Congrats to the Blitz Boks! Big Props to all the players that contributed that weren't on the field on this day. Rosko Specman, Cecil Afrika, Seabelo Senatla, Kwagga Smith, Branco du Sreez, and Selvyn Davids to name a few.
+Ash hole haha still living in 2017.. Did u forget the great game the "out of form" boks had the last time the 2 teams met? stop being an ash hole and give credit where credit is due!
Fair enough, well done Blitzboks. Springboks? Still not sure where they stand. England are low on confidence, maybe it's not such a huge achievement to beat them. And we're most definitely not living in 2017. This year's All Blacks are potentially even better than last year's edition.
We are not as stupid to think the springboks are back to winning ways. We are just proud of how they pulled things back against England. They played well and you haters just don't want to admit that. And you talk about the ABs being potentially better than last year, So is the boks.
This is what a statistically sound point format looks like if you want to give 16 teams at least 1 point: 1. 30 pts 2. 24 pts 3. 20 pts 4. 17 pts 5. 14 pts 6. 12 pts 7. 11 pts 8. 11 pts 9. 9 pts 10. 7 pts 11. 5 pts 12. 5 pts 13. 3 pts 14. 2 pt 15. 1 pt 16. 1 pt It emphasizes reaching the semi-finals while also giving the appropriate series log reward that matches the psychological incentive teams have for winning a gold medal match.
I must admit, I thought Fiji deserved the series, they were near unbeatable for the last few tournaments, but as a South African, I will applaud the Blitzbokke for taking their opportunity when it presented itself, that is a mark of a champion. Its doubly impressive given that they weren't in their best form for this tournament.
Daryl Wathen yes, tough luck for Fiji. I agree with you they truly deserved the series. But congrats to SA for being consistent. It really went all the way this year.
This is rugby buddy not football. They still competitively fairly new give them break. For them to make semis is massive for Spanish rugby. Do you need some haderade lol
SA showed us the importance of consistency and the importance of starting the series on a high note...Fiji came back into the series after a slow start at the end it costed them..as for SA welldone well deserved.. looking forward to the young stars coming into the team for next year
Too late Fiji you can't cry over a spill milk now.We all proud of your achievement for this year series.Vinaka na veilomani kei na veirogorogoci tiko loma ni rara.We will always support no matter what the results will be.South Africa Good Luck on you and enjoy your win in style.GB FIJI....
WHY OH WHY? do you insist on putting the result in the video title? It's likely those watching haven't seen the tournament and therefore likely don't know the result. It kills any suspense and probably reduces viewing figures.
Well done SA, you were consistent and deserve your tournament win. But series title should have been Fiji's. The refereeing in their quarter final game against England was rubbish. A clear knock on, two forward passes by England leading up to their winning try, all missed (ignored?) by Mr Referee and his linesmen.
One of the first words in your post reflect why SA were series champs. Consistency. Its a series, its about who is best over a long period of time. SA were consistently the best side in the series this year, they never finished lower than 4th the entire series with 2 golds, 3 silvers, 3 bronze and 2 4th place. Fiji on the other hand, had a series of 2 halves really. 5 gold, no silver, 1 bronze and 1 4th place. Getting knocked out in the quarters 3 times. Fiji lost the series because of the first 3 legs. Not because of 1 or 2 calls. Every side gets 1 or 2 calls that doesn't go their way
Alfa&Omega 00000 I would have, if Fiji got defeated fair and square..and what makes it more painful is that they were only separated by 2 points on the final points table...But it doesn't matter now. Callum Scott is right. SA has been consistent and we didn't help ourselves by kicking possession away on crucial times in that quarter final. Looking forward to the World Cup to get some Rugby justice.
We've had tough decisions and rub of the green many times. Fiji were responsible for their own demise. A ref can only do so much but a whistle cannot make you miss tackles.
Brendon Joseph they tackled till they couldn't run anymore, hope you watched game...but you are right, sometimes refs make calls (on this case a lack of it) that are contentious. Doesn't make it right as players deserve better.
