Danie Gerber - Maestro Of The Midfield (Updated)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ต.ค. 2017
- This is an update of our previous tribute to Danie Gerber titled "Maestro Of The Midfield". It has all the original tries, plus a couple more we found over the last year.
The greatest Springbok ever. Sit back and enjoy.
Thanks for watching! - กีฬา
Kiwi here . The greatest centre of them all!
I was a school boy in the 80's and those players was the ones I looked up to. Playing for pride and with passion , no contracts no bullshit just for the love of the game. The test where Gerber scored 3 tries against England at Ellis Park was the first test my father took me to see as a 12 year old and made me fall in love with this beautiful game for ever. I have huge respect for John Kirwan but there was no winger as powerful as Mordt in full flight or as majestic as Carel du Plessis (The Prince of wings) swerving his way through teams. So sad and heartbroken for them that they never got the opportunity to really shine, Imagine Gerber, Botha, Du Plessis & Mordt playing 50 + tests they would have set up records that would probably still be relevant today. The "Original Legends" of Rugby.
Danie Gerber - I'm a kiwi but to me, he was the best centre in World rugby, Dynamite on two feet and an absolute pleasure to watch. An All Black team would be proud to have him.
I'm English and Danie Gerber is my favourite player of all time.
I'm South African born, and just like you can appreciate Danie Gerber, I can appreciate Christian Cullen, Jeff Wilson and Dan Carter as three of the best and most beautiful to watch players to have ever touched a rugby ball.
@@gcombrinck yes, those three were brilliant...but Danie gerber had the "X" factor
The best 13 hands down but I'm a biased South African! My childhood hero whom I got to meet and chat with for a couple of hours three years ago.
@@kerryholmes5586 lucky you...5 mins in his presence would be like a lifetime. Legend!
One of my brother's claims to fame is that he played inside centre with Danie Gerber at Craven Week in 75.
Danie Gerber had the greatest acceleration to get off the mark and to top it off, he had all that speed and power to pull away from any opponent trying to catch him.
Danie Gerber, an absolute Legend in Rugby.
He is Simply The Best there were in centres
His work off the ball was incredible. Always 'there'. World class!
The linking between Tobias and Gerber, whether for the Boks or the Baabaas, was just magic. Can watch that all day.
Yes me too, i feel Errol Tobius doesn't get enough credit... Had a great insight and engineerd alot of the 'pre dot down' links.
I have never heard of this dude before until now.Sella of France, O'Driscoll of Ireland Frank Bunce of the ABs but none came close to this guy. For a moment I thought this dude Danie was on something hhhh. Best ever Centre
He really was that good.
His work off the ball was outstanding - the quality of his support play and his lines of running were outstanding. Extraordinary acceleration, beautifully balanced running and wonderful stepping ability. Good enough to play now - no argument! The Springbok back line was exceptionally talented in his era but he still stood out.
Have seen some grest outside centers odriscoll, j.little, herbert,stanley,bunce,sella,c.smith,radradra etc but after seeing DH 4 the first time in this video he is altogether in a different stratosphere of hes own, If the Boks weren't suspended in the 80s and early 90s a legend could have been witnessed more worldwide like here in Fiiji. Luckily there's TH-cam for missed greatness
Still my favorite Springbok ever
As a kiwi i admired this guy probably thee best centre there ever was...
Cheers from a South African. Many great centres from around the world but he was something special.
agree.. myself a kiwi admired Gerber..pace & power..great to watch
Mates came up from Durban for a Sharks vs Blue Bulls final.Had no ticket for me so I went to watch at a pub outside Loftus Versveld and we would hook up later.Bumped into Danie sitting at a table.He could have asked for final tickets i suppose.So my claim to fame is watching a Currie Cup Final with Danie.Such a humble nice man.When I told my friends afterwards they were pissed off.Danie Gerber and Andre Joubert is some of the nicest humble rugby players I have met.
Yes. Andre Joubert filled up often at my Dad's petrol station in Durban. He said the same thing about Andre.
Yes fully agree- humble guys/even the" lem"( honiball)- was humble/ even that they were famous boks 🎉
Despatchers is nice ouens 😁en om te dink Danie se eerste liefde was sokker
Danie was the best centre I have ever seen. Period. There are truly not many players that played in the preprofessional era that would have had the power and speed to match the modern day athletes but Gerber would have... and then some.
Pace, power, step, kick, hands, this man had the lot. Best I have seen, remember him from when England toured SA back in the day before the probably should have, and he ran us ragged.
So many truly great Springbok players in that era: Gerber, Tobias, Botha, Du Plessis, Mordt, Louw, Stofberg, Serfontein, Pienaar, but yes DG was in a class of his own.
