The most violent rugby match of the professional era

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[@maximmurray-ginoux3072]

Had the ref forgotten his red cards?

[@Hammersteyn]

Different times back then, game's changed a lot since 2007. Now we have the TMO checking every 5 minutes

[@aisakenadredre1365]

Australian TMOs are on another level 😂

[@french.blackdevil1967]

At this time Rugby was not like nowadays..It was brutal but many respects from both side

[@joeleak6300]

Different era :/

[@daisysuperdog2814]

The sissy rules of today did not apply, but sure, with today’s rules there should have been about 15 red cards😂.

[@McBackBlast]

By the rules of today this match would have finish with less than 10 players left on each side ! Absolutely brutal

[@beerstein7137]

It was soccer all players would have been carried off the field😂

[@herb2078]

Shows how far the game has deteriorated mate. Any form of slight aggressive contact now days and it’s cards. Such a shame

[@patrickdervan3444]

Shows how far the game has improved mate. Shows cards and reffing can reduce dangerous collisions

[@herb2078]

@@patrickdervan3444 you obviously haven’t watched much rugby, the cards that are being dished out are for nothing collisions half the time now and pandering to the people like yourself who are trying to water the game down to make it “more inclusive”. End of the day it’s a contact sport …. If your unhappy with that go and play another sport

[@patrickdervan3444]

@@herb2078 Can't deny the games today look far safer than what was shown in this video. Shows that the game is a contact sport but can have measure put in place to make it safer. I played underage rugby all my youth. As an adult, I fought boxing, kickboxing and MMA for 10 years. Both contact sports, but guess which one caused all my concussions, broken bones and missing teeth....underage rugby. Of course this is purely anecdotal. I'd sooner put my children into MMA classes than on a rugby pitch.

[@josiah8351]

As Samoans we love and respect the Springboks. Absolute beasts they are.

[@cascade3769]

Oh and Samoa are tough as. These 2 teams going at it is great entertainment.

[@theephraimite]

You don’t speak for all Samoans.

[@josiah8351]

@@theephraimite Just a game bro it's not the end of the world. stop being a sook.

[@lukeaoina56]

@@theephraimite Taykidissay youre a tongan. lol

[@theephraimite]

@@josiah8351 if it’s just a game, then don’t speak as if you speak for all Samoans. I can take a loss, but speak for yourself.

[@mt3776]

Jeez if this game was played nowadays it’d start as 15s and finish as 7s

[@somethingelse04]

Lmao

[@islamisthetruewaytogod6812]

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[@pierrepacreau861]

Bryan Habana is as lethal as in the Rugby 08 videogame !

[@lifeisblessed4802]

Mbappe is the Habana of football

[@timmykirsten6444]

an they never made a better rugby game

[@InamMaqondose-kr1rn]

This comment killed me 😂, so true

[@Nattyuce685]

best rugby game ever rupeni was also untouchable in rugby 08 lol

[@oyugilinus1503]

Percy Montgomery and Fourie too

[@Perthpullers]

As a massive Bok fan, it’s always a pleasure to play Samoa, because you know it’s going to be a heavily physical game. Which is what we love!!

[@jonathandavis8599]

It's normally hectic for 10-15min then they just fade away and injure themselves.

[@robinscanlon9593]

Easy to say as a fan!

[@PatrickVajda]

You must talk with old players suffering of neurologic diseases, and how to say to mothers let your childs play rugby, it s safe, I m a coach for young players, I played as a hook, now professional players are weapons, we must regulate impacts

[@theephraimite]

@@jonathandavis8599more like they fade when the ref starts making dubious calls that help open the floodgates for the boks and other big nations. The ref ruined what would’ve been a competitive and nail biting game. Racist refs ruin the game.

[@SavageUnchained]

I must say Boks and Manu do love the physicality of Rugby. This is right down the alley for both sides

[@Jay-Leigh863]

I didn't think this game was particularly violent. Just another great test between South Africa and a Pacific Island team. Love watching the Springboks play All Blacks, Manu Samoa, Tonga and Fiji. Great physical encounters always against those teams of real men who leave it all on the field and no hard feelings afterwards. Respect to all those teams players past and present from a Springbok supporter.

