So how did South Africa squeak past Wales? | The Squidge Report
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Before they could even dream of lifting the trophy, South Africa found themselves faced with a very tough Wales team in perhaps the highest game of the tournament. So how did the Boks see it through, and what did an outmuscled Welsh team do to keep it so tight in the first place?
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"If Faf want a moment to do his hair, they thump it" 🤣🤣🤣
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I was more stressed out when South Africa played against Wales then South Africa Vs England.
me too lol
I think the Japan match had me he most nervous
Told my brother if we get past the Welsh mental block, we would smash Eng. Those guys went a decade without beating us and I knew their media and own hype (with a lil Eddie Jones) will be their downfall
The Japan game had me shitting my pants in the first half but I became confidently calmer through the second half. I was definitely frustrated and on edge during the Wales game, it felt too close for too long. I was laughing and celebrating through most of the England game! It was an easy stress free thoroughly enjoyable game, my fave of the tournie!!
That’s because we got fucked
As a South African: THANK YOU! Finally someone who understands that tight rugby is just as good as the open expansive game.
It annoyed me once when I had my bok friend tell me South Africans play a beautiful expansive rugby more than anyone. I think he forgot that RSA also fall back on calculated rugby too
You honestly brought this game to a completely different light. You’re analysis is honestly unparalleled. Brilliant stuff 👍🏻
Let's be honest here. Anyone who called that game boring revealed how low their understanding of rugby was. It was such a tense match. I watched it in a bar full of Welshmen whilst i was just there in my lil bok jersey. After boks won the bartender gave me one on the house for having the balls to wear a bok jersey in his bar 😂😂
Lol. good for you, the welsh are fine not like the English :)
@@epartnersuk that's exactly what he said😂😂😂😂
It was a shit boring game, zero flare or invention, no flowing rugby and just pants. Stop trying to prove what a great rugby fan and how high brow you are. It was shit, end of.
@@andybud1983 You know NOTHING, John Snow.
@@andybud1983 you remember that time, yes that time when momma and poppa made it out in the bushes in 1983? yes that time ... yes boring it was as you came about..
South African here
Absolutely top class performance by Wales, our toughest challenge of the cup I’d say. You deserve all greatness that comes your way. Cheers 🍻
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jimbojims South Africa aswell butt, honestly think we can both agree that was the most intense game of the entire World Cup. Brilliant.
I WISH we could have played wales in the final, I really feel they deserved to be there
@@cvr2309 thanks mate hopefully we will meet again.
@@cvr2309 we really did but we lost 10 men we didn’t have a chance of playing there
The very fact that The Bokke dominated everything and the score was still so close is a testament to the skill of wales
Once again! Your analysis of these games just blow my mind! keep up the great work!
Your knowledge of rugby is out of this world. Its like watching the game through a microscope. How do you even do this? Take a bow.
As a wales fan who watched this in South Africa all I can say is congrats to the Boks and diolch Warren!!
Grace Dodwell your South African but support wales?
Boere Seun .Welsh visiting SA
It feels like the way the tournament is designed along with the big two (NZ and SA) that forever for the rest of time the Cup will always rotate between them, with UK and Aus popping in every now and then for a cup of tea.
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This is really funny. 😂😂😂
@@vuyophandle1903 Bhuda 2021 you still in these moments 😂😂😂😂
I was on the edge off my seat in that Wales game far more than in any of the other games that the Bokke played. It really was one of the best games I've ever watched (and I have watched and played a lot of rugby in my life).
Great unbiased commentary. You have a new subscriber.
When you like the vid before you have even watched it because you know it’s going to be class!!
I've been a rugby fan for years, but I only now understand the game and appreciate it more because of these videos. Keep up the good work.
I watch a lot of analysis vids. You are the best, without any doubt in my mind. Thanks, all the way from Souf Africa.
@Mike Biagio Yup...obviously I have two teams that I support! Springboks by birth, and Dragons by ancestry!
@@dafyddlloyd868 I've two teams I support too, Cymru and the US but I always end up with one. Maybe one day the US will have a good team.
