England v Springboks Semi-Final Review - Rugby World Cup 2023
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2023
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England: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Jonny May, 13 Joe Marchant, 12 Manu Tuilagi, 11 Elliot Daly, 10 Owen Farrell (c), 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Ben Earl, 7 Tom Curry, 6 Courtney Lawes, 5 George Martin, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Jamie George, 1 Joe Marler
Replacements: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Ellis Genge, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Ollie Chessum, 20 Billy Vunipola, 21 Danny Care, 22 George Ford, 23 Ollie Lawrence
South Africa: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Cheslin Kolbe, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Steven Kitshoff
Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Ox Nche, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Kwagga Smith, 21 Faf de Klerk, 22 Handre Pollard, 23 Willie le Roux
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As a South African I find your analysis offensive . We weren’t rattled at first, we were rattled for at least the first 60min 😂😂😂
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yes - there were so many knock on's and scrambling possession that just looked very ragged and poor - then bad throws into the LO - then coming into rucks from the wrong side (on one occasion two Springboks dived in from the wrong side - surely after so many years of playing these players should know when they are coming in from the wrong side..anyway..) then going offside then Ox comes on and the whole game changed...
You were poor, in fact shit for long periods but still won. Your team made this Welshman so happy!
@@hunterluxton5976we certainly were! Easily the worst performance this team has had in 4 yrats
It's not how you star but how you finish
As a springbok fan and south African I think the well is now empty for the final
This near killed me as a South African. I felt physically ill. I’m still shaking
Me too bru!
Same bru
I'm a Kiwi, even I was shaking!😂congrats and see you next week.
Indeed. My right eye is still twitching from the stress haha
Same
As a South African, that was physically and mentally exhausting to watch. The only emotion felt at the end of the game was relief. England did everything that was asked of them. Their starting 15 were better than their counterparts by a substantial margin. The final result was solely because SA have the best bench in world rugby and, once again, saved our skins. Not sure if they can do that 3 games on the trot.
Nice copy paste lol
lol. Thought I saw this comment on another review.@@alistairclifton1286
Damn... This was stressful
@@alistairclifton1286I realized I read this elsewhere
Me too! Still Shacking
As an Englishman, I’m super proud of my team in this world cup. Everyone wrote us off; we found a way to win every game through the group stages and quarter-final and then performed like lions in the semi-final. We played intelligently and with heart in this world cup, we were beaten by a whisker by a magnificent team. Well done boys.
You played scruffy
No skill and invention in your game whatsoever.., could still be playing now and you’d still not score a try.
For the sake of world rugby I’m glad we are getting a proper final between newzealand and South Africa!!
I agree. Your team did England proud.
Ignore that. You are 100% correct. Lions they were today, nothing but respect from a South African.
@@desi1844let's see you do what Farrell did tonight shall we? You're a joke
You guys did very well.
As a NZ fan, the fact South Africa played as poorly as they did and still won fills me with dread. South Africa are far too good of a side to play two games like that in a row so they will be fired up to play next week
The Boks looked tired. Also rain is the great equalizer. Great job by England for fronting up
Last week our aerial game won us the day, today it was our scrum, Ox is a monster but we were outplayed, physically we were nowhere, lineouts werent working, conceded many turnovers and ill dicipline cost us. Well played England.
Fully agree on both points. We played terribly rugby - worst Bok performance all year. Painful to watch.
See you in the finals next weekend!! 🇿🇦
Let's pray for no rain and either way it could be a blinder!
I appreciate your confidence but as a saffa I am not that confident going into next weeks game against the All Blacks...the Boks look exhausted
My heart is completely shot. I had accepted that the Boks were going to lose by 67 mins, but Ox brought dominance in the scrum and that's the one break they needed. Unbelievable nerves to win that.
The wet weather conditions suited England's setup and gameplan better. Weather is always terrible in England xD It probably wouldnt have been as close if we had dry conditions more conducive to an expansive passing game.
Expansive passing game? Neither team plays that way but hey ho
@@JS-xe2kt you didnt watch the France Springboks game? That first half? What was that exactly? 😂
Ox was driving to the touchline and Mbombi popped up on that last scrum. Absolute joke the boks got that penalty. Come on New Zealand, boks cheated their way through both knockout games.
@@joshuataylor3550how did the Boks cheat? Should they stand up and tell the ref, no you're wrong when he gives them a penalty? Did England do it when Willemse and Siya clearly had rights to the ball at breakdowns but got penalized?
Handre Pollard kicked the penalty, then flew to NZ to record this video and upload it.