[@gregorybeukes2677]

I think the match they play years ago at Elispark was the hardest

[@scramblesish]

Agreed - rugby is nowhere near as brutal as it used to be

[@colinhylton1762]

I agree with you Glenne83. I only saw one incident which may have been dodgy. The rest was a very hard, fast and physical contest between 2 teams who love playing it that way.

[@huepix]

Yep. Just a bloody good game of footy. One tackle looked marginal, but definitely didn't target the head, so, yeah. Good football all round

[@Deontjie]

Because of these strong players, the northern hemisphere are bringing in rules to soften the game.

[@lanternstylez]

This game was one of my favourites ever. As a Samoan playing the Boks means it will be entertaining. While most teams will play safe and bide their time to exploit mistakes the Boks aren't afraid to make it a physical affair and see who breaks first.

[@free_stylabro6490]

As a South African I always liked watching games between these two teams. The Samoans always put up one hell of a fight, I cannot recall ever watching a boring game between these two.

[@henkstols9326]

One thing about the Boks is they dont shy away from contact, we always played this way and against the Pacific Island teams and you know its going to be good.

[@ndlangamie2495]

2007 springboks were just another breed man

[@VandalCatt]

Dont see any violence, just two tough teams playing physical rugby. Saffers and Polynesians have a mutual respect

[@wanbelstap168]

RESPECT TO SAMOA…in 2007, the population was 183,000. For such a small nation they matched far larger countries with no problem..drawing from a very small pool and having very limited exposure…Go Samoa

[@Readbetweenthelines1]

Agreed. If they had the financial backing They could keep their players without losing them to other nations like AB & Aus. It would make the game far more entertaining, apart from that it would give local NZ a chance to represent their country.

[@biggest23]

Sort of. There have been multiple occasions when Samoa touring teams have comprised not a single Samoan born, raised & rugbyised player, coach, or assistant coaches. One year the Samoan squad had one Samoan born member and he was the physio. Their 2007 RWC squad was pretty light on island born players. Just FYI, Auckland New Zealand, has more polynesians in it, than all the rest of the world combined. Sort of have to take those claims of "Tiny island takes on world" with a grain of salt, when they’ve got their modern versions of colonies in NZ & Aus to source from and they don’t play any other sports to diminish the size of the pool.

[@justranting4510]

Never forget that NZ kept stealing their best players as they had more money, making Samoa even more awesome, had Soma had the money to keep their players, they not NZ would be SAs biggest rival.

[@mattbedford5628]

​@@justranting4510oh really? Can you name these players?

[@justranting4510]

@@mattbedford5628 Tana Umaga, Ross Filipo, Patrick Tuipulotu, Olo Brown, Charlie Faumuina, Ma’a Nonu, Anton Lienert Brown, Joe Stanley, Frank Bunce etc etc etc Go use Google and be amazed at the amount of information you can get just by typing in a few words, instead of being a ,azy sod and relying on others to spoon feed you.

[@yourconscious7960]

This was a great game,Habana absolutely one of the greatest wingers of all time his speed was insane !

[@jeremydasneves6037]

I remember watching this game at the time and thinking it was the most brutally physical game I had ever seen. I knew at that point the Boks would win the world cup after smashing 50 points against such a physical team that threw everything at them.

[@Juiced10111]

I watched that game live and thought how it was possible that the ref could allow the high tackles and hard tackles without using arms. Most of it was not in this video. It happened from both sides, so at least the ref was consistent.

[@watsonmuaau483]

I know we got a hiding but this is how rugby is suppose to be 🇼🇸💯💯👍

[@SeanT649]

Dead right and everyone knows what happens when Samoan and Tongan rugby starts to get funded. The rest of us will need to up the health insurance 100%😂

[@josephvanwyk2088]

The HARDER you play against the Boks, the HARDER we play back. LOVE IT. It's like an arm wrestling match always with the Samoans.