@@leighfoulkes7297 Just by being on the park with the big teams, the US shows that they are good. The margins at that level are really small! Same goes for others, like Canada, Georgia, and so on. Everybody loves that these teams turn up, and throw everything into it...it what rugger is all about!
Now you're just giving us a bad rep man
I'm Irish and I only really watched a few Irish games over the years before the world cup but when it came around I couldn't stop watching I didn't really understand what was going on during the games but the atmosphere of the games are amazing
You have given me a new found appreciation of the tactics that go into professional rugby. Thank you.
Dude, that was a masterclass. Bravo!
It is masterclass. The scoreline did not reflect the Bok's dominance. Further, the second penalty to Wales that gave it 3 points was from a poor ref decision. The Welsh player ran into Vermeulen and was forcefully pushed away. What was Vermeulen supposed to do? Hug and kill him? Silly penalty! Then at the end Pollard chose to end the game by kicking out instead of taking a fairly easy kick for 3 points. Hats off to Wales for a gutsy effort, but the game was less close than the scoreline indicates.
@@robertporter4501 And the referee helped the Boks loads of terrible decisions against Wales.
I’m sitting in Angola at the moment: Got a few weeks of quarantine before I head offshore. Mate, what a superb breakdown with great commentary. Well done. Keep up the blood good work. Hopefully more folk start following your channel!
As a wales fan who was massively hungover watching this, I genuinely thought I was going to die trying to watch it
We should've got 2 penalties but no we got robbed
@@rahathrahman2464 whilst watching it I remember that I thought Wales were partly cheated out of the game, South Africa deserved to win the tournament more than anyone else. Especially as 18 months prior they were in a dreadful state and 6 months before that they lost 57-0 to NZL
I think I pulled half my hair out during this game, initially thought we were lucky to win it, but after this review, what happened on the field makes more sense. Thank you
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The differnece is Rassie has only been with the squad for 18 months. He didn't have that much time for change but rather improvement
Brilliant analysis. This was a very hard game for both teams and you have clearly highlighted that. It was a pleasure to watch as a neutral but im sure fans of both teams must have been on the edge all through.
I did feel for Wales, with their injuries you could see they were just running on passion and desire but they still gave the Boks a run for their money. Gg 💪🏻
Dude, you are becoming very quickly the Legend of this Rugby World Cup 2019_ King of Open source Sports_Commentary • Hope your vids monitise like Crazy, you so deserve bru. Bokkkkkeeee!
Fantastic analysis Squidge. Wales came so close!
It was the Northern Hemisphere Champs vs Southern Hemisphere Champs. It was always going to be a tough match.
This analysis is very interesting, this guy really knows his stuff. There is a series currently playing in SA that reveals behind the scene events in the Boks playing room. This analysis is very accurate including the choice of Flo coming into the field for the possibility of a game changing moment. Well done to Squidge Rugby
Best tactical analysis I have seen in many a long year! I have actually gone back and re watched the game thanks to this and enjoyed more than the first time round. You, sir, should be on a TV panel.
Faf’s beautiful hair of course
Loved watching this match and love cheering for Faf de Klerk. Love the attitude he plays with and would love the opportunity to see the a live rugby match
*Wales fan grieving over here*
could've honestly gone either way - all the best to Wales, I'd love to see them win a WC next time round!
We feel your pain bud. Close game.
at least wales were much better than england in the end
@@RabbitholeIsrael sometimes teams play their finals at there semi finals
would you rather get to the final and lose to england or lose in the semis and let SA win the WC
Looking forward to "How did the All Blacks sneak past Wales" video :-) Warrenball and the Boks play a very similar game - expected this one to be very close
'South Africa were more good at chess than Wales were at sumo'. Brilliant!
What another lovely unbiased review. Well done!!!
Not the only did the South African team thank God, but they thanked the rest of the Welsh team as well
Just saw the leave and I had to read. Yep maty, did not dissapoint, knew the salt would come out...
@@dietersmit6639 What salt? Just saying that Alun Wyn Jones is God right?
