That is proper Sunday Social old bali type keeping. What is this bloke’s back story? How can he be playing at this level
#PAKISTAN
@englandcricket
#cricket
Ireland would have beaten most teams by 30 points tonight. Don't be that person who says they bottled it ... that insults
@AllBlacks
performance & Ireland. A match worthy of a final.
#RWC2023
Temba Bavuma averaged 18 at a strike rate of 73 in 8 CWC matches. He was unfit, by his own admission, going into a semi-final. He should not have played, based on fitness & lack of runs. This has nothing to do with race & everything to do with logic. This is not about race.
I don't how know many SA rugby fans realise just how big that result was at Loftus tonight or have an appreciation of who
@BlueBullsRugby
just beat? For the record: They just downed 1 of the greatest clubs in professional rugby history, where 15 Irish Test players started.
#URC
The patronising plaudits for Proteas betrays what every Proteas player knows. They will be haunted forever in their profession. 26 off 24 with 6 wickets. Nothing defends that result.
Not many get our nation ... Jesus we struggle, we fight & 95 percent of our beautiful country having nothing but hope .. and Faaarrrrrk ... those boys in green & gold, led by Siya, speak to that hope. To the rest of the world, it is never just a game for us. Much love ❤️
Incredible NZL ... attacked for 30 phases in 1st few mins to get 1st 3 points & then defended for 38 phases to win the game. This wasn't an Irish choke - this was
@AllBlacks
win ... what a game to watch
#RWC2023
It is criminal that one of Eng or Aus have a stroll to
@rugbyworldcup
semis cos of a draw made 4 years ago while 2 of top 4 ranked teams go home b4 semi as they cancel each other out on the most lopsided draw in history of tournament 🙈
I resigned from
@Springboks
6 weeks b4 2003 RWC because of racism in squad. To see what
@RassieRugby
&
@SiyaKolisi
achieved in 2019 & 2023 was mind-blowing & everything I thought I would be working with 20 years ago. Respect & gratitude to the transformed
#Springboks
of today
South Africa made 209 tackles during their final victory against New Zealand, the most ever by a team in a men’s Rugby World Cup final, overtaking the 158 they made against England in 2019. Defence wins finals!
The
#Springboks
always over achieve at RWC; Proteas always under achieve. Bok coaches have mindset to make the big calls in team selection; Proteas coaches never have been able to do that. SA Cricket should have learned from SA Rugby a long time ago.
Top 6 teams vs top 6 teams at RWC 2023
🏴: played 2, won 0
🏴: played 1, won 0
🇫🇷: played 2, won 1
🇮🇪: played 3, won 2
🇳🇿: played 3, won 1
🇿🇦: played 5, won 4
World Champions!🏉🌏🏆
#Springboks
@RassieRugby
@jacnienaber
Marius Jonker did everything in his power to find another angle to not award a
@Springboks
try. I don't know how many times the ref said try & he again said let me find you another angle. Please
@WorldRugby
never again put a South African in the TMO box.
This is a game NZL won; not one Ireland lost. Incredible last 5 mins ... to defend nearly 40 phases in last 5 mins just magnificent. What a game though. Sam Cane take a bow. Jordie Barrett take a bow.
#AllBlacks
When Jonah Lomu ran over Mike Catt it was not morally correct but it was legal & glorious.
@WorldRugby
did not change laws to limit weight of wingers to 85kgs.
"Is it legal? Yes.
"Is it smart rugby? Yes.
"Is it good tactics? Yes.
"But it is not morally correct!"
Matt Williams outlines why he is against South Africa naming a 7-1 split on their bench against Ireland.
#RSAvIRE
|
#RWC2023
Tom Curry is an embarrassment to
@EnglandRugby
&
@WorldRugby
Siya Kolisi gave him his jersey in 2019 & checked in with him after semi 2023. Privilege does not give you class & all he has done is show entitlement with his baseless accusation.
