VMTV Rugby Pod | Quarter-final review and semi-final preview!

[@riyaadrhoda3990]

Respect to Alan Quinlan from a SA fan. Very respectable and composed man. Love his comments and insights.

[@arcanum24]

I literally watch this show to see Matt Williams get it wrong every time. 16 percenter 😂😂

[@redhowell7856]

He's got zero credibility as far as I'm concerned.. never mind that he's just irritating 🙄. Has been IMO

[@shaincarnemichaels7271]

We all do😂

[@cmarsh9988]

He was right about ireland in the quarter final with new zealand😂😂😂

[@williamforsyth-ye4rc]

It's heartening to know there are still some constants in this batshit crazy world! Matt Williams talking shite, and proving just how little he actually knows about rugby is one such constant!

[@davidpeters3857]

😂😂👍

[@JT-oo7sd]

As a kiwi I just have so much respect for Quinlan’s views. Obviously he was very disappointed with the result, but still prepared to give credit and be gracious to NZ.

[@siegmundsonntag3950]

THIS GAME WAS ON A KNIFE EDGE. THE LOSS IS A GOOD LOSS. THEY PLAYED THE GAME AND WE MUST REALISE WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN DEAD TO EVEN TRY TO PLAY AGAINST NEW ZEALAND. IRELANDS TRACK RECORD IS FANTASTIC

[@eugeneloggenberg2314]

Oh dear God, didn't you...Matt Williams state that the French would Beat the Boks..."EASILLY"?? Wrong yet again...Eat your Biased Comments Now!!!!

[@dawiewessels]

Matt Williams should watch the Nigel Owens explanation of the Kwagga penalty. The rule doesn’t say you can’t put your hand on the ground. Very informative video Matt can learn something

[@ghaliebdavids3156]

I agree with Matt. Winning world cups are extremely hard. Bokke and AB's won 3 each, thank you very much. Go BOKKE.

[@lukeyboy1237]

Ireland won none

[@corneldejongh]

Not a penalty to France Matt...Nigel Owens explained it nicely. You may put your hand on the ground, just not in the process of scraping the ball towards you.

[@michaelmulholland9072]

It was a penalty. Fiji were done in their semi numerous times for the same thing.

[@corneldejongh]

@@michaelmulholland9072 agree to disagree. You are allowed to place your hands on the ground, but not over the ball in the process of getting the ball back.

[@jaconortje5009]

First of what semi did Fiji play mate? Secondly who are we going to believe? One of the best referee's to ever do it in Nigel Owens saying it was the correct call for South Africa or you some random on the internet and Matt Williams who believes everything South Africa does is against the spirit of the game? I know which one im picking @@michaelmulholland9072

[@valentinotjiana4524]

@@michaelmulholland9072 But to only Single out that in favor of France it’s ridiculous because SA has many cases also, hence you and Matt should stop criticizing the ref and congratulate the Boks!

[@sammacculloch446]

Yea but he would have carded eban for his slap down.. bokk got lucky, but some might say you make your own luck.

[@razeenmeyer9728]

I think Matt gets interviewed for the entertainment factor, not for technical analysis.

[@redhowell7856]

Agree! He's a vaudevillian pundit character - farcical, travelling, ridiculous wannabe pundit. Lol!

[@deonburger5145]

When Matt speaks..... i can feel his co-presenters disagreeing with him by just the look on their faces.

[@cobusbrits2]

If he hears the words Boks, South Africans or Bok fans, he turns nasty, just cant help himself. Boks must have traumatized him somewhere. Scarred him for life...

[@redhowell7856]

@@cobusbrits2I think you're right! Ever since his little rant about the 7/1 he can't be seen to be anything but anti-Bok. Poor Oke. I don't think he's going to get more online gigs as a pundit going forward because he's got boggerall credibility. Hy't 'n lat vir sy eie gat gepluk 🤣

[@pock0077]

“I am not criticising the ref” proceeds to criticise the ref

[@jacqloock]

I would never criticize Matt Williams but he sucks

[@Camcolito]

Do only Saffas and Kiwis watch Irish rugby podcasts? 😂

[@jacqloock]

Now, yes

[@tjfaagase8226]

We watch them for the humor...😂 especially this Australian Matt Williams who doesn't have a clue about any5hing and who should've just got on the plane home with the woeful wallabies...

