The Springboks Meet The Kids From Merchiston School | What Goes On Tour

A special experience for the students of Merchiston School who got the chance to meet the Springboks during Wednesday's training session in Edinburgh. Rassie Erasmus was also presented a special birthday present by a number of the kids.
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[@Nkanyiso131]

This is why the Springboks are so popular. They are always willing to engage and give back to the local community. Also, notice how that Japanese kid was in awe when Kwagga spoke to him in Japanese. That’s what makes this team special

[@Kid_Senekal]

Wrong Turn-san 🇯🇵

[@mapsmalo]

@@Kid_Senekalyou made my day with this😭😭🙌🏿

[@kr6productions]

​@@Kid_Senekal this is hilarious 😂😂😂

[@Ebendejongh1]

4:31 This is the part incase you wana see it again. I didnt even hear him speak Japanese

[@mayrajoo3515]

Precious🙏❤️🙏SA are very humble friendly people. We never forget where we come from❤️🙏❤️

[@kurtmackrill3003]

So proud to be a South African , dammit may this stint never end!!! Love you bokka!!!!!

[@drikuslourens1854]

amen 🙏 no DNA only SA

[@ianbrodie5051]

Wow great Young lads all very well mannered and the Boks you made their year by being who you are

[@RozWentworth]

This is a showcase of who we are as South Africans...humble salt of the earth rainbow nation and diverse people

[@chrisg667-1]

Calm down, we're not special. There are humble salt of the earth people all over the world

[@Ebendejongh1]

​@@chrisg667-1agreed

[@hospagalief]

​@@chrisg667-1na we the most humble 😂

[@thudeshreenaidoo3330]

Thank you Edinburgh for hosting our boys! 👏🏽💫

[@giftntsibanyoni454]

Rassie asking the kid if he's South African or Scottish 😂😂😂 man is always on the job🤦🏾

[@LaFlaamPhoenix]

😂 he's already scouting for world cup number 10

[@liamferreira8912]

Yeah given how many South Africans have played for Scotland you can never be too sure now🤣

[@Lily-ed2sc]

Gotta love him hahahahaha

[@hughguys1183]

hey you never know - if you know you know hulle weet nie wat ons weet nie

[@andilecingani2849]

😂😂😂😂 jhaa nhee

[@tinlegs1959]

It doesn't take much to make a load of children very happy, well done the Springboks. Such polite young men as well, the future is looking good.

[@bjornhoffmann6008]

And just like that the boot becomes absolute gold!

[@kb8796]

This is great stuff I love the Springboks all the way from Namibia

[@christianmpassi3450]

I love how people involved with rugby behave: the players, the fans. All well mannered, humble and polite

[@drikuslourens1854]

the old saying still stands Rugby a game for hooligans played by gentlemen..and ladies 🥳

[@xxyy_6969]

Kwagga just spoke Japaneese to that kid and blew his mind.🥰

[@T2Lam10]

Priceless moments for these kids. Memories that will last forever. Love these videos, well done South Africa

[@Ebendejongh1]

As fans this is the behind the scenes stuff we like watching to meet the human side of the boks.

[@davidmaclennan5925]

Wow!!! The Boks are just such awesome guys and ambassador’s , they really stop and give time to each and every kid! Something that they will remember for the rest of their lives , right there is the most beautiful and precious part of sport. Heroes Creating the Future heroes, passion for being part of a team! That’s the essence of the beautiful game of rugby. I’m so very proud of them!!! Especially Rassie Ngiyabonga Ngakhulu Amabokke bokke!!!!

[@thudeshreenaidoo3330]

Thank you Springboks! Thank you for being such super embassadors! ❤️

[@mlisto293]

So proud of our boys, humble and down to earth 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@davesmith826]

Hilarious to see Cheslin next those young lads 😅 The hits he guy can take would level a 6'4 bodybuilder and yet he picks himself up and keeps hammering the defensive line until he scores or limps off the field. The guy is a machine: a perfect example of mental strength trumping physical size.

