2 things, Bryan Habana was an scoring machine, just incredible. The other is seeing the late and great Joost van der Westhuizen in his prime. What a player. Rest In Peace.
i just wish his coaches could have learnt to use his skill and size better. He should have been used to attack in the wider channels, and not so close to the rucks... I am sure he would have added a few more tries then... Also, he was not that good at defense... but nonetheless, he scored many awesome tries.
@@hencoswart6614 Agreed. Sometimes he was nigh on useless as 1st or 2nd receiver. I don't know why they used him in close quarters so often. Spies had to be at speed to work the little bit of magic he had. I must say this, though. While we rarely saw it, the bloke had a solid boot on him. Rather accurate, too.
from 2004 to around 2009 we had some great times. Beat NZ in NZ multiple times. Won the WC, Lions tour and Tri Nations twice. Made it to no. 1 in the world.
I was at the Bloemfontein game in 2007. It was a crazy crazy match. One really had the impression that Jake White had the right squad for the world cup.
No Surprises the majority of these came in the mid to late 00's when the South Africans were the best team in the world and we were, well pitiful to be honest. What a Springbok team the '07 mob was though, put us to the sword 4 times in 1 year with 3 of the tests winning by more than 30 points. Class act.
@@Deontjie hey hey now let's not get too hasty, Kolbe has a young Springboks career and Habana has done a lot in his career to discredit. He used his speed properly.
@@HenryDube72 The difference is Habana was only fast. 90 % of his tries was the last handover to an open wing to just go and score. Kolbe is also fast. But he also has a wicked sidestep. Then he has plenty of strength in every part of his body. And he can tackle as well. There was a lot of hype about Habana, but I still think he was not even the best South African wing in his hay day. But Kolbe is world class.
@@Deontjie personally I feel he's the best Springbok winger of all time one of the all time best if not the best along Jonah Lomu. Both Habana and Kolbe have their unique skill sets that separate them and they are using them to the fullest, the former is quicker, can also kick in attack and the later can step. I also believe the Springboks played conservative rugby in some instances, had we been consistently expansive like the All Blacks Habana would've probably scored more tries.
@@HenryDube72 Lets agree to disagree. Most of Habana's tries was made by others. While Kolbe can get a ball in a defensive position, from standstill, and then create magic. Go and search for great tries. There are plenty of Habana's tries. There you will see a how his tries was made for him. He also relied a lot on interception tries. Which is always spectacular. But if you miss, there is no ways you can defend the man you are supposed to mark.
Watching this with a tear in my eye.... The glory days are gone... We will never again see a Springbok side with the quality of core of players of this era...
@@TheCyberscout you liberated us? Hahaha, shame. Not to smart... Perhaps you where one of those they used as canon fodder.... You know when you where "liberating" us. No wait, you probably sent the Scots or Welsh or Irish to fight your battles for you. You stayed behind and sipped tea.
@@paulackrill5644 Springboks are gonna smash the roses. Make sure they extra medics there for forwards. They gonna feel pain like never before. Bok power.
Fantastic video, I didn't know they still done commentary in Afrikaans in the Wilkinson era, so cool to hear it .Love the England South Africa clashes nothing like them.
Imo the reason the current springbok problems is that they havent really reached the same level as the springboks team that last won the world cup. What make more interesting is that the all blacks had managed to maintain their level and winning everything in sight.
The last time the B&I Lions lost a series was also in 2009, at the Battle of Loftus. One of the toughest games ever played - even though the Lions would never admit it, they had poor attitude.
@@henniebester9437 That second test still one of the best games ever...I was blessed to have been able to be there and have watched that game probably a hundred times
how can you even comment on that. this should and are a team sport. what the team is today is not the best but the fact that you are stating that makes it clear that you part of the problem. I have no respect for you buddy. I would rather cry every weekend than to listen to someone that does not understand the game or respect it. I love my rugby and it breaks my heart by please shut ..... up before you make shitty comment like that.
