NZ Sevens men's but more than enough for gold medals down here. Shout out to Lucy and Brooke for digging deep in that semi 💪

[@AshB-2407]

The Blitzboks were not so long ago more than friggin good. For a period of about 8 years they finished either 1st or 2nd & I think once 3rd. They went on a run of victories couple years ago that was 2nd only to NZs record of victories. They also won like 4/5 legs of a series in a row not long ago. Gold medal at commonwealth games. What's with Tony's uneducated comment of the Blitzboks not really traditionally being good. It's only the last couple years where they've been inconsistent.

[@randyviper388]

Yesss just what i needed

[@grantrau3066]

Tony should lay off the helium balloons 🎈

[@PhillipDawson10]

You need 15 GOAT's to make a rugby team

[@spitthefurious]

The Blitzboks have won the World Sevens Series 4 times and Runner up 9 times. They are one of the best teams to ever play the game. I guess you have no idea.

[@LB_die_Kaapie]

It's Tony, if it ain't NZ, he don't know..

[@DistractedSports]

Better than I thought.

[@connorsmith5924]

Wait for the saffas to reply....​@@DistractedSports

[@PhillipDawson10]

@@connorsmith5924 yes, we will correct you. If not then you will be disappointed, and we do not want that

[@kristian762]

​@@DistractedSports🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@thibautmerlin2376]

The anti-french anglo-saxon referees plot always comes back when a close match is defined by small margins, hence usually by some refereeing decisions (curiously there is no problem with those referees if the french team wins, but most probably this is because they couldn't find any way to accomplish their dirty work). Possibly it originates from the amateur era when barrier language caused misunderstandings between the ref and the french players, leading to penalties and the impression of biased refereeing. Fun fact: Every referee can be accused of taking part of the plot - even non anglo-saxons - especially if you are a south-african slapped with a french patronym.

[@PhillipDawson10]

This is very true ... every fan base has good sides and bad sides. Both good and bad probably have their own way for how they are, but the good fans also feel bad if we listen or see how some of the fans behave. I like the subliminal message your partner left you in the bowl

[@LB_die_Kaapie]

As for Blitzboks, basically all our players who would be 7s and club arent playing 7s aswell because the clubs just pay more. It is wjat it is.

[@liamoconnor5352]

Feisty first half there lads, enjoyed it very much. Ye definitely do care about the aura though.

[@Joshslabbert]

Green and Gold has been SA all my life, didn't know Aus also uses it. But yes the 4 trophy emoji gets super cringe i agree!

[@YOYOTh1s]

We did actuallly miss the statsman, and the man in the hat!!!

[@LB_die_Kaapie]

Us Saffas expect him to go at us every video tbh. We have a saying down here 'Jealousy makes you nasty'..

[@yazeedcariem5684]

U forgot in rub-in the 🏆🏆🏆🏆so thought I'd do it for U just 4U Tony, Lmao!!!! 😂🤣🤣😭😭

[@andrewobrien2604]

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[@k0bra3eak40]

Just for Tony ❤ 🏆🏆🏆🏆 jk

[@zaandros]

On the arrogant fans front. New Zealand was definitely guilty of it during the 2011 to 2015 period. From my experience online it was pretty similar to Irish or South African fans nowadays. New Zealand pundits (specifically thinking about the breakdown here) are as bad as the English media/ pundits with their arrogance too. Currently I am not too chuffed about my teams fan base atm (Springboks) but that's par for the course. On the GOAT debate. John Eales. He did things you would never expect from a forward, Dupont is good but not the same type of all round player Eales was, and afterall, nobody is perfect.

[@Bill-m5t5c]

What was that Razor impersonation? Looks like u j did a bag 🤣🤣🤣.

[@justinnell1957]

As a Saffa my vote is for Zinzan

[@creekyknee]

Jonah Lomu is the GOAT. When he came on to the International scene he was so dominant. He won international games on his own.

[@LB_die_Kaapie]

And as for us not liking dupont well he was very vocal about not wanting us to play in the Euro cup so he can suck it!

[@veroniquemathez8051]

We all know that SA is in Europe !!!

[@LB_die_Kaapie]

​@veroniquemathez8051 I mean your teams are full of Saffas so yeah

[@veroniquemathez8051]

@@LB_die_Kaapie yes indeed but they’re playing in the French Championship. The last saffas to play in Toulouse is now playing in Japan the great Cheslin Kolbe.

