The Brian O'Driscoll Tackle That Shocked South African Rugby | Rugby Union

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Brian O'Driscoll's thunderous tackle on Springbok Danie Rossouw during the second test of the British and Irish Lions and the Springboks in 2009.
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@JasonR_ZA 4 жыл бұрын

Is nobody going to acknowledge how hard Spies ran 😅?

@dirkcrafford1814 3 жыл бұрын

Or even how far offside BOD was

@fareedbehardien 3 жыл бұрын

I was about to say the same thing. Jamie Roberts got BOUNCED!

@business3867 3 жыл бұрын

What followed is one of the greatest tries in not just Springbok history but rugby history.

@lamelamelame3 3 жыл бұрын

Young Owen Farrell watches that from home and thinks "I can do BOD one better! Watch this space...."

@francocontino180 4 жыл бұрын

O’driscoll lasted 3mins he concussed himself as well had to leave the field

@tyronebeveridge794 3 жыл бұрын

Life is a Bitch what you give out you get back

@Konst_Abel 3 жыл бұрын

This commentary! 🤣🤣🤣 “That’s clearly an illegal hit with no arms. Great play from O’Driscoll”. Lol! That’s what clear bias looks like.

@rogerpattube 3 жыл бұрын

Yet when O’Driscoll was himself hurt in NZ in 2005, through what was determined to be legal play, he and Lions supporters treated it as the crime of the century and whinged for years.

@HughJanus23 3 жыл бұрын

Roger Patterson excet BOD could have very easily fucking died

@bradleywilliams6440 3 жыл бұрын

@@HughJanus23 So could Danie Rossouw.

@AM-uk3vm 3 жыл бұрын

Hey it's only wrong if your caught

@Konst_Abel 3 жыл бұрын

@@AM-uk3vm he was caught...on camera. That’s why we’re able to talk about it right now.

@andrieslategan4139 3 жыл бұрын

If danie russouw tackled O’Driscoll like that the commentators would have been outraged and called for a card

@cormac2515 3 жыл бұрын

Cry me a fucking river..he fucked him end of.. get off the pitch

@andrieslategan4139 3 жыл бұрын

@@cormac2515 true pommie😂😂😂

@TheToledoTrumpton 3 жыл бұрын

@@andrieslategan4139 I could understand it being given both ways, but I think the referee got it right. Of course it was terrible technique, every kid you teach rugby to, you tell them if they tackle like that they will get hurt; And of course he did. It was a clash of heads, which is really unusual in rugby. The real problem for the Ref is most of the impetus comes from Russou, he drops his head and runs into O'Driscoll. From Roussou catching the ball to the hit is about 3/10 of a second, maybe less. Roussou is providing most of the momentum. I'm just not sure what O'Driscoll, is supposed to do to avoid the collision in that situation, or how it would have made any difference. If anything the dangerous play is Roussou, but he isn't doing anything really illegal, and I'm not sure he had much time to react either. I think this was just one of those things, but I don't think lauding the challenge is the thing to do. I bet both of them wouldn't do it again if they had the choice.

@andrieslategan4139 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheToledoTrumpton not saying any of this is not true, just saying the commentators would have had stark differences in their commentary if it were russouw on O’Driscoll

@TheToledoTrumpton 3 жыл бұрын

@@andrieslategan4139 Oh yeah, I'll give you that for sure, but lets just agree the Aussies would have been worse.

@HenryDube72 4 жыл бұрын

I think this only shocked the Lions fans, never heard anyone other than them talking about it.

@davidhughes8795 4 жыл бұрын

Lol. Francois Steyn talked about the brutality of the match, and of this tackle specifically, quite recently.

@matthewgroenewald6575 4 жыл бұрын

David Hughes Where’s the video or article where Francois Steyn said that? Even a Link to it would be great

@croissants1280 4 жыл бұрын

you're shocked enough to be commenting here

@HenryDube72 4 жыл бұрын

@@croissants1280 I watched this video wondering what they were talking about and I still don't remember anyone from these parts "shocked"

@davidhughes8795 4 жыл бұрын

@@matthewgroenewald6575 Sure, here it is: www.rugbypass.com/news/people-cant-say-that-northern-hemisphere-rugby-is-s-it-will-be-good-for-south-africa-to-go-north-frans-steyn/ He also touches on the Adam Jones clear-out and on how special the Lions tests are. I know we have to do this a lot, but i'd just like to apologise for Stuart Barnes and the generally over-the-top and biast Sky commentry. The BBC guys tend to be a lot more fair, though i know there are very few that are totally unbiased.

@dragwlya475 4 жыл бұрын

Everybody talking shit about that Rossouw-O'Driscoll clash, but nobody says a single damn word on Spies' massive hit on Roberts just seconds before at 0:07. Pierre just sent him flying right back to Wales, man.

@robsparrow 4 жыл бұрын

Totally legal.

@kykiejnr 4 жыл бұрын

This video highlights the question of whether O'Driscoll's hit was legal, the Spies hit (totally legal) isn't relevant.

@captainhindsight8906 4 жыл бұрын

He trucked the shit out of Roberts.