That’s gold.
😂😂😂
HOW HAVE I NOT REALISED THIS BEFORE?! 🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@JKMeZmA he had a fake beard when he plays so it's understandable
In 2019, the Boks learned to win even on bad days. A pivotal moment in SA rugby history.
We'll see. Cause 2007 & 2019 were relatively easy finals for the Boks cause someone got the favourites sent home early.
But 2019 we actually played well in the final? Unless you're talking about the semi final against Wales. There we were crap.
I’m not talking about the final but other games. Boks used to just collapse on an off-day.
Springboks need to stop these close games. My Heart can't take much more of this.
Best game from England for probably 4 years, South Africa not at their best but still found a way to win, great contest and fair play to England. To England, good luck against Argentina and South Africa, best of luck against the ABs, should be a brilliant final!
As an England fan I am very happy with that performance, far better than I expected and really gave the boks a run for their money. I wonder if they have enough left in them to beat the All Blacks because that's two tough games in a row leading up to the final. If the boks win again they really will be no 1
Scotland, Ireland, Tonga, France and England : not sure South Africa have anything left in the tank after such high intensity rugby week after week.
Disapointing as an England fan, but on the other hand, i had my doubts about even getting out of the pool!. So we did better than expected. Now's time to start completely rebuild (hopefully). Kudos to the Boks. They know how to get the results even when it's not going there way. Congrats.
As Springbok supporter, I am glad they won, but would have accepted if England had won, for they were the better team for 80% of the time.
That is why you play 80 minutes and not 67 minutes 😂
@@christohees9150you guys don’t play 80 mins either have to sub guys off after 40 lol
@@smoothoperator1862that may be so but apparently we left our best team on the bench for the 2nd half
@@avrillee7369 ehh struggled against England lol
@@smoothoperator1862 win is a win
The problem for England was that they never posed a threat to SA in terms of trying to score tries and in doing so kept SA in the game. The game was definitely won from the 2 side's respective benches no doubt. As a Saffer I feel like if we play like that next weekend we will be torn to bits so hopefully we will see an epic final this tournament deserves, win or lose.
Rassie is a genius but he got this one wrong. We needed some rotation in this game for freshness. Moody, Esterhuizen, Wiese etc. We lacked energy and focus all game, totally outplayed by England for 67 minutes. Now we have a problematic situation before next week where we have players overdone and players who could have played today underdone. We have probably the best strenght in depth in the tournament, yet we have failed to use it to advantage in the money time. We very nearly paid the price tonight, we may the price next week.
Yeah a bit too over eager and too many mind games. The weather forecast was for rain a week ago as well. To start an attacking 9/10 was a dumb move. Aesterhuzien possibly Am should have been the centres, With Moodie in the mix as a sub Wing. Should have Jasper and possibly Kleyn in the pack and give Duane a rest. One thing - Boks will raise their level for the ABs(no need to hype them up for that) -Pray for a dry game aswell. BOks were shocking vs ROmania in the Rain for 20min, vs Eng for 70 min, The ABs will kill them if its wet. BOks survive a near death experience again, maybe its destiny now to win it!!
Now SA will pay the consequences next week because of bad selection for this game. I hope they get grilled for why they choose the same team . They blab on about depth but we needed to see Estherhuizen and Moodie tonight….
100% agreed well said
The most accurate comment of all.
@@ThriveHealth-ep7cjcome on now, you cant still be doubting Rasnaber with their team picking. Accept that they know more than you do.
South Africa looked dangerous on the very few occasions they ran it. I think they played too much to the conditions whereas England were set up for exactly that situation. England were able to dictate the game and the Boks just seemed to go with it which was very surprising.
Credit to England. They have managed to carve out a good, conservative game that works for them and really do look to have improved. Should be an interesting 6 Nations.
Looking forward to the final!
Well said, england never looked like scoring a try, the springboks could have gone back to their usual tactics with no fear of conceding a try and racked up a score earlier on the game.iy baffles me why they played into englands hands for most of the game. The fact that the england scrum is not up to the job cost them that game.
@@kevinwillis6707Bang on.
Wow South Africa, I am proud they won. But England played a monster game. Stewart was amazing.
Wow just wow. I really fucking enjoyed this game as a neutral. Congrats SA commiserations England. Huge respect to England you guys showed the f up in a big way the team deserve to be proud of that performance IMO. From Wales supporter
Ox was driving to the touchline and Mbombi popped up on that last scrum. Absolute joke the boks got that penalty. Come on New Zealand, boks cheated their way through both knockout games.
