Squidge Rugby is the channel that explained rugby to me for the first time four years ago as an American who didn't grow up with it and had no idea what was going on. I'm a living breathing example of growing the game (I subscribed to Peacock Plus in September with the sole purpose of watching the World Cup, so they are making money off me). I feel so lucky that I was able to see the South Africa video before it was taken down, because it was fantastic. The whole situation with content creators and copyright this World Cup has been disgraceful.
It's not World Rugby - it's the Broadcasters who've paid for the rights to screen the World Cup. They send the legs letters to TH-cam - not World Rugby.
Watching rugby in the USA has been very frustrating. They showed it on Peacock, but they only showed the game from kick-off. Sometimes literally seconds after kick-off. No build up or getting some pre game commentary. We rely on channels like this to get a feel for the game and get in the buildup. Thank you for your content!
That's utterly bonkers. We need the game permeating all corners of the US. That and west and central Africa are the key growth areas, with Asia and central Europe next in line.
That was really only the case for replays. When I tuned in to catch matches live, they generally started from about the time that teams stopped their warm-ups and returned to the locker rooms. Peacock Plus wasn't the best that I've seen of the world cups in terms of streaming the games, but it was pretty good overall.
@@bnations2000 You are attempting to re-write history. I know what I saw on live streams from Peacock Plus, and it was rare for any match that we got to see any of the anthems, just the Aussie & Dan Lyle. Compared to previous RWC it was a travesty.
Fans: OMG, this is the best world cup in the history of the sport. We will surely grow the popularity of this sport we love so much. World Rugby: Hold my beer.
As a South African I was obviously always going to be paying attention to the Springboks in a Rugby World Cup. But 100% because of channels like yours and Squidges I was fully invested in teams like Chile and Portugal. This HAS to be a benefit for World Rugby. Also as much as I love Squidge's analysis etc... it was vastly inferior trying to follow what he was describing with stills only during the RWC.
I was so impressed with Squidge's video and the team's breakdown of the final and how much respect they have for Rugby and South African rugby players and having that video removed is not right!!. I wonder if it was due to using World Rugby Footage and not even audio...Honestly I found This 2023 World Cup coverage lacking compared with Japan's coverage in terms of match highlights and replaying of matches...You guys, Egg chasers and Squidge did a great job covering it!
Thanks for creating this kind of content for us. I'm Portuguese and learned about your channel during the buzz that was created in Portugal around the RWC. I've watched almost every video from your channel. Keep up the great work 🇵🇹
I am a big fan of the NBA in the US. There are SO MANY content creators who are using clips from the basketball games to create their content. For me personally and I think for lots more, it only helps to raise my excitement to stay up until 2 am and watch some games. I think world rugby is short-sighted
The point about the value of shorter form content on social media for young people is 100% true I know personally if I’m on Twitter and I see a tweet with a 20 second video of a big play in an NFL match, there’s a good chance I’ll turn on the TV and watch it live. Most of the time when I see a tweet about rugby it’s “This video is unavailable in your region”
Thank you for this video. The online content creators and broadcasters are really on the same team. Squidge Rugby was the biggest reason I came back to watching rugby after a bit of an unplanned break. His videos reminded me of how fun rugby can be.
Listen Boet. When (not if) you come to South Africa, you better be prepared for some serious braais. You are a gentleman and the voice of reason. Keep providing these insights and brilliant content. I hope some decision makers in rugby and media take your words to heart. Love your work and would be thrilled to meet you one day.
Tim, have followed you throughout the RWC. I think you were the most honest and unbiased commentator amoung all the very biased pundits that were on air during the tournament.
All the various TH-cam content including yours made my RWC 23 an infinitely better and more enjoyable experience and sets this years tournament apart from all the previous cups. Informative, entertaining and a wonderful addition to the overall product for fans to enjoy and LEARN more about the game. Sad to hear about squidge his contribution is unique.
It's really scandalous that such content can be stolen and that's the only word for it ,stolen. You go to so much effort and you put so much intelligence into your channel which these scammers would never ever be capable of. Hopefully into the future, you can protect your content because it is without doubt the best coverage by far this last number of months. The success of the RWC was down to the fans and you captured that like no one else. Of course the dynamics of the teams and the draw etc etc were huge but from a fans perspective what went on around the games was very enjoyable. For me you were the only one who captured this and brought us with you. The future of the game is safe with people like you Tim doing your stuff. Thank you so much for all your brilliant videos. 👏 👏👏👏👏
An idea for the next world cup/ growing the game: Take the bottom ranked teams and put them into a pool (the development pool) so that they will only play each other, and award a trophy to the winner of that group. Allow that one team alone to advance to the round of 16 where they would be fed to the lions. Thoughts?
I definitely saw you interview this person on your own channel, and also saw this on the comedy show after you posted it. The fact that you get people that will stoop this low to take another's hard work and claim it for their own is ridiculous. I hope you get it sorted Tim.
This was my go-to channel before/after every WC game....you're going to love South Africa when you visit...will be looking out for you at Cape Town stadium .
I am one of many hundred of thousands that could not recommend enough your channel and extraordinary coverage and perspective. Did the same for Two Cents. The fact that I am watching this video is my way of thanking for making Rugby more enjoyable!