[@Trajan2401]

​​@@tjfaagase8226everyone seems to be copying what others wrote i dont mind Williams.

[@corneldejongh]

Getting so nervous with Matt saying SA will beat Eng in every facet of play....that is what he said Fra will do with SA...and he is ALWAYS wrong.

[@michaelshanahan4042]

Not this time me thinks 😊

[@henkstols9326]

When Rassie complained about the system he got banned, no one even supported him.

[@valentinotjiana4524]

I'm only here to see Matt's hate towards SA, I'm sure it hurts him more that the Boks are through than that Ireland have failed.

[@bp5722]

Alan Quinlan is class

[@julianmallach348]

I love all of Matt's various requests to change the rules of the game. We can call them the "Lets try and make sure the Springboks don't win Rules". So, so bitter. He is a worse pundit that he was a coach. And that is quite amazing.

[@pita3908]

The Rugby Championship in SH is high octane, week after week, NZ and SA are use to playing with the same intensity every week, they will be up for the semis...and finals if they make it!!

[@SAnd-pd1ou]

Matt told us that this NZ team was the weakest did he not, few weeks ago?

[@Gadafi368]

Stats mean nothing in a knockout. There are moments in games which makes the difference between BIG MATCH TEMPERAMENT and PANIC

[@monwabisihenisi3877]

Mark what now about Boks? Or you haven't recovered from Ireland loss? You know what guys, Ireland and France can still make it to the Rugby world cup final. How? They just need to buy tickets.

[@monwabisihenisi3877]

*Matt Williams

[@faithkaroki6536]

😂

[@Knowyourintent]

I love you guys ... especially Matt Williams' commentary on using the technology to minimize/eliminate the injustice of refereeing errors

[@carlscholtz7842]

Matt Williams blatant bias against the springboks is a bit sad. There were a few refereeing inconsistencies against both teams. That game switched when Ramos managed to kick his penalty 10m behind the mark. Bet he’ll be sucking on lemons if they win the World Cup

[@dannygray-mi3xn]

As an Englishman, I just hope the England players watch this before South Africa 😂 These guys are up New Zealand and SA butts

[@ballasgleek]

I think it's hilarious. He always makes himself look like such a bellend 😂(Also the way he refers to South Africa as "The Africans" ... it's like something out of a Tom Sharpe novel).

[@smilesalot7280]

Matt Williams is such a tosser

[@Mr-Litch]

Matt speaks without knowledge Nigel Owen's said Kwagga was legal so was Eben Matt is just a jealous fool.

[@allywood1015]

If you cant win a game in 80min don't blame the officials. Its never nice to loose but to not congratulate the winner is worse in any sport. Refs are part of the game and there aren't that many top rated refs left. There were moments where both sides could have a case, to single out one is not cool.

[@suewindsor5196]

I think Ireland are fantastic and they should definitely be in the semi finals ,🍀🍀🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@abongilenonkelela7726]

Then why aren't they in the Semi-Finals. No one has the divine right to be in the Semi- finals or final. That what people in the Northern Hemisphere don't understand that.

[@richardjohnston3359]

Not fantastic enough to get to the semi finals thou 👍🏻

[@SAnd-pd1ou]

Not good enough Sue

[@mungoblizzard6114]

Ireland thought they were world champions by the end of the pool stages.. in the end they’re just another quarter final Irish team

[@mrange20]

Ireland did not lose that game for just one thing! They were tactically took out of their comfort zone, could not adept to game AB's threw at them. Stats means nothing when you don't take the opportunities coming your way, ie. 20 minutes of yellow cards against 14 men.

[@mitch2924]

Ireland lost the game buddy. The AB played Ireland game. Ireland were never out there comforzone the AB defence was just immense. Don’t get ahead of yourself Ireland would have won the game 9/10, errors from Ireland cost them the game. Nothing to do with the AB style. What did the AB throw at them beside a few suck punch tries?

[@Andy_M986]

They went into that match assuming they would win,after dominating the ABs for the last few years,their egos got ahead of them,their media were particularly against the ABs.

[@CouncilofOneElectronic]

​​@@Andy_M986 Why did they field a first team against New Zealand if they thought they would easily win? Nope makes no sense.

