You are a naturally skilled interviewer, knowledgeable about the game, and you land superb interview subjects who played in an era that has become sadly overlooked. For these reasons, you deserve much credit and a million eyeballs of all who love (especially Springbok) rugby. The visuals, however, make one risk epilepsy, with the constant changes between you and your guest every few seconds (perhaps try split-screen?) and the bombardment of full-screen “like and subscribe” admonitions. I would love your channel to thrive and prosper but you have to do some “dialling back” on the visual effects. All the best with this otherwise great product!
Hi Jan. Firstly thank you for the compliments. It's really great to receive positive feedback. It's very encouraging. Similarly I appreciate your feedback and advice. It is duly noted. I'm sure you can appreciate that from time to time Zoom can be a bit dodgy and I'd rather cover a frozen screen with something else. Nevertheless you're not the only to bring this up and I'm doing away with it very soon (because I'm working a few videos in advance I can't do it immediately). Finally, I'm really glad that you're enjoying the content. I promise I'll keep working hard to make it better each week.
I think Corne had a tough time as captain. He was a stand-out competitor. He got around the park, dished out the smacks to try nullify opposition as much as possible and he also got involved in all the action leading from the front...but it just seemd he didn't have the payers around him with the same amount of passion he had. Like Corne says, and it was very evident: he did punch above his weight. My hat goes off to this man. Thank you Peter. These are very lekker interviews you are doing.
I agree. He led the Boks at a very difficult time in our history. No doubt he was a great player - in fact, he was actually my favourite around 2002/03. As you say, rugby is a team game. One man cannot do it by themselves. He can inspire but the others have to do their bit too. I'm so happy you're enjoying the videos! I'll keep doing my best!
Good to hear Krige's input and him admitting to some mistakes and regrets. I have one request. Simply that the banners at the bottom be reduced - by quite a bit. Not the content, just the frequency.
Thanks for your input, Ulrich. So I'm always looking to improve the content. Tell me more about those banners. Don't you like them? You do like them, but would like to see less of them? Any suggestions? What are your thoughts? I like to think it's a bit of additional information that adds value but often I might think something is good but viewers don't like it. And I want to make this channel the very best it can be.
@@frontrowrugby I do not mind them. They have good information but they appear too frequently during the video so it is slightly distracting at times especially if you have already read the same fact several times. I would spread them out so each fact only ever appears at max twice or maybe even once during a video and then whomever may have missed something can see all facts listed at the end (or beginning) of the video. That is just my opinion, of course. Otherwise great content not found elsewhere!
@@UlrichHoltzhausen Thank you for that. I''ll take it on board for sure. I'll play around with a few different approaches and see which one works better. Just so you know I work ahead of schedule so they are gonna look like this for another two months or so. But ... here's the full list of guests for the next two months' episodes (to try and soften the blow!): Ian Macdonald, Willie Hills, Tiaan Strauss, Tim Dlulane, JP Pietersen, Ruan Pienaar and David Von Hoesslin. Expect to see a change in the video after that ... my guest will be Thinus Delport on that occasion.
@@UlrichHoltzhausen And thank you for the positive feedback. I want this channel to be as great as it can possibly be. It's made for the fans after all.
One of the best Western Province captains. I had the pleasure of watching the the Province win in 2001 at Newlands. This man literally gave blood and sweat for his team. Whether it be for Province/Stormers/Boks
You don't need to convince me. I grew up in the Cape. I've supported the Streeptruie since I was a little boy. Guys like Corne are heroes. I'm very jealous that you were at the final in 2001. I would have loved to be there. It was actually my matric year and in those days the Currie Cup final was basically in the middle of the matric exams ... I still can't understand why my mom wouldn't let me go!
@@frontrowrugby I can still clearly remember the day, it was when the grandstand was still standing and not seated. I really miss Newlands Rugby ground it’s where I spent a lot of my winters. You could hear the hits on the field especially if you sat on the 50m line on the grand stand. I love your content. Looking forward to seeing who your next guest will be.