Hi brother, Bokkie here, I loved how you have covered the sport and your positive attitude is refreshing. They may be ripping you off which you handle with dignity. You have my sub, the little I can do 😊
Tim love your show. Saw your channel the first time for the Boks Ireland game when my daughter and I got back to hotel after the game. She searched for comments of the game which confirm your point of finding different ways of communicating with young audiences as it was the 3rd (2 games in the last 2 months) live game she went to in her life.
Absolutely love your videos Tim! Discovered you earlier in the year and instantly loved your passion and total common sense. I’ve loved rugby since I played it at school, but your insights and ideas about how to enrich every aspect of the game regularly blows me away. I hope you do come to South Africa soon as someone else in the comments has suggested. You will unquestionably add huge value to this great sport in our amazing country. Thank you for what you’re doing for rugby!
Your fan coverage was second to none. Even after watching Scotland lose to Ireland I went straight to your channel for the post match and fan analysis. SoI saw the clip in question and I’ve never been more proud… I was really impressed how many of the fans after games recognised you and came to say hello (sometimes after different matches). You’re w a force for good.
Great video as always Tim - very balanced. It's not just rugby though. I've been trying to find highlights of Glen Maxwell's innings in the cricket world cup but it seems impossible. You'd have thought that the cricket authorities would want it plastered all over the internet as it's such a great opportunity to highlight how great the sport is. On a side note, an independent singer/artist (Ren) recently got to No. 1 in the UK album chart basically by allowing (encouraging) content creators to react to his music online. I'm sure that there was probably a bit more to it but he grew a huge online following by doing the opposite to the RWC and CWC.
It's such a short sighted view - when I watch a channel I love (like yours) I immediately want more, which means I go to the source of the clips you have used. That's how this medium works. If they allow full access to content creators they would benefit. Let's hope some younger, digital natives get in there soon, or their business models will go the way of Blockbuster Video....
Great commentary, Tim. I have referenced your comments here (by name) on a World Rugby video about kickers hitting the uprights that had more commenters talking about the Squidge takedown than Marques of Portugal’s three doinks. Your take on this subject is spot-on. Back in 2008 (!) I had an original amateur TH-cam video of tries in the Bledisloe Cup match that November in Hong Kong that I took with a Sony Handicam from the nosebleed seats, so I can relate to the stupidity of video content being taken down. (That was well before the era where people could monetize TH-cam videos, but I had over a thousand views in less than a day, so I was understandably miffed….I’ve hardly posted anything since then!)
I am a South African rugby fan and I follow your channel because you give a very honest and most importantly unbiased opinion which I dont see much of keep up the good work
I love Squidge. I was checking for their finals video several times a day... and I got to see it before it was taken down. It was awesome. I hope it comes back!
Eggchasers Rugby and Squidge Rugby are my favourite rugby channels. World Rugby is becoming like governments, more of a dictator focusing on their needs rather than the needs of growing the game and the fans. Many times after watching Squidge or Eggchasers I would actually go back and watch the games again to pick up on things. World Rugby is actually shooting themselves in the foot with their actions cause I think channels like Squidge and Eggchasers in the bigger picture bring more fans to watch the games on main channels.
Hi Tim, Have loved your coverage since finding the channel around the start of the World Cup! Particularly grateful that TH-cam's automatic captioning seems to work really well with your voice I'm one of the players for SA Deaf Rugby - I actually sit on the board there as the players' representative, and have also been nominated to the World Deaf Rugby board, so we'll see what comes of that... Watching this all go down with a close eye on how we'd need to handle broadcasts etc ourselves in future! That said, things are very much amateur in our arm of the sport right now, so love your growth mentality. If you'd ever like to have a chat, drop me a line - heck, we can get you in touch with England Deaf rugby ahead of their tour here next year!
To think you started only this year, 👏👏👏 i did not watch everything you posted , watched few but i know class and quality when i come across one 👏👏👍👍 your channel will grow
Started following you at the beginning of the RWC. I live in China and as such I’ve always avoided trying to live a South African lifestyle whilst i am here. So no weekends of Braai & Rugby. However this is the first RWC i followed all our games and also the highlights/breakdowns of the other pools/games. Your channel kept me up to date of all the players, strategies and overall status of rugby. I wont be watching any games soon, but i am very happy to say i have watched all your videos post RWC and really enjoy the content. Thanks for your effort and non biased views. Best wishes going forward Woody
TH-cam is ridiculous in demonitizing videos claiming it isn't advertiser friendly, then going ahead and putting ads on the videos and taking the money. EVIL!
One can structure an earnings model with broadcasters, say RTE/ Virgin for example used you guys as content creators and promoted your content like they do with Aertoroa podcast. The benefits would be huge. 1. A constant feed of content, 2. The diversity of views from different podcasters would attract a diverse fan base. Etc, etc.
Tim you have the best rugby channel, probably only rivaled by Squidge...plus youre just a great bloke to listen to, your passion for the game is unmatched, i think thats part of the reason your channel grows so quickly💯keep up the good work brother🇿🇦👏🍻
Tim I love your love for the game. You have the right personally for what you do. You are an excellent person, sorry about people stealing your content. Loved your neutrality in your reporting and your humour. From a Boks fan living in Florida. Thx mate
Such common sense Tim! Totally agree, I for one am already watching and fascinated to see all the new rugby talent on show post the World Cup and keen to see which of those guys will make the international teams possibly soon or I n 4 years time. It’s happening right now in the domestic leagues in England , France and the URC. Not so much a changing of the old guard but bringing new guys in a planned way
Tim, the bottom line is that Bill Beaumont and World Rugby are stuck in the era of 480p black and white media broadcasting. To grow the game we need younger ler who understand the new media world. Keep up the great work!