Johan, I don't understand most of your comment, because its written so badly. But I think what Gerhard Jacobsz is saying, is that Ashwin Willemse was a bit overrated....and one can expect people to note these kinds of things, as it is a backlash, in response to all those people who are saying things such as "Ashwin Willemse won the World Cup" & "Ashwin Willemse was player of the year" etc etc. Fact is, SO many people took Willemse's side, after the Supersport incident, as regarded him as a hero, while they also villainized Nick Mallet & Naas Botha....this despite the fact that we still don't know exactly what the 'tiff' was about. All we know, is that Mallet and Willemse didn't get along, and Willemse may or may not have been an unprofessional presenter/pundit. But everyone was quick to label the incident as racist, and many were calling for Mallet and Botha to be fired. This is the world we live in, where you are guilty of something, as long as someone has accused you of it.
But the two of them were biased to certain individuals. A lot of commentaters in South Africa applaud leroux for any small thing he does where as in most of the time he catches the worlds kak on. Nobody speaks about his no look passes to the linesman or him trying so hard and messes up play with his horrible floating passes
The Boks for a while were a shit hot side with a huge number of great players in multiple positions. The current Bok side just doesn’t have the overall talent that the past sides had
Don't fink so bro... they've been touring the Northern Hemisphere since the early 1900s along with NZ. They won a few grand slams against the home nations as well...more times than NZ.
Admin I think you might want to update this video after this world cup final...the two tries that ware scored in the final surely they deserve to be in the list...
Its funny how this video starts off with a couple of games being clearly won by the english and then after that its just a massacre of the english team for the rest of the video😂
2 things, Bryan Habana was an scoring machine, just incredible. The other is seeing the late and great Joost van der Westhuizen in his prime. What a player. Rest In Peace.
Percy was a superb FB. Very underrated and a hell of a kicker as well.
Any try against England is great
I tell Ye what back in Britain
The 2007 Springbok team was just something special!
The 1999 team was the best! 2003 World Cup lacked Honiball due to injury
Agreed... best Bok team ever imo. Class and experience in every position.
well you can add the 2019 team to the list
@@hiddenvintage ,they haven't proven anything yet,just won a world cup but living up to it is something else.
Maybe because they won...🤣🤣🤣
Nobody can uplift the mood like our boys past and present🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
Jonah Lomu and Bryan Habana the two greatest wingers of all time!
There are a couple of new one's to add to the list now
jip.. Colbe and Mapimpi...
Cheetah Cheetah ...nope you idiot....unless the scored it between 2000-2009 you cannot. Check the title poephol.
A COUPLEEEER
These Springboks are just World class !! Come on 2019 !!
Any try against England is a thing of beauty
Ah... brings a tear to the eye, simply magnificent.
All these rugby legends.
Thank you for the vid.
Who’s here before 2019 World Cup Final
Bro we had the best squad here.
yes sir
Go SA SMASH EM - kiwi
En toe fok ons hulle op
smashed them the fuck up once more
Spies was an absolute specimen. Thanks for putting in the effort to put this together.
Spies was awesome in his prime! Thanks for supporting the channel
i just wish his coaches could have learnt to use his skill and size better. He should have been used to attack in the wider channels, and not so close to the rucks...
I am sure he would have added a few more tries then...
Also, he was not that good at defense... but nonetheless, he scored many awesome tries.
@@hencoswart6614 Agreed. Sometimes he was nigh on useless as 1st or 2nd receiver. I don't know why they used him in close quarters so often. Spies had to be at speed to work the little bit of magic he had. I must say this, though. While we rarely saw it, the bloke had a solid boot on him. Rather accurate, too.
So, he was a "Spiesimen"?
Bryan Habana was in here multiple times, just shows what a player he was hey🤭
until he decided to join the stormers
haha yess, I was quite salty when he left the bulls :(
....well, until his knee injury....same as most every other player who suffers that dreaded injury. They come back basically like zombies.
