Pieter Rossouw - The Underrated Try Machine
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 มี.ค. 2016
- At 1.93m, Pieter Rossouw - dubbed “Slaptjips” - was one of the tallest wings in Springbok history. Ironically, his international career spanned exactly six years - he debuted against the British & Irish Lions on June 28, 1997 and played his final Test against Argentina on June 28, 2003.
During that period, he played in 43 Tests in which he scored 21 tries. The lanky speedster was known as a master of the intercept who scored several tries due to his superb vision and acceleration off the mark. His height also made him a solid player under the highball. He scored his first Springbok try in his second Test against the British & Irish Lions and earned a nomination for 1997 SA Player of the Year in his maiden international season.
Rossouw produced a number of brilliant individual performances including scoring a hat-trick against Wales and a crucial try against the All Blacks that saw the Boks record a rare win on New Zealand soil. However, his most memorable performance was against France in Paris on November 22, 1997, where he scored a then record-equalling four tries in the 52-10 drubbing.
After a nine-year stretch at Western Province, Rossouw went abroad where he linked up with London Irish in a player-coach capacity. He has since returned to South Africa and is currently the backline coach of the Bulls.
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I'm a Kiwi and I remember Pieter scorching our defence like a flying Gazelle, he was beautiful to watch for a big man once he stretched those legs you weren't gonna catch him 👍👌👏👏👏
I always have so much respect for you Kiwi's who will always have respect for good players and good teams, not like the Aussies who can only break down and criticize!
Thanks bud..I can say that about so many AB players...love the rivalry we have with NZ..the old school big rugby nations..Best of luck with the 2023 WC..it's going to be one hell of a competition..keep the Cup in the South!!
@Sakabula it's gonna be competitive as hell! Yep agree keep it South n the foot on the neck of the North! Hopefully Argentina 🇦🇷 gets up n knocks few of the North out, wild card for me the flying *Fijians* 🇫🇯 Hopefully they can cause big upsets. Goodluck The *Mighty Springboks!* 🇿🇦
@sweetazz8297 bro you can come to my house and drink my whisky..and teach me to do a haka..lol..
@@MeanAzz_13 Australia must also step up...since they got their beloved EJ back..
Fantastic player by far... a great Springbok...
I just love "slap chips". No pun intended, he was one of my all-time favourite wings/full backs.
Pieter Rossouw was one of the best I've ever seen. His long strides made him deceptively fast. Very skillful for his time.
Yes...him and JP Peterson...long legs but jeez these okes had gas
Back when all the rugby jerseys (in the world) were XXL!
Love this man though. great era for the stormers too, Percy, Paulse, Skinstad, Fleck... Slaptjips! Gotta say though, Skinstad's linking with the backline was brilliant - one of the best distributors, often popping up in the flyhalf position.
Doubt anyone was better than him in a two-on-one defensive situation. He often turned an almost certain try by the opposition into a try for his side. Intercept-master!
Great player, absolutely deadly
Thank you very much for this. Been waiting forever for a tribute to my hero as a child!
Rossouw was the true intercept king.
agree, not Jean de Villiers
Dangerous Rossouw, on his way to the try line, slap chips, powerful Springbok back line , world champions.
Russouw jou DORING!!!!! Love it..... great player!
Like an eel. Great player!
Loved watching Slaptjips!
Unbelievable wing. Underrated. One of the best no question
awesome! Slaptjips op sy beste
He is indeed underrated, when you see him stand there on the wings, you don't expect much until he has the ball tucked in his arms. He has an impressive try scoring prowess too
He was phenomenal.
Not the flashiest of players but he was reliable.
One of WP's bestest Prooooooooooovvviiiiiiiiiiiiinnnce
Pieter Roussow was a good player 🙏🙏🙏🙏
No...he was a bevokte player
He played with the great Danie Gerber, what an honour!!!!
Gerber played long into his 30 such a pity he never made it to a RWC he'd had been the star at '87 and '91 if not for the ban
@ernestoroberts169 Jeez Gerber would have been an even bigger legend if he had the chance to play more international rugby...Politics is a btch
Great video
Intercept master
slapchips was like mcdonalds chips you dont get much of them larkham and rossouw class players
Pieter Rossouw's try against the All Blacks at 21:12 was in the second half of a test match in Wellington, I think in 1996. I will remember that try for as long as I live. Rossouw was the blindside wing on an attacking scrum inside the NZ 22 and he just chimes into a 9-10 wrap around by Joost Van der Westhuizen and Henry Hornibal. Hornibal took the pass and dummies to Joost angling towards No.7 Josh Kronfeld and left No.10 Andrew Mehrtens in no-man's land not knowing whether to take HH or chase JvW. In the end poor JK was faced with the job of covering HH and shutting the gate (gap) left open by Mehrts. I'll bet many school teams, club sides and provincial XVs tried this play or variations of it with varying degrees of success, I'm sure. But after some thought I realised why it worked so well that sunny day in Wellington all those years ago: both JvW and HH were running halves, known primarily for the threat they posed with their ability with ball in hand and this must have tempered the All Blacks defence which waited off them for a fraction too long before realising all too late who the intended recipient was. I doubt this move would've worked had it been any other combination of SA halves (9-10). Fourie Du Preez and Butch James perhaps, Ricky Januarie and Andre Pretorius maybe...
1998
I loved this oke as a player but boy did he give you heart palpitations when he started ice skating back and forth behind the defensive line.
Snyman was so good.
Slaptjiiiiiiiips!
Slap chips.
an Era when WP dominated the BOK BACKLINE
Yes that's why we didn't win a WC..lol..just joking buddy..as a Bull I had to say something....GO BOKKE 2023
The French must have hated the site of Slaptjips!!
Peter Rossouw and Henry Honiball look like brothers.... 🤣
Slap tjips
Lekka Darling!!
Should have been interception machine.
Was Rossouw the fastest player in that Springbok era ? Faster than monty, Paulse, etc ? I think so. Tall man with long strides, does not look faster than the smaller men who have fast , shorter strides, but I think he was faster than the others. Also, was he not a top schoolboy pole vaulter ?
Andre Snyman according to 100m time was faster
@@dawiebenjamin3249 he was rapid.
Breyton was the quikest over 50m
Him and JP Peterson has the same running style...they look slow going at 180km/h
Daai Afrikaanse aanbieder moes Pieter geháát het. Elke drie word toegeskryf aan ander spelers se vaardigheid... Pieter rond maar net af.
Vir ewig gaan sy venynige perspektief met Pieter Rossouw se drieë op video gepaard gaan. Dís vrek jammer.
It was Uli Scmidt, he knows tons about standing out on the wing, and got a fair share of tries that way. I am confident there was no malice in his comments toward Rossouw
Om te kan finish moet jy op die regte plek wees...en hy was great met dit...mense vergeet dat Pieter die game ontsettend goed verstaan..onthou hy was die Bulls se backline coach toe hulle Super rugby gedomineer het
Slap chips Ressouw. very good but I was not a fan