Squidy Rugby, the Black Shirt, Two Cents Rugby and Eggchasers Rugby etc are brilliant for Rugby. Well Done Tim & Co. Most Munster/Irish fans view it on RTE, at most Irish Rugby match there are good attendance. Also Women's Rugby needs some promotion as a lot of viewers in the pubs were women, yet none didn't watch Ireland's women rugby.
I would love to go and support domestic rugby, I have been following the Provinces through TH-cam. I’m an Irish fan but live in England. Have to say I have followed rugby for years but since this years 6 Nations I have been quite an addict to it, and even worse since the RWC. I don’t have the funds to go see regularly but I will definitely get to the Aviva one day. Thanks for videos Tim 👍☘
There are many of us who don't interact with you that much Tim. I watched that interview and it was hilarious AF! I checked your channel daily during the WC. Saffa here and I just wanna say I really appreciate you and your work 🤝
I remember watching your interview with that Scottish fan just after you uploaded. It’s pure gold!!! It’s absolutely insane that you have a copyright strike on it. Lots of channels I won’t keep on following after the World Cup, but subscribed to Eggchasers for the long haul for sure. Always excited to see your uploads 🎉
Your content that you have created I followed each and every day and absolutely love them all. It is not fair that your work has been 'stolen' you deserve so much.
To notch as always. My understanding of copyright law is that you are allowed to use limited content provided - the source is acknowledged; and the content creator has turned it into something unique. So the strikes that have been given are disappointing. Love your work and that of creators like Squidge Rugby, because you all bring something different
Its a shame that kids don't want to sit through a whole game now. It was fun getting woken up in the middle of the night , heading into the lounge where mum had made cheese on toast and hot milo and watching the All Blacks playing on the other side of the world. The cat wandering in looking confused.
When you come to South Africa, you HAVE to visit us at Fabian Galthie's old club, one of the oldest clubs in SA - False Bay Rugby Club, Cape Town. We adore you and would love to host you. Will set you up with Nick Mallet too. 👍
Awesome summary Tim! 100% agree. The funny thing is it's not just happening in Rugby. There are lots of areas where the "old world" (and I'm not young :) and the world of youtube and content creators haven't made peace yet and learned to co-exist for the better good. Here is Aus we even have the national parks in some states effectively locking out content creators by try to charge them ridiculous licensing fees! Keep up the good work. Love the channel :)
I love all the YT rugby content, especially Squidge… Maybe WR needs to do is do a content creator deal where creators pay to use footage maybe as a percentage of all monetization each month for content using their footage or ensure that the broadcasters advertisers get their ads played on anything using clips. Because broadcasters aren’t only salty because they had exclusivity rights but they sold advertising based on those rights so they will have a million legal issues to deal with.
Tim, I love you to bits, since I came across you in the early Autumn, I'm a Munster supporter first and foremost, an Irish Irish supporter, just a scintella behind that. however, I am also an England Fan and got great payback after ye won the RWC back in 2003. Grand Slam Champs, RWC Champs and we got to beat ye for the next 3 years. Now that was a High for me anyway. All of that is a positive negative. Or, the other way 'round. England great, Ireland Greater........
Tim i refresh every day to watch your podcasts. Absolutely love your unbiased views. Im still waiting for the Boks video like you made with Eng, France, Ireland, AB's. 🇿🇦
I seen it on your channel first and oh my god it was the funniest video ive seen and that fan hit the nail on the head thats the way to celebrate the wirld cup
Interesting and measured comments as always Tim. I hadn't realised till now that you were no longer with BT(TNT). Personally, I'd take your views over pretty much every 'pundit/analyst' on the channel. The podcast is the go-to on a Monday over all the 'pundits'.
Please don't take offense to what I am about to write. Squidge is the best rugby based TH-camr. Like at all. How he analyzes everything and explains it all is fantastic! Pity World Rugby see fit to strike channels that aim to help grow the game...
@EggchasersRugby, as always fair, partial, level headed perspective. If more people had your approach to all things in life it would make for a great world to live in. Thanks for the great content, looking forward to this channels growth.
Really good, considered, thoughtful and thought provoking video, You did indeed earn my subscription to your channel! I think there is a risk that content creators and broadcasters will come into conflict because broadcasters (many of whom have shareholders to please) will see scarcity of footage and images as their trump card. For content creation, it's (supposed) to be about analysis, marvelling at the sport along with creating and sustaining a fan culture. I can see how this can add to the bottom line eventually, but not in the short term. And short term is how we live now. It is a thorny issue & I'm not sure how (when we get to the nitty gritty) we work thru this difficulty.
You need to visit places like Spain, Portugal, Holland and other European countries and make shows about their grassroots rugby as they are the next Fiji or Rumania. We don’t play much rugby in Andalucia but you’re quite welcome to stay when you visit Spain. Keep it up mate!
This is where E-sports is miles ahead, I think. They recognised very quickly how content creaters play a very pivotal part in how e-sports is broadcasted and engaged with. So they created the concept of co-streaming, which allows specific partner content creators to provide commentary and live broadcasting through their own channel in order to build the hype and engagement around the games. I think Rugby can do something similar... At the very least allow specific content creators access to and the ability to use video elements of the game to continue to grow the interest. This will be especially helpful during the club rugby seasons.
