The fact that he’s played 120 tests is maybe the most impressive thing in rugby. These types of freak athletes always have huge injury problems, and shortened careers.

God I'm becoming fucking illiterate, I thought you said Queen Elizabeth at first glance

Saw him in an airport once. Literally everyone around me had their jaws hanging at the size of this human being.

@@freddiemedley5580 Elizabedi

He’s built different

Shockingly enough, he did miss two tackles but as you rightly pointed out, none in the knock out stages. His stats at the end of the competition was 75 from 77. It is absolutely ridiculous that we possess that much depth that we did not miss Lood...!!

One of many all time great South Africans, that global rugby will never give their due respect.

@@Karma-qt4ji 75 out of 77 is nothing short of tremendous...! A few things the Bokke never run short of : good scrummagers, imposing locks, and side-stepping small wingers ! ^^"

What’s happened to Lood de Jager in terms of not being in WC squad? Is he injured or has he dropped form?

injury. @@AlphaNevada123

Fair point, Franco Mostert never did that (yet)

Thats no so special, most of the men make a baby then go play the next day 😂

men don't make babies..they just provide an ingredient..@@JD-qn5dv

@@WillOwen9Hahahaha and we hope it never happens. Imagine 'Sous' with mood swings...... 🤣🤣🤣 Disclaimer: for the easily offended, I refer to mood swings as a result of hormone imbalance often associated with child birth, not a misogynistic dig at women.

To be considered so highly in South Africa when there was Matfield and Botha playing a few years ago is in itself quite an achievement ! ^^

​@@mateiyu-4082When Eben arrived on the scene he was like Bakkies, but somewhere along the line he decided to be like Victor, now he plays like only Eben can😂

The only 100% nailed on player in my fantasy team every round. Absolutely outstanding

Agree. If that guy could control his brain farts he would be one of the best without a doubt.

Coughs * felix jones *

@@noelshannon6287 I meant as a player, because there are a good many support staff from different countries that support the coaches at International level

Having a career renaissance as he slides into his mid 30's is also pretty impressive.

Sad ? He had a terrible RWC.

Yes, terrible to lose by 1 point to the world champions after beating the all blacks@@Kssssou

Amano fakatava was bonkers for japan I have no clue why he didn't get mentioned

Probably has something else lined up for AWJ.

He was referring to Rasnaber themselves....saying they're the 1st "coaching ticket" to retain the RWC, as Henry won it in 2011 and then Hansen in 2015 etc😉 so Rassie & Nienaber are the first coaches to go back to back

Top 3 second row, yes

@@andremaube5069 No, top 3 all time. And he’s without a doubt the best second rower ever.

It was adjudicated during play and judged as not a knock on.

That was your boy O'Keefe at it's best. Outrageous and disgraceful performance.

It was a knock back. Have you seen the clip from above? Its pretty obvious. Also pretty clever too. Now that its been done expect to see others attempt it and suceed.

No. Firstly, let us consider that the teams Gregor managed to beat were England (who were so poor they replaced their coach less than a year before the RWC), Australia (who were so poor they replaced their coach less than a year before the RWC) and Wales (who were so poor they replaced their coach less than a year before the RWC). There are more things in common there than just Gregor Townsend coaching Scotland. Secondly, there has to be some pressure on the head coach of the senior team to ensure that the conveyor belt of talent into that team. He, and Scotland Rugby, have failed dismally. You spend all your money on imports at both club and international level, even going against the spirit of the game by exploiting the eligibility laws to do so, and in the meantime your youth program is non-existent! Your U20's are not even good enough to qualify for the World Cup FFS!! But it's all gold because DvdM is winning games for you and making your head coach look good....

Whitelock having 2 world cups early in his career and as valuable in the All Blacks team as any of the other superstars they had

No he was fired at end of 2022 from England (week after they lost to South Africa in November tests)

@@AlphaNevada123 Thanks wasn't sure

he said same coaching staff

2011 was an awful fix and stain on world rugby - Bryce Lawrence, & Final officiating of Mccaw - Jordan/RSA, Christchurch Rugby sympathy card.

Oath g gives him no credibility

The referee, as we saw throughout the tournament, is merely the leading individual of a four man team of officials. Ignoring the Assistant Referee on the opposite side of the field who would have been unsighted or at least far enough away to not have a clear view, the nearside AR keyed his mike as the incident happened. If he had not agreed with the referees decision, there would have been a discussion about it at least and it may have been referred to the TMO who, remember, was also watching and also did not interject. That's three of the four officials agreeing that the ball was not knocked forward and the fourth one likely unsighted or too far away. Not trying to be funny here, but given the impact of the TMO / AR's on this tournament, how much more do we actually need before (even begrudgingly) accepting that they got it right?

@@Karma-qt4ji that's the thing, the TMO did interject and it wasn't even checked in the end

So that means suddenly he is not coz tackled by smaller guy once?

Dude, winning back-to-back WCs is not sufficient for recognition. They must do better

@@jacqloockWhat do you propose then? That teams go years on end without a loss, because from what I have seen, the only team to go a single year without a single loss in recent times was France in 2022 and even they couldn’t get past the quarterfinals on home ground. You appear to have standards that don’t even exist.

@@theriddler5601Sarcasm, obvs, I thought

Gone in 60 Seconds

That's not what he is saying at all.

Why don't you actually ask John Eales and Victor Matfield about that? Both those locks were number 5s as well.

Aaawww, isn't that so sad!!! Oh boohoo!

Farrell himself isn't Irish. Still doesn't take nothing away from his work.

@@fawltyoldboybasil.2178 LOL I will tell you what's sad mate. In the RWC: 3 of your 4 Man of the Match awards went to foreign players Foreign born players scored 43% of all your tries scored (13 from 30) No Irish born player scored a try against either South Africa or New Zealand. All tries in those games were scored by players from the South Hemisphere Despite the piss take with the eligibility laws, you still failed to make it past the QF's.... again..... I am South African and my team just won their 4th title in 8 tournaments, with a squad comprising of 100% SA born players. You really think I am the one who should be crying?

@@Karma-qt4ji So in summary no rules or laws were broken. But YOU still feel it necessary to point out that foreign born players pulled on the Green jersey because..................what? The 3 New Zealanders weren't kidnapped. They left NZ because apparently they weren't good enough for an All Blacks Jersey. They took a chance - Irish Rugby took a chance - it worked out beautifully. We are delighted they chose to represent Ireland. Aki, Lowe, Gibson-Parke proved they were world class, regardless of the jersey they wore.

@@fawltyoldboybasil.2178nice burn son

You offended by the females mate 😂😂😂

@@TheCosmerenaut1 they make his willy go all small

How did you get so mysogynistic that the mere mention of females anger you?

Sad little freak

@@TheCosmerenaut1 I might identify as a female babe and become the best rugby player to grace female sport