@@joshuataylor3550 go away
@@joshuataylor3550 yes please go away troll
As an Australian, I'm jealous of both of these beast teams.
You guys will bounce back, every team go through their slumps.
And next week the only Aussie involved might be Angus Gardner
TBF he was pretty good with NZ v Arg
Iwouldnt be
@@matthewboschin6313'bounce'back? You mean like skippy? 🦘
Amazing battle 🇿🇦 England was monstrous. And thanks Mark🤘🏻
Ox was driving to the touchline and Mbombi popped up on that last scrum. Absolute joke the boks got that penalty. Come on New Zealand, boks cheated their way through both knockout games.
@@joshuataylor3550wow. Cheating? Did you see farrell tripping our 9? It was sinkler driving in. Would you like some pepper to go with that salt?
Not sure I can take another weekend of this from my Bokke. England outplayed SA for 65min. Not sure we can play the same team for the final, they'll looked exhausted already
I can’t do any more of these 1 pointers. Proper arm wrestle of a match even if not the most pleasing for the fans.
The Rain equalised the proceedings, Eng more familiar with the playing conditions, They played virtually the perfect game plan with what that squad was equipped with. I think the pressure got to Farrel with the ref chirp which led to a 10m advance on the penalty which the Boks converted. That was similar to the Ramos conversion miss. Half-time 12- 6, lead was well deserved. Then 15-6 (I think had Eng made it 18-6, the game would have been over, Ford possibly could have been brought in earlier. Boks continued kicking to Freddie Steward was painful to watch, the lineouts were a shocker. Eng came amped for this game.
Rassie a lucky bugger - the starting XV was flat from last week. I think as the game progressed, Eng grew with the belief and moved slightly away from the gameplan. It almost worked. Bok bench made the difference at the end.
Boks defy death again and march on. Not the greatest of games due to the weather but both sides made it a cagey and tight encounter.
Another 4 years of knowing the Springboks sent you home empty handed
Good assessment
Boks did show character, you don't win games like that without digging very deep
Mark, like I said last weekend…this would be a tight game! A bad day at the office for the Boks and a better day for England. But at the end, that’s the difference between these 2 team … a bad day and winning vs a good day and losing. Looking forward to a NZ vs SA, the first final between our mighty rugby nations with 6 RWC between them, since 1995…added spice! Should be a fitting match! Kia Ora and good luck the ABs…respect! 🏉🇳🇿👍 Go Bokke!! 🏉🇿🇦🏆💪
SA were lucky. As a bokke fan, nothing but respect for the pomms, they stood tall and proud.
As an Englishman who gave up on football a long time ago. Then cricket earlier on today followed by rugby just now I am currently checking out how our national tiddlywinks team are doing. It’s a great sport which is super competitive and great physicality. And it looks like we are shit at that as well. I’m going to bang another whiskey down me and wake up to the rain again tomorrow. I wish I had progressive parents that introduced me to ballet and the arts instead of letting me play real sports. Anyway goodnight all. Good kick pollard 👍👍
😂 great post! Commiserations mate Eng can definitely hold their heads high, SA were lucky with this one.
mate - I feel like your description - I had prepared for your team winning as we were shite literally for 65 minutes - I don't know how SA won that one -
Awesome comment 😂
Your team played like champs and yeah our bench won it for us but we are extremely lucky.
Enjoy the whiskey..it was a nerve wrecking game and England performed exceptionally well
Hard game to watch for an SA fan. Our lineouts were terrible, England dominated the aerial battle, England got some crucial ruck turn overs. Honestly England were the better team by a long way. If it wasn't for Ox Nche, we lose that game comfortably. Pollard, Fourie, Kwagga and Snyman were immense off the bench as well. Horrendous game for us really.
Not horrendous just hard! Very wet meant many handling errors. We could not get posession! Without it, you cant play and attack. England suffocated us for ages.But once we could play and compete we manged to score, Hard to watch. Nerves shot!!
yes, Ox was the real game changer...
Hard game to watch as a neutral
Pollard was only a game changer with his kicking boots (and I am very grateful for those!!), but his general play was abysmal. He wasn't the only one either.
Four players saved us - apart from Pollard's boot that is - Kwagga, Ox, Deon and RG.
If you play bad,and still win,what does that say about the oppsite side.
Man it was a miserable night in Paris koro. I was there for the game. It was rainy and cold and England played the conditions perfectly. Their tactics were sucking the life out of me. We finally caught a break in 67th minute and fired (for me) our 2nd shot of the game, the Cheslin grubber to Willie was our 1st shot in the game.