I agree Tim, broadcasters spend millions but also make billions. I'm a small rugby motivation youtube channel, but like the rest, we are promoting the game of rugby. Not all is about money ...we are sharing the love of the game... agree " we are on the same team" ....
World Rugby must take notes from F1. They also used to shut everything down until new people came in and realised that so much more money can be made with opening things up
You are right! During the WC I couldn’t get enough content from all the different podcasts and tit bits ,official and otherwise. I really enjoyed your input and I have to say quiet unbiased take on the games and as a Saffa living in Swiss it was great to see someone being rather gracious to the Boks - appreciating Rassies innovation etc- but my point being their couldn’t be enough content produced to saturate the need- theirs no need to deprive the public of content- and in so doing they allowed very inferior highlights (3 odd mins or so) which does nothing for the viewer and like you say if you are trying to grow the game then the rugby World Cup is the best possibility in doing so , so they should open up and let people create content and highlights and in away the people’s creativity like yourself and many others can be let loose and it can grow organically and influence whoever in however way ! It’s frustrating to hear your story with your own video that you created and it being flagged! Frustrating to say the least ! Man I’d be fuming and it’s an injustice! Keep talking and spreading the truth and things will improve! Thank you again for what you do!
I have been watching rugby for close on 50 years, I used to watch the 5 nations, send rugby special on the BBC, RWC on ITV. Then I moved to NZ where I have watched every All Blacks test since 2010, a lot of super rugby, and NPC. I've been to live games and been a season ticket holder. But this RWC I was only able to watch 12 games, that was all that was available on terrestrial TV. I downloaded the Rugby Pod TV app in the hope of being able to watch at least extended highlights, but it never seemed to play properly. All I was left with for the non NZ pool games was the 3 minute highlights provided by world rugby which was really only 2 minutes of match time. As a result I never felt connected to the tournament. Had we had the analysis of Squidge Rugby with video and obviously other youtubers, it would have gone a long way to filling the gap left by the limited TV coverage.
Spot on Tim. We know who made the “Scotsman” video, it was you. Get what you mean about what people watch between WC’s and 6N. Some of the so called professional commentators can’t identify players say in the URC.
100% you had the best fan and atmosphere content at the RWC. Big broadcasters focused so much on expert analysis, that they missed the atmosphere & vibe completely. World Rugby needs to chat to F1 about the benefits opening up the media options to more than just the TV broadcasters. They are definitely too focused on how the current pie is sliced up, instead of how to make the pie bigger.
Hi Tim really enjoyed your input at the World Cup, so sorry about you loosing copy right of your own videos. Have you thought of putting an egg chaises water mark in corner of your videos in future? Might help. Keep up the good work, loving it!
Hi Tim. Is there no option to “share” monetisation with a broadcaster? Like you said it shouldn’t be a zero sum game. If TH-cam wants to be a top content viewer surely some kind of sharing would help. Squidgy does such a brilliant job in a very different way to anything you would see from a major broadcaster, I am sure that a splitting of the monetary proceeds would be beneficial to all. Thanks and keep up the great work you definitely added positively to my World Cup experience. Cheers from springbok country.
Tim, awesome content. So sorry, about the copyright strike. I actually saw the pishhhed Scottish fan video on twitter and asked the 'thief' if he was going to mention @cocker hope it gets sorted. A pity your not on TNT sports, fingers crossed for a return in the near future.
Tim it's time to visit South Africa 🇿🇦 🎉🎉🎉🎉
It's on my list. Waiting for the fixture dates and locations for the Ireland tour next year
I just can't stop watching the meltdown on the breakdown video. U absolutely nailed it Tim😂
agreed
I agree... South Africa will embrace you. We love our rugby and very passionate about local franchises.
You can come when WR gives SA the world cup again in 2077😂
Squidge Rugby is the channel that explained rugby to me for the first time four years ago as an American who didn't grow up with it and had no idea what was going on. I'm a living breathing example of growing the game (I subscribed to Peacock Plus in September with the sole purpose of watching the World Cup, so they are making money off me). I feel so lucky that I was able to see the South Africa video before it was taken down, because it was fantastic. The whole situation with content creators and copyright this World Cup has been disgraceful.
I've been watching Rugby for decades and Sqidge Rugby has showed me so many little nuances I had never noticed.
The guy is a marvel
World Rugby never seems to disappoint. I guess this happens when bean counters are in charge of something they do not participate in.
Never seems to disappoint? They are just a constant disappointment.
If only they were good at even bean counting.
It's not World Rugby - it's the Broadcasters who've paid for the rights to screen the World Cup. They send the legs letters to TH-cam - not World Rugby.
Watching rugby in the USA has been very frustrating. They showed it on Peacock, but they only showed the game from kick-off. Sometimes literally seconds after kick-off. No build up or getting some pre game commentary. We rely on channels like this to get a feel for the game and get in the buildup. Thank you for your content!
Worrying when you're hosting in the nearish future that it's not been pushed across easy to access platforms with complete coverage of the games.
That's utterly bonkers. We need the game permeating all corners of the US. That and west and central Africa are the key growth areas, with Asia and central Europe next in line.
Don't forget the two nimrod USA commentators that yammering on about their ignorant opinions instead of the anthems
That was really only the case for replays. When I tuned in to catch matches live, they generally started from about the time that teams stopped their warm-ups and returned to the locker rooms. Peacock Plus wasn't the best that I've seen of the world cups in terms of streaming the games, but it was pretty good overall.