[@michaelmulholland9072]

I think the irish are being unduly harsh on themselves. The two teams played excellent rugby. Ireland were just on the wrong side of those tiny margins. AB are sensational when it comes to tactics. They played nothing short of sensational to pip a great irish side.

[@rodwellchigome7567]

Yeah, but they have to find something after they were prior to the game and WC. When you believe so much, it must hurt after a loss, especially a close one like that you look to pinpoint where that extra percent went missing.

[@michaelmulholland9072]

@rodwellchigome7567 Why wouldn't they believe, though? They are a fantastic side No1 in the world. They proved how good they are during the Boks and against the AB. Unfortunately, the latter was a defeat. On another day, that's a win. Small margins

[@Burninglash]

In truth the boks showed how to beat the Irish in the pool game. Which takes nothing away from an absolutely class Irish team. It took an AB's top shelf game to beat them. No choke, just ran into one of the AB's smash and grab performances

[@Davidvx1468]

Nigel Owen's explains that penalty from Kwagga Smith and says it's legal, so you can take Matt's view on it, or the most experienced and well respected referee's view of it

[@kiwimorrison1718]

As Allan alluded to about the All Blacks pedigree but moreover character. To have the last 2 years results that the AB’s have had and to now be in a position to win another World Cup is truly incredible and again comes back to the character, trust and desire to win.

[@justinnell1957]

Matt Williams is so biased - what about a the decisions that went Ireland or Frances way? Don’t this count? Also he is always complaining about how long a game last it stopped for every issue the game would never end

[@billbobby461]

To be fair he only really talked about Smith's hand on the ground in the ruck while on the ball. The game was already stopped. 😅

[@Darknight80888]

Does anybody know how to filter out KZbin content that contains Matt Williams. Asking a friend please😂

[@oliverleigh9854]

🤣🤣🤣

[@dve804]

A few weeks ago Pratt Williams was the one ranting that the off-field officials were taking the game away from the ref, now its the opposite. Never ceases to amaze me that he still tolerated on the show, the bar must really be very low for commentators ....

[@redhowell7856]

For sure! They need to boot him because he's just without any street creds or smarts.. Yaaaaaawn.

[@jethrohill6102]

Now I’m worried. Matt picked England to lose. He’s always wrong. Go Boks.

[@arcanum24]

That was a close one 😳

[@alaykarajab9560]

😂😂

[@sbok9481]

Sorry Matt, THE SYSTEM, is exactly what you have been happy with because you benefitted from it. When RASSIE wanted to change the system for the better, YOU ALL wanted Rassie to be banned. You treated Rassie as the problem. What makes you criticizing the system better and more acceptable than Rassie? Every single person were supposed to support Rassie and demanded consistent refereeing. You didn't. What you are actually saying, referees can be biased against SA and make blatant mistakes against us but NOT against France or Ireland.

[@Jacquesjot]

Stephen Larkem charged down a Louis Koen conversation once in a test.

[@davidgraham3162]

Matt - what about the clear red card against PSDT. Straight head charge. Why didnt you raise that Matt. Blinded by your prejudice. A toxic mix of arrogance and conscious bias.

[@mikecl8803]

Yeah poor Matt Williams and kirwan need to have some time together, pretty much like an AA, jokes aside, I'm still nervous about England, they are due a massive game and have been sitting way under the radar.

[@redhowell7856]

Add Mike Tindall to that club..

[@Burninglash]

England are a country that has won a world cup. They have the bloody mindedness to win in the dark moments. Definitely can't take them lightly tomorrow. If they play the boks 2019 game against us .. game on.

[@redhowell7856]

@@Burninglash S.A. is a country that has won 3 world cups. We have the bloody mindedness to win in dark moments. Definitely can't take us lightly tomorrow. If we play the Boks 2019 V 2.0 game against England. ..Game on.

[@Burninglash]

@redhowell7856 chuckles so true. Boks for the win but we have to recognize England are not going to be walk in the park. Having said that I hope it's a repeat of 2019 final score. 😉

[@redhowell7856]

@@Burninglash Yep yep - agree. They're not a walk in the park by any means - I'll concede that unreservedly. If we punch early, maintain momentum and then unleash the bench at the right time it could be a walk in a park that England won't like but, fair comment - those Rose clad lads will put up a fight for sure! Go Bokke!