@rupertburger6581 4 жыл бұрын

They won’t because sa don’t say a word of their own mistakes, but they always want to tell you the other team mistakes. Almost every sa fan is the same that’s why i don’t support this shithole place, they are a bunch of bad losers.

@shane-irish 4 жыл бұрын

Talking about brain o drisscoll tackle not spies on roberts

@citsemabutfodlamini7468 4 жыл бұрын

turn the tables around and it would have been outrage. I really cannot stand the biased comments from our commentators.

@Mr69Jazz 4 жыл бұрын

I take it you're a South African? The commentators were Sky Sports commentators from the UK, hence the bias.

@steventheron1165 4 жыл бұрын

It was absolutely disgusting how biased they were

@7dayspking 4 жыл бұрын

Outright for a head clash?

@kykiejnr 4 жыл бұрын

They weren't our commetators thankfully.

@bodhid 3 жыл бұрын

Biased? They mentioned numerous times that the tackle was illegal and should have been carded...what more do you want? For a nation of self-proclaimed hard men and given the way you all brag about the 'Bomb Squad' you'd think you'd have thick enough skin to handle it...obviously not.

@reiner164 2 жыл бұрын

Well he concussed himself as well with this hit. Next move Habana ran right past him and scored because he didn’t know where he was. He then left the field 5 minutes later. Also about 12 Lions left the stadium in an ambulance after the test, so I wouldn’t say the Boks were shocked by the physicality.

@SeanT649 Жыл бұрын

Well aren’t you just a bundle of joy !

@reiner164 Жыл бұрын

@@SeanT649 Just speaking facts mate.

@leinsterfan1802 Жыл бұрын

@@reiner164 Who won the final Boer war again?

@DavyBrando Жыл бұрын

@@leinsterfan1802 Who won the Potato Famine? You know, since we’re drudging up history.

@theriddler5601 9 ай бұрын

@@leinsterfan1802For an Irishman you sure seem to suck up to the English a lot. So much so that it would suit you better to be called a Brit which is something that we can definitely help you with from now on🫡.

@duncanclancy3081 3 жыл бұрын

If you watch the rest of this game from this moment: Dannie Russouw is replaced by Heindrick Brussow, who comes on and single handedly wins the game. 2 turnovers, monster tackle on Shane Williams, and the pass to Jacque Fourie in the corner!

@mikey0080 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks o driscoll cause it meant the best loose forward in the world at them time heinrich brussow came on.

@Wolf-hh4rv 16 күн бұрын

So true. !! Just because he was shorter. Immense strength.

@LockedDownSpectator 4 жыл бұрын

South Africans do not really have a problem with our players being injured in legal or illegal hits. We are the hardest rugby nation on earth - renowned for either robust or thuggish brutality - so we give it as good as we take it. We were impressed that a man of BOD’s size could flatten someone of Danie Rossouw’s stature. Simply amazing!

@docgonzales 4 жыл бұрын

Sports FanAttic he could have doid!!

@BawlzOfuzz 4 жыл бұрын

@@docgonzales deeeeiid?

@LockedDownSpectator 3 жыл бұрын

@Gem Tadu “hardest rugby nation on earth”. I don’t remember typing “best rugby nation on earth”.

@LockedDownSpectator 3 жыл бұрын

@Gem Tadu What was a promising and informative debate you've successfully turned into a homophobic insult. Congratulations.

@lukeozade9957 2 жыл бұрын

Remember how just before that bakkies broke adam johnsons shoulder lol

@Loosehead 3 жыл бұрын

No-one mentioned that O'Driscoll was also offside?

@matthewvarney6214 3 жыл бұрын

That's good play

@user-gm2pi3hj1k 3 жыл бұрын

Offside and terrible technique head first no arms. Just bad

@MrKieranthompson 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-gm2pi3hj1k I agree, though looking back at it, he looks like he's trying to intercept the ball initially and is too slow to it, but now he's so close and has to tackle that it was a mistake, in fairness O'Driscoll wasn't the sort for scummy/lazy tackles

@okbutthenagain.9402 2 жыл бұрын

BD, Learn the laws of the game. BOD was coming back onside when the player ran through the gap between the lions players. YOU ARE ALLOWED to tackle coming back onside.

@lindsayj56 Жыл бұрын

@@okbutthenagain.9402 what the hell were you watching

@josephbergin1043 3 жыл бұрын

Commentator "nobody likes to see that" Crowd cheer in background to the replay immediately.

@mjribes 4 жыл бұрын

"Tackle" should be in inverted commas

@7dayspking 4 жыл бұрын

Conventional tackle, just a head clash because of awkward angle he came in. Both guys were dropped (basically knocked out.) by the hit.

@mjribes 4 жыл бұрын

@@7dayspking Except for the fact that it was high and no arms were wrapped

@mjribes 4 жыл бұрын

@@bennyaassonswax2176 I've go no comeback for the intellectual calibre of that argument.

@kiwikiwi7375 4 жыл бұрын

mjribes no it wasn’t, it would have easily been below shoulder if not for the head collision.