Smirre S , Not salt, this game doesn’t even have anything to do with NZ? The joke was AWJ = God...
Also, it’s spelt ‘silver fern’ not ‘leave’
Proper English Please? Otherwise refrain from surfing the internet.
Chris Wright
You forgot something. They also thanked the All Blacks for being the chokers, jokers.
Watching the Springbok RWC documentary Chasing The Sun and Rassie says, talking to the team when preparing for the semi, 'Wales are not like other NH teams. They are tough f*&ers'. On point. Have always been mine and many other Saffas', favourite NH team. Much respect. This was a great match up. Could've gone either way.
Brilliant review! Gatland showed much more insight into disarming the Springbok strategy, than poor Eddy Jones. Gatland never underestimates an opponent; while Jones often does...
Like squidge says in one of his videos (I think the final) whilst Gatland (🏴) and Hansen (🇳🇿) both had tactics for disarming the boks, Eddie really put all his effort into dismantling the All Blacks
I'm South African, and this was far tighter and more stressful than the final. Pity Wales didn't put in as good a show against the old enemy a week later.
I thought England were the old 3nemy but clearly it's just lonely at the top
They did, we just dropped the ball a week earlier and let England play with full confidence. You know who the best team in the world is....it isn’t South Africa.
@MGRIFF , you should be! Wales were outstanding- they could have won this World Cup. They were number 1 for a while, and I think Wales has won 5 out of the last 7 matches with South Africa (with the only SA wins coming at World Cups). In the semi-final, I thought that Wales won the strategic battle, but SA won the scraps. Could have gone either way.
@@jlm0175 , definitely Australia!
Murray Campbell lol yeah man totally.
Mr Squige
I like your analysis always - so good. Especially among the northern hemisphere chaps who usually try to down play SA and AUS a bit. Especially before that final. The embarrassed themselves with their emotional and biased heavy breathing commentary over ENG...disgusting - very un-rugby.
I will however say as a South African and a lifelong Wales fan (absolute favourite northern hemisphere (NH) team) your disclaimer at the start is valid. In my opinion as brilliant as your analysis is (as always). It does however weigh/favour Wales. Though not as bloviating as most NH pundits (because your brilliant) it does betray itself.
Especially when your consider the two main pivot points of the argument:
Wales = tired
Wales = Out thought the boks
I could say a lot on this however I would need my own YT channel for that and that would be unnecessary as we already have your great channel suffice to say.
1. If indeed SA never hid how they were going to play. Add to that the obvious 6/2 split. Why did the great (not ironic - actually mean that) Mr Gatland not see that coming and work a way around it.
2. Wales did create those over laps, true. As did everyone however they did not out think the boks because that defensive style does force the side creating overlaps to either pass forward or get intercepted which were the options that were quiet visible on my viewing of the game and your analysis.
I could go on however I will not because this is already the longest thing I have ever written online.
You lost me at they were tired - sloppy with a hint of bias.
Do love your channel though - I also never had any doubts SA would beat ENG in final - only worried about Wales, NZ and even JP because homeground pride and how well they were playing.
Thank you
I am a Bok supporter but I'm honestly heartbroken for Wales because they did deserve more than what they got.
Wish we could've played them in the final
Wales shouldn't have been there,. They should and would have lost to France.
@@clintonpharoah1169 nope, if they played france like they played us they would've smashed them
I always lol when "should and would" are used by some sports fans to try and argue why a team that lost should have won.
Absolutely brilliant analysis! Amazing that you fit all that detail in 13 mins.
The real RWC final. Also, best analysis of a rugby match in space-time. Keep up the good work.
As a South African, this was the most nerve wrecking game of our campaign, we were worried at times.
Great analysis as always squidge
Squidge Rugby is an awesome channel. Love your analysis.
As a springbok fan, this was the final to me, a really competitive game complete with emotion, excitement, cussing and shouts of joy. We made Wallis played our game because if they made us played their game they would've had the won. Two really good teams and coaches and the best of them won it and the first game in a really long time that had me chewing my fingers off. What a game, and thank you Wallis for a great, spectacular fight. Can't wait for our next game...
