British and Irish

Joseph O'Dwyer Sorry. My bad. British and Irish Lions indeed.

@@shaunjayes8842 Your apology is well accepted from me, an Irishman. It is a common error expressed by, not just by foreigners like yourself, but more often by people who live in the UK. That aside. Thanks for your wonderful sporting comment. I have never been to South Africa, or on a Lions tour. I am, like yourself, in my sixties and recently retired. So I am thinking of going on next year's tour.

JC If you come out here mate, look me up. We have the most beautiful country with passionate rugby supporters (as you surely know) and you would love it here. The exchange rate works immensely in your favour, so it will be a really cheap holiday. I’m in Johannesburg and would relish the opportunity to take you around.

We won in 1997 and played out of our socks

why wouldnt he? here in britain any rugby player or fan really rates the south africans very highly. here in ulster weve had many SA players over the last 10 years. ruan pienaar is practically a god here, as is johann muller. and if he keeps up the form he is in then marcell Coetzee will soon be joining them

Rubbish man, Touring South Africa is the ultimate challenge!!

Hush noob

What does hush noob mean?

Especially given that Dallaglio was part of the great England team which won the World Cup in 2003.

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Looks like he's been attacked with a knife

he talks very well i must say

I met him in a pub in Putney few years back and he really is a lovely bloke ... didn’t even know me but took the time to have a chat with me ... legend 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Game on this weekend. Come on the Lions.

As a South African I I had to admit New Zealand has always been very very well respected here but also brutally hated 😹 it’s all love though

I would have to agree - I watched Sid Going, Grant Batty & Bryan Williams at Newlands and still have vivid memories of Bryan Williams running with ball in hand - there is no atmosphere to beat this match up. Interestingly & bizarrely enough my team Western Province beat the AB's 12-11 in 76.

Greatest rivalry in rugby. Period.

As a Saffa, I have huge respect for the All Blacks, such class. I reckon SA players and fans have a different feeling playing against the All Blacks than they do against any other team.

I'm a huge fan of Kiwi rugby. Great love and respect between our nations. Your veteran legends are as memorable to me as our Springbok legends.

😂 I wouldn't either

My myt washed the dishes that day and I didn't forgive her yet

My mate got married on 2019 rwc final... I actually didn't mind given the result

Forgive him my friend its wise thing to do.

@@charlesratladi1309 Wellm we are still best friends 23 years later!

Respect sir 👍

Ian James you beat me to it! Was just going to say I can’t remember hippo being a Lion😂

I was sold from the sofa!

Yes, it didn't look like an intentionally planned dummy. I think he meant to pass and saw no one in support, do he just went with it... He fooled everyone, though.

He even fooled himself with that one...

That's a great post. Thanks💙👊🌍

Boer have always had a tough reputation, your comment explains why the Boks have had such a tough reputation over the years

nice insight for us Brits

Yes its a Gay atmosphere with 30 sweaty men touching each other

That's what rugby is about. I find that most rugby fans are just that: _rugby_ fans. Sure, it's great if your team wins, but the more important thing is that it is a good game. Nobody wants to see 50-nil. You want a match, where the margin is down to a single score or thereabouts. Swing low, baby! 🏉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@@kondhaarful You are talking nonsense. This game comes from the 19th century and those guys were nót gay.

Boks Ave always been bullys, think the can intimate other teams they hate the Brits go's bck to the war, I wuldnt braai wth a bunch of duchman talking kak

@@darrentodd3591 You sound like the salty one you are talking about. BTW we just won against the British ans Irish Lions again

It'll be cancelled

centurions? Johno should be caesar

They’re far too tall!

Lawrence, yes, I can see the centurion thing. Jonno, not so much. He would be the barbarian gladiator they feed to the wild beasts in the arena...

you should see their wives...

That's true!

Additionally, lots of lovely South African ladies waiting for you there and who love the Brits in Umhalanga Rocks, if you get my drift ;-) Had an amazing time with the South African ladies in Umhalanga Rocks ;-)

The weather is great here at the moment, not as hot and humid as usually.

I think it was actually a compliment in rugby terms. As a rugby player, especially a forward, if you don't have an attitude of bullying the opposition you'll be in for some long, long afternoons...

Its not bulling its about becoming the alpha pack on the filed who ever top dog wins the ball then the match

@Stephen Strange you referring to the British perchance?

@Stephen Strange lol . liberal dumbass

​@Stephen Strange You need to read up on your history. The British introduced concentration camps against the Afrikaaners, who, quite arguably after hundreds of years of pioneering life in Southern Africa, were an indigenous people of Africa by that stage, and certainly consider themselves that. It was the systematic humiliations and cultural degradations by the British to the Afrikaaners, that helped to fan the ideology of apartheid in South Africa when the Afrikaaners took power.

100% agree. He made South Africa pay everytime. From memory I the the S.A kicker missed quite a few.