@gileschenery974 3 жыл бұрын

@@kiwikiwi7375 so in other words it was high in exactly the manner you're warned not to make high tackles

@Sulu-sw3zo 4 жыл бұрын

A Manu Samoa player who does the same thing gets an instant red card + an 18 week ban. Go figure.

@mfp4136 4 жыл бұрын

Sulu - exactly. If that was made by Leota!! For a start Roussow would’ve been knockout but point is Trevor would have been red carded and sent home.

@7dayspking 4 жыл бұрын

What tackle are you talking about? This is near identical to the tackle Brian Lima made when he knocked himself out or less severe than lelia Masaga tackling lwazi mvovo. No card there, not even a penalty. It makes no sense to penalize someone because they were knocked out and couldn't complete getting their arms around. The intention to get the arms around is clear. Just a good hard tackle at an awkward angle. This happens, if the heads didn't come together this wouldn't have been dangerous and there's no rules I'm aware of against headclashes.

@mfp4136 4 жыл бұрын

7dayspking - were they offsides?

@7dayspking 4 жыл бұрын

@@mfp4136 Don't care, irrelevant. I'm talking about the tackle itself, just a classic headclash.

@Sulu-sw3zo 4 жыл бұрын

@@7dayspking I'm talking in general, not about a specific tackle.

@louisjwiese5515 4 жыл бұрын

So both guys have a clash of heads. O'Driscoll is lucky having a less sensitive area of the skull receiving the impact, and Roussouw not so much. O'Driscoll also feels dazed for a bit afterwards. But somehow a tackle that entails a clash of heads (i.e. a bad way to tackle someone), and leaves you dazed, and involves alot of luck (to not be seriously harmed yourself), is somehow a glorious and powerful tackle?

@kimjong-bong9147 4 жыл бұрын

Shocked himself with that tackle😂

@MrMrilikepie1234 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly, Man knocked himself out

@Teacher-lj6in 3 жыл бұрын

Huge lead the Lions had at that stage yet the Boks still came through to win the match and the series.

@FairySlayer1 3 жыл бұрын

@johanna walsh And they should have picked Daft Vader as a captain so that the Boks can say that the beat the Empire... again!

@46bobsmith 3 жыл бұрын

0121

@sasrio_ 2 жыл бұрын

Head clash as brian odriscoll goes in for a hit. If you slow it down, and then pause on contact, there is an attempt to use arms and wrap, however the force of impact and the clash of both heads nullifies the body's reaction to completely follow through.

@ashishd380 4 жыл бұрын

And the commentary condoning it, is aweful, I would love to have seen there faces after they lost

@saltsinnz 4 жыл бұрын

Ye u

@TheTruthDon 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, I watched this game recently. The Pom commentary was pretty bad to listen to. Amazing how the 2021 lions tour will once again be to the world champions.

@ashishd380 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheTruthDon yeah honestly I love the concept of the lions, everyone I know of loves it when they tour with there fans, this commentary though made alot of people annoyed

@MrAckers75 4 жыл бұрын

VaaaughN And I have watched many a match on tv down under and it’s just as bad!

@quiett6191 4 жыл бұрын

You're so right, I extend that to all English speaking northern hemisphere commentators in general, except the Americans and Canadians. I once watched a game where Fiji tied Wales. The Welsh commentators were bleating in distress. It was both gratifying (because I'm a Fiji fan) and hard to watch at the same time. (edit: I just noticed that I used "bleating" while referring to the Welsh commentators. I'm gonna leave it in")

@etiennes1 3 жыл бұрын

would love to hear the comments of the commentators at the O'Gara tackle and the resulting match and series clinching kick.

@MrStevenToast 4 жыл бұрын

If that was a Samoan, the commentators would say it should be a red card...

@Me-ex7qg 3 жыл бұрын

If he was Samoan the other player would have died

@deklerkverwoerd7721 Жыл бұрын

used to be refered to as a coconut tackle

@MajestyandMonarchy 3 жыл бұрын

You know what shocked English Rugby? The 2019 RWC final (and also the 2007 RWC final).

@greatleapforwards 3 жыл бұрын

I seem to recall brussow came on and had a blinder

@desandhelen 4 жыл бұрын

Tbh it did us a favour, the guy who came on for russouw played a massive part in our come back, thank Brain!

@henkstols9326 4 жыл бұрын

Brussow our smallest player was bouncing and picking guys up all over the place, oh yes and passed to Jaques Fourie that scored the winner.

@MrDumile 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Tana..Thank you Kevin

@BawlzOfuzz 4 жыл бұрын

5 minutes after that dubious tackle Flyin Brian scored a silky smooth try under the poles. Sorry Lions, we do love smashing you. 🇿🇦❤️🇿🇦🤘

@BawlzOfuzz 4 жыл бұрын

@lee turton that doesn't mean its any less fun when we do!

@happygilmore7115 4 жыл бұрын

Scott gibs smashed them 😊

@BawlzOfuzz 4 жыл бұрын

@lee turton my brother we give as good as we get. Remember that 3rd test? 35-16 punch in the shnoz.

@jamespennacchini2128 4 жыл бұрын

Bryan

@BawlzOfuzz 4 жыл бұрын

@@jamespennacchini2128 he's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!!