@@rif9576 That's such a lovely comment - thank you! I really do appreciate it. It's very encouraging. I had to wait a few years before I got my first match at Newlands. As it turned out it was the opening match of the 1995 Currie Cup when Chester scored that winning try right at the end against Natal! What an atmosphere!
@@frontrowrugby I was screaming Proooooovince before I could pronounce my own name properly 😀 I grew up in a very rugby-centric household. In 2018 I had a applied of the compliance role at SARU but sadly missed out on it. It would have been my dream come true. Keep up the amazing job you are doing. I love a peek behind the curtains that you have been doing.
@@rif9576 Thank you so much for those kind words. I've said this about a thousand times now but it really is very encouraging. I think people who have 1 million views and subscribers don't pay much attention to the comments but I find it extremely encouraging. Pity about the compliance role at SARU ... that would have been incredible! Proooooovince! We could have been neighbours!
Really enjoyed this one Peter! Certainly one of our Springbok captains with a lot of stories to tell. Interesting to hear his take on the infamous Kamp Staaldraad as well. Born in Lusaka, Zambia and so was George Gregan - in fact, I think they were born in the same hospital!
Glad you enjoyed it, Willie! Corne was a tough competitor with a huge heart. It was easy to like him! Incredible about him and Gregan both born in the same hospital in Lusaka of all places! Zambia's gift to rugby!
I can almost hear the painful regret in Corne's voice when he mentioned how he should have perhaps done more for his guys at Kamp Staaldraad ito standing up for them. I feel for him. Sometimes, there is a danger in wanting something so bad.
I know what you mean. There's a great lesson there I think. These players badly wanted to represent the Springboks at the Rugby World Cup. In order to do so they had to attend Kamp Staaldraad. I must be honest if I was in Corne's position I would have probably done the same. I cannot with confidence tell you I would have told Rudolf to go stick it.
Mine too! A great player with incredible courage and skills. I first became a fan of his in the mid-late 90s when he was one of the stars for Western Province. Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for the support.
Hi Wazza. You're in luck! Tiaan is coming up in the next few episodes actually. Next week I've got Ian Macdonald followed by Willie Hills and then Tiaan will be on! All the interviews are prerecorded a few weeks ahead of publishing. I can promise you, you're gonna enjoy what Tiaan has to say.
Its amazing to hear bok supporters comments about a great player but the wrong timing and Ive always been stunned at Rudi Strauli's plans in the 2003 world cup. England had spanked them at home and it was hugely important that the boks beat a decent England team to avoid the harder route to a final.. BUT... If im correct... despite Corne being in the team with the likes of Juan Smit, Joe V Niekerk, Bakkies and Victor Joost, Tinus and someone who we rated very highly in the UK, Jaques VD Westhuysen... It was the first time that team played together... It was nuts... A couple more games together and ...well....
Yes there were a lot of good players in that 2003 team but important to note that many of them like Joost were at the end of their career, or the likes of Juan Smit, Victor, Bakkies etc were at the start of their career. With a better coach and experience you saw what they were able to accomplish four years later.
@@mrmastersa We see it so often in other sports too. Good players are not automatically good coaches. In fact quite often the best coaches didn't have glittering careers.
One thing that is very clear from the interviews with the 2003 team, was the unacceptable way in which the infamous Kamp Staaldraad was handled. I just wonder why Rudolph Streauli never faced any real accountability and consequences for that trainwreck. He properly screwed up any chances the Springboks had in that world cup. Granted, we did not have the best Bok-team at that stage, but the least you expect from a national coach is to conduct things professionally.