You must be joking...they are not the best team on the planet 🌍...they just won 2 tournament and no medal in commonwealth...Fiji 🇫🇯 won 5 tournament and commonwealth silver medal 🥈
Rups Waqatairewa lol commenwealth is nothing and doesnt matter about how many tournaments u play...its like real madrid they won champion league 3 times but still aint better than barcelona.
How was their win against Fiji pointless, its the only reason the Blitzbokke could have won the series, that's quite a pointful win in the context of the competition. You know what would have been pointless? A final between SA and Fiji, there would have been no stakes, Fiji would already have wrapped up the series if they had made the final.
Few things, its open to interpretation to the referees. Woud it have made a difference seeing the scrum half was on his way? Was the counter ruck imminent? Plus his hand remained on the ball as he placed it, he just gave it a shove at the end of the placement. And if the rolling it after placement doesn't seem legitimate, its the same as offloading on the floor.
Not that many people are interested in rugby in SA anymore tbh. Sport in general is dumb, especially in the south african context. Lets watch a bunch of sweaty men handle a ball for two hours (and pour millions of dollar into it) whilst the country is up in flames Lol. (And i am south african)
Null Convey country is not up in flames. We had a difficult time with corrupt president but we cleaning up again. Not many countries can say that. Stop being negative and selling us short to the world it doesn’t help, only perpetuates past problems. And I am South African
The country is not up in flames, we have serious problems, but every country has their problems. Also, on what basis do you say people in SA are not interested in rugby anymore, I don't agree with that. And I am South African.
My comment still stands. The country has some of the worlds worst literacy rates, one of the worlds worst education systems. Youth unemployment 25%. And you have people, including a government obsessed with a game which only 7 or so nations play Lol.
SA, the 8th ranked team in the world beat England, the 3rd ranked. Considering that we have a new coach, new captain, new front row, new second row, new 3rd row, new backline and it's their first game together, with as many as SEVEN new caps in the team, I would consider it a step in the right direction seeing how awful we have been over the past 5 years.
Fred I agree the All Blacks are way better than anyone else currently but the Springboks are a young and inexperienced team. Look what the Wallabies managed, because of their experienced players. It will take at least 2 years for the new Springbok team to reach their full potential.
What a good weekend for South African Rugby
A fantastic saturday for RSA with wins for both 15 & 7 teams from RSA🇿🇦🏉👏
Well done blizbokke by a fijian fan 👏👏👏
Well done SA! Tough luck Fiji, look forward to more next year!
Congrats to the Blitz Boks! Big Props to all the players that contributed that weren't on the field on this day. Rosko Specman, Cecil Afrika, Seabelo Senatla, Kwagga Smith, Branco du Sreez, and Selvyn Davids to name a few.
These haters are all so NAAR 4 Springbok rugby. Well Done Blitz boks and well done Springboks!
Enjoy your short term "success." We'll (57) see you (0) in September for the Rugby Championship.
+Ash hole haha still living in 2017.. Did u forget the great game the "out of form" boks had the last time the 2 teams met? stop being an ash hole and give credit where credit is due!
Fair enough, well done Blitzboks. Springboks? Still not sure where they stand. England are low on confidence, maybe it's not such a huge achievement to beat them.
And we're most definitely not living in 2017. This year's All Blacks are potentially even better than last year's edition.
We are not as stupid to think the springboks are back to winning ways. We are just proud of how they pulled things back against England. They played well and you haters just don't want to admit that. And you talk about the ABs being potentially better than last year, So is the boks.
@@ashhole2075 lol you must be pretty embarrassed right now
Great weekend for South African rugby hopefully this is just the beginning of what’s to come
Congrats South Africa 👍👍👍❤❤❤
This is what a statistically sound point format looks like if you want to give 16 teams at least 1 point:
1. 30 pts
2. 24 pts
3. 20 pts
4. 17 pts
5. 14 pts
6. 12 pts
7. 11 pts
8. 11 pts
9. 9 pts
10. 7 pts
11. 5 pts
12. 5 pts
13. 3 pts
14. 2 pt
15. 1 pt
16. 1 pt
It emphasizes reaching the semi-finals while also giving the appropriate series log reward that matches the psychological incentive teams have for winning a gold medal match.