@justinwalshe 3 жыл бұрын

From the footage, it looked like accidental head collision to me.

@EmmanuelTabernaclePower 3 жыл бұрын

Not with the arm so high - above shoulder height. With today's laws could have been a red card.

@172km 3 жыл бұрын

@@EmmanuelTabernaclePower they clash heads but his arm was high was it wasnt a head clash? gawd

@oliveringram3056 3 жыл бұрын

To wrap your arms around a guy that size you have to get in close, that is when heads get in the way. Nothing illegal about the challenge.

@errcoche 3 жыл бұрын

It was Justin. O'Driscoll was being perhaps a bit stupid but it wasn't a deliberate no-arms shoulder to the head tackle. If people wanted to point out that he was offside and running across the field in a way likely to lead to this outcome, then fair play. They prefer to be outraged and claim that he was trying to hurt the other guy even though he was hurt just as badly.

@joneethling 4 жыл бұрын

That was a deliberate head butt. There was an All Black prop also doing that at the time.

@lukewilkinson7095 4 жыл бұрын

To say it shocked South African rugby is absolutely delusional, if it was so shocked they wouldn't have won the match, if anything the fact that it was so illegal fired them up

@coerievantonder3491 4 жыл бұрын

And yes it did. The Lions were in control up until that point. And then The Boks bounced back and won that Test. In fact the boks were absolutely brutal after that tackle

@gazg00 4 жыл бұрын

Springboks!! 🇿🇦🇿🇦

@lukewilkinson7095 4 жыл бұрын

@@gazg00 hopefully we beat the lions again next year

@gazg00 4 жыл бұрын

@@lukewilkinson7095 hopefully boet, if it takes place.

@somanytakennames 3 жыл бұрын

Don’t get so triggered

@seatoskyadventures6130 3 жыл бұрын

Calling that a tackle is a real stretch of the imagination. But it never shocked the boks, they just turned around and won that game, and the series too 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🍻🍻🍻

@hill1629 Жыл бұрын

Boks = shit fans

@JanSanono 4 жыл бұрын

BOD was offside there as well lol

@briancollRavens Жыл бұрын

You can see O'Driscoll asking Rob Kearney "what happened there?" and Kearney telling him. Nuts how different Rugby was only a few years ago.

@interestedbystander196 3 жыл бұрын

Not often you see a big fella knocked senseless like that. If I remember, O'Driscoll was also damaged and left the field a couple of minutes later.

@johnnyrossi1463 3 жыл бұрын

I have never heard him praise any South African players and yet the great Daniel Gerber would have taught him a thing or two.

@corny165 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing how ten years on attitudes have change so much. When Brussouw tried to get to his feet you could hear the crowd mockingly cheering him. You'd be set upon if you did that at a match nowadays. Same goes for Barnes. His comments weren't really out of step if you're judging by the standards of the day. Tackling like BOD's was illegal but not worthy of the utter contempt you'd generate if you did it today. As an aside i think people are awfully precious these days and the virtue signalling in the comments is irritating.

@JSL2000 2 жыл бұрын

Ya, the reaction of the crowd wasn't nice. Looking back, I am sure most of the people at the match can now see the seriousness of a big man falling over like that.

@user-lq2dc9wj2n 7 ай бұрын

BOD what a piece of sh1t. We've never heard the end of it when the shoe was on the other foot

@mohammedrahiman8325 2 жыл бұрын

If you look closely...there is a head collision. It is the head collision that flattened Danie Rossouw, not the tackle...in actual fact there was no tackle

@krlauf5307 8 ай бұрын

correct

@jeffjefferson3364 2 жыл бұрын

How is there not even 1 comment on Spies run? Like whatever about the double head knock, what a run that was from a number 8.

@orical2832 4 жыл бұрын

The only thing 'shocking' about that tackle, was how he wasn't red carded...

@25pappy 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe today but not in 2009.

@davidjones272 4 жыл бұрын

In 2009 you would be unlucky to get a penalty for that.

@kylebyrne7282 4 жыл бұрын

Tacking is really a joke nowadays but still that should have been a penalty and at most a yellow card

@7dayspking 4 жыл бұрын

@@kylebyrne7282 No penalty, legal tackle headclash. Look at Owen Franks knockout hit on Fli Van Der Merwe, identical tackle to this one except Brian got knocked out and Franks did not. Head clashes are not penalties, they're just unfortunate accidents.

@wavewalker86 3 жыл бұрын

Odriscoll inventing a new offside line.

@mattm7426 2 жыл бұрын

Gives away a penalty. "Great play from O Driscoll"

@emameyer 3 жыл бұрын

head on head clash. there was the attempt at wrapping bad luck

@LordSeth-hf8ew 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, don't know how know one can see that? Doesn't look anything like an attempt and a shoulder charge

@turg4874 3 жыл бұрын

Still a penalty but nothing more. Bod was at fault in the head collision because he went too high but it wasn’t malicious

@LordSeth-hf8ew 3 жыл бұрын

@@turg4874 yaaa agreed but it's more accidental than intentional, Bod went off too with concussion soon apparently. The angle of entry was weird from both just bonked heads

@hansolar7089 4 жыл бұрын

Lions could not hang on, and let it slip. The Boks was just to strong over 80 Minutes. It was a great test match.