Great player, great talisman, great person.!!!!!!
I'm still in loves with him l just love the way south Africa get together to support our national team 🎉🎊🥂🥰
2007 was a golden year for South African rugby; winning a Rugby World cup was a cherry on top for the players, Jake White and coaching staff.
2007 to 2009 was incredible for the Boks World cup, tri nations a lions series against a good lions side..
from 2004 to around 2009 we had some great times. Beat NZ in NZ multiple times. Won the WC, Lions tour and Tri Nations twice. Made it to no. 1 in the world.
Looks like 2019 not a bad one too bruh 🙂
@@snapsorfly now we are eyeing the British & Irish Lions tour
Still think this 2007 team would physically dominate our current squad. Guys were breekers
I was at the Bloemfontein game in 2007. It was a crazy crazy match. One really had the impression that Jake White had the right squad for the world cup.
No Surprises the majority of these came in the mid to late 00's when the South Africans were the best team in the world and we were, well pitiful to be honest. What a Springbok team the '07 mob was though, put us to the sword 4 times in 1 year with 3 of the tests winning by more than 30 points. Class act.
Love seeing England losing like in the 50's, always a pleasure to watch :).
Yip, one of the great joys of rugby, although a 6-42 drubbing at Twickers is also very enjoyable...
Jealousy is a terrible trait.....
@@CPDutch Jealousy of?
@@stefansenna1985 has to be their humor lol
There's a remembrance of Brian Habana in Chelsin Kolbe
Kobe is much better. He can make his own tries. And he is strong enough to hand off big players.
@@Deontjie hey hey now let's not get too hasty, Kolbe has a young Springboks career and Habana has done a lot in his career to discredit. He used his speed properly.
@@HenryDube72 The difference is Habana was only fast. 90 % of his tries was the last handover to an open wing to just go and score. Kolbe is also fast. But he also has a wicked sidestep. Then he has plenty of strength in every part of his body. And he can tackle as well. There was a lot of hype about Habana, but I still think he was not even the best South African wing in his hay day. But Kolbe is world class.
@@Deontjie personally I feel he's the best Springbok winger of all time one of the all time best if not the best along Jonah Lomu. Both Habana and Kolbe have their unique skill sets that separate them and they are using them to the fullest, the former is quicker, can also kick in attack and the later can step. I also believe the Springboks played conservative rugby in some instances, had we been consistently expansive like the All Blacks Habana would've probably scored more tries.
@@HenryDube72 Lets agree to disagree. Most of Habana's tries was made by others. While Kolbe can get a ball in a defensive position, from standstill, and then create magic. Go and search for great tries. There are plenty of Habana's tries. There you will see a how his tries was made for him. He also relied a lot on interception tries. Which is always spectacular. But if you miss, there is no ways you can defend the man you are supposed to mark.
Bryan Habana is a legend
Watching this with a tear in my eye.... The glory days are gone... We will never again see a Springbok side with the quality of core of players of this era...
Man what I would give to see the faces of people like you after the Boks just won the Trophy again, "never" you say... hahaha
Bryan Habana shows what a classy player he is !!
9:55 "no one more please" XD
This Channel is invaluable for Rugby.
What an awesome compliment! Thanks for the support Jan
Man, I miss this kind of rugby
Tears. What beauty.
You get so amped on these quality highlights! Love it!
I love it when anyone beats the English at any sport!
Nice comment seeing we liberated you lot....
@@TheCyberscout you liberated us? Hahaha, shame. Not to smart... Perhaps you where one of those they used as canon fodder.... You know when you where "liberating" us. No wait, you probably sent the Scots or Welsh or Irish to fight your battles for you. You stayed behind and sipped tea.
England will crush south Africa tomorrow morning .......
@@stefansenna1985 I'm not sure which I find more entertaining, your ignorance or stupidity.
@@paulackrill5644 Springboks are gonna smash the roses. Make sure they extra medics there for forwards. They gonna feel pain like never before. Bok power.