[@kubensamiuel5176]

Is that where it's at now? Talking about line out spacing when analysing Ireland's loss. Also if Porter scrummed in anymore he would have ended up on NZs side.

[@fazertace6837]

Fun fact- Apart from the penalty try all the tries scored in the ire v nz 1/4 final were scored by New Zealanders 😂

[@camillao2793]

That's a very good fun fact 😆

[@oldman774]

Matt, learn the laws of rugby, Owens even confirmed it, the law doesn't say you may not have your hands on the ground, the law says you may not go past the ball. The law also states you need to support your body weight. Which Kwagga did

[@ianjacobs2998]

I wish that 🤡 read your comment!!!!

[@robertpirsig5011]

You know Ireland are a good team when you have so many Kiwis fans still bitter about losing the series last year. You just about got this one, be Happy.

[@SAnd-pd1ou]

No one cares about the friendlies. WC is all that matters and the cream always rises to the top at the biggest stage

[@LockedDownSpectator]

The Irish did something only four other teams have done in history in Aotearoa. I'd also be sour.

[@center__mass]

good but not good enough after all 😜

[@chucklombardo8167]

Ya and Ireland are only the third team to win 17 games in a row the reason for that is its bloody hard I'm very optimistic bout Ireland future I think they will win the six nations for the next few yrs that's still success

[@SalemTotal]

​@SAnd-pd1ou disagree entirely. As a Kiwi we very much care about losing a home test series in 2022. As far as im concerned, knocking Ireland out of the world cup isnt enough to remove that pain. We still owe them in my opinion.

[@patrickkeane2067]

Either Nz and SA will be grand. They won't need to go to well. They will cruse through. Will make good finale. But for competition it's not finale most folk wanted. Was at two matches weekend. Never experienced a collective devastation at a stadium or an event. Was god awful.

[@Burninglash]

SA had that experience in 2011. Been there also. It sucks!

[@luatala8008]

Wasn’t Barrett’s hand that stopped the try it was his lower torso.

[@albertvanlingen7590]

The video footage from the French TV producer during the game was incredibly one sided zooming in on South Africa mistakes painting a picture that skews in Frances favour but they conveniently didn't show the ruck head contact on Pieter Steph du Toit that was so bad the team Dr had to call for an HIA.....no one talking about that 👍🏻

[@oliverleigh9854]

Dude that was a dirty game. both sides

[@QinisoZulu-i1l]

​@@oliverleigh9854no it wasn't

[@LockedDownSpectator]

16:40 "Ireland could dominate for the next five years" is what was said by a pundit ahead of the match between Ireland and New Zealand. This is a golden generation of Irish players. But the age of "domination" of any sport is over, let alone rugby. You win you can when you can, now.

[@neilmontgomery3470]

A pundit didn't say that, it was Gregor Townsend the Scottish head coach. But I think you are right to a degree. The big unions have advantage in terms of player numbers and resources but Ireland does very well for a small country where rugby isn't the top sport.

[@LockedDownSpectator]

@@neilmontgomery3470 Thanks for the correction. What New Zealand has done historically is just impossible great to dominate the sports the way they have. Phenomenal. But for over a decade now, teams gave them victories by just being in awe of them instead of just keeping to the basics.

[@Burninglash]

The professional era has been the great leveler. Ireland and France are on a par with Boks and AB's except at workd cups. Knockout rugby is about being the last one standing not about how you score.

[@atapene]

Alan is great. Respect.

[@alecreid9892]

Sorry my friend. That penalty at the end near the French line came off a French player and 5 springboks asked for a review and we should have got a scrum on the line... that's a 7 pointer and yes the Springboks will smash Nz in the final

[@oliverleigh9854]

🤣🤣🤣

[@rodeo4786]

Ur a Saffa u aut to know the 2 heavyweights are never an outright clear cut outcome

[@aar1967]

So is it true that Arundell pissed off Owen Farrell and that's why he's getting no game time?

[@deanjames1934]

The Irish fans and pundits had very little respect for the AB's leading up to the game. Enough said.