@scottkirk7193 4 жыл бұрын

Off sides and high! Great tackle

@davidjones272 4 жыл бұрын

It wasn't high, the illegal aspect was because he didn't wrap the arm. This was many years before the current safety measures were introduced.

@christiangerhardt2408 Жыл бұрын

Funny how this needs to be shown as a Lions highlight. In the greater scheme of things this did not really matter because we won that tour.

@johnny545 3 жыл бұрын

O'Driscoll is the greatest rugby player of our generation not even up for debate

@bryanbain2310 3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@bryanbain2310 3 жыл бұрын

Sure bud

@derekallan1341 3 жыл бұрын

says who???? You???? You live in the wrong hemisphere

@muppet50yago36 4 жыл бұрын

"That is leadership of a different kind from a very fine player." You should lose your job for saying that. What if other players start "leading"? Players like Eben Etzebeth clocking that annoying Owen Farrel by the neck? It would be an outrage. Illegal tackles are illegal for a reason and no one should be allowed to encourage it, most definitely not a commentator on national TV.

@stallthedigger2599 4 жыл бұрын

What is your opinion on Bakkies Botha?

@muppet50yago36 4 жыл бұрын

@@stallthedigger2599 Well I didn't quite see him in the video but he's probably one of the toughest guys that ever played. Definitely a solid defender and made the South African lineouts and scrum's quite dominant. However my admiration for him does not mean I defend his one hit against Richie Mcgaw that he got suspended for. Further than that he didn't have a lot of simlar moments. However if I saw him break the rules I'd call it out as I just did. Not encourage it. That's why these commentators should check what they say. They should not encourage illegal play.

@AZJZ97 4 жыл бұрын

Joos Engelbrecht He didn’t call it leadership because of the high shot. It’s because it’s a smaller player on a bigger player. Body on the line type of tackle. I highly doubt the intent was to go high and clock him. I believe he was going in to make an impact.

@7dayspking 4 жыл бұрын

This is a fine tackle, they just clashed heads. The tackle of Spies before was nearly identical except Roberts bounced off. Hard committed tackling and heart should always be encouraged, what the hell game do you think this is?

@muppet50yago36 4 жыл бұрын

@@7dayspking His shoulder went over Dannies shoulder. What happens next? Momentum takes it to the head. That's high. That's illegal. If you watch the slow mo you'll notice Brian jumping into the tackle. That's illegal.

@nicholaswoodward8191 4 жыл бұрын

As an old boxer. You get hit on the back of the head like that your legs go.

@7dayspking 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah both got hit just behind the ear, both got dropped.

@warreng4438 4 жыл бұрын

There were hits a plenty in this match...the tackle laws weren't as prescribed as today...the bigger scandal was how Bakkies Botha was banned for the cleanout on the Welsh prop with the perm...the Boks all wore those "Justice" masking tape labels which was pretty weird in the 3rd test.

@grimhbrh7610 3 жыл бұрын

BOD is a legend.

@noeldennehy1294 3 жыл бұрын

The commentator is an example of someone who never played sport ethically.

@padraigleddin5680 3 жыл бұрын

Nobody played ethically in his time. Even when this match was played the attitude was much different

@grobbiessouthafricangooner2594 4 жыл бұрын

We still won the series😂

@thevirus7368 3 жыл бұрын

Superb.

@rogernaidoo1953 7 ай бұрын

My God. Those comments and that commentary. No wonder the game was played so ferociously. Go Bokke.

@arthurpewtey 3 жыл бұрын

I love watching rugby, but it's a seriously weird sport. In my 20s, I socialised a fair bit with two former Harlequins players who had both retired from the game early due to injury; one walked with a permanent limp. They said (I have no idea if it was - or indeed is - true) that about one in four rugby players ended their careers with a permanent injury. Now we're seeing lots of high profile dementia cases involving players of that period (70s and 80s). Sadly, I doubt if today's players will turn out to be immune to this when they reach late middle-age or early old-age. Something needs to be done, but heaven only knows what. It's rather hard to believe something akin to touch-rugby will ever catch on, and it would be a great shame if the sport as we know and love it simply disappeared.

@robsparrow 4 жыл бұрын

Did anyone notice how far off side he was? He never got back. Morris thought it was done and dusted. Lol

@lukekeegan2374 4 жыл бұрын

He was onside based on the rules at the time

@williamwait5636 4 жыл бұрын

Off-sides. no arms in a high tackle and watch Habana burn his ass in the set move when the Boks score...Swing low...sweet cheerio!!

@BK-vz3mx 4 жыл бұрын

Shocked? You clearly haven't watched a South African game.

@shaunryan6 4 жыл бұрын

This was a South African game? O'Driscoll continued to headbutting until he cocussed himself. O'Driscoll as A Lion was a disappointment.

@singlefin7768 4 жыл бұрын

South Africa rugby are biggest cheap thugs of all

@newcause5936 4 жыл бұрын

@@singlefin7768 you should speak more highly of the 3 x world champs.