[@bradleysmith7159]

Thank you Springboks for being so humble. You make us all so very proud.

[@DerekChaplin-mu1gc]

Very emotional to watch. You Bokke make us Saffer's very PROUD

[@cs0654]

Scotland is a special place, and the people there are of a kindred spirit with many of us Saffers - Many by blood, some by adoption of a new home. Thank you for hosting us, what a pleasure to be connected to you through Rugby.

[@brianowies4417]

Proudly South African ❤🇿🇦 very proud of our boys

[@marietjievandermerwe8189]

Wowwwww! Proudly SA. Springbok players are humble people

[@ianjacobs2998]

Fantastic 🇿🇦

[@withoutexcusez]

Priceless bok Jerseys for the boys! Heartwarming

[@janevanreenen8768]

This is super awesome❤ 💪🏻🇿🇦💪🏽 Love the Boks… what’s not to love.

[@SeanLarkan]

Also was a boarder at Merchiston in Pietermaritzburg - straddled the old and the new school ‘’62-‘65. Our nickname was the ‘mud-rats’ & rugby was huge. Most of us went on to Maritzburg College.

[@ianhunt4147]

80/81/82/83 - great years I had at Merchiston in pmb - I remember the headmaster met the queen

[@joannebedford2]

Proudly South African ❤

[@martinbezuidenhout842]

Love the kids . I'm from SA and I didn't even have taken a pic with the boks🎉

[@andrerademeyer8936]

Amazing men, the boks! Humble! The kids were starstruck!❤

[@leeann152]

This brought smile to my face. ❤

[@jameswyatt4443]

Cheslin Kolbe is barely bigger than a few 12 year olds. And he’s literally a top 5 rugby player on the planet.

[@mjribes]

I went to Merchiston... in Pietermaritzburg. I didn't know that there was a Merchiston in Scotland.

[@soidog659]

Yes u are right, there must be come connection there.

[@sachinbangaru737]

PMB stand up. #3201

[@TheDarrylsandler]

Murky MudRat

[@davesmith826]

Lots of Scottish place names along the eastern coast of SA and all the way down to CT. Some famous Scottish emigres too. I'm related to one: Andrew Bain, who among other things led the construction of the Bainskloof Pass, a road I first travelled 25 years ago, some 15o years after it was first built.

[@davidmaclennan5925]

You mean Maritzborough?

[@EvanConnock-k8o]

What a wonderful ambassador for the school, well done sir!

[@krlauf5307]

thank you Merchiston...fantastic place

[@buyisiwenxumalo6222]

This is such a beautiful experience for the kids man I'm sooo happy for all of them.❤

[@whysoserious1174]

Special for me to see the Springboks at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh. I went to the Merchiston in South Africa - Merchiston Preparatory School in Pietermaritzburg. It was named after Merchiston Castle School. The likes of Jesse Kriel, Butch James, Craig Joubert, Kevin Pietersen, Darian Townsend & Jonty Rhodes also attended the school. Special moment for Jesse Kriel.

[@richardkennard8485]

What a thrill also attended Merchiston... but in Edinburgh & emigrated to SA..in my time both Roger Baird & John Jeffrey attended. Both played for Scotland & the Lions.

[@glentweedie602]

Wow. That is special. I attended Merchiston Prep. in Pietermaritzburg in the 1970's.

[@mazibukomail]

I also attended...finished in 2003

[@stuartwood9339]

Ready aye ready 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@TheFinebush]

Great to see. I was a mudrat too…

[@obySedgefieldgemofourgardenrou]

Met a group from Barnard castle, young boys& girls at wilderness , there behaviour and manner impeccable, such nice teachers.

[@DeonSmith-p7l]

Mooi manne en dankie.

