Squidgy, let’s also take a moment to thank you for bringing such unique and thoroughly entertaining insight into rugby analysis! The rugby world is so much richer for your efforts! You too are CLASS. One can only imagine how many hours you put into each video you make and your love and passion for the game and what you do deserves the greatest of respect, irrespective of where your followers come from! I, for one, salute you oh great little one! And yes, Lukhanyo is Ambelievable in every respect! Wonderful skill, deep rugby intellect and great humility.

"I Lukhanyo think, therefor I Lukhanyo Am" is my new mantra for life.

Consistency, intelligence, making a impact on every game played, is what makes a player great, and in that respect, Am is indeed a cut above the rest.

My ultimate judgment on who Am really is was when he passed the ball to Mapimpi when he had a good chance of scoring a try in a World Cup final; he gave up a once in a lifetime personal opportunity for a bigger team vision. He’s not about taking glory but spreading glory, the best team player, invested in unity, selfless and a giver.

As someone from the Eastern Cape, Xhosa native like Am, this made me very emotional. Thank you mate, keep doing what you do

haven't watched the video yet but yes

I met him in person once! I was struck by how calm and nice he was

The most exciting thing for me about Lukhanyo is that he is ushering in a new era of Springbok rugby. Springbok coaches and teams of the past were marked by a fear of mistakes rather than the freedom to play and trust their instincts. They would do what the coaches want no matter what they are seeing on the field, until the coach redirects them at half time. And there is a whole generation following in Lukhanyo and the others footsteps - Fassi, Damien Willemse, Kolbe and the list goes on. Golden Era of Bok rugby in the making.

I don't know how Lukhanyo Am manages to run around when his brain is so big. He's still very underrated despite all the praise. The man is just pure class. A modern day Conrad Smith

He is by far the best TEAM player the Boks have ever had.

Zinadine Zinadine of rugby, he's such a joy to watch. Always plotting behind the scenes like an assassin.

Did anyone else notice Eben doing almost the exact same things as Am in the try at around 7:50? He pointed out the same space, hanging back and anticipating a breakdown to smash, but he ended up running an awesome (legal) blocking line that left Am unmarked for the try. Teamwork makes the dream work.

So happy someone finally giving Am his fair due. I have been saying for years he is one of the best players I have seen play, but because he does it all so nonchalantly it does not get noticed. Thanks Squidge for bringing Class to the forefront

If Lukhanyo is truly the best player in the world, then why isn't Squarespace the Lukhanyo of websites makers ? Hmmmm

I don't think Am's decisions are as tactically motivated as its made out to be. I think he is perhaps just the most instinctively intelligent player there is. Some players just spot things. But his completeness and calmness of his instinct is unreal. I think his only equal is Kante or Nadal - always looks calm, never flashy and never makes an unforced error. The only to beat Am is to be a better player in that role - he's just the basics of the game done to a level of near perfection.

I really hope Squarespace appreciates how you work their ad into your content. Definitely the most astute way I've seen this done by any KZfaqr.

His work to put Kolbe in space and get him the ball for the winning try in the WC final was unbelievable and so underrated

As a South African and a big fan of your videos , I think this might be my favorite one so far (this after your amazing videos of the Springboks from before and after the 2019 World Cup that I've watched 100 times ). Lukhanyo Am is truly class

Love your work Squidgy. Shout out for acknowledging the isixhosa commentators as well. Can’t wait for the international season

My 2 favourite Am moments show he's got personal talent for the game, and a great head for it too. 1) His try saving tackle where he somehow managed to rip the ball away from a certain try duing the lions tour and.. 2) His trying to pull back the offsides players from "that disallowed try" against wales in the 2021 Autumn International.

Is the answer "never being high fived by Mapimpi but not letting it get him down?"

I have been away from my country SA for many years now...but watching your videos takes me home and at the end I always almost feeling like crying ... Thank you bro ❤️🙏

I'm a New Zealander, I freaking love Am. Think I first saw him in 2018 and 2019. Best 13 in the world and yes Squidgy, he is reinventing the game.

Played with the homeboy. Spacial awareness is simply genius. Slick hands. Insane step and turns a small gap into a canyon. Oh, and that no look pass? Got it from me💪🏿💪🏿

Am is one of those players who is just good at everything. Incredible rugby intelligence, great awareness on the field, quick thinking, a complete skillset with passing, running and kicking and brilliant pace too. Add to that his reading of the game in defence and his ability to organise those around him. Brilliant He and Fickou are two of my favourite players to watch. They are very similar, with Fickou being a bit more individualistic (he loves scoring tries like his one against France), whilst Am is unselfish

That ad was so smooth Holy crap🤣 I didn't even realize it was one until halfway through

To answer your question: YES , he is. He's a genius!