@shaunryan6 4 жыл бұрын

@@singlefin7768 have a look at Martyn Johnson 's disciplinary record and compare to the worst SA player. It was delicious to see O'Driscoll concuss himself. Another dismal Lions tour for him

@patrickmulligan3682 4 жыл бұрын

@@singlefin7768 you little wally wanker, watch netball doos!

@Enrique_00_ 4 жыл бұрын

Commentator : O'Driscoll levelled Danie Rossouw there Meanwhile O'Driscoll is levelled... by Danie Rossouw

@decekfrokfr3mdx 3 ай бұрын

Rossouw lost the collision and got smashed by a much smaller man, head clash or not. Just accept it.

@Enrique_00_ 3 ай бұрын

@@decekfrokfr3mdx Illegally mind you. I love how the commentators praise O'Driscoll for his inability to make a good tackle. What a joke!

@apakukikoroi5588 3 жыл бұрын

Get that into ya💪💪✌✌

@davefrost8336 3 жыл бұрын

O'Driscoll could not shock a wet dream- he and the Lions got hammered- again.

@ar_rugby 4 жыл бұрын

Offside, should post the other clips of when the Springbok players picked up some of their players and threw them down.

@YOYOTh1s 4 жыл бұрын

What, while the lions player was not letting go of the ball preventing the opportunity for a quick penalty? Poor lion being picked up like the sack of potatoes he is.

@joshualeppard4175 4 жыл бұрын

That was funny

@quovadis7119 4 жыл бұрын

Rubbish! We're subject to TV replays for match officials like everybody else - and have an average transgression record, compared to other teams. Or are you suggesting there is an international 'conspiracy' by the world's entire rugby administration to allow SA to get away with dirty play? You're just butt-hurt because the Boks kick your asses regularly.

@joshualeppard4175 4 жыл бұрын

@@quovadis7119 Not at all. Not me anyway. Fully acknowledge that the Boks are the second best side in history. I just think they are emotionally still a decade or so behind, probably because of the ban.

@Bokfanlettucelip 4 жыл бұрын

@@joshualeppard4175 I tend to think that they are doing a lot better on that front in the last few years bar a few individuals who bring something else in spite of their hotheadedness. Maturity and calmness is evident from the top down starting with the coaches. Seems more of a truism now... Like the "physicality" of the Boks. All the sides are physical now.

@ezrolly898 4 жыл бұрын

More of a collision than a tackle.

@7dayspking 4 жыл бұрын

When both guys get knocked out that's inevitable, like to see anyone try and complete a tackle while they're unconscious.

@7dayspking 4 жыл бұрын

@Aldo Bonaso It happens if you're committing to your tackles. This isn't a game of chess, you don't get to plan out your move 5 minutes in advance.

@kurtsudheim825 3 жыл бұрын

I live how the 1st commentator tries to get them to comment in tbe face that he clearly believes it should've been a card, barnes gives some inspiration b/s before hinting it should be a pen, but dowie just strap up shoots: illegal or not...

@francisplatt93 3 жыл бұрын

It was a head on collision so in rugby nothing illegal...just considered a bad technique. But knowing the class of O'Driscoll it was one of those times in a hundred he got wrong...but what he got right was his 100% commitment on the field. From my experience, South Africans love that from opposition and their players alike.

@matsvineyard7564 4 ай бұрын

Clearly illegal - no arms.

@thesummeroftony 3 жыл бұрын

For me this is the moment when the Lions started visibly losing their heads in this match, they were ahead they didn't need this at all at this stage. 20 minutes later another Irishman lost his head too and lost the series for the Lions.

@YoutubeUser.. 4 жыл бұрын

Odriscoll led with his head first, hahahahaha hardly a tackle let alone a good one. 😂😂😂

@7dayspking 4 жыл бұрын

You always lead with the when you commit, he just came in at the wrong angle. If he hadn't been knocked down by the tackle it would have been a great tackle.

@raydenwins1071 3 жыл бұрын

Triggered. Go back to eye gouging players when you cant handle physicality

@jdamadden05 3 жыл бұрын

🙈 laughable comment

@coerievantonder3491 4 жыл бұрын

It had the opposite effect. Boks lifted their game after the tackle and won the test. Both Bod and Robertson were off injured.

@theirishneilers 4 жыл бұрын

Bod lasted another 10 mins, Rossouw had to be stretchered off immediately. Massive size difference, great hit by the smaller man.

@coerievantonder3491 4 жыл бұрын

@@theirishneilers It was a impressive tackle. But after that tackle the boks were absolutely destructive. 5 British and Irish lions players ended up in Hospital including Bod. And only Danie Rossouw were stretchered off. Like I said. It had the opposite effect on the game than what the commentators predicted.

@robertgerrard 3 жыл бұрын

Both guys were hurt in that attempt at a tackle.That Tour was brutal I remember that about them tests against South Africa who are no angels let's be real.