Too bad Fiji. Well done Blitzbokke & Springboks! Great weekend!
Come on!!! Blitz bokkk🇿🇦🏉
I must admit, I thought Fiji deserved the series, they were near unbeatable for the last few tournaments, but as a South African, I will applaud the Blitzbokke for taking their opportunity when it presented itself, that is a mark of a champion. Its doubly impressive given that they weren't in their best form for this tournament.
Daryl Wathen yes, tough luck for Fiji. I agree with you they truly deserved the series. But congrats to SA for being consistent. It really went all the way this year.
They didn't deserve the series, SA won the series and that's that. Scoreboard does the talking.
Wow... Spain put in a real shift in this tournament. was not expecting it
Yeah almost shat myself when the Blitsboks almost lost.
Fiji being knocked out and us almost losing to Spain how murphey wasnt involved in that one I have no clue
This is rugby buddy not football. They still competitively fairly new give them break. For them to make semis is massive for Spanish rugby. Do you need some haderade lol
SA showed us the importance of consistency and the importance of starting the series on a high note...Fiji came back into the series after a slow start at the end it costed them..as for SA welldone well deserved.. looking forward to the young stars coming into the team for next year
Tournament format is stupid. Fiji won 5 tournaments, SA won 2. Clearly Fiji are the better team. SA just played to get to the semis each leg.
exactly they won more tournaments
well done bokke your time to shine - hope you all have a good rest
Congrats !! South Africa
Well done Bokke!
Please post the complete final thanks!
amazing, they played the reserve and they won
Too late Fiji you can't cry over a spill milk now.We all proud of your achievement for this year series.Vinaka na veilomani kei na veirogorogoci tiko loma ni rara.We will always support no matter what the results will be.South Africa Good Luck on you and enjoy your win in style.GB FIJI....
What a great team 😎💪
Well Done Blitz boks
Fiji still the king of 7s
Whoohooo! Lekker bootjies!!!
Thank God no Polynesian propaganda today.
Fijians aren't Polynesian.
They frequently beat SA by one or two points during the year in matches that could have gone either way!! Tiny margin between coming first or second!
How ironic both world cups Webb Ellis and 7s Eng and SA meet but Sa beat them 😂😊
WHY OH WHY? do you insist on putting the result in the video title? It's likely those watching haven't seen the tournament and therefore likely don't know the result. It kills any suspense and probably reduces viewing figures.
Well done England !!!!
Well done SA, you were consistent and deserve your tournament win. But series title should have been Fiji's. The refereeing in their quarter final game against England was rubbish. A clear knock on, two forward passes by England leading up to their winning try, all missed (ignored?) by Mr Referee and his linesmen.
One of the first words in your post reflect why SA were series champs. Consistency. Its a series, its about who is best over a long period of time. SA were consistently the best side in the series this year, they never finished lower than 4th the entire series with 2 golds, 3 silvers, 3 bronze and 2 4th place. Fiji on the other hand, had a series of 2 halves really. 5 gold, no silver, 1 bronze and 1 4th place. Getting knocked out in the quarters 3 times. Fiji lost the series because of the first 3 legs. Not because of 1 or 2 calls. Every side gets 1 or 2 calls that doesn't go their way
Alfa&Omega 00000 I would have, if Fiji got defeated fair and square..and what makes it more painful is that they were only separated by 2 points on the final points table...But it doesn't matter now. Callum Scott is right. SA has been consistent and we didn't help ourselves by kicking possession away on crucial times in that quarter final. Looking forward to the World Cup to get some Rugby justice.
Spot on, Cal.
We've had tough decisions and rub of the green many times. Fiji were responsible for their own demise. A ref can only do so much but a whistle cannot make you miss tackles.