Kudos to England man, their maul D in the first half was unreal! The created a sort of corridor that the Boks pack had to slalom through and once that snake had been created, they didn't have to necessarily enter the maul from the front. Couldn't understand why Boks weren't kicking for goal! Hats off to Borthwick and Maro for their maul D prep, it was so good! Honestly ABs could look into that. Faz, Big Courts, Daly, Air Freddie, Ben Earl all these guys played amazing. Hats off to England man, we just scrapped through into the final!
Holy smokes. Ball in play time? Probably about 7 min…
As a bok fan I have never been one to mind slowing the game down, but England have mastered what the boks created 😅.
Ox was driving to the touchline and Mbombi popped up on that last scrum. Absolute joke the boks got that penalty. Come on New Zealand, boks cheated their way through both knockout games.
@@joshuataylor3550 and that ball was out that kolisi was pinged for, and earl was out of the game when etzebeth was pinged so ball was also out.
I can throw calls back at you. Ox was DOMINANT from the second he came on, and England actually got pinged for boring in. The first player to pop is not necessarily the one that is the issue.
I have played front row for 30+ years, at all levels, at national youth grade against both England and South Africa. The dominant scrum nearly always gets the penalty when they go forward.
@@joshuataylor3550 keep duplicating troll
As an All Black fan I felt that was the right call to bring Libbok off, I felt that he was a rattled in this game. Pollard and Faf de klerk should off started. England had won the kicking contest in that game. if that replacement was a bit later I recon England would off won. Anyways Congrats Springboks lets enjoy next week.
We were super lucky to win this one.
Feel bad for England, they definitely looked like the better team for most of the game.
I feel like either the Springboks underestimated England, as most bok supporters did OR Rassie and Jacques got the selection wrong and some of the players needed a rest.
O'keefe was kind to us in the last 15 minutes, but was arguably similarly kind to England when they had momentum.
We were clueless tactically, and hopeless under the high ball.
Super BLESSED!
@@vjmightywkak
Combination of the players looked tired and the wrong tactics for me.
The England choices in the backline was Borthwick screaming "please kick to us" before the game and taking high balls is (to be a bit controversial) probably the only thing Freddie Steward is really good at. Rassie obliged though and they just kept going on and on with the ineffective kicking until there was about 15 minutes left when they switched it up and actually started looking like a team that means business. England controlled this game and South Africa played right into their hands with their tactics. I think Rassie has to take the blame for this perfiormance but he seems to want to blame his players instead. Hopefully it doesn't backfire.
It's Jacque and Stix... Rassie NEVER messed with selections like Jacque and Stix the team was a unit... You can actually see the politics seeping into the game tonight it was an absolute embarrassment. I won't miss this coaching staff one bit and I trust Rassie and SARU will address the politics. Noone funds rugby for political parties to scratch from the side, and I do think Cape Town is behind this for Pollard selection over Mannie. We were just beyond poor
@@RicksPhatPharm-vw2lb surely if politics were at all a consideration, Moodie or Am would have started ahead of Kriel. - same goes for the scrumhalves that were selected.
Unless I'm completely misunderstanding what you mean by "politics", the claim seems blatantly unfounded.
Southern hemisphere El Classico. If SA don't win it, I'd be happy with NZ winning it.
I'll go out on a limb and say it's gonna be one of those two
England played their best game in years. For much of the game they seemed to control it too. It had shades of their 2019 semi final over it, but still the Boks found a way out and still won. What a game. Looking forward to the final.
I'm South African and this was the ugliest game I have ever seen. I never thought I'd say this but I feel for England tonight, they played their game to perfection. They dominated the kicking game and were really physical.
I'm so worried about the boks, if we play like that against the ABs they'll stump us to the ground. Yeah, gutted for England, feeling like unworthy winners, but by the looks of things, it won't matter much. NZ are clear favourites in the final.
not necessarily knock out rugby is a different beast the game england played is how they beat nz 2019 finals a different beast
Nah, it will be OK.
.......just as South Africa were clear favourites to beat England and look what happened!
Couldnt have been that perfect, they lost.
SA fan, but not sure why everyone thought that England would be easy. They are almost always competitive when they need to be and are always tough. Their results in the less important games are meaningless, they never show their full strength until they need to.
England out thought & out played SA for 67 -70 minutes.