#classless
The
@Springboks
&
@AllBlacks
have always played different styles, yet are the 2 most successful teams in RWC (3 each). Think of them as soccer's Germany & Brazil. Embrace the contrasting styles instead of wanting the entire world to play like
@AllBlacks
...
What I appreciate about
@WorldRugby
is there is no shame in their bias. Giving France
#RWC2023
when an Independent Committee over 18 months of study gave it to SA. Giving Moala 10 weeks but giving Farrell none. These white ones up north are in charge & they just telling us they
Emotion and analysis buried for this moment:
@Springboks
have just beaten
@AllBlacks
for a 3rd successive time: For South Africans that is a reason to celebrate the weekend. Much love 💕
I have no issue with 62 minute halves if the correct decisions are made. The communication from Ben O'Keefe to his assistants, the TMO & the captains was the best I have seen since Nigel Owens owned rugby refereeing.
#LionsRugby
#Lions
Hugely irresponsible from Tom Curry to throw around racism accusations as if it was fact. This could have been cleared up post the match. I hope he is as quick to apologise to Bongi.
Can confirm that the Boks have a call for this! Let’s keep the main thing the thing! Back to rugby and preparation for the biggest rugby game of the year!
The
@Springboks
@RassieRugby
banned 1 year for suspicion of making public a video that correctly highlighted 28 incorrect referee decisions from Nick Berry with the ball in play for 35 minutes.
@WorldRugby
condemned him bringing the game into disrepute. Owen Farrell ... PLAY ON!
Happy to hear from the many who mocked me for calling a
@Springboks
win … especially happy to hear from Laurie Mains on that centre who isn’t good enough for Test rugby
I am retracting my emotional choker tirade in the immediate aftermath of Proteas defeat. On reflection it was a thrilling final, the smallest of margins & credit to 🇮🇳 bowlers, in particular Bumrah. Proudly Proteas & South African. We sail again
The silence from
@WorldRugby
on Itoje knee to the throat of a player is an emphatic action that is more powerful than the thousands of words spoken by their leadership on player safety.
#LionsRugby
I have stopped all trips for super fans, we have athletes & artist who are struggling to raise money to attend sporting events and exhibitions, how do we justify paying for fans? We shall no longer be paying for these trips and will use that money where it’s needed the most.
Mark Boucher’s admission that he did call Paul Adams a ‘brown sh*t’ as a nickname when they were Proteas teammates should have come packaged with his resignation as National coach.
@OfficialCSA
if Boucher could not walk away please relieve him of his responsibility
Fact:
@RassieRugby
@Springboks
the most successful in
#Springboks
history. Fact: John Dobson the most successful coach in
@THESTORMERS
history. Both with the most transformed squads. Both, done from the heart; not from a politician's voting script. 🇿🇦
Come on to anyone who follows the game. Glasgow 13-nil down at 39 mins at altitude to win 21-3 in next 41 mins and you can't acknowledge the effort ... come on ... that is not anti Bulls but such an appreciation of what it took to win for Glasgow.
France controlled where game was played & their ferocity at the breakdown also meant they dictated the tempo. But what they could not control was the heart of the
#Springboks
& a mentality that simply was not going to give up the title won in Japan four years ago.
#rwc2023
Manie Libbok was superb as an attacking option at No 10. This is another statement that did not need hindsight, but an appreciation of how
@RassieRugby
& Tony Brown rate his general play. Handre Pollard, when he entered on 65 minutes, banged over 3 conversions from three
Why are South Africa's biggest sporting executives of rugby, soccer, cricket, en-masse, not legally challenging the issue of 'no or limited' spectators at professional matches? There is no science to support the continued ban. FFS someone do something! Give us back our stadiums
The
@AllBlacks
have been underdogs in only 4 of their 359 games since the
#NZTAB
first offered sports betting odds in 1996 – all of them away to the Springboks in South Africa - and they lost all 4 times. They are NZTAB underdogs v Ireland for
#RWC2023
q/f in Paris.