I gave a like before i even watched because that's my favorite player right there😀 lukhanyo obi1 kinobi Am

Absolutely 100%. On the money as always Squidge! I feel like Am is one of the major reasons the boks won in Japan. Many many months before the RWC even began it was clear something had changed within the team. Random players were being brought out to speak to the press (as opposed to always the captain and another senior player), and each one sounding like a captain, owning the game, owning the team. What Rassie did was near miraculous, but it would likely not have been as effective if he did not already have key players in the team who had in their DNA what he was trying to get the rest of the players to do - play for the team, support the team, forget about yourself good or bad and make the next thing you do good for the team. All that talk about not being a windgat, forgetting your mistakes immediately and keeping a proper perspective etc. Direct all your energy, skills, efforts and decisions towards the good of the team. Am, along with Kolisi, has that kind of humility, calmness, selflessness in his bones. It balances his ambition and drive, making them more resilient. They can fight tooth and nail, win or lose and never lose their heads one way or the other. These aren't rugby skills, they are life skills. There are other players like that but none like Am.

It’s these types of videos that make me so thankful for squidge, Am is a generational player in all aspects talked about in this video, but the video allows potentially a wider audience to not just know how good he is, but to actually understand it as well, I’m looking forward to 2025 already where he discusses how paolo garbisi is the greatest human to ever grace this planet, and where I actually believe it!

That World Cup try, you can actually pick hear that Am tells Mapimpi to kick (khaba) the ball in Xhosa - both players mother language

I’m glad someone managed to put my feelings about Am into words. Amazes me every time as a rugby player, reads and plays the game like it’s in his veins. Never looks bothered in mistakes and even less so when doing something amazing. A moment that stands out to me is the game against NZ where the ball was bounce passed and had him with his back to the try line and almost on his knees to collect, but instead of collecting immediately he allowed the defence to almost close him down before collecting the ball and giving a simple pass to De Allende running the outside line. So simple but as effective as could be.

not a south african in any way, i agree he is such a great player, who is underrated because he is not flashy

Great work Squidge! He certainly is a highly skilled and humble sportsman. Glad he’s on my team…. My wife is welsh though, it’s always a tough time😜

Posting this video very closely to the first Wales Vs springbok match seems suspicious... It's almost as if you're trying to let whales in on our secrets 😉 great video squidge!

I'm so embarrassed that I missed so much about how good this player is before watching Squidge's videos, and I'm SA'n

Love this video! Also Lukanyo Am enjoys smashing people on defence, if you watch the semi final between England and NZ in the previous world cup. Tuilagi was over the gain line off the first run. In the final, Am smashed him on multiple occasions. In the British and irish Lions tour to SA first Test, that first tackle from Am set the tone for the tour. This guy is a beast. As you said. Pure Class. Love your videos and your analysis of players and teams!

Haven’t watched this yet but I already agree, he is the most intelligent centre since Conrad Smith retired, an all round rugby player, looking forward to the video.

So glad you included the clip with the Xhosa commentary, it's brilliant!

He has been my favourite player for years now, its like he is the deity that created rugby and he plays with the rest of the mortals at a pace where they wont suspect him for not being one of them.

I’ve been saying this for years but your video sums it up perfectly. Occasionally you get these sportsman who don’t seem all that flash but are doing really intelligent work and making everyone around them look better. The casuals don’t see this either and then wonder why the guy gets picked. There was another South African player like this about 20 years ago but was way ahead of his time and the rugby establishment definitely not ready for such a player in those crash boom one dimensional times - his name was Wayne Julies. He didn’t seem to do much but the strange thing was…whenever he played the players around him suddenly looked like world beaters and his inside and outside players would suddenly be too try scorers…yet people though he did nothing. This was a great video - definitely our best center in forever.

The amount of times i've seen Lukhanyo making a gap in the defense just to lure the opponents to run there and the shutting them down is unexplainable! He is truly amazing, thanks for your insight.

I looooove Lukhanyo. Proud South African/Canadian here 🙌🏾

Where he pulls two players from a ruck, that was crazy reading of the game.

I dont think Am is consciously making all these tactical decisions, I think he just has a natural propensity for the game. He might not analyze each play as deeply as Squidge has said, but his play style and subconscious knowledge and muscle memory has allowed him to seemingly just always be 'there', right where he is needed.

I said it last year, and I will say it again this year. Am is one of the most underrated athletes in the world.

LOOOVE THIS! Your attention to detail is incredible, probably the best analysis video i've ever seen.

Currently watching this video from Schipol airport in Amsterdam on my way to Loftus for the Wales game tomorrow. 💯🇿🇦🏉

Thanks Squidge, love the energy in these videos. Good one for acknowledging the isixhosa commentators as well. Cant wait for the world cup!

More of these please squidge, I absolutely love it!

Mate I cannot explain the admiration I have for you. Keep your amazing content coming and your unique absolutely phenomenal view on rugby coming through. You are a trend setter and I am a HUGE FAN. thank you

And he does all of that with 9.5 fingers. His just so incredibly good. I love how from the moment he got the opportunity to play for the boks he just fit into international level rugby. So excited to watch him over the next 3 years. His only getting started

This video is definitely one of my favourite rugby videos, you summed it up so well and spotted and highlighted things we only had a feeling was happening with this hugely talented and in my opinion very underrated player. He really is brilliant beyond understanding.