I have to agree, on this tour South Africa scored 9 tries to 3 and still lost the series. Joel Stransky missed almost all his kicks whereas Jenkins missed nothing. Unsung hero for sure. One of the games the Boks scored 3 tries to zero and lost. Stransky never played for South Africa again.

Great name

Indeed Garth

It was even better when us fans were drinking all night with them after the third test win...amazing memories

Agreed. I was there too, the after-party at Kings Park was immense!

@John Mitchell Very true...

I remember going to the Lions match at Lancaster park, and being down on the fence on the embankment. I was amazed at how white JPR Willams' legs were, and the smell of linament. I was also amazed at the stream of urine flowing down into the gutter along the front of the fence....ah the good old days. I also recall the bright ribbons and rosettes and badges that you sold ! They were displayed on bits of cardboard I think...

Your Dad was a hero of mine when I was younger - the unsung workhorse of the pack, much like Richard Hill

@@stroketheboat Thank you sur

Ice cold Castle lager at Newlands boet.

Windhoek for me when i was over there, when I'm not on the Klipdrift....or the Mampoer....

@@syphontoastie6265 Some murders on black people...? Mandela was the president by then...please cite your sources?! Don't be an idiot, war was over by then. If you're not a Saffa stfu!

@@syphontoastie6265 you really are an idiot

Yes nobody knows Neil Jerkins

One of the best kickers ever, and for a guy that didn't seem strong compared to others, he didn't miss many tackles.

Ruprecht :-)

Kicked like a laser beam

Jenks kicked lions to victory .. man scored the most points for lions in all 3 tests

From N.Z: can’t disagree

From NZ totally disagree, One of the best ever????? Maybe in England.Good player but not in top ten Loosies ever... not even close.

@@sonnyblack6121 too slightly disagree please remember firstly he had set up the try that enabled England to win a cup final in 2003. He also had to reinvent himself as a player from a fast, mobile and dynamic loose forward to a tight close-quarter specialist No 8 after an ankle injury. Dallaglio also had the ability to manipulate refs and like all greatest loose forward trios, he was part of a trinity which contained Neil Back the prototype of a then 7, who had given McCaw and before then Jones et al a good run for his money despite his size and Richard Hill. Now, Hill, in my opinion, was the best forward rugby had ever seen, McCaw IMO was phenomenal and the best 7 I have seen on a pitch. Hill, on the other hand, was the best forward player no matter what and without him, Woodwards England side would not have ascended to their heights. Back to Dallaglio. The only No 8s I felt could have challenged him at his peak time (before Read so relax) where: Scott Quinnell (who was the best in ball carrying department throughout the world at 8 at one stage), Simon Taylor (before injury), Anthony Foley while good was not as influential as Dallaglio, and then later both Parisse and Harinordoquy. NZ has had some of the best loose forwards ever, but Dallaglio falls into that category for what he too did to games.

@@charlespc8855 Better than Buck Shelford,Zinzan Brooke, Kieran read, Michael Jones, Richie McCaw, Jerome Kaino, Jerry Collins and Josh Kronfeld??? How many of those people that you mentioned would be picked before any of these guys???

@@sonnyblack6121 Wayne Shelford, was like 15-20 years before Dallaglio, no one can actually analyse his games instead you're stating this based of the reputation of HAKA building and ripped bollocks and yes he was a hard bastard but the game was different then. Kaino was after Dallaglio same applied to Read both great athletes, but of a different era. However, both were taller and faster being able to play at 4,6 & 8. Read too like Dallaglio had the best players in their positions around his consistently. However, Read once he lost his zip towards the end could not tighten his game as well as Dallaglio did as a No 8 and found himself belittled by papers and under pressure for Savea to be selected. Brooke while famous for his drop goal antics, could not perform the tight antics. Sunshine player but he did set the skillset for No 8s to the next level but it can be argued he was the first back row to play like a back more than a forward. Jerry Collins may he rest in peace was not as all rounded as Dallaglio and Hill. but he was a great defender, could carry well at times. He was a dream 6, hard, mobile and yet I'd say he was the pre-Kaino prototype in which Kaino learned and evolved his game from. Why because different eras. Josh Kronfield well he was an openside flanker I am talking about blindsides and No 8s primarily. Better than Neil Back maybe, but then again George Smith probably trumps both players. However, tries win games and Back did that more times than any other forward. Michael Jones too, predominately an openside, was more athletic than the rest and did do well when he converted to 6. End of the day its my opinion, you are welcome to yours but see past your NZ glory ideals and remember other loosies such as Pinnear, Dallaglio, Hill, Back, Burger also won world cups and are revered. Also if you want to compare players be reasonable with the time frame, We are talking 1990-2007 kinda frame with this context. I'm also not a professional athlete but half the time players get picked on reputation over ability, its rugby politics 101 from amateurs to professionals.

I saw Scott Gibbs in Cape Town a few mouths ago

@@anthonytromp6265 apparently he's always liked to go to other countries specialy when he was playing, he liked to go to America to let his hair down as no one would know him,