The greatest visual in South African rugby has been the sold out signs for the
#URC
final in Pretoria, sold out for Ireland in Pat & Dbn, sold out in Bloem v Portugal, sold out for
@AllBlacks
in Jhb & sold out & over subscribed by 500% for
#CapeTown
. 🇿🇦👋
Okay, so
@Springboks
beat
@AllBlacks
& drew back to back in NZL 2018 & 2019, bt Wales & England in RWC semis & final, came from 1-down to beat
@lionsofficial
2-1with 1 Test played in 21 months. Show these BOKS some FAAAARKING respect.
#worldchampions
To illustrate Ashwin Willemse's pedigree as a player, in 2003 he scooped the top three awards at the annual SA Rugby function – Player of the Year, Most Promising Player of the Year and Players’ Player of the Year. He was part of World Cup-winning 2007 RWC squad.
A team that goes to NZL, scores 5 tries & 36 points to beat
@AllBlacks
knows what to do with the ball. A team that beats England 32-12 in a RWC final can play. A team that beats
@lionsofficial
27-9 can play. A team that beats Eng 41-38 after trailing 24-3 can play
#springboks
I think this is unfair on
@Springboks
That World Cup winning squad is the very example of what transformation should be. It goes beyond percentages & numbers.
What the HELL is going on in PRETORIA? Fill that stadium on Saturday. Let Leinster think it is Leinster v South Africa and not
@BlueBullsRugby
v Ireland. FILL LOFTUS! 🇿🇦
Eben to the pack. This is the scrum the country needs, as told by
@Springboks
captain
@SiyaKolisi_Bear
on that last scrum. Geez I love this team & the character of what they are and who they represent
#LionsRugby
Next time World Rugby get your planning right and get a neutral TMO … you have scared the life out of Marius Jonker … he is petrified to make a call that favours
@Springboks
John Smit: My body is falling to pieces. My shoulders & knees are a mess. I can only turn so far because of my fused neck. But if you gave me that choice to go back 20 years or 30 years, I would still pick that ball up & carry on playing.
#Springboks
#Rugby
#URC
One of the most enjoyable Test matches I have ever watched. What a game. If Ireland had won it in last min there could not be a complaint. For NZL to keep them out to win it, there can't be a complaint. A game for the ages
#RWC2023
Frans Steyn, a 2-time World Cup winner, has a 78 percent winning success rate in his 72 Tests. Steyn proved the difference in Cardiff, as he did for
@Springboks
in the 31-29 come from behind win against the All Blacks in Brisbane.
Andy Marinos never cracked it at SARugby as Director of Rugby … never got selected for
@springboks
& settled for Wales as a player & is very angry with South African rugby. The only thing worse than a bitter South African is a bitter South African wanting to be an Aussie!
The final that does justice to the game ...
@Springboks
v
@AllBlacks
... 6 World Cups between them ... whoever wins gets a record fourth. HUGE.
#RWC2023
Ian Foster has been an embarrassment as All Blacks coach, and when he found his voice this weekend it was even more embarrassing than the results in his tenure. To even compare his team’s performance against Italy to the Ireland v South Africa game were the word the words or a
Respect
@AllBlacks
@Springboks
Incredible Test match. Thank you! There is nothing that compares rot the rivalry of these 2 nations when well coached & well selected. 💕
It's going to b a long 4 years 4 followers of certain nations & their rugby pundits given reaction 2
@Springboks
All your anger & purple prose about perceived style doesn't change result. 4xRWC champions. Applaud it; so much more soothing than being appalled by reality of it🇿🇦
Pollard the schoolboy No 10 had no equal. Pollard, the under 20 international was voted World Rugby Player of the Year and Pollard the
#Springbok
is a double World Cup winner.
