From a South African, we're not taking this game lightly or disrespecting England for a second. Whereas a team like Ireland tend to perform at a much lower level in WC circumstances, England do the opposite. I think I speak for many South Africans when I say I'm incredibly nervous about tomorrow night.

I'm watching this after the game and it really shows how knowledgeable you guys are. Most of the "could happens" happened. Even the first half subs. Mental.

You’re working like a machine squidge. Hope you have a bit of a break after the final. Great content as always

These 2 boys are a credit to rugby. Not just spitting random opinions, they know their stuff and you can see they just analyse everything! Loads of pundits can learn from these boys

When is the preview coming out for Ireland’s semi final??

Well it was much closer than I anticipated and I dared to dream until Pollard scored that penalty. I’m proud of the boys, they showed up in a way they haven’t for 2 years, pushed the Boks all the way showed that they’re recent showings aren’t who they actually are. Pride restored. Congratulations SA, now go beat the ABs.

I would love England to win, but I just don't think we stand a chance. We haven't shown anything for 2 years that would suggest we're even on a similar level to SA, so to imagine England could turn over SA who are playing excellent rugby is fanciful.

Please do more of these. I listen to a lot of rugby podcasts and content yet get more insight into the game going on than any other place in half the time! Keep up the good work!

Watching the day after the game… “there is a world where some… changes happen in the first half”. Very prescient comment

I’m a bok fan - I agree with almost all of your points. I don’t think Jacques or Rassie would ever underestimate anyone though. Your last video on the defensive changes they made against France was incredible. It also demonstrates how the coaching structure and team work. The devil is in the detail. I hope we beat England tomorrow - but ultimately this is knock out rugby so anything can happen.

24:23 turns out that statement was 100% spot on

South African here - love you guys and the insight. We never go into a game thinking it’ll be easy or we’re the favorites (could be Japan 2015 PTSD). But always proud of our guys and know that Kolisi and the team will graciously accept the medals they end up getting, whichever ones they are. They're true examples of sportsmanship and great role models for the little kids watching them in awe. 🇿🇦🏉

It's tough to calibrate how well a team is going to face another one - because every variable matters; intensity, pace, pressure, brutality at contact, focus, tactics, timing ... and England have not been tested at the same level of ALL those variables over the last seven weeks as SA have. I have to say that even if they are a score behind at the 60 minute mark, it is going to be hard for the Rose's to hold them out. The Boks have the stamina, commitment and mutual trust to haul any team in/hold any team out - at the death. RassieNaber have been saying for four years that they wanted to establish CONSISTENCY ... so look at the last two months; record thrashing of the ABs and thumped the Scots, fell to the Irish on the last whistle (without a few kicks) and handled the French at home, even though they were bested in 90% of the stat lines. You can't hang your hat on the 'Boks having played their Final already.' They will be up for this game, in no uncertain terms. And, Squidge, you are an analytical genius at this game, who would you say matches your genius as a coach in the international arena? Who identified that the French could be manipulated to develop a flaw out wide under the high ball? Who selected Reinach to start - while Faf is far more effective in defense - and why? [to contain DuPont] and who mandated PSDT to play the classic 'track the ball down the line' open-side flanker? Did you notice how few penalties the Boks gave away against the French? The England team have a mountain to climb tomorrow; a mountain bristling with storms, landslides, crevasses, thickets of brambles and very sharp edges. Good luck.

The only France left in the world cup is Frans Malherbe

STILL my favourite rugger channel! And I agree 💯 % with everything youve said!!! Anything can happen on the night! But Ill still be cheeriny my boys 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

I am here post match and it's a very good analysis. The final is going to be epic! And we are heavy underdogs! Go Bokke!

Love how squidgy has a quarter million subs and has a 2005 style webcam as his face camera 😂

“And Alex Mitchell” might be the best line ever. Hell of a player but I agree, at this level, he will be targeted. No offence meant,because in all honesty, almost anyone can be disrupted by this South African team, but I do think we have a better chance elsewhere to keep things steady. Great analysis as always! Keep up the unreal effort! 💪🏻

This is a great video, covering all the salient points while also highlighting where each team are on the S-curves. Your analysis is making me salivate

Been following Squidge for 4 years. Your insight is the best. Never ever write England off. From a Bok supporter.