[@Fletcher806]

These Irish podcast are so hilarious and absolutely entertaining. I'm so glad I came across them a couple weeks back. Comedy hour at its best. Did anyone see the one where the guy produced graphs and stats? Pure comedy genius! They're basically 'cut and paste' of each other, but with different sad, miserable, self righteous and condescending Presenters. All trying to find more silver linings and different areas where the Irish team were hard done by, a week after the horse had bolted. Talk about glutton for punishment. The pain and hurt in their faces and anger in their voice...compulsory viewing. Confidence is one thing, but the arrogance and entitlement shown from the Irish media and rugby public pre-tournament and quarters, it's next level. That's probably why so many Kiwi's and Saffa's are commenting on these Irish podcast, righting some wrongs. Not sure where the Irish supporters are, probably getting ready for the URC or watching the other 50 million sports that are more popular than rugby and have a bigger following. Dismissing the Southern Hemisphere Rugby Superpowers pre-tournament as if they were inconsequential, dads army and second rate pretenders...we weren't having that. I look forward to more content. Our teams have a semi-final to play, hopefully we can get through them and go to the big dance, but if we don't, then thats life. Future trivia question: Q. Which former Irish rugby team member, progressed past the quarter final? A. Joe Scheimdt.

[@justathought8423]

Hahah wow really letting this off your chest pal , bless you 😊

[@lizzyhanahoe4197]

50 million sports ??? name them. WOW you are definitely carrying a lot of chips on those shoulders, hope they are broad enough to take the weight. Almost a week has gone by and we’re still rattling you, even though we lost.

[@Fletcher806]

@@lizzyhanahoe4197 Nope, not rattled at all. Just enjoying watching the Irish scramble for excuses. Trying to make it, make sense. The injustice of it all. If you didn't get my 50 million sports reference, then I can't help you. But, I know you're going to respond and I look forward to it. But looking at your initial comments, it's sounds like you want to cry. Do you want to cry?

[@christinaforde4101]

@@lizzyhanahoe4197 Yeah and they are still not happy, always with the cruel comments about Ireland.

[@christinaforde4101]

@@lizzyhanahoe4197 Better off not rising to those ridiculous comments, gotta laugh 😊🍀🇮🇪.

[@AlternativeBrew]

There is a lot of criticism against Matt Williams here. I am afraid I am going to pile in but will try to explain why I think he talks nonsense all the time not sure why they keep bringing him back when you have the likes of Andy Dunn and others. 1. AFTER Leinster lost to LA Rochelle in 2002. Williams writes that they were very lucky to win. Lo and behold they lose again in 2023 and Rog said something about disrespect from Leinster can't blame him 2. Mark before the world cup. South African players will not perform in the world cup because they haven't rested as they played super rugby and went straight to France and top14 rugby. Boks haven't won the title and may not win but the players don't strike me as run down. 3. After Boks lost to the ABs in the championship. Williams again, The Boks game is not good enough and when the Boks come up against the Big boys their game plan hits the wall. Boks have subsequently beaten France and ABs after that match. Maybe he does not consider these two big boys in the rugby world. I know this is punditry, but can we really take him serious as a pundit?

[@sbok9481]

Thanks for this. It's flipping hard work to go back and quote these clowns. They think we are stupid and just say anything they want. Question: Why does Ireland keep on giving this clown a platform to speak? They should send him to the old age home.

[@Jordan-du6fu]

Ireland this is why us kiwis have no respect towards you. You disrespect our captain and you make all these excuses for loosing. I could say what if Will Jordan caught that cross kick he would have scored a try but you don't talk about that cross kick out to Will Jordan. It's simple Ireland played their best but they we're put under too much pressure by the All Blacks causing them to make mistakes and give away penalties.

[@TGINetwork]

Thank you for the entertainment Mr Williams😅😂❤

[@earleofgrey]

On cue Marky Mark. There were penalties not given on both sides, calm down senior.

[@center__mass]

when a team after 120 yrs of domination lose a couple of games everyone loses their minds 🤣🤣🤣

[@unforseenlaboratories8017]

Id take a series win in New Zealand over a semi final. Wasn't done down there in how long?

[@jacqloock]

You lie

[@stephendoherty981]

​@jacqloock To series in NZ is incredibly hard. Very few have done it. Much better than winning a QF in a world cup. No comparison. Even a poor England and Arg are in a semi final.

[@possumface2425]

OK, let's revisit history because the present is really painful.

[@christinaforde4101]

I agree and it looks like it's been a bitter pill to swallow, judging by all the cruel comments about Ireland. If that ain't a big ego, what is.

[@stephendoherty981]

@possumface2425 Hardly ancient history. It was last year.