Great point, Naas! It's interesting how the consensus seems to be that it wasn't a bad idea (team building) but the execution was terrible (ridiculous levels of stupidity). I hope to get Rudolf on the show in the future and then he can give us his account. I agree we didn't have the best team and if you look at the draw we were probably always going to lose in the quarter-finals but if we could upset England in the pool game we would have got Wales in the quarters I think and a semi-final wouldn't have been such a bad outcome. Oh well ... Thanks for the comment!
the original captain courageous, have his book "the right place at the wrong time", I enjoyed him as a player even though it wasn't the happiest of times for us Bokke fans when he was skipper, but it wasn't his fault, so many good players had left SA, retired or had not been picked for some reason, and he was sometimes unfairly labelled a thug by the british press and some england players, interestingly they never say a word about the biggest thug of all time the former england skipper "Martin Johnno Johnson".
Krige was a fantastic player in his day! And yes it was a shame that he played in the era that he did but we still enjoyed his skills and talent. The British press are a law unto themselves aren't they?
not unfair at all,lets be honest here,he committed about 6 or 7 separate incidents of thuggery in one game,stamping,headbutting,swinging arm,punching.There is no way you can pretend he didnt.He was a hell of a player,hard as nails but he deserves the criticism he got even if it was really just from one game.MJ shouldnt really criticise,maybe cos Krige elbowed him but Krige takes the cake,how he stayed on the field so long is baffling.
@mark brown Sure he didn't cover himself in glory that day at Twickenham. None of the Boks did to be frank. And he has apologised for it ... many times as he says.
After the 28 - 0 loss to the All Blacks, Nick Mallet publicly blamed Gaffie and Dave, the half backs. In my opinion, I don't think I saw Gaffie play with confidence after that, it kinda stayed with him in his career because I think he was so young at the time. He was a naturally gifted player. Players don't pick themselves as Naas always says.
I agree wholeheartedly. I've always thought Gaffie could have been a great flyhalf for the Springboks but that Test almost destroyed his career. Thankfully he was able to save his career by switching to fullback and made a few more appearances for the Springboks. But I truly believe he could have been a great Bok. Guess we'll never know.
It was a very different era back then. I played the amateur era and as a 17 year old playing against men, I got elbowed, slammed into the ground, late tackled, and anything else to "sort that little wanker at full-back out". I hate to say it, but foul play was ingrained and encouraged. Fighting was overlooked. Its a pity, as a good 90% of all the rugby back then was fair play. But there was a 10% nasty element that was encouraged and condoned which bred the young Corne's of this world.
Yes that late 90s/early 00s period was really the transition period between amateur and professional. A lot of guys struggled to adapt I think but I guess it had to happen.
Corne was a propper hard as nails player.A fearless warrior and great captain.What a pity he and the Boks had a coach like Rudolph Streuli who lets face is was clueless and utterly brainless about rugby.
He was all those things! I agree. In fact in that 2002/03 period he was my favourite rugby player. Unfortunately as you say, it was a dark period in our rugby.
I assume you want to see match action? If that's the case there are heavy restrictions when it comes to media rights so it's not possible for me to do that. Unless you want to sponsor me to acquire those rights ;-)
Nicely said Corne. I would never give Struili or Viljoen as much credit. struilli, worse ever bok coach. But then Boks have had more idiots as coach in the past 25 years than real coaches.
I was at twikies when they lost 53 -3. My English boss told me before the game England will beat us by 50. I said you don't have to pay me if we lost with 50 points. Well he did pay me but i got it forever..lol
Oh no! I remember watching it with my uncle, just the two of us on the couch with a beer or two, and wondering what was this horror show we were witnessing! It didn't help that England were the best team in the world at that stage and we were struggling anyway ... and then the sending off just added to our woes!
I know it sounds dramatic but for about 12 years every time I watched the highlights of that 1999 cricket semi-final I got a sick feeling in my stomach. It was only in 2011 that I could look at it and just shake my head without getting that sick feeling!