[@branominal]

With Bakkies Botha and two Tuilagis on the pitch, I'm not surprised it's a brutal match. I'm more surprised they didn't end up killing each other

[@Ble55edhwpo]

The Boks have and will always remain a powerhouse of rugby🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@joeleak6300]

Hard strong force from both sides, although Samoa back then were brute giants in my opinion and were a force to reckon with. Tough squad

[@Nattyuce685]

if you look at the team look like they were bred for hand to hand combat lol

[@jonyfreston256]

They stop drafting these guys cos they get tiredly easily 😂

[@BraamBezuidenhout]

Not sure if its the most violent but Manu and the boks do love to absolutely smash each other

[@alize1874]

It's funny how SA decided to play the passing game after the first half trying to take it up the middle, us samoan just have no fear of anything on this earth we only fear God.

[@eddieingalls534]

OK was edited highlights but seems to me the Boks just take the hits and carry on. No moaning, no play acting - just accepting physicality is a big part of the Islanders' game. I think this is why the Boks are so feared and often start matches 7-0 up from the dressing room. They never, ever back down or hide.

[@juniortaa7429]

Back then when rugby was fun to watch 😂

[@watsonmuaau483]

Now too many rules🤦🏽‍♂️

[@leaisaufeau8349]

No that was fun to watch and within the rules

[@etiennevanwyk3208]

Bakkies, Victor, Schalk, Danie, Juan in their absolute prime. Physical rugby, the way its meant to be. The pack from 2007 - 2009 were world beaters. Physically overwhelming. Schalk wouldn't last 10 min in the modern game without a red card. Nor Jerry Collins mind you.

[@Dlezinye]

Remember watching this live. The commitment and physicality from both teams was scsry. What a testament to heart and grit.

[@dorinajibas6046]

Let’s be honest this everytime when the boks and manu play against each other it’s always entertaining to watch

[@colinmiller8361]

No quarter asked, no quarter given. Two big teams playing with pace and strength.

[@rpapibear13]

forgot what rugby used to be like.

[@roytheboy1963]

Love how the highlights just end while the game is still playing!

[@jawmjawm1322]

I remember getting in trouble for recording the RWC2007 and uploading full games. Wasn't as easy to do 16 years ago. I had to record to DVD then use a DVD ripper then take 10 years to upload 😂

[@mbuyiselocamagu7720]

To me this is the best spring boks will ever produce

[@danjorgensen9563]

You know both sides needed extra ice baths and pain medication after this game. Samoa 🇼🇸 ❤

[@Stefaans007]

Imagine this game being played today. The game would have gone on 3 hours because of tmo checking after every phase of play and at the end of the game there would be about 12 players left on both side😂

[@leaisaufeau8349]

TMO needed to get lost and let the game play

[@IonizedComa]

Bryan Habana casually reminding us why he's the 🐐

[@solomonad3550]

2011 world cup game between the two sides was also tough

[@epatimalataipaletaoga9290]

Exactly

[@internal1000]

When rugby was pure

[@joswan4719]

This Samoan team was awesome. We had 0 answers to stopping them physically. I’ve never seen a springbok team seem so physically vulnerable. All worked out tho

[@blackpanda7612]

Physically vulnerable? My broe, what kak are you talking? 😂😂😂😂 The Bok team of 2007 was one of the most physical sides in history. Bakkies, Victor, Schalk, Danie, Juan, all of them in their prime. There were complaints from the All Blacks and Wallabies of their physicality at the time. We were even labeled thugs by the media.

[@Woolfie902]

Henry Tuilagi was daddying the Boks loosies, you can see how they were so terrified of him.

[@Zimbabweclips]

THEY WERENT TERRIFIED MATE TUILANGI ALSO GOT OWNED HEAPS , IN SA THEY BREED HARDER PALAGI THAN NZ THEY LIKE RUSSIAN PALAGI

[@jonyfreston256]

@@Zimbabweclipstrue that I’m Samoan 😂but palagis in South Africa are diff breed they got that Viking genes

[@WalterWhite-sm2dr]

One of these teams went on to win the World Cup.. and another 12 years later ..