These names alone give me hoendervleis
This is one man for whom the term "world class" is a gross underestimation.
hopscotch30 100% agree. I often wonder why people rate O' Driscoll and Sella with him. They were fantastic players, but they don't match Gerber. He was the greatest 13 ever. Simple as that
Real Rugby . Yep!
@@RealRugby totally agree with you
@@RealRugby it's because Gerber is South African, I always feel there's this global knack of undermining South African athletes. I notice it even in cricket.
Danie and Errol, unbelievable control and craft in the midfield.Thanks for a wonderful video.
Why was he not picked for the 95 world cup?
Even at 36, still the best out there.
Say what you want about Naas, he had the gift of putting Danie into space with his passing. Lethal combination.
I would have loved to see van Der Westhuisen, Mark Ella, Tim Horan, Danie Gerber, Jonah Lomu, David Campese, Serge Blanco in one backline - tries galore
1:48 the fact that he created that collision between the two irish players is incredible. They had no idea which way he was going.
Best rugby centre of all time. They play for pride then - no fancy contracts.
He was pure class... Love the way he runs back after scoring a try, ready to score again
Best ewer I went to Auckland for a holiday and when I visit Eden Park I saw Danie in the holl of fame and the people there have more respect for Him that South Africans why I had the honer to meet him in Mooinooi Golf Club 2022
This is the first time i ever saw anything about Danny Gerber and what I came to make a comment on is his hustling back after every try. Like you said he is ready to go again and again and again.
The Danie Gerber of the early to mid eighties would walk into any Bok team, no matter which era. He had it all.
Any team....
Including the allblacks.. from a kiwi.
The Greatest CTB in world rugby history!
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I'd like to show this to anyone who thinks Springbok rugby cannot involve backline play. What I also like about Danie Gerber was his no-nonsense attitude after scoring tries. Each time after scoring he just gets up, gives the ball to the fly-half and quickly jogs back to the halfway line to get on with business.
Hy het met sy hart gespeel
Back in the day when rugby was played. Most talented player
"Die Doring" had dangerous pace like no other centre I've ever seen! What a great player and legend!
the greatest centre ever
Andre de Vos great to watch...what about his defence?
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Not the greatest defender but the amount of tries he scored/created made up for it.
I think Philippe Sela and Mike Gibson would give him a contest for that title.
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one of 7 children. lived in a railtrack house, they never owned a vehicle. he started playing age 13. when asked what position he plays, he said I hav no idea. coach put him at flyhalf, when kicked at the 1st time he ran left, then right, then backwards, then right through and scored. he never looked back. only played 24 tests, so sad, never earned a cent.
Best center I have ever seen in all my days of playing and watching rugby ! What a great memory of Danie at his best !
That's a big call.Philippe Sella,Frank Bunce,Tana Umaga,Will Carling,Tim Horan,Sonny Bill Williams,Scott Gibbs,Jeremy Guscott,Bryan ODriscoll,Mike Gibson,John Dawes,Bruce Robertson and others were also very good.
What a machine. So sad that SA wasn't allowed to play in the 87 and 91 world cups. Gerber would have been brilliant in the RWC.
So sad South Africa was governed by apartheid lol
Great player !!..I remember him ..He was class apart ....(Welsh fan ) ..respect .
Poetry in motion-pure genius-those were the days !!
"Dis mos nou pragtig". Danie - beste Springbok van alle tye.
Darnie Gerber is my favorite centre even though I am a kiwi he is my favorite rugby player. His electrying pace and sidestepping at speed is brilliant and it's the way rugby use to be played
In all of SA rugby history, unquestionably the best flyhalf for the Springboks (Botha) and probably the best centre in the world ever, Gerber.
hello from Ireland.....Ive never seen anyone run like him. The SA backline try on 20,21 is sublime
No words...no words...good vision..great pace..daunting step.burners...burners...burners.every south african schoolboy school girl should watch this video.
Philippe, Brian & Tim were all great but Danie was my favourite. Nobody better.
One of the greatest centres to ever grace a rugby field.
O yes,o yes!!!
Definately for me the best in terms of Standard. He rocked all oppostion and became the benchmark for attacking Centre play henceforth. LEGEND
Grandissimo giocatore!!! A L'Aquila lo ricordiamo bene quando nel 1994 con lui si vinse lo scudetto contro il Milan di Berlusconi!!!
Oh Danie .....thanks so much for great memories. A strong indictment on superb skills to be inducted into the Rugby Hall Of Fame.
It's as if he is playing a different sport entirely. An astonishing player
Respect where respect is due...what speed and power. Even today, he would be an amazing centre.
My favourite Rugby centre and Springbok of all time.
1:50 I love how that little inside-outside causes two defenders to take each other out. Beautiful.