@rererre9746 3 жыл бұрын

You know it's a bad tackle when both players get hurt

@karndeanslasher7503 3 жыл бұрын

What tackle just looked like a clash of heads

@CoherentChimp 3 жыл бұрын

If anything it was a clumsy challenge. We couldn't see O'Driscoll's left arm, but his right arm was all the way round the Boks players back at the time of impact. Didn't look malicious or intentional, so a mild rebuke from the ref was the most S Africa could have really hoped for.

@williammccreadie1194 3 жыл бұрын

"The hit that makes s difference" that comment is so wrong on so many levels ....what makes it worse..he saw how dangerous the tackle was...this commenter should never ever be allowed to comment..very unprofessional and irresponsible for him to say that.

@kibz2005 3 жыл бұрын

William McCreadie you’ve clearly never heard South African commenters while the Boks are playing 🙄

@nicgeld 4 жыл бұрын

Yes SA rugby was never the same after that hit. Can not describe how shocked everyone was. Seriously? I, and I'm sure most other people, can't even remember this. Idiots.

@nicholasvanlierde2546 4 жыл бұрын

😂

@moodyoldblue83 3 жыл бұрын

If you look at it frame by frame, O'Driscoll was trying to get his arms around Rossouw and well below shoulders. Head was in a stupid position - O'Driscoll was actually leading with his head! When their heads collided, you can see them both drop. Both should have been off for HIA.

@chasam1234 3 жыл бұрын

Smashed 👊

@rittherugger160 4 жыл бұрын

Being an American, I have no dog in this fight. I slowed the slowmo down and looked at the tackle. I can't speak to the offside as the shot is too tight to see Brian when the ball comes out. Now, the tackle. Looked perfectly fine to me. The right arm is reaching across the back across the shoulder blades at impact. Can't see the left arm to know where it is but, as the bodies separate, you can see that it is extended in front as if he is reaching. A did he wrap? No. Did he attempt to wrap? Yes. All I saw was an unfortunate collision. If their heads hadn't collided causing the players to rebound apart it would have been a run of the mill tackle. Argue the off side all you want. I didn't see it but will not deny it because I didn't see it. Offside people make tackles every day. Unless they are repeated offenders that have been warned it isn't a cardable offense.

@Gohawk 4 жыл бұрын

Your not American your profile pic is Alun wyn Jones

@rittherugger160 4 жыл бұрын

@@Gohawk LOL! You think that's a prop? I love the Care Bear but, you're wrong. It's Shane Williams you idiot. That doesn't make me "not an American" any way. In this day and age what kind of idiot would announce to the world in general that he was an American if he wasn't?

@edrocpt5272 4 жыл бұрын

@@rittherugger160 Well this is quite a mess don't know who is less wrong. Profile pic looks to be Shane Williams defiantly not Alun wyn Jones but then again Alun wyn Jones was never a prop

@rittherugger160 4 жыл бұрын

@@edrocpt5272 Ouch!

@muppet50yago36 4 жыл бұрын

His right arm went over Danies left shoulder and his shoulder collided with Danies head. THAT IS ILLEGAL. If his arm went across Danies back it would have been underneath his arm, probably resulting in a bumpoff as he came in very high.

@kyletredoux8541 4 жыл бұрын

This is basically the same as "Owen Farrel tackel that shook South Africa." it's just a very hard illegal challenge that the world rugby board are trying to take away.

@7dayspking 4 жыл бұрын

Both are just good hard tackles, except Owen Farrell wasn't trying to get his right arm around and it wasn't a headclash. If World Rugby wants to take away hard tackles I want nothing to do with their sport anymore.

@coerievantonder3491 4 жыл бұрын

@@7dayspking If that was Bakkies Botha? What would your reaction be? Oh wait Bakkies Botha we're Suspended that same match for a good perfect clearing in a ruck. Yet a High hit and a hit without using arms are acceptable?

@7dayspking 4 жыл бұрын

@@coerievantonder3491 South Africa is probably my favourite international team. I would have reacted basically the same, I like watching good hard hits and committed tackling. Botha was suspended for diving into Jone's arm without binding. That's never been legal in recent history. You've played haven't you? If you have you probably know you need to bind in the ruck.

@coerievantonder3491 4 жыл бұрын

@@7dayspking yes I played. Bakkies lead with his arms and not his Shoulder when he clears the ruck. Explain to me how a player leading with his Shoulder could ever wrap his arms in a tackle that tackle are and will always be illegall. Bakkies' challenge in Jones weren't leading with his Shoulder or directly to the head. It was unfortunate that Jones' shoulder got injured but it happens in Rugby you know injuries does happen. But yeah according to you a tackle where a player leads with his Shoulder and causes brain and neck injuries are perfectly legal. You probably think Farrell's tackles are legal don't you?

@coerievantonder3491 4 жыл бұрын

@@7dayspking I have no problem with good hard clean tackles. But high tackles and tackles without Shoulders should never be Okay. The type of neck injuries that ends careers. Or leave people paralyzed.

@rasrealitymacky3489 3 жыл бұрын

That's not a tackle, that's just a clash of heads.

@IAMJEFFREY-cw9ns 4 жыл бұрын

Can you please change the title to ‘The Brian O’Driscoll tackle that shocked the British & Irish Lions fans’😀 So many brutal tackles take place in Super Rugby week in week out between the Southern Hemisphere sides. This was just another dangerous tackle.