I have some advise for the next Bok Captain (capitalisation intentional) that finds himself in a Camp Staaldraad situation. ie a bunch of wannabe Wagner Group plonkers pushing you around. Remember Willie John McBride's 1974 Lions Tour where they were getting thumped big time (as in punched) by the Boks and they came up with the 99 call. At the right moment, WJ cried out "99!" and every Lion hit the Boks closest to them. So, some dickhead says "Okay guys, go into that there freezing water!" and Corne shouts "99!" and everybody who is a spectator and not a Bok gets his ass handed to him. And afterwards, the alibi is that it was team building, and the team stood up to abuse as a unit and are therefor better for it.
An excellent idea! I doubt any future Bok coach will attempt anything like Staaldraad given the history. What a disaster it was! Thanks for watching ... appreciate the support!
You are a naturally skilled interviewer, knowledgeable about the game, and you land superb interview subjects who played in an era that has become sadly overlooked. For these reasons, you deserve much credit and a million eyeballs of all who love (especially Springbok) rugby. The visuals, however, make one risk epilepsy, with the constant changes between you and your guest every few seconds (perhaps try split-screen?) and the bombardment of full-screen “like and subscribe” admonitions. I would love your channel to thrive and prosper but you have to do some “dialling back” on the visual effects. All the best with this otherwise great product!
Hi Jan. Firstly thank you for the compliments. It's really great to receive positive feedback. It's very encouraging.
Similarly I appreciate your feedback and advice. It is duly noted. I'm sure you can appreciate that from time to time Zoom can be a bit dodgy and I'd rather cover a frozen screen with something else. Nevertheless you're not the only to bring this up and I'm doing away with it very soon (because I'm working a few videos in advance I can't do it immediately).
Finally, I'm really glad that you're enjoying the content. I promise I'll keep working hard to make it better each week.
I think Corne had a tough time as captain. He was a stand-out competitor. He got around the park, dished out the smacks to try nullify opposition as much as possible and he also got involved in all the action leading from the front...but it just seemd he didn't have the payers around him with the same amount of passion he had. Like Corne says, and it was very evident: he did punch above his weight. My hat goes off to this man. Thank you Peter. These are very lekker interviews you are doing.
I agree. He led the Boks at a very difficult time in our history. No doubt he was a great player - in fact, he was actually my favourite around 2002/03.
As you say, rugby is a team game. One man cannot do it by themselves. He can inspire but the others have to do their bit too.
I'm so happy you're enjoying the videos! I'll keep doing my best!
Good to hear Krige's input and him admitting to some mistakes and regrets.
I have one request. Simply that the banners at the bottom be reduced - by quite a bit.
Not the content, just the frequency.
Thanks for your input, Ulrich. So I'm always looking to improve the content. Tell me more about those banners. Don't you like them? You do like them, but would like to see less of them? Any suggestions? What are your thoughts?
I like to think it's a bit of additional information that adds value but often I might think something is good but viewers don't like it. And I want to make this channel the very best it can be.
@@frontrowrugby I do not mind them. They have good information but they appear too frequently during the video so it is slightly distracting at times especially if you have already read the same fact several times.
I would spread them out so each fact only ever appears at max twice or maybe even once during a video and then whomever may have missed something can see all facts listed at the end (or beginning) of the video.
That is just my opinion, of course. Otherwise great content not found elsewhere!
@@UlrichHoltzhausen Thank you for that. I''ll take it on board for sure. I'll play around with a few different approaches and see which one works better.
Just so you know I work ahead of schedule so they are gonna look like this for another two months or so.
But ... here's the full list of guests for the next two months' episodes (to try and soften the blow!): Ian Macdonald, Willie Hills, Tiaan Strauss, Tim Dlulane, JP Pietersen, Ruan Pienaar and David Von Hoesslin.
Expect to see a change in the video after that ... my guest will be Thinus Delport on that occasion.
@@frontrowrugby No worries mate. I appreciate your content and commitment.
Some good content coming up for sure.