Wales?
On a more serious note though - that scrum that led to the Wales try should have been a penalty to the Boks anyway
This is some brilliant analysis!
I didn't understand the people whinging that it was a boring game. Glad to hear it wasn't just me. From about five minutes into the final I was sure the Boks would win, against Wales I didn't have that feeling till the final whistle.
I agree. Everyone went on about how boring the match was and the kicking game, but bloody hell this was a proper test match. The ENGvNZL match was beautiful and entertaining. But this was just pure class.
Before the final, a lot of people were whining about how boring the Boks would be blah blah. My response was that the two "exciting" teams in the competition, New Zealand and Japan, would be watching the game on TV....
Chewed a packet of 20 and all my beer was all gone after the game.
Hendrik Breed 😂
Hendrik Breed I dropped a bottle of Jamesons and went through 20 as well bud...
Looking back at this world cup I’m wondering how they missus stille loves me...
@@jandreneethling5664, let me tell you about my tale of the world cup... After the NZ loss I thought it was over. In the Wallis game my mate threw the braai stand over out of frustration, a bottle of brandy and a case of beer has seen its ass and the braai stand had to be re-packed and we had to get more beer for the celebration afterwards.
I knew if SA get past Wales they will win the cup. Wales have had the wood over SA the past few years but you could see that the Boks had Wales in check the entire game. It was all about game management - when De Allende dotted down I knew that was pretty much it. Pollard proved that goal kicking wins world cups. I remember how dry my mouth got - that's how nervous I was.
Brilliant analysis - Wales played superbly and made us Bok supporters sitting in SA bite our nails, I can tell you!
SA fans enjoyed how Wales weren't scared to spread it wide on occasion. Warren's done a splendid job with Wales.
If Wales had won this game I think they would've beaten England.
Absolutely agree with your opening statements.
Wales was clearly a stronger team than England and I was worried about this match. I also thought that both Wales and New Zealand would have beaten England in the final. New Zealand picked the wrong team against England and played like crap on the day. I watched the England New Zealand twice and thought the game was mediocre at best once the hype of the moment was gone. South Africa was always going to beat England In the final. The Wales SA game was an equal matchup.
I don't watch rugby much but I've been binging this channel for the last few days . I think it's time for me to start watching
Good review, I don't watch rugby much but an amazing review, watching the nation's, the all Blacks, South Africa, Wales, it's really an amazing feeling.
Excellent analysis of the game - you are very knowledgeable- leant a lot
When is 'Invictus 2' coming out?
MrShowtym some smelling salts and some crystals and maybe we can bring Madiba back for round 2
@Makchu Cook nope, just 'Invictus 2' 😊
@@@MrShowtym From a whitey, agreed, Invictus 2.
"But Oh noo, C.Kolbe will never manage as a Springbok, he's too small". They said. 😑
Good analysis, at the time I was freaking out, was more stressful for me than the final...
As an American I used to watch football but sadly our million dollar players think they are slaves and I can’t watch that crap any more. Lucky for me there is Rugby and I’m learning a lot by watching content like this. Thank you.
I think this analysis is what we need from Big Media companies. This is unbiased, fair and balanced as opposed to pundits who let their emotions get ahead of facts.
Moment of the game for me was when AWJ decided to scrum on the SA line and Wales scored. Love the confidence!
Pity they knocked the ball on in that scrum, the try should not have been awarded.
Great review. I thought Wales fought like tigers. great contest
I absolutely love your content man! Just brilliant!! Rock on!!
Awesome video bro. Great analysis on this game 👌🏻
@4;40 that pass is so forward neither the sideline ref's nor the ref himself saw it ........
You need to have your own Rugby Channel, not just RUclips, but more channels.