Boks played a very tough game last week. Concerned about them getting up again. They have played NZ, Wales warm up, Scotland, Tonga, Ireland and France. England may be the fresher side. It will be tight but i see Boks edging this one.

Squidge, at 26:13 you say England beat the Boks in their last game? Am I missing something? The last game in November last year was 27-13 to SA

As a Bok fan, England being competitive enough to make the game close and win it on a penalty or drop goal is certainly a worry. There's this voice in the back of my head though, that's telling me England are going to get a thrashing (2007 31-0 kind of thrashing).

I'd love you to be right about England, but unfortunately I think their chances are on a par with me winning the lottery on the same day miss World knocks on my door begging me to give her a good seeing to.🙂 Borthwick has gone back to basics and is using his experienced players, that's been enough against mid level opposition and they've shown steady improvement as the tournament has progressed, but it won't be even close to good enough against SA. SA are probably the worst team for England to play because England's main strengths are also SA's and they're currently better, because they're far further on in terms of developing their team. International teams generally have a 4 year cycle of development between World Cups. By getting rid of their coach in WC year England effectively went back to square one. SA in contrast have actually kept much of the team and coaches from the last WC and have spent the time honing their game and tactics and adding another level to it. Currently they're a couple of levels above England and about 7 years ahead in their development. I'm just hoping England give them a reasonable game and don't get a complete tonking.

This analysis was spot on….rugby is quite predictable when you understand and up to date

Well I have to see I did not expect England to show such a great performance. Honestly they deserved thewin more than SA. But it is what it is, that's the game. Welcome to the teams who lost by 1 point after dominating the whole game.

I watched this video earlier today (sober) and thoroughly enjoyed the sharp and analytical summary of this upcoming game, top quality commensurate with Squidge Rugby and convinced England will lose. I have now had a few beers and revisited this video and now I cant follow it at all. If you could include a brief time stamped summary for those of us who are three sheets to the wind I would be most grateful. Also England rugby team are going to beat the entire universe.

The fun fact you were looking for was the Cobus Reinach's dad, Jacob, was the held the South African record for the 400m at one time, and he was also a lethal winger for the Springboks

26:10 the last time they played was on 26/11/2022 at Twickenham & South Africa won! England beat them in 2021 Sorry to have to correct you Squidge I blame Bill Beaumont!

england fan, but i hope the best team on the day wins! i just hope the ref does not ruin the game and that its a proper match. really looking forward to it. smart money on SA, but never write england off.

Love your videos, I think Squidge rugby is the best rugby analysis channel out there. I'm an England fan expecting us to lose...but come on man! "Going out to buy a south African shirt"?!! I've cheered for Wales in every one of their games so far. Get behind the only home nation left, or at least the only northern hemisphere side...

They called it. South Africa didn't give up when they were 10 points behind from winning.

1:10 Get yourself that Springbok jersey. It will be the best-looking jersey you'll ever buy😊

As an Englishman I definitely believe SA are favourites and if they win I won’t believe anything other than the better team has performed and gone through…but I just have a feeling that England will show up and pull something out of the bag

Thanks for your insights. Love the channel

England played a very smart game. They almost won it. Your analysis was correct.

Can we crowd fund a camera and manscape hamper each for our favourite analysts?

You boys nailed it, 100% spot on.

Why does it feel like they are trying to hype this England team up while trying to convince themselves that England is this sleeping giant?👀

Nice to hear some positivity for England may the best team win

Great vid, however fairly big mistake in that the last time these teams played was in 2022 NOT 2021 - England got dicked at Twickers and it was Eddie's last game in charge.

Thanks for such positive and encouraging words towards England. It's not something we hear often, as you can probably imagine. Haha.

England have not been challenged in this rwc, not even for 20 minutes, the Springboks WILL be on them like white on rice, as a kiwi I would love it if england could find a way, but it would be the simple option I feel if this rwc is going to redeem itself even a tiny bit it needs an all blacks vs Springboks final, so in my heart I wish South Africa all the luck (even though they probably don't need it) come join us in the final

You guys said it best. Frothing. Question though - you mentioned Nov 21 being the last time these teams played, and then said England won the last time they played. I trust your analysis so much I’m beginning to think you must be right for discounting the autumn series Bok win in Nov-22?! What I miss?!