[@beatrixstrydom1323]

Yahoooo...All I want for Christmas 🎄 is my Springbok T Shirt 👕 signed ...Hier Kom die Bokke 😂😂😂...The World Champions 🏆 our Springboks....Rassie Striving all the way to the winning line .. Beatrix Strydom

[@thudeshreenaidoo3330]

Rassie!! I love you!! 😘 You are the best of the bestest!!! 😃

[@clarenceoswillvanstaden8270]

Great to see the guys interaction with the locals. Nice work Cheslin.

[@noluthando6757]

Love Rassie

[@PowrAl]

That's such a wholesome experience!

[@bluepm777]

Rugby players are the best of the best…..respect to all them boys…..Class

[@dineocynthia25]

Loved it ❤ Give us more

[@kevinaraujo1935]

What amazing role model's. Inspiring.

[@luthandomondliwa8702]

Beautiful

[@rhapsody794]

How adorable is this!

[@tims1542]

Suck a beautiful thing to watch. Springboks and south afrca in general are a "different metal " ❤

[@davidrabbolini6574]

So good to see.

[@Sbu_Phakathwayo]

why am I 29 y/o and jealous

[@liamferreira8912]

Who can blame you!🤣

[@andrerademeyer8936]

😂😂

[@andriesrheeder4679]

Proud of the guys

[@thabangzaula2873]

This is simply beautiful ❤

[@exactsame]

This is great to see Well done SA! PS Can’t believe how small Cheslin Kolbe is!!!

[@seancampbell693]

Roddy, Merchi Head of Rugby, is a top lad, pupils all reflect it too-respectful and thankful. Staffers always seem humble and friendly, carry themselves well.

[@Z_AintHim]

Im in South Africa and still haven’t seen this much springboks in real life 😭🙏

[@jukeseyable]

looks as though he has lost a bit of pace judging from this video, 🤣🤣🤣

[@abeaslan7603]

Such a cool video love the boks interactions.. cool kids too

[@winfriedbauer2280]

Wholesome content!!

[@Mick-lk2gb]

Great PR! Keep it up 👍

[@petercoles373]

Lovely to see…. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@matthewhaworth4834]

Getting cheslin to sign one boot and KLA to sign the other. Instills the power of the Western Cape step in them

[@annabrisley479]

Lovely!!

[@neilcothill3796]

this is amazing to watch

[@MosesMatsepane]

Rassie trying to get them early, he doesn't want another Telea situation. 😅😅

[@IsanG08]

Cheslin Kolbe my goat 🐐💕

[@vanwyngaardfamily4359]

Wonderful champs❤, England please learn humility we need you to rise.

[@Kid_Senekal]

5:29 The Butcher with other members of the scrumcap gang, love to see it ❤

[@PeterPearson-m4w]

Sooo cool....!!!!

[@shawnallworth8706]

Really Cool !

[@wesrobmat]

Legends. Look how nice they are they wouldn’t harm a fly 😂

[@gregambler2028]

Awesome

[@musicvideoandlyricshub-uy9xu]

I'll get it tattooed is insane

[@clivescott6620]

Nice to see😊

[@paulvandervyver4223]

Love the Scottish accent...

[@TipOfAfrica0010]

Kurt-Lee shud have kept his scrum cap on - easily recognizable 😂😂

[@djpandsmm]

Fantastic experience for the young lads, I would however would like to see them go to other schools in the area, not just a fee paying one. Or even Merchiston could have invited other local teams to the training session

[@slaine-c1f]

Great video. Lovely kids, and of course the Boks are just awesome.

[@TrevorFillis]

Snyman was busy chatting to the clouds

[@stu1944]

Top stuff 🎉🎉🎉

[@ntlakaniphomsongelwa]

Our white Africans are total different from western white people, because they were born into the African culture, they have so much respect n humbleness.❤

[@johanstruwig3815]

huh?