[@kropotkine9640]

a lot of saffas fans are also against playing in that tournament because of the long travels

[@jakeclough8090]

I will name call any person who says DuPont isn’t in the conversation. You don’t think he’s the goat, that’s fine, I’m not convinced yet either. But if you don’t think he’s up there in the discussion, you just don’t know rugby

[@The_Fresh_Mr_Breed]

I like that the guy in the hat dislikes SA. It's fun. And many Saffa fans on social media really are idiots, so, you know what... fair play. Anyway, Dupont definitely in the convo for greatest ever on rugby playing ability alone, but I still have so much trauma inflicted by McCaw and Carter that I will always struggle to look past them. I am also shit-scared that Razor is bringing the Aura (TM) back in a big way. The world should be scared.

[@Joshslabbert]

100% on all points. I love the fact that the man in the hat is honest about disliking SA, it makes the podcast so much better.

[@jpfowlds5921]

Dupont is top 3 in his position of all time below smith and joost. But not goat or greatest of this generation

[@jpfowlds5921]

Dupont is top 3 in his position below smith and joost. But not a goat or greatest player of our generation. Hes not that. On your point of not liking SA fans. Its great. The more you hate us the more we love our team. Hated, adored but never ignored

[@carelpapenfus]

What I love about nz fans, when they lose a world cup, none of them watches rugby😂, when sa wins a world cup, ''who cares about the world cup!" 🤣🤣

[@José-j9y3b]

This Distracted, leave the booze, maybe you be lucid...

[@Matt_Dickson-v5q]

First 💪

[@YOYOTh1s]

The reason some of us South African rugby fans will give Du Pont shit is that he outright criticised the ref in the post-match presser of the RWC23 quarter final. After that the French fans started antagonising Springboks players, including a threat to Cobus Reinach's child. Having said that! I am a bit of a Du Pont fanboi while being a particularly partisan Springboks supporter.

[@kropotkine9640]

World Rugby officialy stated that there were bad refs decisions in favor of the Saffas in that game

[@YOYOTh1s]

@@kropotkine9640 allegedly. Some one said that WR told them something. WR denied it in a statement.

[@PhillipDawson10]

The more haters we have, the better we get ... so bring it on

[@GertMalan]

The problem with the debate around Dupond is, it's always a debate. His credentials always has to be defended because of he didn't win the WC and not many 6N trophies. With McCaw and DC, is was never up for debate because they had the WC, Tri Nations and SupeRugby trophies to back it up.

[@José-j9y3b]

Distracted, very petty.

[@Forest9528]

Maybe one day after his career is over he can be considered the goat but he isnt anywhere near it yet. Going online like some people do and declaring him objectively the greatest to ever touch a ball is a joke and frankly offensive to the true goats of the game. You cant even claim that hes the greatest based on what hes achieved compared to his age like somebody did because players like moodie exist who have won a shit ton of trophies that are more impressive than Duponts as well as moodie being undefeated in international rugby and being way younger

[@jakeclough8090]

I’ve never seen so much shite in one comment 😂😂

[@Forest9528]

@jakeclough8090 tell me the north has never had a truly great player without telling me the north has never had a truly great player. Dupont is literally afraid to play anywhere outside Europe but he's apparently the best to ever play Can't take the north seriously in this sport

[@jakeclough8090]

@@Forest9528 at club level, why would he play outside europe when europe is where the best teams are 😂 at international level that’s up to France not DuPont. And yeah sure players like Wilkinson and O’Driscoll, and about 100 others, were never any good 👍

[@Forest9528]

@@jakeclough8090 so not only is he afraid of playing outside of Europe his whole country is Even more embarassing

[@jakeclough8090]

@@Forest9528 well yes that I agree with. Again, not really DuPont’s fault. But France are embarrassing for that

[@JJaeser]

Roleplays!! Finally, was just about to unsubscribe.

[@YOYOTh1s]

🏆🏆🏆🏆 THE ONLY GREEN TEAM, THE ONLY GREEN AND GOLD TEAM!! I honestly don't get why the Aussies refer to them selves as green and gold, because gold is their main colour, so it follows that they should be gold and green? (All in good fun here.)

[@MLF-kq8ut]

Shouldn't the Boks be Green and White though? Their white shorts have more surface area than the yellow colour and sleeve trim. Or perhaps they're going to be called the Hyper Jade and Whites from now on?

[@YOYOTh1s]

@@MLF-kq8ut nah. We don't care about the shorts. It's that green jersey with the gold accent we care about!