[@MartynKilian]

Matt Williams would do well to go listen to Nigel Owens on that. He makes it clear on his whistle watch show that putting a hand on the ground is not automatically a penalty it depends if you are using it to support your body weight or if you are placing beyond the ball.

[@CouncilofOneElectronic]

Yeah but "whistle watch" is a show put on by World Rugby. Therefore Owens will never outright critisize the refereeing of a world cup match will he?! South Africa definitely got the rub of the green in several pivotal 50/50s, but all WC winning sides need some luck on the journey. There is no shame in admitting that because they played very well.

[@the_twowheel_turtle934]

Dude! The guy with the gray hair is soooo salty! Lmao

[@mauritspretorius3403]

Matt, Matt, Matt. This is sad. You want rugby to be refereed as if it is chess. Agree, referees need to get it right, but to call a different result on the basis of one mistake that you picked up is a gross simplification of a complex set of factors and possible outcomes. Or are you suggesting that you have counted every ref mistake, on each side, with complete insight in what would have happened or flowed from there onwards and then, in that magnificent rugby brain of yours can compute a conclusion that the result should have been different? Matt, please share either your algorithm or the stuff you smoke so that us mortals can follow your arguments.

[@ConservativeCapitalist]

What about the fact that you guys played for 20 min with 15 man and The AB’s with 14

[@DomDeDom]

Joe Schmidt did a job on his old team. Whadda guy.

[@possumface2425]

Welcome to professional sport. Fancy employing a New Zealand coach and expecting him not to want to coach a New Zealand team! Boo hooo!

[@antonyholmes7451]

Matt Williams has conceded that you could have 15 penalties at every breakdown but the TMO must come in whenever they spot one? Surely we would never get through a game in that case?

[@konkerunitedarmy1300]

Matt williams where is bokke apology

[@jobe1888]

I watch this show because Matt Williams is HILARIOUS!!😂 He's so nonsense.🤣🤣🤣

[@center__mass]

NZ in the decades of being ranked 1 never bleeted like this lot being number one rofl 🤣🤣🤣 some growing up to be done

[@SHUTUPNOWW9360]

MATT WILLIAMS.. thought france was gonna beat south africa so easy??

[@mutwa_0]

In as much as Matt says Kolbes block was planned even those 2 tries which came from kicks were well planned based on Frances lack of ability of dealing with balls in the air. The rest he said was hog wash.

[@redhowell7856]

Yep yep.. Matt Williams is not deserving of a pundit place on any panel. He's consistently Bok critical,... Dug himself into a hole which he's never gonna get out of. Hang up your "pundit" boots Matt W. Real valued pundits have objectivity and no-one ever ever says anything good about your contributions.

[@alessiohh]

Matt Williams tears is so satisfying

[@abongilenonkelela7726]

Absolutely 💯

[@DaveEdmondson]

Difference is New Zealand believe they have to earn the right to win the World Cup and Ireland just assumed they would win it…. That’s the difference between extreme variety of experiences with New Zealand and recent inflated experience with Irelands latest form… it was a mental war won by New Zealand and that’s what separates the great from the good..

[@TGINetwork]

We won with a 7-1 and beat France with a 5-3😂😂😂😂😂

[@brettlouw8735]

eat that Matty!

[@corneldejongh]

France will beat South Africa..."EEEAAASSSSY" (Matt Williams)

[@pleasurering1]

Should be called the “southern hemisphere” World Cup to be fair!

[@velvetrazor7553]

Ireland - may have been deluded by the media and fan hype and forgot who they were playing; the ABS 'gave' them the style that won them the silverware in their cupboard! NZ / Aus have been playing that style from 2008! The only way to beat us is to surprise us with something we don't expect! We don't expect to play against ourselves...and the series in NZ taught us that! Everything changed after that!!! Kudos to Ireland for that! It made us stop and review our game to change... to have the ability to beat our own Attack and Defense. That's why we lost several games...trying new things and BLOODING new players at the same time! Very difficult and Win always expected! But we were Tweaking the style we play! What Ireland has to do is to IMPROVE the style every game they play to have several styles available. Most thought it was the 'same' ABs they met last time.....there's the result. That game took effort to win, but it did not bust the ABs (Matt's wrong AGAIN) It was because Ireland game to our house and smacked us! Good to see Ireland / Wales playing exciting rugby (NZ influence / Coaching) France always play with emotion and sometimes cost them dearly. WE need more games like those for the sport....especially with the Americas and European teams coming through. Chin up Ireland> Regroup and Grow your game!! You have 4-years to Learn or Not! Personally, I think you may have been lucky the ABs paid you too much respect!