[@AndrewAW-w2l]

Makes you wonder why world rugby and Beaumont dislikes them so intensely

[@bunnychowmuncher]

History. The 1974 Lions had a clean sweep in South Africa and the 1980 team which was incredibly good too and Captained by Beaumont came to SA expecting to repeat that but got humbled by guys with no official test caps. Beaumont and Woodward don't seem to have forgotten that and I personally think carry some animosity over it because their 1974 peers had a lot to say about them in the press and were not very complimentary especially not being able to beat guys who did not play any test rugby. Ian McGeechan who was part of the 1974 team has often called Beaumont and Woodward out on their cynical view of the Springboks and promotes them. McGeechan was a big proponent o the Boks joining the Six Nations while Beaumont and Woodward blocked it.

[@AndrewAW-w2l]

Good insight- thanks. 1980 tour is my earliest memory of the Boks - think Gerrie Germeshuis took a quick line out which resulted in a try in the PE test

[@richardkennard8485]

Interesting point is that an old Merchistonian & ex Scotland/Lion namely John Jeffrey was initially in the running to replace Bill Beaumont

[@bunnychowmuncher]

@@AndrewAW-w2l In all fairness as a South African we were pretty arrogant towards those Lions in 1980 and wanted revenge for 1974. However there was animosity over politics and sport being mixed and for them arriving somewhat entitled so we had a point to prove with a young Naas Botha showing his goods. It was a two way street but Woodward and Beaumont should have had more self reflection to understand that. There was also still even then animosity against Britian for what transpired in the Boer War. SA never really got an apology for British (which included NZ and Aussie troops) invading the Boer Republics and terminating 40,000 Boers and 60,000 Bantu in some very dirty tactics. It was very complex at the time and ironically if it were not for the war and the concentration camps rugby would likely not exist as big as it is in SA. The NZ All Blacks have the haka challenge. We had a mental challenge for a long time because rugby was was born from that war and winning was an extension of that. Its all water long under the bridge now.

[@mazibukomail]

I went to Merchiston Preparatory School....in South Africa😅

[@craig19fox]

Scotland. such a beautiful place, great people....especially the Green Half, wink wink.

[@DavidJones-ih1cp]

That’s really cool

[@friedrichredelinghuys4003]

Some of those kids are as tall as Kwagga 🙂

[@handcrafted30]

Wonder if the boks will get out and speak to some of the small grass routs clubs and inspire some kids who need inspiring. I’m sure it was fun and inspiring for the Merchiston kids too but they are also some of the wealthiest and most privileged kids in Scotland.

[@wezvandez]

piss off with your negativity. the Boks do much more than this.

[@Kid_Senekal]

One of the more prestigious Edinburgh schools. About R1m a year for a high school boarder

[@GraemeDavidson-qb1mz]

Would be good if they visited a state school as opposed to one of the most privileged schools in Scotland. Best pitches because of enormous fees.

[@Faust_ZA]

W rassie and boyz 🇿🇦🤝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@migyman321]

Scotland 🤝 South Africa

[@GaryLaaks1]

Rugby unites. Nelson Mandela saw a bright future. Win or lose I love the game.

[@JaneSmith-im2cl]

I am in England. How can I stream the game on Sunday, any ideas please? Saffa Springbok fan.

[@karabontseki617]

That "come this side" is sooo south african lol

[@zigman63]

Great pitches at Hawick High school in the borders

[@lozdawes8761]

👏👍

[@sachinbangaru737]

Lol I thought this was the Merchiston in PMB.

[@anthonydavidovics4231]

Sachin!

[@sachinbangaru737]

@@anthonydavidovics4231 TONY!

[@Woooofit]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@E_C_M_R]

Yoh gents I thought this was Merchiston in Maritzburg, lol. Jesse in the thumbnail had me in the first half, not gonna lie. #redblackwhite, #abclgcollege🤣

[@bobbytreetop1701]

Do they visit state schools ?

[@Reno-cz5ji]

Nice to see scotch fan with the boks

[@randomlyfactual1943]

So this school is raising money to help build a community in Cape Town? And then the Boks go there and get some one-on-one time with the kids? Yep, the warm and fuzzies are strong in this one.