@EllliotJackRussel1 4 жыл бұрын

O'Driscoll lasted abt 10 mins on the pitch. Lions finished the game with 10 ROG 12 Stephen Jones 13 Bowe. No centres, game lost.

@joshualeppard4175 4 жыл бұрын

They were weak that tour really

@bg-rh8et 3 жыл бұрын

Red card, dangerous and reckless.

@niallcnoc9646 Жыл бұрын

I felt that from the kitchen table

@PB-tk4uu 4 жыл бұрын

Yet, we shocked the world when we won the series.

@dutchmanparrow9115 3 жыл бұрын

And just that commentary there... made me smile from ear to ear again knowing South Africa won that series. Legal or not... really??

@SeanT649 3 жыл бұрын

Stop your bitching - try vagisil .

@jimmy-dt3tl 3 жыл бұрын

Springboks beat them good, so that one silly tackle doesn't count. Springboks three times world champions, more than the whole northern hemisphere combined, but yet they claim to be best. Lol. Brian never experienced a world cup final.

@JasonConlan75 3 жыл бұрын

@@jimmy-dt3tl 3 times world champs and STILL the most racist country on earth.....

@jimmy-dt3tl 3 жыл бұрын

@@JasonConlan75 which country are you from?

@JasonConlan75 3 жыл бұрын

@@jimmy-dt3tl The UK Can you answer me a quick question? What happened to Ebens' court case for being a massive racist just before you won the last WC?

@rem6363 4 жыл бұрын

according to Owen Farrel it is perfectly fine actually its a penalty for the lions for complaining just jokes honesltly i rate him gets way too much hate

@kylebyrne7282 4 жыл бұрын

Good one

@trevorwilliamsmacdonald1793 3 жыл бұрын

Farrell iz like the London mayor Sadiq Khan, pretends a lot, sly, slimy and one day...., yes one day just desserts will be served and both will be carried off

@BawlzOfuzz 3 жыл бұрын

@@trevorwilliamsmacdonald1793 wow! Just wow!

@RabbitholeIsrael 3 жыл бұрын

i liked the springboks showing these commentators the finger by beating the lions that day. awesome.

@seansmith9936 Жыл бұрын

That was a good tackle

@bobbybarua8904 3 жыл бұрын

And still the Lions lost! :-)

@SB-li8zz 3 жыл бұрын

That happens every game in rugby league

@craighjonas8833 2 жыл бұрын

0:09 I think something bounced off Spies!

@DavidJones-ih1cp 3 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine the commentary if the illegal tackle was from Roussouw onto O'Driscoll?!?!? Would they be saying great leadership?

@GRIFF22 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible how rugby has changed in 10 years. He'd get a red and both would leave the pitch, probably not to return. I'm a purist, but it's for the better. They probably both a concussion!

@saiahau9024 4 жыл бұрын

Go to New Zealand O'Driscoll.......Tana will show you how is done hahaha

@joshualeppard4175 4 жыл бұрын

Are you talking about the cheap shot trying to put him out of the game? haha, indeed. You should be South African

@saiahau9024 4 жыл бұрын

No it wasnt a cheap shot and yes that was the whole point of cutting someone in half....to put him out of the game. Dont forget he was out for the whole series haha. By the way Ive just drove past the stadium and I swear I could still hear O'Driscoll crying like a bitch. Or was it you!? Hahaha. Im South Pacific Islander.

@joshualeppard4175 4 жыл бұрын

@@saiahau9024 Cut him in half?? It was in a ruck, the ball had gone, they tipped him upside down and pile drove him into the ground. Embarrassing.

@deklerkverwoerd7721 Жыл бұрын

ABs are dirty fucks. a couple of Samoans no less but that's expected. so tough lifting him up off the ball and dumping him on his head, such a cowardly act.

@charlcornelissen4923 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant play according to the British commentator. Mmm?? Remember how the Boks beat you in the end? Now that was true brilliance.

@dawdlebin334 4 жыл бұрын

I'm relatively new to rugby, and know no better place to ask: what on earth does it mean for a loosehead to angle in?

@7dayspking 4 жыл бұрын

I don't know the context here. A loose head is one of the props, one of the guys at the front of the scrum. If you're talking about in the scrum it means the loosehead is pivoting towards the inside of the scrum.

@joshualeppard4175 4 жыл бұрын

@@7dayspking Yeah, the props have to push straight, not at an angle.

@jacquesmikhailstemmet360 4 жыл бұрын

clickbait title for this video! average tackle, but offside by a country mile!

@Huwbacca 3 жыл бұрын

"brilliant tackle" Jesus christ no. It was awful.

@Mr.M1STER 3 жыл бұрын

I agree it was shocking.

@craighawley3920 3 жыл бұрын

They quickly went from "That was illegal and you never want to see that" to "that was brilliant play" then back to "illegal, dangerous and should have been a penalty". It was a poor tackle or attempt at a tackle and a complete lack of sportsmanship from the commentators. Not sure if it had intent from BOD, maybe or maybe it was poor technique and a bit of misfortune for timing. It would rightly get marching orders now.