[@MLF-kq8ut]

@@YOYOTh1s Australia is green and gold only though. They don't let any interloping other colours come in and take up a third of their real estate. Three items in green (shorts and two socks). One item in gold (jersey). A three to one item ratio of green to gold. Seems like Australia should have a more rightful claim to "green and gold."

[@YOYOTh1s]

​@@MLF-kq8ut Come on dude. When you look at a portrait of a Springbok player in their jersey, It's green with gold accents. When you look at a portrait of a Wallaby player in their jersey it is mostly gold with green accents. Even the jersey with the traditional patterns The ratio of items has nothing to do with it. No player gets passionate about the socks or plays for the shorts. Players "play for the jersey", they get passionate about pulling on that jersey. I don't get why you're getting so technical about something like this while being so confidently wrong.

[@MLF-kq8ut]

@@YOYOTh1s I don't spend much time looking at rugby player portraits. I just watch the games and what I see is Eben Etzebeth in a white shirt and "Hyper Jade" shorts. Let's go the White and Hyper Jades! There's nothing wrong with it mate I think the Hyper Jade looks rad. I think Australia should get an awesome new strip too but unfortunately they just play in green and gold every single game. Boring!

[@svennievd]

30:39 Kiwi fans are pretty decent but your media sucks balls😂 as does a lot of South African media. Just stick to KZbinrs❤

[@grantrau3066]

Rubbish the South Africans have always been in green and gold, Aussies is canary yellow

[@justinnell1957]

😂 Tony SA bear NZ for the bronze at the Olympics

[@superfunreactions8448]

Toni please wake up, luck is preparation meeting opportunity. You Sir makes my dislike NZ.

[@JohnJohannesJacobs]

You guys don't know much about the history of Sevens? The blitzboks have won the annual Sevens Championship title 4 times and finished 2nd in the annual championship in 9 seasons and now have two Olympic Sevens Bronze medals. Seems like a decent record. not the best, but definitely one of the better teams historically.

[@José-j9y3b]

Distracted, take a lead of eggchasers .

[@MLF-kq8ut]

I think we could all take some lead from Eggchasers, many South African fans included. Most of us want to celebrate rugby but a flood of salty fans spoil it for the rest of us, hence Tony's frustration - that's what he's responding to.

[@4dri3n25620]

I don't remember South Africans winning anything though

[@jameswyatt4443]

Imagine saying someone who has won 1 Six Nations, 0 World Cup quarter finals. Never won a game in South Africa or New Zealand, is even in the conversation for the goat debate. He’s not even the best 9 ever.

[@kropotkine9640]

Here his stats for the last Champions cup 5 tries scored (best has 6) Carries: 1st with 125. (C. Doris is second with 105) Clean Breaks: 2nd with 14 (M. Lebel is 1st with 18, L. Biele biarey and J. Lowe are 3rd with 12) Defenders Beaten: 3rd with 25 (D. Penaud is 1st with 29, A. Nankilev 2nd with 28) Meters made: 2nd with 594 (T. Green is 1st with 662, B. Kinghorn is 3rd with 578) He was also 1st in number of Offloads, Try assist and Turn over won Now please tell me wich 9 is better?

[@jameswyatt4443]

@@kropotkine9640 Aaron Smith, Fourie du Preez, Joost van der Westhuizen.

[@jameswyatt4443]

@@kropotkine9640 I said all time. I don’t care what he did for a stacked Toulouse team.

[@kropotkine9640]

​@@jameswyatt4443 so you are simply dismissing these statistics only because they were made at a club? You are really narrow-minded And I'm sure if he came from your country you would consider him the best

[@jameswyatt4443]

@@kropotkine9640 Use your brain. Firstly, International rugby is by far the highest level and the standard for players. Elton Jantjies lead the Lions to 3 straight Super Rugby finals, and statistically he was probably the best player in the competition in that time, but when he stepped onto the field against the All Blacks, he bent over and took 57. Secondly, you can’t use stats from a tournament. All the stats will be dominated by teams that made the final, because they played the most games and minutes.

[@JohnJohannesJacobs]

Don't know which south africans were giving du pont sh1t. Every south african I know acknowledges du pont's skills.

[@thewielloyd988]

Every RugbyPass post about Dupont during the Olympics has been flooded with them. I’m sure it’s a case of a vocal minority but it sure does kill the general positive vibe.

[@José-j9y3b]

Very lucky, very petty...

[@José-j9y3b]

Speak about sevens south africa nojhing out all blacks sevens not a word. Petty.

[@inusventer]

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[@badatme]

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[@markboland3590]

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