Errol Tobias doesn't always get the recognition he deserves. Maybe it's because he played in the era of Naas Botha, but he was a proper playmaker at 10. Great runner of the ball, great distributer, and even better decision-maker. So many of Gerber's tries here were set up by a good Tobias decision.
Yes, you can see he had lots of ball sense. Quick too.
Best ever until this day. I doubt we'll see such a prolific individual ever again. Always where the ball is and so gifted with the ability to make something out of the most impossible situations. Will always be my favorite player of all time.
Best back I have seen. O'Driscoll in the modern game closest.
I'll judge BOD and Horan from a smaller centre point of view. Same type of players. Of the 2, I would rate Horan the better player.
My favourite back ever.
Pound for pound, my favorite Springbok player of all time
great to see Errol Tobias with Danie Gerber for the Barbarians
Jason Little had similar balance but this DG guy is different class.
Friends with his nephew Quintin, himself a junior Bok. Sad that Danie such a great player have to live a hard life now. We owe him a lot.
Very proud player, can see every try scored for the boks was important to him.
He's a monster Centre glad I watched
Rare class. What many probably don't know, is that he played many games for his province at flyhalf. He had a good boot and was also the goal kicker for his Province. In the twilight of his career he played many games at wing and still outran the youngsters. He was not only incredibly fast, he also had the stamina. So would easily sprint the length of the field without dropping pace.
Such talent and passion. A true legend of rugby
This boytjie could play.... that side step at pace was beautiful to watch...
Gerber and Sella best 2 centres ever.
I come back and watch this every so often.
There's no question he's the GOAT of 13s. No one has ever had the combination of power, speed, swerve and step. He would walk into a modern side, which you couldn't say for many.
I wondered about the best 12 to partner him with and I think Nonu and Gerber at 12-13 would be unstoppable
Nonu and Gerber scary combo. Tim Horan would be an awesome partnership too
Pretty much impossible to compare pre 00s. No idea how good the likes of Gerber, Gibson even sella etc would be against modern defences.
I'd go Horan and O,Driscoll
I think Tana Umaga and him would be awesome - Tana made space for days and Danie would have eaten it for breakfast...
@@jeffrey89095O Driscoll is overrated he is not worth to tie the shoe laces of Gerber. Fourie was better than O Driscoll. He neither had the speed strength acceleration sidestep or boot of Gerber. He is not even the poor man's Gerber.
@@louisvanniekerk2612 A lot of dramatic hyperbole there. Gerber is obviously a legend but a few notable points. He played in an amateur game but may very well be the first player to ever regimentally follow a pro level training regime which he was well known for. His relative competition was substantially lower and the general standard of defence and attack also way lower. This is why comparing amateur v pro eras gets sticky and it's best just segregated. Keith wood famously didn't weight train so he would get folded by an average pro now in a scrum so you have to take him at face value relative to the competition at the time. players like lomu and Gerber are guys who were athletically way ahead of their time. They were obviously incredibly skillful as well but I haven't seen any clip of Gerber that I haven't or wouldn't have seen BOD do. Can't say the same the other way around.
For example Gerber scored 8 of his 19 tries against South America Jaguars, a scratch touring who lost almost all their games but did scalp SA once when SA threw out kids and then managed to beat chile and Uruguay B once. That's nearly half his tries.
He played new Zealand 8 times and scored 3 times. There's an eye test to this and like wood you just have to give them credit for the time they were in but to go so strong as to say not fit to tie laces etc is just a bit silly.
1:26 - Not many people have the stepping talent to make the opposition tackle each other!! HAHAHA
Warren Kent very few players could step like Gerber. He was brilliant
Flash Mobs
What more interesting, after ran 50 meters sprint, stepping right and left 4 times, beat 5 defenders, get a try and he just casually ran to the centre of the field like nothinghappened, such gas and tank he has!
Real Rugby ..Christian Cullen...
Yes, incredible stamina. The closest I have seen, was Jaco Reinach, Bok winger who was also the SA 400m record holder for ages. Gerber would have made a great 400m athlete.
Doring Danie van Despatch. He's our hero in every match.
He stepped and outran wings. What more could you ask for?
Beautiful rugby, great player Danie Gerber. Naas Botha's passing was pretty good too.
MegaSpiritualWarrior Naas Botha never got the credit he deserved for his ability to run the ball
True, Naas is known for being "the boot" but he had some pretty sharp playmaking too.
MY HERO ALL THOSE YEARS AND STILL UNTO TODAY THERE HASN'T BEEN ONE LIKE DANIE
I've never heard of this player, but after watching his highlights, i would rate him as one of the best compared to other modern centres.
Danie Gerber! The one centre rhat made team mates tackle each other!