@@bnations2000 You are attempting to re-write history. I know what I saw on live streams from Peacock Plus, and it was rare for any match that we got to see any of the anthems, just the Aussie & Dan Lyle. Compared to previous RWC it was a travesty.
Fans: OMG, this is the best world cup in the history of the sport. We will surely grow the popularity of this sport we love so much.
World Rugby: Hold my beer.
As a South African I was obviously always going to be paying attention to the Springboks in a Rugby World Cup. But 100% because of channels like yours and Squidges I was fully invested in teams like Chile and Portugal. This HAS to be a benefit for World Rugby. Also as much as I love Squidge's analysis etc... it was vastly inferior trying to follow what he was describing with stills only during the RWC.
I was so impressed with Squidge's video and the team's breakdown of the final and how much respect they have for Rugby and South African rugby players and having that video removed is not right!!. I wonder if it was due to using World Rugby Footage and not even audio...Honestly I found This 2023 World Cup coverage lacking compared with Japan's coverage in terms of match highlights and replaying of matches...You guys, Egg chasers and Squidge did a great job covering it!
Thanks for creating this kind of content for us. I'm Portuguese and learned about your channel during the buzz that was created in Portugal around the RWC. I've watched almost every video from your channel. Keep up the great work 🇵🇹
How big a stirr did the rwc cause in portugal?
@@johnmelaria6064 And... How big of a stir did Portugal cause in the RWC23!
I am a big fan of the NBA in the US. There are SO MANY content creators who are using clips from the basketball games to create their content.
For me personally and I think for lots more, it only helps to raise my excitement to stay up until 2 am and watch some games.
I think world rugby is short-sighted
The point about the value of shorter form content on social media for young people is 100% true
I know personally if I’m on Twitter and I see a tweet with a 20 second video of a big play in an NFL match, there’s a good chance I’ll turn on the TV and watch it live.
Most of the time when I see a tweet about rugby it’s “This video is unavailable in your region”
Thank you for this video. The online content creators and broadcasters are really on the same team.
Squidge Rugby was the biggest reason I came back to watching rugby after a bit of an unplanned break. His videos reminded me of how fun rugby can be.
Listen Boet. When (not if) you come to South Africa, you better be prepared for some serious braais. You are a gentleman and the voice of reason. Keep providing these insights and brilliant content. I hope some decision makers in rugby and media take your words to heart. Love your work and would be thrilled to meet you one day.
This won’t make you feel better Tim, I saw it on your channel! And it was fantastic 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Yeah...it does make me feel better. Top man Alan!
I confess I saw it first on HIGNFY and didn't realise it had been cribbed from Tim's video.
Tim, have followed you throughout the RWC. I think you were the most honest and unbiased commentator amoung all the very biased pundits that were on air during the tournament.
I love how you bring novel and unique perspectives to your videos Tim. Keep doing what you're doing mate. 60k is close
All the various TH-cam content including yours made my RWC 23 an infinitely better and more enjoyable experience and sets this years tournament apart from all the previous cups. Informative, entertaining and a wonderful addition to the overall product for fans to enjoy and LEARN more about the game. Sad to hear about squidge his contribution is unique.
Your content made my RWC2023 so much more fun. My son and I could not wait for every new vid you posted. Cheers to you. 🍻
It's really scandalous that such content can be stolen and that's the only word for it ,stolen. You go to so much effort and you put so much intelligence into your channel which these scammers would never ever be capable of. Hopefully into the future, you can protect your content because it is without doubt the best coverage by far this last number of months. The success of the RWC was down to the fans and you captured that like no one else. Of course the dynamics of the teams and the draw etc etc were huge but from a fans perspective what went on around the games was very enjoyable. For me you were the only one who captured this and brought us with you. The future of the game is safe with people like you Tim doing your stuff. Thank you so much for all your brilliant videos. 👏 👏👏👏👏
An idea for the next world cup/ growing the game: Take the bottom ranked teams and put them into a pool (the development pool) so that they will only play each other, and award a trophy to the winner of that group. Allow that one team alone to advance to the round of 16 where they would be fed to the lions. Thoughts?
Or like 7s where the losers of the first round play for the plate.
I definitely saw you interview this person on your own channel, and also saw this on the comedy show after you posted it. The fact that you get people that will stoop this low to take another's hard work and claim it for their own is ridiculous. I hope you get it sorted Tim.
This was my go-to channel before/after every WC game....you're going to love South Africa when you visit...will be looking out for you at Cape Town stadium .
I am one of many hundred of thousands that could not recommend enough your channel and extraordinary coverage and perspective. Did the same for Two Cents. The fact that I am watching this video is my way of thanking for making Rugby more enjoyable!
Hi brother, Bokkie here, I loved how you have covered the sport and your positive attitude is refreshing. They may be ripping you off which you handle with dignity. You have my sub, the little I can do 😊
I really hope someone from world rugby watches this video. Thank you for your fresh perspective!
Tim love your show. Saw your channel the first time for the Boks Ireland game when my daughter and I got back to hotel after the game. She searched for comments of the game which confirm your point of finding different ways of communicating with young audiences as it was the 3rd (2 games in the last 2 months) live game she went to in her life.
Absolutely love your videos Tim! Discovered you earlier in the year and instantly loved your passion and total common sense.