Going to add lots more to the list this weekend! Go bokke!
True
Dammit I miss Bakkies Botha!!!
And Juan Smith!!!
And Jacque Fourie!!!
All the 2007 World Cup team
the most bitter rivalry in world 🌎 rugby 🏉 the mighty springboks & the blacks!! ( always was always will)
I really appreciate these videos because I can catch up on south africas rugby history.
Fantastic video, I didn't know they still done commentary in Afrikaans in the Wilkinson era, so cool to hear it .Love the England South Africa clashes nothing like them.
In South Africa you can watch rugby with Afrikaans, English or Xhosa commentary
Oh thanks for that
Go bokke!! With so little doubt you guys have slammed every expectation.. may the 2019 trophy be South Africa's!
Who is here after mighty SA lift 2019 World Cup trophy?
Me
@@phindele well done :)
And me 😉
That Jaque Fourie cherry pick at 9:34 was unreal
im loving the high pitches screams in some of these videos :D
Amazing gas from Matthew Tait to close in on Habana of all people!
Yeah, but he didn't stop him :)
Habana was running toward the posts from out wide with Tait closing the angle, which creates the illusion of him catching up.
You’ve got two more to add.
Springboks against england world cup final 2019. Underdogs and two great tries
Most teams never realized until it was too late that Jaque Fourie was actually a sprinter in the body of a truck with vice grips for forearms.
So well put! Him and JDV should have had the most test caps for a Centre duo in all of World Rugby
The Mighty Bok. Kiaora.
Respect from SA
prayers for the dude trying to stop Bakkies Botha on the line hahaha
That was enjoyable watching England get hammered
It must be said that Bryan Habana has not been kind to England...
Habana hasn't been kind to any rugby nation
@@teebrinner5939 he has been kind to south Africa
@@wtf4493 ah yes this is true, a true legend
That's OK: it's not in his job description. :)
Springboks always the best ever legacy of rugby no doubt about
Imo the reason the current springbok problems is that they havent really reached the same level as the springboks team that last won the world cup. What make more interesting is that the all blacks had managed to maintain their level and winning everything in sight.
Until 15 September 2018
These videos are just fantastic
Thanks Roger!
How time flys hopefully we play lime that 2019 this year
That’s one off the best no 8 eva!!
Habana scored all the treis
Bryan habana killing them
Our guys are hardcore against those girls . BOKKE!!!!
Did anybody notice Eddie Jones standing next to Jake White in the stand?
He was assistant coach for springboks in 2007.
10:21 of pure happiness right there
I must say, I loved Bryan Habana's try
Which one?
9.07..
Too good.
Byran Habana - what a legend! Lets go Bokke!!!
Richie McCaw said the toughest team he played against was the 2009 team. Those are mean forward packs, especially the front row.
The last time the B&I Lions lost a series was also in 2009, at the Battle of Loftus. One of the toughest games ever played - even though the Lions would never admit it, they had poor attitude.
@@henniebester9437 That second test still one of the best games ever...I was blessed to have been able to be there and have watched that game probably a hundred times
What!? No try by the great Ashwin Willemse!?!? Oh thats right he did not score that many to begin with...
haha!!
how can you even comment on that. this should and are a team sport. what the team is today is not the best but the fact that you are stating that makes it clear that you part of the problem. I have no respect for you buddy. I would rather cry every weekend than to listen to someone that does not understand the game or respect it. I love my rugby and it breaks my heart by please shut ..... up before you make shitty comment like that.