Normally SA can adapt to changing circumstances (under Rassie anyway) but today we were poor at adapting to the weather, the ref & the English team & to the pattern England were playing. Why we continued to kick the high ball to England when they were clearly very comfortable receiving it and beating us at the high ball contests I do not know.
I am glad that the Boks won, but England were brilliant when it counted (as usual).
Well played England that was phenomenal, not that I expected anything less, no matter what the experts said.
Another good video, thanks for it.
I'm South African and just sat there, numb with relief, after that final whistle went.
England executed their game plan way better than we did, and handled the conditions a lot better too.
The difference imo, was the bench, ours was way stronger than theirs, and Ox Nche almost single-handedly won the match for us, with one of the best scrumming performances ever seen at a World Cup, backed up by brilliant kicking from Pollard.
The AB's will hand our arses to us on a plate, if we play like this next weekend.
my heart....... The Mighty Springboks
SA are in the final vs the arch nemesis. EPIC the winner will be the 1st country to 4th title
Well played to English team Respect
Don't forget when we were two metres from England line and Farrell lifted his knee to disrupt the number 9 pass. That was deliberate and a yellow as he was lying on our side of the scrum.
My South African friends are very happy right now 😂 although their fingernails seem to have mysteriously disappeared. Definitely not the game I predicted but you don’t have to play pretty rugby to win. Oh and in case you don’t have time for club matches, Ulster beat Zebre today, but very narrowly - our defence was shockingly bad and virtually every time Zebre threatened our defensive line they were through. No injuries by the look of it and next week we have the first home fixture on our new 4G pitch!!! I’m so excited
I have to admit humble pie 🥧 as I had written England off before the start of the match as had everyone else. Hard to admit as a Kiwi 🥝🇳🇿 . It was easy to assume after seeing 👀 how they were playing a boring style of Rugby 🏉 😴, but this tactic almost worked taking points early as opportunities arise. They made the bokke look ordinary but we knew better that the slowing of the game down intentionally was their trademark. Was sitting on the couch awaiting the lion to erupt as proding incessantly would surely get a response! Didn't take long after Rassie completed some changes in the 75th, the lion was awakened. The casual penalty from half way had me stunned the way Pollard drilled it through the uprights. Well done to England 👏 .
See you next week our fellow bruvvas 🇿🇦 where history will be made. Who will get that 4th cup. History is with yourselves never been beaten in a final, but we are there to rewrite history.
Sometimes I actually forget that we have never lost a final. The last two weeks have been so rough that facing the ABs so soon seems nightmarish lol. So much pressure back to back... TO BACK
I find it interesting that the South African captain talked about defending the World Cup. All Blacks when they were playing in 2015 World Cup they said they are not defending anything they need to win it again. I guess it’s a different way of approaching this
@@NikkiBikkiNZ So true Nichola. Siya is a special captain & speaks so much from the heart. He was discovered by Jacque when he was 18 & was nursed along. So humble with the way he expresses himself & the team as a family, so it didn't come as a surprise when mentioning defending their title. The same was said by Richie McKaw after we went back to back but sadly knocked out by England in the semi. Still, it will be interesting as to who will be standing on the pedestal next week. Can't wait.
RSA had the hardest route to the final undoubtedly
On second half, South Africa intentionally choosing scrums instead of going for the line outs was a master plan by the coaches.
Then Ox Nche on the scrums and Handre Pollard on the goal kicks made the difference for the Springboks.
Well said
Hardly a masterplan mate, they should have done it after half an hour after the first tactics weren't working, it was obvious their scrum would monster englands.
Gutted for the boys put in a proper shift🏴
But the boks are world champs for a reason. Go well in the final Bokke🇿🇦
Ox was driving to the touchline and Mbombi popped up on that last scrum. Absolute joke the boks got that penalty. Come on New Zealand, boks cheated their way through both knockout games.
@@joshuataylor3550 troll
Next week needs a 6-2 with Klein coming in.
NZ v SA. The perfect final. Who ever wins, deserves it 🤝🇿🇦
I think SA deserve it more looking at their path to the final. If they win it will be a amazing effort and we'll deserved.
If they (SA) win they deserve it for sure, but I rate they'll be out of gas @@barneyboy2008
Ox was driving to the touchline and Mbombi popped up on that last scrum. Absolute joke the boks got that penalty. Come on New Zealand, boks cheated their way through both knockout games.
@@barneyboy2008the boks play cynically at every single ruck. They deserve nothing. Rassie does not play in the spirit of rugby
@@barneyboy2008So should SA lose, they'd become deserving losers?😂😂
Getting stressed just listening to the recap of the game. A lot of credit to England. They came out with the perfect game plan for the day. I personally did not expect them to do this good - they surprised us! Forward pack was solid - our boys looked rattled for at least the first 50 min. Lucky to get past Eng yesterday.