@@UlrichHoltzhausen And thank you for the positive feedback. I want this channel to be as great as it can possibly be. It's made for the fans after all.
One of the best Western Province captains. I had the pleasure of watching the the Province win in 2001 at Newlands. This man literally gave blood and sweat for his team. Whether it be for Province/Stormers/Boks
You don't need to convince me. I grew up in the Cape. I've supported the Streeptruie since I was a little boy. Guys like Corne are heroes.
I'm very jealous that you were at the final in 2001. I would have loved to be there. It was actually my matric year and in those days the Currie Cup final was basically in the middle of the matric exams ... I still can't understand why my mom wouldn't let me go!
@@frontrowrugby I can still clearly remember the day, it was when the grandstand was still standing and not seated.
I really miss Newlands Rugby ground it’s where I spent a lot of my winters. You could hear the hits on the field especially if you sat on the 50m line on the grand stand.
I love your content. Looking forward to seeing who your next guest will be.
@@rif9576 That's such a lovely comment - thank you! I really do appreciate it. It's very encouraging.
I had to wait a few years before I got my first match at Newlands. As it turned out it was the opening match of the 1995 Currie Cup when Chester scored that winning try right at the end against Natal!
What an atmosphere!
@@frontrowrugby I was screaming Proooooovince before I could pronounce my own name properly 😀
I grew up in a very rugby-centric household. In 2018
I had a applied of the compliance role at SARU but sadly missed out on it. It would have been my dream come true.
Keep up the amazing job you are doing. I love a peek behind the curtains that you have been doing.
@@rif9576 Thank you so much for those kind words. I've said this about a thousand times now but it really is very encouraging. I think people who have 1 million views and subscribers don't pay much attention to the comments but I find it extremely encouraging.
Pity about the compliance role at SARU ... that would have been incredible!
Proooooovince! We could have been neighbours!
Really enjoyed this one Peter! Certainly one of our Springbok captains with a lot of stories to tell. Interesting to hear his take on the infamous Kamp Staaldraad as well. Born in Lusaka, Zambia and so was George Gregan - in fact, I think they were born in the same hospital!
Glad you enjoyed it, Willie! Corne was a tough competitor with a huge heart. It was easy to like him! Incredible about him and Gregan both born in the same hospital in Lusaka of all places! Zambia's gift to rugby!
Great interview. Corne owned up to his mistakes respect.. he was one hell of a competitor..
Thank you for the kind words. A great leader knows when he has made a mistake and owns it ... but also works hard to fix it.
Great interview. Always liked Corne Krige and his style of play
So glad you enjoyed the interview. Corne was, as they say in Afrikaans, "'n Yster!"
I can almost hear the painful regret in Corne's voice when he mentioned how he should have perhaps done more for his guys at Kamp Staaldraad ito standing up for them. I feel for him. Sometimes, there is a danger in wanting something so bad.
I know what you mean. There's a great lesson there I think. These players badly wanted to represent the Springboks at the Rugby World Cup. In order to do so they had to attend Kamp Staaldraad. I must be honest if I was in Corne's position I would have probably done the same. I cannot with confidence tell you I would have told Rudolf to go stick it.
@Front Row Rugby I am sure I would have done the same in his shoes as well.
Great interview Peter. Big fan of Corne.
I grew up in the Cape and supported WP as a boy and then later the Stormers. So you can just imagine what I think of Corne!
Very good interviewing, non irritating, well done.
I appreciate that. There are certain things I expect from an interviewer and I try to incorporate those things into my own style. Glad you enjoy it!
One of my favorite Boks.
Mine too! A great player with incredible courage and skills. I first became a fan of his in the mid-late 90s when he was one of the stars for Western Province.
Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for the support.
Hi Peter, thanks for the great interview with Corne. Would it be possible to locate Tiaan Strauss for an interview?