Nkalakatha will play again

I love my country and all rugby team, well done bokke 🇿🇦

Jeeesh guys... you pretty much called it! What a fight. England was brilliant! #goboks

When I saw England beat Argentina with 14 men, that put me on notice that England has knockout tournament mentality. They are prepared to drag you to the ditch and slog it out and do whatever it takes to win. that is a dangerous team in a RWC. The way that England played against SA definitely reinforced that.

Thanks a lot guys, you've somehow given me hope

As an extremely proud Bokke fan, we can't underestimate England, they are after all the most capable and successful Northern Hemisphere team

Mike Tyson..."Everyone has a plan,until they get hit" Good luck to England,going to need it.

You were joking about England winning the last encounter against SA right?

The Mark Tindall energy is strong

We're going to be absolutely pumped

By far the best and most entertaining Rugby channel

This channel is incredible, just discovered it and didn’t realise it’s the same bloke from Blood & Mud occasionally. Actual technical analysis, not cliche narrative rubbish most ex players churn out

“South Africa were really lucky to score 4 tries, 3 conversions and a penalty goal against France.”

Eben is 6 foot 8 inches btw. 😊 Kolbe can run the 100 meters in 10.6 seconds when he was at school. That’s my useless info for tonight.

Correction to the loveable Welshman named Squidge: the last time SA played England.... the Boks hammered England at Twickenham November 2022.. and Eddie Jones was fired as a result- In 2021 England won in the same fixture by 1 point

From south africa they are here thats all we need to know and they are the next challenge so they get the same respect as any team we play

SA are a force to be reconned with. We are strong.

Steward has obviously shown that his counter attack isnt the strongest. But you two talking about the sheer amount of drop goal setups possible has me thinking that they aren't something beyond him either. He likely has the talent and skill to pull them off so i wonder if that is something that will come to fruition in the future.

Reminding me about the Japan game made me cry. Damn you

If South Africa bring anything like they did against France, they'll put 20+ past England. Stewart at the back is good under the high ball, but way too slow on defence. SA backs to run around him. France put 53 past this England team earlier this year, I don't think England have changed that much since. France were immense against South Africa and still lost in the last 20minutes. South Africa has evolved into a multi dimensional team that can soak up pressure, aggressively defend and ruthlessly attack up the middle or out wide. SA's biggest weakness is their place kicking/penalties, which cost them the game against Ireland. The weather may play a part in the semi's match as well.

As the meme goes: Every other 6 nations team: "You are, without doubt, the worst team I have ever seen in a semi final." England: "Yes, but I am in the semi final." Now all we need is... South Africa: "That's got to be the best semi final team I've ever seen!" 😲 Every other 6 nations team: "So it would seem..." 😒

In case anyone wonders why Cobus Reinach's dad keeps getting mentioned: Jaco Reinach (no 14) playing for the Springboks in 1986: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pNl6pqVetLKbY2Q.html Also Jaco Reinach, on 15 April 1983, set a South African 400m record that stood for 19 years. Sadly I can't find video of it.

What makes me confident as a Boks fan is that I think we can ein the game any way we want to, we have the kind of tools and even experience at this point to play and almost any style of rugby at the highest level of quality. So even if England play to their strengths, I think SA are stronger at that style of rugby anyway. But I do agree that we still need to be careful and play at our best because England are full of quality, experienced players who, if they do really turn it on, have the capacity to cause an upset. But I just don't see this Boks team not turning up and playing a quality game where we dominate and control the game most of the way through.

Do you have to make us saffas even more nervous?!😢

Oh yes... it takes just one game to make the world cup a success for England. What I have seen in England is a team holding on for dear life. And that makes them dangerous

England have been playing exactly the way they need to for getting out of the group stage and pushing through the playoffs. Itoje to disrupt the maul, a front row to at least hold the scrum for the first 50-60 minutes, and Farrell and Ford able to punish mistakes 3 points at a time. If they can make the Boks lose their temper and make mistakes or concede a card and a try? They have a genuine chance

C'mon England do it for the north and 6 nations.

Ooooh your brother spilled the beans. “We both hate the Springboks!” Nice come back though.