The Boks just stress me out so much😭. Then again every aspect of my country just stresses me out.
We'll be underdogs for the final which suits us.
I hope the weather holds and it's a card free final game. Best of luck to both teams in the final.
Ps huge respect to England for a hell of a scare for SA.
I actually blanked out by jumping up too fast😂, Finals here we come GO BOKKE!!! SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦
Ox was driving to the touchline and Mbombi popped up on that last scrum. Absolute joke the boks got that penalty. Come on New Zealand, boks cheated their way through both knockout games.
@@joshuataylor3550 😆lol cry me a river
I was pleased that it was so close! Thanks for the fast review!
DREAM FINAL!!! This was the perfect semifinal for SA because now we will have our focus perfect for the All blacks!
England totally outplayed South Africa in the first half, but the scoreboard didn't reflect that because England couldn't do more than score goal kicks, South Africa just was held, like a cork of a champagne bottle about to pop out, 2nd half was scrappy until the changes were made, the bomb squad was in place and the game was over. My hat off to England for the tactic and strategy to enforce their game however they forgot about a little detail, the bomb squad.
Imagine if SA lost this how much of a meltdown there would be about the ref right now.
Thanks for your work. 👍
My pleasure!
Really proud of England, i didn't give us a chance against SA but the players proved me wrong. SA tactically got it right in the 2nd half with some big calls off the bench. Realistically England never looked like scoring a try and once the scrum started failing it was only a matter of time before the Boks broke through. Gutted but proud.
The boks are playing like we have a proper healthcare system here in SA.
Did i not die😂
I hear you man... Not healthy for the supporters.
😅😅😅
I only watched the last minute of the game. Was travelling in a storm. I saw 15-6 and thought it's over. Got home switched on the TV and my brain couldn't function.
We do... Have you been to the US?
Dan coles & Joe marler outstanding, scrum fell apart when they went off
I must say that England outplayed SA the entire game. It was gut wrenching and nerve wrecking the entire game. I agree with most comments that England used the weather conditions to their advantage. I think apart from SA working more on their attacking approach to the game, I think Rassie and Jacques needs to put more focus on improving their game plan in weather conditions like this. Props to Rassie for making all those changes early on in the game. At first glance I thought what the hell was he thinking to make these changes in the first half, however now I see the difference it made in the end result. Personally I think Ox and Pollard were the best changes he made as they won this game for the Boks. Even with the odds stacked against us the entire game I must commend SA's determination and fighting spirit as they never gave up throughout the game. Pollard had little game play the entire world cup but man I have never see a player as cool as a cucumber under immense pressure when kicking a penalty from the halfway line.
Well done South Africa, what a game! That was nerve wracking but really great finish, the subs made such a difference, there will have to be a rethink of who starts for the final. Despite all the control England had, they didn’t turn it into many points at all, no tries! All that effort, they must be gutted. It’s not the final I wanted but at least Boks are there. Cheers for the chat and all the reviews and previews Mark 👍🏾
We didnt win, but we rattled them, and not many teams can say theyve done that to the Boks! Great game, and im a proud englishman right now
As a diehard ABs fan, I truly believe that the Boks will win next week. They have played their last two games with a lot of pressure and are due for a big open match. They may be exhausted but they have built a lot of resilience and cohesion amongst themselves, true traits of a champion team.
Agreed and I hope but yes exhausted. They missed a trick not resting some frontline soldiers in a final they won't bring in Moodie etc and I worry if you 10% less against the All Blacks in energy they can cut you to shreds on the counter. Good news is I don't think we'll be dominated like that in kicks again.
Disagree with both you lads. The one slight advantage that the Boks have is that they have some really fresh players for the final - that's a good thing. However, against a classy side like the All Blacks, you'll need a whole lot more than that to win. I expect the All Blacks to be named favorites but it's going to be a close game with the All Blacks *slightly* the better side in my opinion.
I think we're in for a cracker of a game.
Don't worry All Blacks will be ready for the Springboks 💪
Spot on Mark. SA hung in there and their scrum and subs got them back into the game.
Perfect wet weather game plan by Steve Borthwick and England executed it well, although that is the sort of style they have been playing anyway. Just made a few key errors when they had chances to close out the game.
NZ will be pretty happy watching that. SA have had 2 tough games in a row and will need to recharge big time. Will be interesting to see if they make changes to the 23 for next week.