Hi Wazza. You're in luck! Tiaan is coming up in the next few episodes actually. Next week I've got Ian Macdonald followed by Willie Hills and then Tiaan will be on! All the interviews are prerecorded a few weeks ahead of publishing. I can promise you, you're gonna enjoy what Tiaan has to say.
Great stuff
Glad you enjoyed it!!
Beautiful 😊🐝✅
Its amazing to hear bok supporters comments about a great player but the wrong timing and Ive always been stunned at Rudi Strauli's plans in the 2003 world cup. England had spanked them at home and it was hugely important that the boks beat a decent England team to avoid the harder route to a final.. BUT... If im correct... despite Corne being in the team with the likes of Juan Smit, Joe V Niekerk, Bakkies and Victor Joost, Tinus and someone who we rated very highly in the UK, Jaques VD Westhuysen... It was the first time that team played together... It was nuts... A couple more games together and ...well....
Yes there were a lot of good players in that 2003 team but important to note that many of them like Joost were at the end of their career, or the likes of Juan Smit, Victor, Bakkies etc were at the start of their career.
With a better coach and experience you saw what they were able to accomplish four years later.
@@frontrowrugby yep... exactly my point... its a disappointment as I thought Rudi Strauli was a VG player but his coaching was odd
@@mrmastersa We see it so often in other sports too. Good players are not automatically good coaches.
In fact quite often the best coaches didn't have glittering careers.
thin-lipped man of steel in SA rugby !! .. another legend
And a personal favourite of mine back in the day, I might add. Thanks as always for the comment, Duncan.
One thing that is very clear from the interviews with the 2003 team, was the unacceptable way in which the infamous Kamp Staaldraad was handled. I just wonder why Rudolph Streauli never faced any real accountability and consequences for that trainwreck. He properly screwed up any chances the Springboks had in that world cup. Granted, we did not have the best Bok-team at that stage, but the least you expect from a national coach is to conduct things professionally.
Great point, Naas! It's interesting how the consensus seems to be that it wasn't a bad idea (team building) but the execution was terrible (ridiculous levels of stupidity).
I hope to get Rudolf on the show in the future and then he can give us his account.
I agree we didn't have the best team and if you look at the draw we were probably always going to lose in the quarter-finals but if we could upset England in the pool game we would have got Wales in the quarters I think and a semi-final wouldn't have been such a bad outcome. Oh well ...
Thanks for the comment!
the original captain courageous, have his book "the right place at the wrong time", I enjoyed him as a player even though it wasn't the happiest of times for us Bokke fans when he was skipper, but it wasn't his fault, so many good players had left SA, retired or had not been picked for some reason, and he was sometimes unfairly labelled a thug by the british press and some england players, interestingly they never say a word about the biggest thug of all time the former england skipper "Martin Johnno Johnson".
Krige was a fantastic player in his day! And yes it was a shame that he played in the era that he did but we still enjoyed his skills and talent. The British press are a law unto themselves aren't they?
not unfair at all,lets be honest here,he committed about 6 or 7 separate incidents of thuggery in one game,stamping,headbutting,swinging arm,punching.There is no way you can pretend he didnt.He was a hell of a player,hard as nails but he deserves the criticism he got even if it was really just from one game.MJ shouldnt really criticise,maybe cos Krige elbowed him but Krige takes the cake,how he stayed on the field so long is baffling.
@mark brown Sure he didn't cover himself in glory that day at Twickenham. None of the Boks did to be frank. And he has apologised for it ... many times as he says.
After the 28 - 0 loss to the All Blacks, Nick Mallet publicly blamed Gaffie and Dave, the half backs. In my opinion, I don't think I saw Gaffie play with confidence after that, it kinda stayed with him in his career because I think he was so young at the time. He was a naturally gifted player. Players don't pick themselves as Naas always says.
I agree wholeheartedly. I've always thought Gaffie could have been a great flyhalf for the Springboks but that Test almost destroyed his career. Thankfully he was able to save his career by switching to fullback and made a few more appearances for the Springboks. But I truly believe he could have been a great Bok. Guess we'll never know.