[@jeremymitchell3554]

What made this the most violent game in rugby history. Looked pretty tame to me. A few big hits, but nothing over the top.

[@westernsellers9148]

More physical than any NZ super rugby match 😂😂

[@snoogz6152]

When rugby was still...RUGBY!!! After this years RWC I am officially retiring as a fan. The officiating/bias is next level k@k. Cards are used to sway games. Players crying/flopping at every contact to get opposition sent off. TV directors showing 50/50 calls on repeat to influence the TMO but not the same for the away team. Its just a piss show!!!

[@hombrewinitana4141]

Yeah I reckon u hit the nail on the head .

[@tyl3rb-fw6ee]

Why you so angry, get a grip

[@WalterWhite-sm2dr]

4 years later these 2 teams met again in New Zealand and it was much more physical ..

[@cascade3769]

Yeah I was expecting to see that match here.

[@the_katman2181]

Habana was in such good form. Best wing in the world in this era.

[@JTM1809]

Habana is the best wing to ever put boots on, not just in his era.

[@cascade3769]

Howlett too.

[@the_katman2181]

@@JTM1809 I think you might be right.

[@cascade3769]

@@the_katman2181 Lomu and Campese MUST be as good if not better.

[@robert-trading-as-Bob69]

Tonga and Samoa always play a good physical game, relying on strength to overwhelm their opponents. When those 2 teams get to keep their better players from emigrating around the world, they will become a powerhouse to be reckoned with.

[@johnveitch4861]

After a WCup tie where Wales were beaten by Western Samoa, a Welsh wag remarked, " thank God we weren't playing the whole of Samoa".

[@frankvendetta9230]

..but they lose every single time so what is the point being trying to brutalise your opponents? How about starting to playing intelligent rugby and nyes once NZ stop robbing their players I agree then NZ will become a milking cow.

[@robert-trading-as-Bob69]

@@frankvendetta9230 It's not just NZ getting their best players, American Football, England, Scotland, Australia, and France seek them too. The islands are poor, so they go where the money is.

[@arceyes]

The difference between the Springboks and Northern teams is that that each player has had these types of crazy physical games at club and provincial level week in and week out. In Super Rugby, every game was like this in New Zealand.

[@williammthiyane1104]

It's a beast eat beast type of game 💪🏾 Tuilagi is DANGEROUS, but MAN the Boks handled him quite well.

[@chiccojoel8769]

Is Tuilagi playing for Samoa or England?

[@roch8593]

I live in perpignan so I've seen him in person once or twice... he doesn't look human man, his head alone looks like it weighs 100 kilos

[@williammthiyane1104]

@@roch8593 dude is built like his body produces the steroids that people inject themselves with.

[@decekfrokfr3mdx]

Henry Tuilagi rampaged through/over one of the best international back rows of all time on several occasions, and also smashed du Randt in a tackle (not included in this video). I’ve never seen such a physically dominant player and probably never will again. Genuinely scary.

[@coatknight]

​@@chiccojoel8769 brothers

[@nokulungambonda8664]

😂😂😂 These guys will forever try to take the glory of the Springboks. Boks will on the other hand forever defend their honor. So this is not just a game, it's a test of greats and we are always in full support of Boks excellence🎉🎉🎉

[@Skyscraper2015]

I love this because the Boks have always been physical and seem at this point to be one of the only teams that can not only handle the Samoan physicality but can also dish it back. And from what I can tell, the Samoans love that. The All Blacks are nifty and although physical they don't necessarily rely on that as their #1 form of attack. So if the Islanders play for All Blacks they are not as expected to play the way they would as Islanders. Here they play without a worry because it will be handled and dishes out as much. I love this kind of battle.

[@decekfrokfr3mdx]

Samoa comfortably won the physical battle in this game. 80% of the big hits were from Samoans. Boks fitter, more skilled, more organised, which gave them the win.