I’ve loved rugby since I played it at school, but your insights and ideas about how to enrich every aspect of the game regularly blows me away.
I hope you do come to South Africa soon as someone else in the comments has suggested. You will unquestionably add huge value to this great sport in our amazing country.
Thank you for what you’re doing for rugby!
Your fan coverage was second to none. Even after watching Scotland lose to Ireland I went straight to your channel for the post match and fan analysis. SoI saw the clip in question and I’ve never been more proud… I was really impressed how many of the fans after games recognised you and came to say hello (sometimes after different matches). You’re w a force for good.
Great video as always Tim - very balanced.
It's not just rugby though. I've been trying to find highlights of Glen Maxwell's innings in the cricket world cup but it seems impossible. You'd have thought that the cricket authorities would want it plastered all over the internet as it's such a great opportunity to highlight how great the sport is.
On a side note, an independent singer/artist (Ren) recently got to No. 1 in the UK album chart basically by allowing (encouraging) content creators to react to his music online. I'm sure that there was probably a bit more to it but he grew a huge online following by doing the opposite to the RWC and CWC.
It's such a short sighted view - when I watch a channel I love (like yours) I immediately want more, which means I go to the source of the clips you have used. That's how this medium works. If they allow full access to content creators they would benefit. Let's hope some younger, digital natives get in there soon, or their business models will go the way of Blockbuster Video....
Gotta love Eggchasers! And Squidge rugby! I learned more about rugby from Squidge than over 30 years of playing on and off! Good message, Tim
Measured, balanced and makes a lot of sense.
You never disappoint.
Great commentary, Tim. I have referenced your comments here (by name) on a World Rugby video about kickers hitting the uprights that had more commenters talking about the Squidge takedown than Marques of Portugal’s three doinks. Your take on this subject is spot-on. Back in 2008 (!) I had an original amateur TH-cam video of tries in the Bledisloe Cup match that November in Hong Kong that I took with a Sony Handicam from the nosebleed seats, so I can relate to the stupidity of video content being taken down. (That was well before the era where people could monetize TH-cam videos, but I had over a thousand views in less than a day, so I was understandably miffed….I’ve hardly posted anything since then!)
I am a South African rugby fan and I follow your channel because you give a very honest and most importantly unbiased opinion which I dont see much of keep up the good work
Bean counters causing a crisis again when there is not one ! Love to watch prem rugby highlights each week .
I love Squidge. I was checking for their finals video several times a day... and I got to see it before it was taken down. It was awesome. I hope it comes back!
Eggchasers Rugby and Squidge Rugby are my favourite rugby channels. World Rugby is becoming like governments, more of a dictator focusing on their needs rather than the needs of growing the game and the fans. Many times after watching Squidge or Eggchasers I would actually go back and watch the games again to pick up on things. World Rugby is actually shooting themselves in the foot with their actions cause I think channels like Squidge and Eggchasers in the bigger picture bring more fans to watch the games on main channels.
Tim, over the past few months you have become my favourite Englishman and perhaps my favourite online rugby content creator. From an Irishman!
Hi Tim,
Have loved your coverage since finding the channel around the start of the World Cup! Particularly grateful that TH-cam's automatic captioning seems to work really well with your voice
I'm one of the players for SA Deaf Rugby - I actually sit on the board there as the players' representative, and have also been nominated to the World Deaf Rugby board, so we'll see what comes of that... Watching this all go down with a close eye on how we'd need to handle broadcasts etc ourselves in future! That said, things are very much amateur in our arm of the sport right now, so love your growth mentality. If you'd ever like to have a chat, drop me a line - heck, we can get you in touch with England Deaf rugby ahead of their tour here next year!
I'm with you on letting our content get out there irrespective of who gets the credit. Making the cake bigger!
To think you started only this year, 👏👏👏 i did not watch everything you posted , watched few but i know class and quality when i come across one 👏👏👍👍 your channel will grow
I was never interessted in TH-cam until I started watching Squidge leading up to the last WC. Now its all sorts of content creaters that I follow.
Started following you at the beginning of the RWC. I live in China and as such I’ve always avoided trying to live a South African lifestyle whilst i am here. So no weekends of Braai & Rugby. However this is the first RWC i followed all our games and also the highlights/breakdowns of the other pools/games. Your channel kept me up to date of all the players, strategies and overall status of rugby. I wont be watching any games soon, but i am very happy to say i have watched all your videos post RWC and really enjoy the content. Thanks for your effort and non biased views. Best wishes going forward Woody
TH-cam is ridiculous in demonitizing videos claiming it isn't advertiser friendly, then going ahead and putting ads on the videos and taking the money.
EVIL!
One can structure an earnings model with broadcasters, say RTE/ Virgin for example used you guys as content creators and promoted your content like they do with Aertoroa podcast. The benefits would be huge. 1. A constant feed of content, 2. The diversity of views from different podcasters would attract a diverse fan base. Etc, etc.
i watched that scottish guys interview on the day. on your channel mate he was bloody great
What a guy!
Tim you have the best rugby channel, probably only rivaled by Squidge...plus youre just a great bloke to listen to, your passion for the game is unmatched, i think thats part of the reason your channel grows so quickly💯keep up the good work brother🇿🇦👏🍻
Thank you for supporting Squidge.