It was a very different era back then. I played the amateur era and as a 17 year old playing against men, I got elbowed, slammed into the ground, late tackled, and anything else to "sort that little wanker at full-back out". I hate to say it, but foul play was ingrained and encouraged. Fighting was overlooked. Its a pity, as a good 90% of all the rugby back then was fair play. But there was a 10% nasty element that was encouraged and condoned which bred the young Corne's of this world.
Yes that late 90s/early 00s period was really the transition period between amateur and professional. A lot of guys struggled to adapt I think but I guess it had to happen.
Peter ons kan mos n rugby review show saam doen? Jy doen interviews en ons doen saam game reviews? Laat my weet.
Soos Corne en Twakkie? ;-)
Ek het vir jou 'n email gestuur.
Great tough competitor .Huge respect from NZ
Thanks for the comment and glad you enjoyed it!
Corne was a propper hard as nails player.A fearless warrior and great captain.What a pity he and the Boks had a coach like Rudolph Streuli who lets face is was clueless and utterly brainless about rugby.
He was all those things! I agree. In fact in that 2002/03 period he was my favourite rugby player. Unfortunately as you say, it was a dark period in our rugby.
I love Corne but that 53-3 loss to England was an absolute disgrace and I see no reason to joke about it 21 years later.
Best we can do is try to move on but it's difficult. You don't just forget about such incidents.
One question remains 😋
Did Corne and Martin and Matt ever shake hands and really burried it all 🤔
I'm sure they must have bumped into each other since that fateful day.
Tough guy
Absolutely! Thanks for all the comments Wolf. Really appreciate it.
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I assume you want to see match action? If that's the case there are heavy restrictions when it comes to media rights so it's not possible for me to do that. Unless you want to sponsor me to acquire those rights ;-)
Nicely said Corne. I would never give Struili or Viljoen as much credit. struilli, worse ever bok coach. But then Boks have had more idiots as coach in the past 25 years than real coaches.
No doubt the administrators have regularly made mistakes! Frustrating isn't it?
I was at twikies when they lost 53 -3. My English boss told me before the game England will beat us by 50. I said you don't have to pay me if we lost with 50 points. Well he did pay me but i got it forever..lol
Oh no! I remember watching it with my uncle, just the two of us on the couch with a beer or two, and wondering what was this horror show we were witnessing! It didn't help that England were the best team in the world at that stage and we were struggling anyway ... and then the sending off just added to our woes!
Worst day of my life. By far. Second was the semi final cricket run out of Donald.
I know it sounds dramatic but for about 12 years every time I watched the highlights of that 1999 cricket semi-final I got a sick feeling in my stomach. It was only in 2011 that I could look at it and just shake my head without getting that sick feeling!
@@frontrowrugby 😄
I have some advise for the next Bok Captain (capitalisation intentional) that finds himself in a Camp Staaldraad situation. ie a bunch of wannabe Wagner Group plonkers pushing you around. Remember Willie John McBride's 1974 Lions Tour where they were getting thumped big time (as in punched) by the Boks and they came up with the 99 call. At the right moment, WJ cried out "99!" and every Lion hit the Boks closest to them. So, some dickhead says "Okay guys, go into that there freezing water!" and Corne shouts "99!" and everybody who is a spectator and not a Bok gets his ass handed to him. And afterwards, the alibi is that it was team building, and the team stood up to abuse as a unit and are therefor better for it.
An excellent idea! I doubt any future Bok coach will attempt anything like Staaldraad given the history. What a disaster it was! Thanks for watching ... appreciate the support!
This guy was a complete thug. Absolute disgrace of a player.
Haha. Too hot in the kitchen for you? Cry about it.
Was one of the best the world ever saw...
So true He was just at the right place at the wrong time....
Unbelievable rugby player and leader...
I agree. At the time he was my favourite Springbok.