England should beat Argentina but hopefully it is a better game than their pool encounter!
Great channel and love your work. My 2cents if I may...The turning point was the try, it bought the Springboks right back into the game...
We beat England twice today! (cricket too) - excellent
Well at least we had one decent semifinal. Both teams stuck at it and England seemed to want it more in the first half. Might even watch the bronze final after that one.
I was lucky enough to be at the game. The weather was really terrible. Cold, windy, rainy. The fans were drenched in the beer lines! Really impacted the game. The French fans booed Ben O'Keefe whenever they had the chance as well as Eben, Kolbe, and PSDT. Several English fans in the stadium shook my hand after the game and congratulated me, as did many French fans on the metro ride back (those who weren't drunkingly singing "La Marseillaise"). No French fan said anything rude to me last week either after the Boks crushed France's hopes (man the stadium deflated). Rugby values are more alive in person than on social media.
Love your support of the Springbok brand. Thank you.
This was a nail-biting affair from a South African perspective. England totally dominated during the first 75% of the game and deserved to be in the lead. Credit to the "never say die" attitude of the Boks - to absorb that pressure the way they did during the last 20 minutes, and then to ultimately pip the English at the post was excellent.
One thing that I have to comment on was what Farrell didn't say during his post-match interview - not one word of praise or congratulations towards the South Africans. I can understand that he is hurting after losing, but the term "gracious in defeat" comes to mind. He certainly wasn't - just a sour loser, and this is part of the reason why so many non-English fans do not respect nor like him. Compare his interview to those of Siya, Handre and Jacques, all three of them praised England, the effort they put in, and how much they pushed the Boks - especially Siya. What an excellent, humble captain he is - worlds ahead of Farrell!
Well put 🙌🏽🙌🏽
Exactly this. Great player but poison for England.
Exactly this. Great player but poison for England.
Stupid comment - he literally said 'All credit to South Africa'
(trust me, as a Bok supporter I noticed this).
You realize that demanding acknowledgment from the opposition makes you not worthy of it?
You must be suffering from cognitive dissonance. Farrell didn't speak for too long but he clearly said "All credit to South Africa," and "they're a top team and we saw that tonight" - words to that effect. You need to find yourself another panto villain to hate bud.
England beat us in basically everything except Ox Nche, therein lies the difference! SA's bench strength is unmatched. Commiserations to England, congratulations to my Boks
The play until that line out 5 yards from their try line was incredible including great farrell kick, then 3 consecutive mistakes leading to their try was sad as this was one of THE great England performances
Steward's kick then chase then knock on (then scrum then winning kick) let him down after a brilliant performance up to that moment. So many Great performances
May won a penalty after a brilliant tackle. Absolutely awesome
Farrell s greatest England performance. Made up for his poor game in 19 final
I couldn't believe my eyes, England were that good
what were you smoking whilst watching this ? two flawed sides playing ugly, unimaginative Rugby. the rain ruined it. Cardiff would have been the place .. with the roof tightly shut !
With wet conditions forcing so many knock ons the scrum is incredibly advantageous. If you knock the ball on but are dominating the scrum you can turn your own knock on into a penalty in your favour… massive
Hope Erasmus doesn't do something as stupid as playing one of the most intense games of rugby and then 6 days later start the exact same team, this game could've been much better had we went for smart picks, like Wiese at 8, Estherhuizen and Moodie at 12 and 13, starting with Faf and Pollard, dropping the dreadful Kitsoff for Ox. Minor tweaks like that could've done a world of difference.
Jesse Kriel looked like Ali vs Frazier last weekend and he's expected to do it again this week, I don't know if that's arrogance or stupidity
And too late now. It was the first blink of our World Cup. I know we barely won and what we have in starting centres but Wiese, Esterheizen and Moodie would've injected alot of fresh legs and knowing you may not be in the final they would've played with that extra 10% we were missing. You know if you 10% less against NZ you not winning that game.
England 90% was on top of that game, I'm welsh england deserved to win, but south Africa changes made the difference JUST
Well done to England. Was hoping we'd get a home nation team into the final, but it wasn't to be. You guys deserved the win.
They won on the scrum and a slightly better kicking game in the second half. Actually I think the weather was a huge equalizer.
We got out of jail there… the one point wonders march on.
Really proud of the boys tonight. Thought Martin and Lawes were excellent.
Billy V on the other hand is done, lazy and 5 years past it
As soon as he came on I said we're going to lose now. Hate to be negative about him but he's just not good enough anymore...