Does world rugby appreciate that much of the success of this World Cup should be attributed to the hard work people like yourself and Squidge.?
thank you for your channel just love it. I wish all the best and grow massively
Massive thank you Tim for all you do for the game of rugby. 👍🙏
The value in Squidge is his insight and analysis, in my view it is value adding not value stealing from WR.
Tim I love your love for the game. You have the right personally for what you do. You are an excellent person, sorry about people stealing your content. Loved your neutrality in your reporting and your humour. From a Boks fan living in Florida. Thx mate
Such common sense Tim! Totally agree, I for one am already watching and fascinated to see all the new rugby talent on show post the World Cup and keen to see which of those guys will make the international teams possibly soon or I n 4 years time. It’s happening right now in the domestic leagues in England , France and the URC. Not so much a changing of the old guard but bringing new guys in a planned way
Informative and balanced comments, Tim! Your love of the game, respect for the people and the players are simply inspiring. Keep up the great work!😊
Tim, the bottom line is that Bill Beaumont and World Rugby are stuck in the era of 480p black and white media broadcasting.
To grow the game we need younger ler who understand the new media world.
Keep up the great work!
World Rugby is literally a decade behind the best practices.
Squidy Rugby, the Black Shirt, Two Cents Rugby and Eggchasers Rugby etc are brilliant for Rugby. Well Done Tim & Co.
Most Munster/Irish fans view it on RTE, at most Irish Rugby match there are good attendance.
Also Women's Rugby needs some promotion as a lot of viewers in the pubs were women, yet none didn't watch Ireland's women rugby.
Watched you throughout the RWC I’m addicted
I would love to go and support domestic rugby, I have been following the Provinces through TH-cam. I’m an Irish fan but live in England. Have to say I have followed rugby for years but since this years 6 Nations I have been quite an addict to it, and even worse since the RWC. I don’t have the funds to go see regularly but I will definitely get to the Aviva one day.
Thanks for videos Tim 👍☘
There are many of us who don't interact with you that much Tim. I watched that interview and it was hilarious AF! I checked your channel daily during the WC. Saffa here and I just wanna say I really appreciate you and your work 🤝
Do more URC videos, as a South African in the UK, I would be very keen to watch more content.
I remember watching your interview with that Scottish fan just after you uploaded. It’s pure gold!!! It’s absolutely insane that you have a copyright strike on it. Lots of channels I won’t keep on following after the World Cup, but subscribed to Eggchasers for the long haul for sure. Always excited to see your uploads 🎉
Love your shows Tim, Thank you
Your content that you have created I followed each and every day and absolutely love them all.
It is not fair that your work has been 'stolen' you deserve so much.
To notch as always. My understanding of copyright law is that you are allowed to use limited content provided - the source is acknowledged; and the content creator has turned it into something unique. So the strikes that have been given are disappointing. Love your work and that of creators like Squidge Rugby, because you all bring something different
Its a shame that kids don't want to sit through a whole game now. It was fun getting woken up in the middle of the night , heading into the lounge where mum had made cheese on toast and hot milo and watching the All Blacks playing on the other side of the world. The cat wandering in looking confused.
I just watched the Scotland fan vid 10 times (on your channel). In your face, pirates!!
When you come to South Africa, you HAVE to visit us at Fabian Galthie's old club, one of the oldest clubs in SA - False Bay Rugby Club, Cape Town. We adore you and would love to host you. Will set you up with Nick Mallet too. 👍
Awesome summary Tim! 100% agree. The funny thing is it's not just happening in Rugby. There are lots of areas where the "old world" (and I'm not young :) and the world of youtube and content creators haven't made peace yet and learned to co-exist for the better good. Here is Aus we even have the national parks in some states effectively locking out content creators by try to charge them ridiculous licensing fees! Keep up the good work. Love the channel :)
I love all the YT rugby content, especially Squidge…
Maybe WR needs to do is do a content creator deal where creators pay to use footage maybe as a percentage of all monetization each month for content using their footage or ensure that the broadcasters advertisers get their ads played on anything using clips.
Because broadcasters aren’t only salty because they had exclusivity rights but they sold advertising based on those rights so they will have a million legal issues to deal with.
Tim, I love you to bits, since I came across you in the early Autumn, I'm a Munster supporter first and foremost, an Irish Irish supporter, just a scintella behind that. however, I am also an England Fan and got great payback after ye won the RWC back in 2003. Grand Slam Champs, RWC Champs and we got to beat ye for the next 3 years. Now that was a High for me anyway. All of that is a positive negative. Or, the other way 'round. England great, Ireland Greater........
Tim i refresh every day to watch your podcasts. Absolutely love your unbiased views. Im still waiting for the Boks video like you made with Eng, France, Ireland, AB's. 🇿🇦
Tim you will not regret visiting this beautiful country. 😊😊
I seen it on your channel first and oh my god it was the funniest video ive seen and that fan hit the nail on the head thats the way to celebrate the wirld cup
Thanks for doing what you do. I look forward to seeing you produce more great videos
Interesting and measured comments as always Tim. I hadn't realised till now that you were no longer with BT(TNT). Personally, I'd take your views over pretty much every 'pundit/analyst' on the channel. The podcast is the go-to on a Monday over all the 'pundits'.
Please don't take offense to what I am about to write. Squidge is the best rugby based TH-camr. Like at all. How he analyzes everything and explains it all is fantastic! Pity World Rugby see fit to strike channels that aim to help grow the game...