Johan, I don't understand most of your comment, because its written so badly. But I think what Gerhard Jacobsz is saying, is that Ashwin Willemse was a bit overrated....and one can expect people to note these kinds of things, as it is a backlash, in response to all those people who are saying things such as "Ashwin Willemse won the World Cup" & "Ashwin Willemse was player of the year" etc etc. Fact is, SO many people took Willemse's side, after the Supersport incident, as regarded him as a hero, while they also villainized Nick Mallet & Naas Botha....this despite the fact that we still don't know exactly what the 'tiff' was about. All we know, is that Mallet and Willemse didn't get along, and Willemse may or may not have been an unprofessional presenter/pundit. But everyone was quick to label the incident as racist, and many were calling for Mallet and Botha to be fired. This is the world we live in, where you are guilty of something, as long as someone has accused you of it.
de zskdd
But the two of them were biased to certain individuals. A lot of commentaters in South Africa applaud leroux for any small thing he does where as in most of the time he catches the worlds kak on. Nobody speaks about his no look passes to the linesman or him trying so hard and messes up play with his horrible floating passes
The Boks for a while were a shit hot side with a huge number of great players in multiple positions. The current Bok side just doesn’t have the overall talent that the past sides had
They have had a huge drain of players that have all gone to Europe with over 500 players now playing rugby there.
YUP, and who wouldn't? $500k Euros for ONE season. You only need two to retire comfortably in South AFrica.
Is that so?
Habana!
There's another 2 to add to this list!
00:20 How I miss this commentator in international rugby..
Hugh Bladen
2007 World Cup, the best team ever in the Springbok jersey💯
"Hold on, not one more please" hahaha
Still here in 2021.
Interesting how many games we were behind...
Habana is a beast
Habana, Habana, HABANA, Bryan Habana !
Toooooo good.👌🏾🇿🇦
Satisfied
Bokke Bokke Bokke...2007 - 2008...🇿🇦🏉💪🏼
Don't watch England games unless they play Wales or I've known they have lost,great tries by SA.
England's worst nightmare.
Kom Bokke !!!! 💪🏆🏆🏆
That Johan Ackermann in the thumbnail?
Yes it is
LOL - about 18 of these tries are from the 2007 when a severely under strength England side - like B/C team - played SA.
xpat73 Still good tries
That decade we ruled with a green iron Antelope..
So much pedigree on one side omg
We will see tomorrow 😎🇬🇬
amazing how these saffers deflate after retirement....like they are different people...wonder why
feelssogoodman
Pierre Spies was a monster
Amusing that Ackerman is now coach at Gloucester.
england has beaten the boks only twice in 12 years.
not any more :(
Oh please not 1 more
I know, brilliant aint it, lol.
Pierre spies was a beast
Most of these came in the 2 game series of 2007 lol
Kolbe's one has gotta be in the updated version soon
Say what you like about Jean, he was one class player in his time
Amazing to think SA only started playing England from 2000 onwards.
Don't fink so bro... they've been touring the Northern Hemisphere since the early 1900s along with NZ. They won a few grand slams against the home nations as well...more times than NZ.
@@flightofthefatman ,no it's 4 each isn't it between NZ and SA?
9:55 Oh no, not one more please 🤣🤣🤣
Hier kom die bokke!!
Admin I think you might want to update this video after this world cup final...the two tries that ware scored in the final surely they deserve to be in the list...
Will we ever have another Fourie du Preez?
Man... what an incredible player. Always felt like he was in control of everything in the pitch.
Luann Cronje Faf de Klerk?
Faf de klerk
Faf is a fantastic player in his own manner. He's like a Jack Russel. But Fourie was a master strategist and made the right decisions 90% of the time.
The only player that is remotely close to Fourie Du Preez in playing style and impact is Connor Murray. We don't quite have someone like him yet.
If only South Africa still played decent rugby 😣
Your wish seems to be coming true..
Say that again?
lol 1:24 Sheeeesh that 2007 footage... looks late 90s if you know what I mean...
WhereWhere is Joost's solo try?
Jahn Beukes Read the title of the video - Joost scored that try in 1995, which we feature on another video
@9:57...Now wait a minute...Not one more, PLEASE..???!!!!!
Well done south Africa we were rubbish
And this is why the bokkies will always be better than England.
Its funny how this video starts off with a couple of games being clearly won by the english and then after that its just a massacre of the english team for the rest of the video😂