[@christinaforde4101]

Wow unbelievable and to think you called the Irish arrogant.

[@velvetrazor7553]

@@christinaforde4101 - "Deluded" - not arrogant. You need to be a little arrogant as a player!!...to believe you're better than your opposite! That's part of playing and finding ways to beat your opposite, as an individual and collective. FANS can be as Arrogant and Deluded as they want because they're Not on the field and sometimes, as a player, you feed off their 'positivity' especially when you're feeling it in there..... and start to doubt or distracted. As I say - Ireland need to regroup and LEARN something else from the ABs. How to beat the ÇHOKE! It's a thing! Get that monkey off your back first and Only target. Forget the semis....until you beat the first hurdle. FANS can be whatever they want!...in some ways they hold the team's feet to the fire.

[@christinaforde4101]

@@velvetrazor7553 You do realise that Ireland beat New Zealand in New Zealand, just last year!.

[@christinaforde4101]

@@velvetrazor7553 Best of luck!

[@velvetrazor7553]

@@christinaforde4101 - Thank you. Looking forward to Ireland rebuilding over the next 2-years and harness a team to head to Australia 2027 to deal with that choker hurdle. It really is a Thing'* in RWCs GO THE ALL BLACKS >>>> LET'S GOOOOOO >>>

[@JoeMoni-d8c]

Matt Williams, please come braai with us in SA? We'd love to have you...

[@vuyaniman9440]

Matt “sad old man” Williams is so predictable. He had to say something negative about SA.. talking about justice.. where was the justice when Ireland collapsed the mail with Bundee Ali lifting Kitshoff’s leg and the ref and TMO missed it. .. big Props to Alan for not even responding to it… he says He is not blaming the referee. .. so pathetic.

[@mikerobertson7082]

What makes Matt a better judge of a penalty (or not) than Nigel Owen, who after reviewing exactly that event said it wasn’t a penalty…? Does he even look elsewhere online before he spouts forth (yet again)?

[@grant.a]

Matt Williams only sees Justice against the Boks

[@brettlouw8735]

OK lets see if Matt is awake this time round, he is the joker of the show! KEEP IT UP Mat we love fiction.......!😁

[@suewindsor5196]

Matt, haven't heard anyone else complaining about the scrums . Why do the losing teams always moan about the refs. Will you be supporting South Africa tomorrow????

[@thomasferriere2264]

Why is it that Matt Williams goes on a lengthy diatribe on justice having not been served because of one particular incident ( hand on the ground at a ruck). There were many injustices on both sides not just one. As he has suggested the ref did a fantastic job in a very difficult game - if we rely on technology to knit pick every issue we will never get a game out of first gear let alone second. Matt needs to take off his selective vision glasses and start having a balanced view of things. The Springboks were unjustifiably denied a penalty when Faf threw a pass into a French forward who was directly inline with Pollard. Just to clarify - a hand on the ground does not mean an automatic penalty to the opposition so long as you are not using that hand to reach beyond the ball and scoop it up or support your body weight. The referee deemed the player as not using his hand placement beside the ball as doing either of those. However, television evidence shows Pollard directly inline with the French player who was obstructing the pass from Faf to Pollard, so that was the true injustice... But you would find many more serving both sides to a similar extent... so again why harp on one over the countless others Matt??

[@TGINetwork]

Oh my goodness Matt Williams is a comdeian😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@abongilenonkelela7726]

Absolute clown 🤡 🤣 😂 😭

[@lukecorreia3160]

Now that I see Mat giving us the nod I’m all of a sudden very nervous…

[@dermot_desmond_69]

Alan Quinlan is the best virgin media have for another World Cup cycle… AGAIN

[@albertvanlingen7590]

England's first big test match is this weekend so they only needed to win up to now not needing to show all their cards so could we see the real England Saturday like in the 2019 semi final?

[@nathanielpetersen8408]

NZ is a better side man to man. Ireland don't have the World Cup pedigree. Poor management and tactics.