@EggchasersRugby, as always fair, partial, level headed perspective. If more people had your approach to all things in life it would make for a great world to live in. Thanks for the great content, looking forward to this channels growth.
Really good, considered, thoughtful and thought provoking video, You did indeed earn my subscription to your channel! I think there is a risk that content creators and broadcasters will come into conflict because broadcasters (many of whom have shareholders to please) will see scarcity of footage and images as their trump card. For content creation, it's (supposed) to be about analysis, marvelling at the sport along with creating and sustaining a fan culture. I can see how this can add to the bottom line eventually, but not in the short term. And short term is how we live now. It is a thorny issue & I'm not sure how (when we get to the nitty gritty) we work thru this difficulty.
Great video once again. Great passion but balanced view , as usual
Thanks for some well considered, forward thinking ideas Tim. Let's hope the right people are listening and it strikes a cord.... 👍🏻👍🏻
You need to visit places like Spain, Portugal, Holland and other European countries and make shows about their grassroots rugby as they are the next Fiji or Rumania. We don’t play much rugby in Andalucia but you’re quite welcome to stay when you visit Spain. Keep it up mate!
I get the feeling World Rugby see FIFA and the IOC not as a warning, but a role model.
This is where E-sports is miles ahead, I think. They recognised very quickly how content creaters play a very pivotal part in how e-sports is broadcasted and engaged with. So they created the concept of co-streaming, which allows specific partner content creators to provide commentary and live broadcasting through their own channel in order to build the hype and engagement around the games.
I think Rugby can do something similar... At the very least allow specific content creators access to and the ability to use video elements of the game to continue to grow the interest. This will be especially helpful during the club rugby seasons.
Thanks man. Keep us updated about the copyright.
I agree Tim, broadcasters spend millions but also make billions. I'm a small rugby motivation youtube channel, but like the rest, we are promoting the game of rugby. Not all is about money ...we are sharing the love of the game... agree " we are on the same team" ....
Very good and sensible analysis
World Rugby must take notes from F1. They also used to shut everything down until new people came in and realised that so much more money can be made with opening things up
You are right! During the WC I couldn’t get enough content from all the different podcasts and tit bits ,official and otherwise. I really enjoyed your input and I have to say quiet unbiased take on the games and as a Saffa living in Swiss it was great to see someone being rather gracious to the Boks - appreciating Rassies innovation etc- but my point being their couldn’t be enough content produced to saturate the need- theirs no need to deprive the public of content- and in so doing they allowed very inferior highlights (3 odd mins or so) which does nothing for the viewer and like you say if you are trying to grow the game then the rugby World Cup is the best possibility in doing so , so they should open up and let people create content and highlights and in away the people’s creativity like yourself and many others can be let loose and it can grow organically and influence whoever in however way ! It’s frustrating to hear your story with your own video that you created and it being flagged! Frustrating to say the least ! Man I’d be fuming and it’s an injustice! Keep talking and spreading the truth and things will improve! Thank you again for what you do!
I have been watching rugby for close on 50 years, I used to watch the 5 nations, send rugby special on the BBC, RWC on ITV. Then I moved to NZ where I have watched every All Blacks test since 2010, a lot of super rugby, and NPC. I've been to live games and been a season ticket holder.
But this RWC I was only able to watch 12 games, that was all that was available on terrestrial TV. I downloaded the Rugby Pod TV app in the hope of being able to watch at least extended highlights, but it never seemed to play properly. All I was left with for the non NZ pool games was the 3 minute highlights provided by world rugby which was really only 2 minutes of match time.
As a result I never felt connected to the tournament.
Had we had the analysis of Squidge Rugby with video and obviously other youtubers, it would have gone a long way to filling the gap left by the limited TV coverage.
Holy Mackerel Tim? Almost 60k Subs!?
AMAZING!
Just when you thought World Rugby could not screw up any further.
Spot on Tim. We know who made the “Scotsman” video, it was you. Get what you mean about what people watch between WC’s and 6N. Some of the so called professional commentators can’t identify players say in the URC.
100% you had the best fan and atmosphere content at the RWC.
Big broadcasters focused so much on expert analysis, that they missed the atmosphere & vibe completely.
World Rugby needs to chat to F1 about the benefits opening up the media options to more than just the TV broadcasters.
They are definitely too focused on how the current pie is sliced up, instead of how to make the pie bigger.
"look at his little face" - sorry Tim but young Tim looks so sweet ;P
Hi Tim really enjoyed your input at the World Cup, so sorry about you loosing copy right of your own videos. Have you thought of putting an egg chaises water mark in corner of your videos in future? Might help. Keep up the good work, loving it!
Will Carling’s comment, back in the day, about the RFU is as prescient today for World Rugby.
Hi Tim. Is there no option to “share” monetisation with a broadcaster? Like you said it shouldn’t be a zero sum game. If TH-cam wants to be a top content viewer surely some kind of sharing would help. Squidgy does such a brilliant job in a very different way to anything you would see from a major broadcaster, I am sure that a splitting of the monetary proceeds would be beneficial to all. Thanks and keep up the great work you definitely added positively to my World Cup experience. Cheers from springbok country.
UR One of the best, Tim, one of the best....no, You are the best.
Tim, awesome content. So sorry, about the copyright strike. I actually saw the pishhhed Scottish fan video on twitter and asked the 'thief' if he was going to mention @cocker hope it gets sorted. A pity your not on TNT sports, fingers crossed for a return in the near future.