Gatland is a clever man
I think it was a combination of factors. losing the attack coach just as the tournament began, losing Josh Navidi and Liam Williams and Talaupe Faletau was a defence nightmare and George North during the match shows that Wales still don't have the depth of squad of other nations. However it was probably poor refereeing that tipped the balance against Wales in the end. I'm not claiming that Wales played particularly well but in a tight match the refereeing should be accurate and consistent. The in air tackle on Moriarty warranted a card or penalty at least and the final penalty against Rhys Carre for going off his feet was just cockeyed, as he tripped over a South African player on the wrong side of the maul, so surely it should have been a penalty to Wales, all the referee had to do was consult the TMO. Now before anyone claims it's all sour grapes, well done to the Boks, I'm not sure Wales could have beaten England in the final, although with the brain fart performance they put in, anything would have been possible. I did enjoy the tournament but some of the refereeing left me bewildered and can't help but feel a bit cheated that once again we felt the wrong side of the whistle. I feel desperately sorry for England having played a blinder against the All Blacks only to choke in the final but still don't understand why they removed their medals before leaving the podium, very bad sportsmanship.
actually it is Sour Grapes.
by your "Analysis" of the Refereeing being against Wales how about you look again at the Scrum that led to the Wales Try.
clearly a Penalty for South Africa !
so, their goes your Theory.
it was an immense Arm-wrestle.
unfortunately there could only have been one Winner...
I love Welsh Rugby and rate it right up there. A team with the potential to go all the way with the right driver. Whenever they play us (South Africa) it's 80 minutes of heart-stoppages.
Chess and Sumo wrestling is the BEST description of Rugby I have ever heard.
SA was always in Control of this game. Saved the best for last.
Die Bokke are unbeatable under pressure, long live the Boks!
Truth
really good at not being biased
I am an American who is relatively new to Professional Rugby, but I loved this game!! No, I don't understand all of the nuances of the game, but I know strategy when I see it. I won't lie, I was rooting for RSA because I had noticed Faf De Klerk a few years ago while watching games from the Southern Hemisphere. He reminds me a lot of my brother in his look and stature, but his tenacity is unrivaled. I became an instant fan of his. There is an up and coming American Rugby League, but it's only a couple of years old, and no team is near me. That said, I enjoy watching the games without having a specific team to root for. There are certain players that catch my eye, particularly during the Six Nations tournament.
Rugby is such an exciting sport, and light years better than American football.
But anyway, this was a great game for a neutral fan to watch, and learn some of the intricacies used by the players.
Australian here. Great video mate. Very well articulated (that means expressed into words for the pommies)
I know veeeery little about rugby tactics and systems of play simply because I do not watch it on a regular even tho I have played it and is probably my favourite sport I'd participated in (also played cricket and soccer).
One thing you mentioned that I'd like to highlight. The freshness of the Springbock players. All the subs Rassie made were DELIBERATE. and the mission was simple. KEEP THE BOYS FIT.
That was it. This tournament was a SQUAD win.
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Once again, you have nailed another analysis. You are simply awesome.
When I see Faf laugh in the face of a bigger opponent I think of that moment in The Lion King where Simba says "I laugh in the face of danger." Don't know why. Maybe it's the hair.
This is the second video ive watched. Ive never really been a rugby fanatic bt your analasists of the matches makes me want to watch more of the game.
Great analysis. I thought this game was really exciting; in part because I had a vested interest in seeing the Boks win, but to your point, the intensity was off the charts from whistle to whistle.
Loved this explanation, thank you.
Epic perspectives you're sharing!
What a treasure of rugby analysis.
Everytime I watch your analysis I feel like an idiot. Played the game for 25 years and been a qualified coach for over 10.
Keep up the great work, butt!
And some Poms will tell you the Boks had an easier route to the final
I wanted SA to win the final, but England had a much harder route
@@Dhsbdidbss we lost the first game to the Kiwis in the group stages? so it doesn't matter because we also face NZ
@@---675 We also played NZ
@@langutaninwamba9668 which you lost, so if it was a knockout game you would have been eliminated
@@Dhsbdidbss If it was a knock out game we would have won
South Africa was the best team on the day. But 2007 that was the best Spring bok team ever
I was also wondering what would happen if the 2007 boks played the 2019 boks... I suspect that the 2007 boks had a better back line, but the 2019 boks have a better pack. What do you think Andre?