#PaarlGim
@LeicesterTigers
Every time Russel Domingo won a series - and that was nearly every time - I read how he was not good enough & a quota. Every time Mark Boucher loses a series - and that is nearly every time - I read how he is good enough & that he was a great player
Ireland arrived in Dbn & smashed Boks physically. It would have been a plaster had Boks won. Boks were out coached, out played & out passioned. Ire has beaten Boks 3/4, 1 in Ire, 1 in Paris & 1 in SA, that makes them ONE v Boks on results. FACT. Respect.
I don't get the despair from so many. 49 points, 7 tries & a 31 point winning margin when playing a match 23 that will change by 11 or 12 players for play-offs. Bloody good effort against a very determined Tonga.
#Springboks
Kolisi back-to-back RWC winning captain. Am & Mapimpi sensational in RWC 2019 final win. Bongi M massive. Ox, Trevor, Cheslin, Damian W, Kurt-Lee, Manie, Grant W, Jaden H. That is the transformation of
@Springboks
The applause should be obvious. 🇿🇦
On Saturday afternoon from 2pm to 5pm
@Springboks
supporters must line Somerset Road from outside Cullinan Hotel to Cape Town Stadium & turn it into a 2km chain in support of
@RassieRugby
&
@Springboks
as they make their way to stadium. Two metres apart & mask on!
#Rassie
Four years ago they shut down the planet because of Covid but now there is heroism in a person running the 200 metres
@Olympics
final with Covid & keeping his positive test a secret from his fellow athletes
Faaaaaaark what a result in Dublin … I have never felt so happy in a rugby game …
@BlueBullsRugby
#JakeWhite
… I never have Bulls a chance … Back of the queue for me!
#URC
9 RWC wins out of 10 for Southern Hemisphere teams & it took a wrong footed drop goal on 100th min from the greatest
@EnglandRugby
team in history to beat
@wallabies
with a 50% win record. Keep changing laws & in the south we will keep adapting & winning.
It was a free for all on New Year’s eve
@VandAWaterfront
packed … thousands there … BUT no one allowed at the cricket! FFS … when is logic going to be applied to spectators at sports events in South Africa?
Ardie Save: “Playing 2 Tests in South Africa is like a highlight for a New Zealand player’s career, especially in front of those crowds. South Africa are world champions & that speaks for itself.”
#AllBlacks
#Springboks
@PlanetRugby
Funny old game. Messy. In the long run, pretty fair. In an imperfect way. WR: selective leaks bring disrepute on the game. Publish whole reviews or keep it all sealed. Do it right.
We are in the
#RWC2019
final. Two years ago Italy were beating us. My God, I am astounded at the negativity of so many on social media. Bloody hell. Just enjoy the fact we going to the big dance next Saturday.
#Springboks
There you go … once Scotland was beaten all
@Springboks
focus was playoffs. Ireland in pool play was never a must win in Boks’ minds. They weren’t 1 of the 4 big games. Ireland focus so big on
#Boks
& they couldn’t get past their 1st play-off game. 🇿🇦
🚨EXCLUSIVE
#ChasingtheSun2
Content🚨
🗣️Rassie: "I didn't have a preference in playing either New Zealand or France in the Quarter Finals!"
"In theory we had 4⃣ big games we had to win!"
📹Rassie shares his vision that he shared with the
@Springboks
going into the 2024 RWC!
No scrum from a free kick & the ball must be played after maul has been stopped once, not twice. 🤣 And when
@Springboks
win 2027 RWC with attacking back play
@WorldRugby
will introduce a 'no counter attack allowed' ... Boks will find a way.
Give me those last 3 hours of Test cricket over a T20 final … finest win for Elgar as captain, Elgar as opening batsman, Boucher as coach & Bavuma as a Test top order presence …
#TestCricket
#Proteas
#India
Most shocking officiating to gift Pumas 14 points. Wonderful composure from
@Springboks
Bonus point win … 5 tries to the TMO’s 2 …
@WorldRugby
should be embarrassed at decisions that get made.
#RugbyChampionship