Behind the Springbok Scenes With Hugh Reece-Edwards
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In 1992 Hugh Reece-Edwards thought his time had come and gone but incredibly he was selected to make his Springbok debut against France in what became a famous victory. In this exciting episode of Front Row Rugby, Hugh takes you behind the scenes in a way you can barely imagine. Reece-Edwards discusses the difficulties of the 1992 end of year tour which ultimately also served up some really funny moments involving Wahl Bartmann and Steve Atherton. Hugh is happy to share it all with us in this memorable episode.
Reece-Edwards also discusses how he experienced coaches John Williams and Ian McIntosh as well as what it was like touring Australia in 1993. So sit back and get ready for a journey back in time like no other.
Make sure not to miss this outstanding episode of Front Row Rugby!
00:00 Introduction by Peter
00:34 Start of 1992
02:06 Debut against France
03:14 Beating France in Lyon
04:22 1992 End of year tour difficulties
06:17 Missing out at Twickenham
07:27 Left out at the start of 1993
08:51 Touring Australia in 1993
10:20 Beating the world champion Wallabies
11:24 Losing the second Test against Australia
12:35 Springbok career ends
13:29 Advice for youngsters
14:53 Ian McIntosh
17:40 Toughest opponent
18:55 Favourite current player
20:17 Funny moment
21:31 These days
22:32 Trivia question
Peter says: I love the Springboks and rugby is one of my favourite sports. Although as a sports journalist I am supposed to remain neutral, I always like to point out that before I became a professional, I was just a big fan! I hold a Masters Degree in International Journalism so at least you know I should be able to ask a good question or two! My dream is to do this TH-cam Channel permanently. You can help me out by liking the videos, subscribing to the channel and hitting the notification bell.
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Afrikaans boytjie here. One of the classiest players I've ever seen, both as player and as human being!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the comment.
Great interview. Humble guy and in his day one of the best. Thanks Pete!
Thanks Jan. Always great seeing you in the comments section! Glad you enjoyed it.
Great interview. What a gentleman. Thank you, Peter.
Glad you enjoyed it, Hennie.
Great to hear from Hugh, we played a few games together in our U20 days in the Navy in the early 1980's.
Glad you enjoyed the video. Great stories from the old days!
As usual another good interview Peter! Hugh was unlucky in many ways- his career was mainly played in the isolation years & was always behind the pecking order of fullbacks- in the 80s Gysie Pienaar & Johan Heunis & in the 90s Andre Joubert & Theo van Rensburg.
Thanks a lot, Sean. I agree he was unlucky. There were so many great fullbacks around at the same time and obviously the Springboks were hardly playing any rugby during that time as well.
Another great interview, Peter. Hugh seems like a nice and humble guy. He was sutch a great player but so unlucky. He should have played many more tests. I saw him play for Natal vs Western Samoa in 1995 at Kings Park, a few weeks before the world cup.
Thanks Stefan. Glad you enjoyed it. Hugh is indeed a really nice guy and turned out to be a great guest. Many players like him were unlucky to have played in that era. Very cool that you got to see him play live!
Feel so privileged to have lived through those early days of the Boks coming back into world rugby ...Hugh was the poster boy in his day.
Yeah I kind of woke up to the world around me just in time so in many ways it feels like the Springboks started playing rugby when I was ready to watch!
Namibia was the opponent in 2007- I think?
You are thinking correctly, Sean.
Namibia
Well done, Nick.
@@frontrowrugby I remember the game if it happened yesterday.
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I don't know if the French team and senior staff sat down and did it to deliberately put off The Springboks. I truly believe it was just pathetic inept organisation from the people assigned the task of organising the travelling team's support. I remember from playing rugby in the amateur era that you were truly dependent on the luck of getting a good organiser. It could be someone who knows all about planning, or it could be someone who gets landed with the job, hasn't a clue and actually thinks they're organising a family holiday on a budget!
You make so many good points here. As I understand it in the amateur days the host nation would supply hotels, equipment, facilities etc so you were at the mercy of whatever they provided.
These days it is professional so the visitors send people over in advance to scout hotels, training grounds etc and they bring their own equipment along.
Crazy, some of the stuff that took place in the old days.
Might have been a conspiracy. I heard stories about Boks touring NZ, and it seems to almost have been a national campaign. Starting with the guy at the airport cavity searching (almost), the press, the fans making a noise outside the Bok hotel so they can't sleep, and of course the referees. Dunno if it is still like that.
@dougerrohmer Those stories have always been around. Someone giving bad food, bad hotels , sending the bus along a route full of roadworks etc. You don't hear of that anymore. It's mainly because the hap hazard chaos of the amateur era is no more. I remember going to games where both teams turned up in red and frantic visits where made to someone from a different club begging for jerseys. I think I wore every Jersey of every rival club in a 25 mile radius!
It's sad how apartheid divided people along so many lines. Black, white, English, Afrikaans, north and south. Anyways, it's good to see you in your alternate kit colours, Pete. Take care.
It's horrible isn't it? Thankfully it is now firmly in the past but it will take a long time for the whole nation to heal.
Glad you like my alternate kit! Haha.
I love how Rassie united us! After the RWC, I was stoked to see black Saffers arguing with AB fans on the internet! Together we are strong!
@@dougerrohmerApartheid is still strong since you felt it natural to make racist remarks. Why even mention colour of a person? Does it make that much of a difference to you?
@@HeeniKeke You're missing my point. Together we are strong, is my point. Bye bye apartheid, and don't come back is my point. Clearly you are still smarting about losing the RWC.
@@dougerrohmer Not smarting at all about RWC….just detest seeing people mention colour of people in comments
Namibia
That is the correct answer, James.
Namibia
Spot on!