Amazing how they run to pack the scrum, can we please go back to that!!

Grant Batty❤❤❤ thanks 4 reminding me what heart is all about(not size)👌💪🏽😁😁😁

Great to see real scrums which were contests for the ball and not opportunities to try to con the ref into awarding a penalty. The players formed up quickly, without coaching from the ref.

31:50 5ft5 Grant Batty slugging it out with 6ft4 Moaner Van Heerden

How much better the scrums were in those days! Formed quickly. And the ball was heeled quickly. What a great half-back Syd was!

Rucking and mauling was just a free for all in those days. Nice to see the legend that is Danny Gerber. But the Boks are missing their magician , where's their number 10 Naas Botha?

They were the Best two teams in the world back then.

the type of rugby i loved no high tackles no messing about with the scrums the british rugby have ruined the game and put players in danger with stupid changing of the rules

Great names there ...

The days when to have a kick at goal you didn't have a kicking tee brought on but had to dig and make your own mound to kick from.....it was quite an art.

That Haka though😂😂😂😂w

No maori people in new zealand team

That's my Papa at Number 8 😍

amazing to think this awful spectacle was so popular. now it would pass in working-class high schools

Dai was goeie dae ongeag of ons aan spoorweg kant moet sit op nu weland

excellent stuff, thanks

I recall playing in the 60's/70's as a Centre and Winger. The last thing you wanted to do was to go down on the ball in your 25 - all the opposition forwards rolled over you and rucked the shit out of you. We used to have competitions in the showers after the game to see who had the biggest tag marks! I recall that Dunedin Marist club were the worst "offenders" in the rucking game in our league. Some tough fellas there. If you're still around Bubbles, I remember you!

Incredible

Notice the Linesmen in those days had to wear blazers (jackets.)

The scrums are so quick, no mucking around.

Hard men no pats on the back for scoring trys

J.P.R. Williams disallowed try looked fine to me. You're not allowed to crawl which he didn't do. He wasn't properly tackled he just fell and slid and reached out which is perfectly legal. But the ref called it that's rugby for you. Not complaining it was a great game maybe Wales should have gone for a try at the end instead of kicking points. It's a shame Barry John didn't play in this game though he retired just a few weeks before

They didn't really believe in phases back then.

Springbok Forwards ball handling,the worst I have ever seen from Any Bok team Ever🙈🙈🙈And they WE'RE in a Springbok team,suppose to be the best in their positions.🤕🤕🤕

Always enjoyed rugby over the years . Only bit I was frustrated with was Burgess kicking too often.

Bruce Robertson another legend from counties

Sir Sidney Milton going a legend one of my favourite players

Peter Grigg what an athlete.

I was 16 when this game was played and watched live on TV on the Farm in North Otago. I love the Welsh except when they play the All Blacks! Syd Going died recently as did Bruce Robertson and JPR. Magic players thanks to you all

The world was different then & so was rugby 🏉

First time I've watched this game in colour, great game, great players from past times, sadly here in New Zealand, last week we sadly, Sid Going from North Auckland passed away aged 80 years old. R.I.L. Sidney Milton Going.

Super Sid, RIP.

Best rugby back in the 70s..Aotearoa New Zealand ..

Phases of play weren't exactly a thing back then.

Loving the Afrikaans commentary. Would love to understand what the very first bit is pre-game about Ron Jarden, George Nepia etc

Line-outs were a dock yard brawl.

What a winger was John Bevan!

RIP Sid Going,one off the greatest scrum halves.

I was there behind the gold post with my mates from Mt Wellington rugby club ,when we were young and fit lol❤️👍

Those rucks were brutal

And Wales fail again! Lol😂

Working on the Southerner as a locomotive assistant.From Timaru to Chch on the Friday night.Guard told us we had a full load.allblack supporters enjoying themselves

They say the modern game is faster and the players much fitter. But the fluidity of this game was unbelievable there was never a break in the play. No water or sports drinks, playing on a ploughed up field heavy woolen shirts. Would love to see this in hi def and colour it would be an amazing spectacle of rugby football.

Proper Rugger, television money took the game away from us

17:20 back then people started scrummaging even without any balls in the field 😂

On paper two immensely strong sides. Very difficult conditions underfoot. Not Barry Johns finest hours.

A great day and thanks for the memories! I particularly enjoyed the memory of quickly formed scrums, rarely reset!

So very different from today’s professional game. Can’t make my mind up which is the better sport. The amateur game was not about money & technical perfection. It had nothing to do with corporate sponsorship. Yet the excellence & speed of the professional game is more attractive to watch.

Pwew.. so different to todays game

Il y avait beaucoup de monde sur la lune ce jour là !