South Africa v England World Cup 1999 is the game to look at. Revenge is a dish served cold and forgotten . Grewcock will have nudged Borthwick to look at this game.

Thank you for the video! Never write England off... Rassie also mentioned it in an interview. Talking about strengths and weaknesses, don't write off the potential to innovate. We've seen the Springboks experiment with the bench. We've seen them use the lights. Will be interesting to see if they can exploit the 50:22 rule against England. Libbok is capable of kicking the ball into spaces in sucha fashion the the 50:22 rule could apply. The wings are fast enough to follow up. They just need to find a way to pull in the English back 3. Hope you get a number 6 on the jersey, Squidge. That is an excellent number to have on a Springbok jersey!

3:58 Fully agree Squidge's brother

‘’Borthwick learnt from the best out there like Eddie Jones’’ 😂😂

I'm a bok fan, but I do not share any of the vitriol that is directed at Farrell. I also generally agree with the side of the argument that says ENG should pick either Ford or Farrell at 10, but not Ford at 10 Farrell at 12. HOWEVER.... Would England have been better in this match picking that combo in this one. Drop goals could keep ENG in it till the end, and, man, Ford impressed in the ARG match. I had a feeling the drop goal was going to make a comeback after the new goal line drop out law change. Teams were going to start practicing and getting better at taking those goals when on offer. This one will be tight, but should Ford be at 10? We'll see....

coming from a south african that just finished watching the game…bravo, boks. You know when a team is fantastic when they play the worst game they’ve ever played and still win 🏆 🙌

Thank you interesting channel. From a Bok fan.

You guys are good Man! Nowadays underestimating never happens in the Bok world - that Brighton game is one of the most influential things that happened to the Boks in history because it will forever be there on our CV until the end of time and so the one everlasting consequence is that underestimation of anyone does not exist. Good punditry - watch the Bok bench impact.. Just watch. Boks by 15+

If England beat the springboks it’ll be a rematch of the century for New Zealand they will want to get revenge of the last World Cup but the idea people are writing us of only helps us because everyone is underestimating us good luck tomorrow gents bring it home!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌹🏉

Its like listening to a couple of England supporters, Welcome to the gang!

Because its boring when either nz or sa win i have to root for England. Bring it home to the hemisphere boys!

We need a preview for the final squidge!!😢

We most not underestimate England, having said that go BOKKE….🎉🎉🎉

I must fess up, I am a Saffa, but that has nothing at all to do with this comment. You guys are talking as if England will be able to once more manage the pace and pressure and game, as they did with the folk they beat. I am not so sure that they will be able to tell the Boks to slow down their line speed, or their power play. The Boks are coming and with a bit of venom. I hold you guys as the Apex pundits, you have no peer, but here you seem to remove that the SA team does not care. Saracens for example is not the same team as the Boks, they really are not. And we are not the biggest, nor the tallest, nor the heaviest pack in the world.

I feel nervous about this game. Hopefully the Bokke will win easily in the end. Go Bokke!

Great video, lads. Just a small correction at 26:13, Squidge. The last time they played South Africa beat England quite well. That's when KLA introduced himself to Marcus Smith...

You guys rock.

Boks rightful favourites but I never write England off against international opposition. A part of me would enjoy seeing a good old fashioned imperial slapdown

Thanks guys - jangling the nerves - go Springboks and best of luck to England

We made it again!

*FACT CHECK* Claim: 26:10 "The last time these two teams played, England won." 26:23 "...and they beat the Springboks last time...." Verdict: *FALSE!* The last time England and South Africa played (26 Nov 2022), the Springboks beat England 27 - 13. This was the end of Eddie Jones' stint as England's headcoach.

Great content guys, but the Springboks hammered England at twickenham in November 2022?

Boks will try the drop as well. In the French game Colbe attempted one and the set up for Pollard was there as well but pass hit a French player.

England all out after 40, and no, I'm not only talking about the cricket.

The hope is what is going to kill me tomorrow 😭

Rassie and Jacques has already a plan for England, so I cant see the boks loosing here. England is going to have a hard time saturday night,

3 likes without a few? Thats when yiu know your doing great

This is going to be a painful watch as an England fan. If we get a try or two I’ll be happy. But a win? No way