Quality analysis, as always!! Thank you! 👊

Another outstanding analysis, you are a legend Squidge - thank you and look forward to your videos on the SA v Wales series.

Am sees the game like Neo sees the matrix

Can we just take a moment to admire how you have changed the face of KZfaq promotional videos? I really hope @squarespace are paying you massive bucks for all the effort you put in mate. super impressive stuff.

Brilliant !!! love what you stand fore and doing , much love and respect !!!!

It's the second try in RWC19 for me...he gives Itoje a little butt punch to create time and space to pop pass it to Du Toit who gives it to Kolbe in space...brilliant use of his cushion

Your videos are always brilliant, but this one was extra special. I agree 100%. I am a Sharks and Springbok supported, so I am fortunate as he is always playing for the team I support. I have always loved the way he plays and those little details that go un-noticed including how he never played for himself, which you highlighted so well, thank you!! I do hope he and his family get to watch this, a true sportsman!

Absolutely loved this, thanks for the top tier entertainment Squidge ❤️

Prior to the Boks winning the 2019 world cup, I was skeptical that the Springboks would once again have a centre pair as good as Jean De Villiers and Jacques Fourie. Damian De Allende and Lukhanyo Am are a brilliant pair and both have world cup silverware to prove it. 😁

Nice, philiosophical take :) For me, Rugby is the intersection between wrestling, athleticism, attrition, and chess. Am is a chess master.

Bro your Ad skills are unmatched on KZfaq I really hope Squarespace recognises how excellently you rep them 💯🔥👊 Am is on a whole different level he's just so selfless on the field the team is he's only priority no noise 🇿🇦❤️

Thanks for this Squidge! Lukhanyo is class.

I found myself asking myself "Why am I not subscribed to this channel?" Great analysis mate. I lost my mind when I saw that behind the back pass for the 1st time. I just died. Almost brought tears to my eyes.

That "excited Am Commentary" clip cracked me up... and made me miss home!

Thank you for adding images and analysis and words to what I sensed and have been enjoying. Would thread into another who played Sharks then Bokke, André Joubert.

thank you, a great spotlight on what I still somehow feel is still an underrated player

Hopefully he can take over the captaincy from Kolisi if he decides to call it a day at test level. Most level-headed leader imaginable 😄🇿🇦

Squidge - you are outstanding, your analysis'. Thank you for being a true rugby mind and covering so passionately and entertainingly beyond club and country bias. CLASS!

Our Xhosa commentary in South Africa 🇿🇦 is just the best 👌 🤣

Wow, absolutely loved this! Thank you 🤗. What a player!

Like the song in the background at the end of the video, Squidge, "you know what's up" when it comes to these rugby streets 😌 great vid

Great video, great player. Also, I love how Xhosa commentary is having a bit of a moment at the moment.

Love your analysis, Squidge! You're spot on about Lukhanyo. He is pure class!

You cannot beat Xhosa Commentary haha, it's gonna be lit during the Wales test games. Am is the most intelligent player in rugby at the moment. He is calm but present. Great video again :).. Next is Siya Kolisi, PSDT and maybe Mapimpi please

Excellent show. He is an amazing player and I think you have nailed it. Pure class.

Another great video. Its great how well you present a case and always turn in quality commentary. Am is class as is this channel.

This was an absolutely amazing critical analysis of the most amazing player on the planet. Thanks squidge🤩😁

I only really came to see you creatively plug Squarespace again, the Am video was a bonus. You really are a national treasure.

This video👌🔥 he’s even better than we think, dude is too slick…hopefully he adds more tries to his game and has a superb international season because he’s been among the best since 2019…

Love your videos mate. Must take a long time to put these together.

Brilliant analysis my guy!

In the kind of clever players that play more for the team than for themselves, Gael Fickou is not bad either, no? They are the spiritual sons of Conrad Smith, I can't wait to see them against each other in this autumn test-match!

Best square space ad I have ever seen! Awesome content as always!!!

I learned something from this. Thanks! Great insights.

SquareSpace really needs to be paying you more... These are the only add reads I don't tend to skip over. Well done.

The best analysis around. Again.

I don't know anything about rugby but I love you're videos, so well done

Thank you for the Xhosa commentary 🙏✨

Such a rare player. The type that is not playing the rugby, but owns it entirely. Great review! Cheers man!

This is your best video ever! I love your stuff!

Thank you Squidge🙏 so glad he's a Bok🔥💚💛🇿🇦

Thank you for the video. It's hard for people to see the efforts of players such as Lukhanyo Am. Thank you for explaining and making people realize his contribution to the Springboks.

Great analysis. Also - amazing way to incorporate your sponsor. Congratulations

Watching this again coz it’s fabulous and gotta love the Am

Brilliant video as always

Thanks for this video and effort in research

Top tier content and analysis. As a casual rugby watcher (highlights only) this gives immeasurable insight for the common rugby watcher like me. You that feeling when you know someone is good by you can’t say how or why? This video answers that question!