@@murraycampbell4043 , Bryan Habana better than Kolbe? Speed vs absolute skill. Kolbe is a magician and Faf is a pest around the field. A small frame imposing his will on giants!!!
Good Q, thought about it myself...I honestly don't know? Do we include the coaching staff? I'm still thinking....can absolutely not come to a solid conclusion.
Wales is a super team i must say !!!! why do i say that its because of their phases if they just had to stick with there fast set up phase and just drag the phase abit longer like they did with england in the Grand Slam than it would have been tickets for South africa
i cant compare the players Habana and Kolbe they totally different players in different era s thats all i can say
Excellent analysis. It was a frustrating game to watch, but thoroughly absorbing.
Wales did a much better job against the Boks than England did. Plus they didn't act like sulky school children after the final whistle, unlike those "players" wearing white.
arronison ...and they STILL managed to act like adults after the final whistle! (Boy would I be ashamed to be an England fan at this point in time, they have set an very unfortunate precedent which hopefully will never be repeated. The world is still awaiting an apology from those bad losers...)
@@---675 England supporter here, friend.
I'd think twice before just making a wild-card statement calling England the "better team" who "deserved to win". The fact is, they were comprehensively outplayed by the Springboks, in every facet of the game.
In fact, I heard an amazing stat: in that game, England made the second lowest meters gained of any team ever in any match ever in the history of the Rugby World Cup.
If you were to pick a combined 15, or even a combined 23, from those in the final, you'd not have too many English players in that lineup. That doesn't really look too good against your claim of "better team", does it?
arronison This is the second salty comment I’ve seen from you. You’re a sore loser. England made mistakes. They lost. The Springboks were better. That’s why they’re our rivals and not you.
Accept it.
- NZ fan here
arronison your tone is extremely petulant, just like the crap team you support. Yes, I said "crap team". Because guess what, they were truly awful. I have seen rabbits in a car's headlight beam that looked more competent. A team is only as good as the last match they played, and boy were England crap in that last game.But that is secondary to their piss-poor attitude when it came to medal time. Much, much better teams than England have lost the final but still managed to accept defeat with dignity. It is the thing that sets this sport apart from that game played by over-paid prima-donnas kicking a round ball. Your piss-poor attitude makes me think you are one them. Probably best to leave rugby to real sportsmen and go and cry into your loser's beer somewhere else.
Son, my team(All Blacks) did win a medal and were happy with it. As far as the Gold Medal goes, not this time. But hey, they have won it three times before so mo biggie for us. Unlike your team, which last won it before you were even born. And probably won't win it again before you die. You need to learn to live with being second best, surely you can grow up enough to do that?
I honestly thought Wales did well to stay in touch as I though SA were very dominant.
Flo is a finisher he is there by design to fetch at a crucial time to shut the game out. a chess game indeed.
I think this may be my favourite match of that whole world cup
you pissed off a little wolverine ...well you got his attention lol good job Faf
If South Africa didn’t kick away the majority of possession it would of been a bigger margin
Yeah but our kicking game during all of the matches before England confused the hell out of them and even everyone watching. Noticed how England always thought Faf is going to kick?
@@kba Yes and Faf only practiced kicks in the warmups to trick England even further. I'm not criticising SA at all, to get to a World Cup Final by kicking away the majority of your possession is a massive accomplishment. They showed their true capabilities in the final and no one would handle that physicality and tempo.
South Africa were lucky to get past the Welsh: tighter reffing may have tipped it. Wales deserved to win this world cup for sheer entertainment and tenacity.
SA was better at chess than Wales at Sumo, I laughed so much, nice video bud was a good game, I was super frustrated in that game
I was at the game as a SA fan and i was on the verge of vomming the entire game.
You sir....are a treasure...
You're a really great analyzer of the game. Would love to have your analysis on the Currie Cup and Super Rugby.