[@johnveitch4861]

Thanks​ for that. Good win for Samoa then?

[@decekfrokfr3mdx]

@@johnveitch4861 No, as I explained, big hits alone don't win matches. Learn to read.

[@Mysterx1440]

​@@decekfrokfr3mdx but you don't say that anywhere in your comment. Learn to write 😂

[@Skyscraper2015]

I did see tho that South Africa gave some big hits tho they know they don't need to do that. Samoa seems to be producing Tuilagis left right and centre. It seems Henry Tuilagi's son Pasolo is just as big and hard hitting. Would be great to see more of him as well. Only 18 but already a beast. "Seems he was bred for one purpose, to destroy the hearts of men."😂

[@ceasarkimeu1766]

Samoans are getting physical but no tries.,respect to south Africa

[@angaleimotu]

What amazes me is the speed these big Boks move. And they don't stop

[@lanerage4446]

This name was explosive. Both played well !!

[@assoluttogamerx]

I remember this match was a pleasure to watch🤯🤯🤯

[@AizensChair]

i remember watching this live, the amount of high tackles in this game was horrendous. amazed no one got severely injured. poor refereeing by not settling a standard.

[@JTM1809]

LOL, that'd be like 6 red cards on either side today. The Tuilagi bros era Samoa were scary, but they didn't have much of a gameplay beyond running hard and running support lines for offloads. Once the Boks got the lay of the land, they pumped the blue boys real bad. A game between two sides, that can goon it up to 100 if they want to, but one of them had a complete game of rugby besides that, while the other side didn't.

[@theephraimite]

Sorry, the ref ruined the game when he started making dubious calls in favor of the boks. Not saying Samoa would have won, but it would have been a very close affair without that racist ref.

[@BustaBunny3045]

Bryan Habana freakn legend❤

[@lbcraiders1956]

Frist time watching a rugby highlight and I think I like it...

[@TheVredeHunter]

When I was a kid, FHM magazine had an article about the most dangerous things on the planet. The hydrogen bomb was no 1, and Bakkies was no 2.

[@decekfrokfr3mdx]

He got fucked up a couple of times in this game though.

[@thenaughtyred]

❤ to Samoa, True powerhouse of the game ❤️🇿🇦

[@hankf8723]

Yep South Africa 52 - Samoa 7 !!!! Very powerful!!!

[@valentinsalgado6605]

I love when Matfield starys running as if he'd charge and... well nevermind me lads

[@JeyesFluid]

back in the "long lost times" when men were allowed to play rugby, embrace physicality, and not fear a red card for making a dominant tackle. At today's rate of officiating we may as well be watching Nic White playing football before the RWC even kicks off.

[@PowrAl]

Nothing violent, just a proper rugby match. The Samoans are fierce rugby players. NZ would never be as good as they are without the pacific islanders! Same with the Ozzies, fact! I would not have it any other way, you are all islanders from that side of the world and your tribe is good brother. Don't let anyone take that away from you.

[@herb2078]

When rugby was rugby. A proper physical game that was championed as a contact sport. Now you win games by who gets the least amount of cards for any slight bit of aggression. Games ruined

[@finlayD853]

well it had to be made safer

[@Ashley19721]

This just looks like a brilliant rugby match, I played a bit myself back in the day

[@churchur8936]

Damn how fast were the games back then?Africa was fast in rucks and their backline moves too

[@SekuruJohan]

I remember one game between Boks and Samoa where Derrik Hougaard got the ball and next moment there's a blue flash and Hougaard had just disappeared!

[@ImEasyAs]

These are the 2 best teams to watch play.

[@samsmith4597]

Samoa to untidy and to slow to get up. How high were the tackles from s.a.

[@TL8203]

2007 Tonga Samoa n Fiji played tough big hits big runs

[@Nyte-Owl]

Good ol' South African rugby. Love it!

[@graytoby1]

Which was the match where someone grabbed one of the boks by the bollocks and on the resulting penalty they kicked up the high ball straight to the guy to try and smash him?