Danie and Joost stand out for me. Very few players in the world in that class
He was my idol growing up
It great that he wanted to score as close to the posts as possible to secure extra points
A truly great player.
Awesome player. Absolute match winner !
Love the video! Gerber is in my all time XV for no.13, and that's considering all the great centres since his time. The 1986 Overseas VX (Should of been called the Southern Hemisphere XV) was one of the greatest teams I'd ever seen play. Remember watching the live telecast from GB in the wee morning hours in NZ (Part of the IRB Centenary Celebrations). If Botha had his boots on it would have been over 40 points scored (Final score 32-13). Awesome backline: 15-R.Gould(AU), 14-J.Kirwan(NZ), 13-D.Gerber(SA), 12-W.Taylor(NZ), 11-C.du Plessis(SA), 10-N.Botha(SA), 9-D.Loveridge(NZ) & a not too dusty forward pack: 8-S.Tuynman(AU), 7-S.Poidevin(AU), 6-M.Shaw(NZ), 5-A.Haden(NZ), 4-S.Cutler(AU), 3-F.van der Merwe(SA), 2-A.Dalton(c-NZ), 1-T.Rodriguez(AU). Mean back three & two no nonsense, hard, straight running centres. Good to see unfamiliar combinations working well together, imagine if they did a world tour! Thanks for this!
walton sadlier I'm glad you enjoyed it Walton! Thanks for the support!
He was good but i don't think you can call him the best because he didn't play enough tests to prove himself.
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If available he was chosen every time for a Barbarian team, or a World 15. He overshadowed Sella in the IRB centenary game in 1986 at Twickenham. At 34 he was the best player on the field in SA's comeback game in 1992. Played international for 13 years ! Name any other outside centre with a try scoring ratio close to his....
There were two games in irb century celebrations , one a lions team playing on uk territory but in both games the southern teams thrashed the north
Holy shit he's fast!
Believe it or not but he says he was never the fastest guy in any of the teams he played in
Who was faster? I can only think of Jaco Reinach, who was the SA 400m champ and also held the SA record for many years.
Not sure. It's something I heard Danie Gerber himself saying once in some interview
What a player brilliant
GOAT!!!!!
Danie was my first rugby hero, I was a very bad skinny beentjies no 12 that never wanted to change my position because of him
What strikes me is how quickly the ball came back in the old days. What has changed and why does it take so long to come back from a ruck now?
Legend!
Pure class!
Imagine Danie playing sevens.
He would destroy everyone.
"After scoring a try get back in position & think of scoring the next try, we can celebrate in the locker room boys" - Danie Gerber, to all the showboats celebrating after scoring a try
That pass at 16:48! 💪🏾👌🏾
Best rugby player of all times!!
Dit is die beste speler wat ek nog in my lewe gesien het.
I'm 65 so absolutely hail Danie Gerber as brilliant maybe Goat given lack of real competition. For the moment I am a Huge fan of Lukhanyou AM. His leadership qualities (running into the maul and pulling players on side) and skill is inspiring.
Are you trying to compare Am with Gerber? That's a big LOLZ. Danie played against NZ, England, France, Ireland, Scotland, etc.. And our provincial rugby was as good as test rugby back then. What lack of real competition are you talking about?
Am cannot be compared with Fourie Tjol Lategaan John Gainsford Joggie Jansen Andre Snyman and lately he will find it difficult to keep Kriel out of the team.
Doring van despatch sal altyd in my oe die beste wees
No hugging and kissing in the goal area. The real era of real rugby players.
and no funny weird shit moves and gestures after scoring
As a frustrated English supporter I have longed for centre who could run the angles with the power of Gerber.
Surely there must be one out the somewhere? I know we had a near miss, but he always got injured.
DOH⁉️
My favourite player.
At 28:29 the commentator says in Afrikaans that that is his 150th first class rugby try. That is crazy for any position, but for a centre 😬💪
It would have been one tough game as always btwn us and the Boks. With Danie Gerber playing that would have been a bonus.😊
wow ...just noticed Danie passed more to Naas than anybody , usually after he scored under the poles he would pass ball back to Naas waiting on the 22.
I can probably name six great centres and their all called Diane Gerber.
Daniel was way better than any All Black. Even today he would crush the show pony All Blacks.
Really, any number of A.Bs backs whom could do the same back....regardless is the best centre of all time no contention there
lachlan kearse gerber was a bloody good player but extremely overrated in my opinion and there aremany centres I would put over him.
Like who? Can you name at least 5
@@ronansavage7918 Oh poop....at that time ,era and leather ball he probably was top 5...if not the best. Come on dude..watch the history
I see a few Kiwis and Aussies disliked this.