[@unforseenlaboratories8017]

Only a held up try away .bad tactics and all.

[@robertpirsig5011]

Disagree, play that game 5 times Ireland would win most times.

[@klaus1292]

​​@@robertpirsig5011I doubt it now since Ireland have been found out again. Notice how all NZ players held there lines and didn't take the Sexton bait. All sexton could have done was pass right and left. Those dummy inside outside loop passes didn't work anymore.

[@DomDeDom]

To the winners, all the bragging rights

[@SAnd-pd1ou]

​@@robertpirsig5011😂😂😂😂😂 not in a WC

[@prof_kaos9341]

I dont think a scrum infringement is worth 3pts. More short arm penalties for scrum offences pls, not all but most.

[@oliverleigh9854]

just my 2 cents. they should just dish scrum penalties, force short arm ones. you can only tap and go from. Mauls if it stop ones you need to play. get more strict on offsides, change the breakdown laws to how it was until 2015.

[@Keizer_Soze]

Smatt Williams about games that involved the Springboks, before: Let the game flow! The TMO's get too involved! This stop start is ruining the game of rugby! This is an *OUTRAGE!* Smatt Williams about games that involve the Springboks, now: But we now have the technology to get that right. We now have the technology, so if someone comes in with a neck-role, the TMO comes in and says blah-blah-fking-blah. The TMO should come in, we gotta give him the ability to say how much of a fking crybaby hypocrite I Smatt Williams am. Smatt Williams: Again, I'm not critisizing the ref +proceeds to critisize the ref over and over and over and appeals to authority because Smatt Williams doesn't like a thing+ Remember: this is Smatt Williams' world...you only live in it. You just can't make this sht up 🤣 His hatred for South Africans is so absolutely glaringly blatant. This guy is *INSUFFERABLE* .

[@heinrichswanepoel6566]

Nigel owens said hand can be on the ground if the ref still believes you were still supporting your own body weight

[@center__mass]

who would have thought only KIWIS would score tries in this game Ireland vs New Zealand tu meke bros

[@peasant5612]

Argentina world cup warm up match they also played a second natch v springboks, this was not part of the rugby championship

[@francoiskaiser5622]

alan i like the way you analyze, you should go for coaching

[@craigrik2699]

nah, Porter was coming across, all the time, his problem is that most northern hemisphere referees were allowing him to do it hence why he never changed ... hard luck

[@CouncilofOneElectronic]

The first dominant scrum should have been a penalty to Ireland because Lomax was doing the same and just got over powered. The other three scrum penalties were fine though, Porter was poor.

[@ThePrince24012]

I keep hearing how Ireland got close they should've won with the opposition down to 14 players for 20 minutes and conceding a penalty try

[@dannygray-mi3xn]

I hope the England players watch this before South Africa 😂

[@michaelshanahan4042]

It won’t make any difference either way 😂

[@mungoblizzard6114]

These guys just won’t let the loss go 🤦‍♂️

[@SAnd-pd1ou]

Changes could have happened for Tonga game if not for Sexton being banned and selfish

[@Sunflower-dt6ev]

It's bullshit to say the loss was by the width of Jordie Barrett's hand. The Kelleher try stop was at 70 minutes. If converted, then Ireland would go ahead 3pts with 7 minutes to go. Enough time for the ABs to snatch victory. As for the 2 cross kicks, both were well covered by cover defenders. As for scrum penalties, if Porter is told by the ref to adjust and refuses to, then don't cry when the ref penalizes him again. And again. And again. As for line-outs, Ireland is called for this all the time by refs. It's happened in other test matches. And they still need to be told.

[@josephmcgrath4770]

Why don't they use the overhead camera to help decide scrum penalties ☘️🏉☘️🏉

[@haupaigraham]

Here’s one for you, did Ireland respect NZ enough? Because you turned down 9 points in the first 20. NZ took their penalties, such arrogance, it’s a World Cup, it’s not like any other tournament.

[@atoms-to-atoms]

Matt or Nigel Owens...mmm i one of them is right

[@philchris3854]

Ireland was playing with one shoe during those 37 phases

[@billbobby461]

I wonder what are the odds that England thought to themselves after the last world cup that nothing in between mattered so why turn up for anything but finals. If you read their squad sheet its not like they dont have the talent, just zero effort.