[@chonzen1764]

I've seen a painting of Captain Cooks end. Bodies of sailors all over the beach. It occurred to me that at some time around 1840 English sailors in the south pacific must have played the first game of rugby with the locals. I imagined a scene of English bodies laid out all over the beach and a bunch of Pollys jumping around screaming and the sailors going WTF just happened.

[@mitagalvin2488]

There was another occasion were they met can't remember what year eban estabeth was playing way more furocious than this game 💪

[@pietsteyn9934]

En Frans Steyn was 19 jaar oud. Bring nog n 19 jarige nou in so game. Daars is nie. Die nuwe reëls maak rugby belaglik.

[@deklerkverwoerd7721]

It's always special playing Western Samoa. Both teams are strong in the Christian faith and really unites us like no other. Play hard on the field and a prayer after the game.

[@gungagalunga9040]

Brian Habana looks like a cheetah running so fast

[@leruu7667]

Love this game......especially when the other just wants to pass the ball bcoz there's a truck trying to smash into you😂😂😂😂

[@lylekruger4864]

some very high tackles in this game. Looks brutal

[@j.t.jaeger1595]

When rugby was great. I remember this game well.

[@xavierfoo-chong9486]

This MANU SAMOA TEAM BEATS ANY TOA AND MANU SAMOA TEAM CURRENT

[@robw7676]

Habana had no right to score that first try... the second was quality as well, and he finished on a hattrick. World class player.

[@CybertronGangsta]

World Champions Baby! Let's gooo!!

[@blackpanda7612]

3 MASSIVE hits within the first minute from kick off? 🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@Wilcoprojectsest2018]

Man I loved this Mach as a youngster the samomens were such bests they played just as hard as us this was not a violent game it was just the game we all know and loved now there are too many rules and it's becoming more and more like a touch rugby game

[@toddpovey9372]

That was one of the best Springbok teams ever

[@dabu8701]

This was for sure an intense game. But I think the match in 2013 was more brutal. Wish we’d get more SA vs Samoa matches 👊

[@spanishpeaches2930]

Always the dirty Saffers at the scene of the crime.

[@Zimbabweclips]

NAH ITS DIRTY KIWI PALAGI, SAFFAS HARDER THAN KIWI PALAGI

[@ntandazotapellosogoni6306]

The Boks never runout of steam

[@Allaluca]

South Africa loves playing physical, so playing rough or even violent South Africa will welcome it with open arms, because then you'll just be playing their game

[@harryocallaghan8082]

They just could not stop Tuilagi. He literally sat down Juan Smith and Schalk Burger MULTIPLE times! And they are enormous men known for their aggression and defence. Particularly Burger. He even shoved aside Big Bakkies. The hits were so illegal and late from BOTH sides 😂 The South Africans are huge men but Jesus Christ the Samoans are pound for pound fucking huge!! Even their outhalf is built like a truck. The South African Dutch are predominantly tall and rangy but the Samoans have the broadest necks, shoulders, and legs. What a game that was!

[@clemfandango619]

The test between the same two teams in around ten years ago was also pretty tasty.

[@Tehui1974]

It was definitely a physical match, particularly in the tackle. But violent? Nah. This is a man's game.

[@tiheiharawira855]

The commentators are right, Samoa has the strength, size, power and pace but when you make a powerful run you have to back it up after one good run going forward? They have to be consistent and more hungrier to carry on the load of running it straight, never let one person run all the time, the team needs to keep driving the momentum forward.

[@smolcat4552]

Blind nationalism does not belong in sport. Love the craft. Love the game ❤

[@GoGarryGo247]

The title is definitely just a click bait...that was just a normal game RSA vs SAMOA...

[@parallelsuns1]

The most violent games always involve South Africa, though this is nothing compared to SA vs Canada or England from back in the day. This seems a fair game TBH

[@gustavfourie5099]

This is probably the goat green and gold team

[@ntsika9533]

Bautista could never do a spear better than that 4:40

[@clarkdunford3132]

Name of background music?