@@xWhiteSyrieyeah bloody Billy V....2 knock ons jeez
Blame borthwicks shit selections, sinckler was as bad
Tough game!! Well done SA
See ya in the final next week
Go the All Blacks🖤🇳🇿
Great analysis as usual 2C. When all is said and done, it was the NIGHT OF THE OX.
All of SA asking how on Gods green earth did we pull that off😂... it doesn't matter! We got the final we all wanted SA vs NZ the old foes go head to head in a classic clash on the biggest stage! Don't know how I will survive this week😂 respect to NZ but all we can say is Go Bokke!!!
What a game sprinboks know how to make me stress
Haha you can breathe now man
Devastated, but proud.
England fan. I think your analysis of this game was spot on. It was actually great watching England play competent, exciting Rugby today. Feels like the first time in a couple of years. Sometimes you lose but you still feel like you can hold your head up. Congrats to SA but I'm all behind NZ for the final now!
Yeah, England made it a worthy semi. Hats off to them. They played very well but sadly someone had to lose
SCRUM. It’s important. Farrell gave the Boks 3 points by talking back in the FH. It was crucial.
I seem to remember he also missed Kolbe tackle in previous WC final to give us the title
Man oh man. 🇿🇦🇿🇦 What a heist. England dominated the first 60. I can't imagine what it would have felt like to lose tonight 😭😭😭 Ox, Kwagga, Deon and Handré. Manne 💪 Finals week. Let's go!
Ox was driving to the touchline and Mbombi popped up on that last scrum. Absolute joke the boks got that penalty. Come on New Zealand, boks cheated their way through both knockout games.
@@joshuataylor3550you are insane lol
Posting this shit on everything
Faf & Handre have to start next Saturday.
I almost wanted to give up. But i know from experience south Africa never give up in Rugby. I remember in the 80's south africa played England. At newlands it was the last minute of the game and the Bokke was behind. Just a few seconds before the final whistle they won the game.
Calm heads from the bench. Can't beat it. Otherwise it was England, all day long.😂
As an English man I'm proud of how our team played against a team that on paper should've put 20+ points on us, but (and not to sound bitter) at least 4 unstraight line outs weren't called (that were visibly clear to the naked eye) I feel the better team lost, but after the game last night this proved a more than worthy semi final, and although it's an ageing England team and Borthwick went conservative with his selection we can be proud of how we played. The future will be different for both teams but this was a semi final worthy of its own place in the history of this world cup
The AB's extra rest day and easier semi should give them the edge
NZ had to do a lot of tackling in their game though, 185 tackles or something. Wet game meant more stoppages so SA was just over 100. Might help recovery time
I think so too
As an England fan I almost thought we would go on to repeat our heroics from 2007 and make the final! 🌹
The boys will be gutted but can also be very proud as we lost to the current world champions and I now back the Boks to get the job done next week 🇿🇦
You guys were my pre tournament favourites and will make me a nice little earner should you do it 😉
Wow! Wow, wow, wow! Wow! I am too exhausted to. Really think. Pollard getting MOTM was quite something, Ox must've been in with a shout too!
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Crazy finish man
For that SA trick play at the front of the lineout, I'm not convinced Care actually did get Mbonambi into touch. Well he did, but I mean Bongi had already offloaded the ball...
No he didn't. Replay clearly shows him in touch.
@@Cenotaur1 Looks to me like his feet are in the air where he gets rid. Close call, I think.
That was a great game to watch.
England play best with a chip on their shoulders - they embrace being the heels. That said, RSA looked tired (w/good reason). Fix the lineouts - Bongeni throws are inconsistent but back your jumpers. Biggest worry is the lack of dominance at breakdown and jackaling...
England played the conditions far better. Was shocked that Pollard didn't start once it became clear there would be rain.
I was not shocked. Based on England form before game it made sense that SA would run around England.
SA coach ruthless to take of big name players and bring on players needed to win .
England was on top by playing ugly . SA brought on the uglies and the boring
The english played a super game tactically, and controlled the game fsntasticly. To my abject horror it looked like they had it wrapped up at 15-6. South Africa made some key substitutions and outmuscled the english to snatch victory with a few deft kicks. Congratulations to South Africa from us all in Wales ❤
As an Englishman I think we coast on pride in every aspect of national life not just rugby.
You're not wrong, half the country still thinks they have an empire...
There was a point in this game where I thought we were going home. My nails are bloody stumps. My anxiety is throughout the roof! I was relieved more than proud after this game.