Brendon Joseph they tackled till they couldn't run anymore, hope you watched game...but you are right, sometimes refs make calls (on this case a lack of it) that are contentious. Doesn't make it right as players deserve better.
Blitzbokkers forever
Lol SA won with a team that's missing most if not all of their star players
im hoping the dislikes are England fans....not 1 of
us broos!!
Must be.. we beat England this weekend in three formats of sport hahaha
aow xwala Phumzile🍻
You must be joking...they are not the best team on the planet 🌍...they just won 2 tournament and no medal in commonwealth...Fiji 🇫🇯 won 5 tournament and commonwealth silver medal 🥈
Rups Waqatairewa lol commenwealth is nothing and doesnt matter about how many tournaments u play...its like real madrid they won champion league 3 times but still aint better than barcelona.
None of the main guys there an still they win. I would say one of if not the greatest at the moment even with this there B side
Ah to bad Fiji how's it taste. Well done boks
Richard Russmann what taste ?
south africa nearly lost to spain and russia
England proving useless again lmao pointless win against Fiji would've liked to see Fiji v Sa final
At least they made the final,Fiji were not good enough this time.
How was their win against Fiji pointless, its the only reason the Blitzbokke could have won the series, that's quite a pointful win in the context of the competition. You know what would have been pointless? A final between SA and Fiji, there would have been no stakes, Fiji would already have wrapped up the series if they had made the final.
No one can sit there and say Fiji weren't the most exciting sevens team this year. England _are_ freaking useless.
Excitingly inconsistent and undisciplined maybe (25 yellows and that just the times when the high tackles and other chicanery were spotted)
Who made the final then Fiji were not good enough this time, England were.
Every mistake belongs to dan bibby
No one wants to watch Fiji vs England
The first try SA score against ENG stems from a SA player playing the ball on the floor?!
If the ref says play on its all good
I thought it was because 5 English players were unable to tackle Werner Kok. Silly me...
Few things, its open to interpretation to the referees. Woud it have made a difference seeing the scrum half was on his way? Was the counter ruck imminent? Plus his hand remained on the ball as he placed it, he just gave it a shove at the end of the placement. And if the rolling it after placement doesn't seem legitimate, its the same as offloading on the floor.
Even if the try did not stand, South Africa still would have one. Sorted
If the boks play the allblacks today in a test they will go down 10 tries to nil.
I smell a hater.
Not that many people are interested in rugby in SA anymore tbh. Sport in general is dumb, especially in the south african context. Lets watch a bunch of sweaty men handle a ball for two hours (and pour millions of dollar into it) whilst the country is up in flames Lol. (And i am south african)
Null Convey country is not up in flames. We had a difficult time with corrupt president but we cleaning up again. Not many countries can say that. Stop being negative and selling us short to the world it doesn’t help, only perpetuates past problems. And I am South African
The country is not up in flames, we have serious problems, but every country has their problems. Also, on what basis do you say people in SA are not interested in rugby anymore, I don't agree with that. And I am South African.
My comment still stands. The country has some of the worlds worst literacy rates, one of the worlds worst education systems. Youth unemployment 25%. And you have people, including a government obsessed with a game which only 7 or so nations play Lol.
How come south africa wins 7s and not 15s.
Fred Schwentafsky we won against england in 15s
King Digga
Yes we did😄😄
How come New Zealand win 15’s but not 7’s?
south africa beat england in 15s the other day
Simple, Fifteens is corrupt Bullshit. While over at sevens the players play their asses off to make the team.
King digga....not convincing. See what all blacks did to france. S.A. not strong enough in the 15s game.
Er - it IS sevens, so your comment is irrelevant.
SA, the 8th ranked team in the world beat England, the 3rd ranked. Considering that we have a new coach, new captain, new front row, new second row, new 3rd row, new backline and it's their first game together, with as many as SEVEN new caps in the team, I would consider it a step in the right direction seeing how awful we have been over the past 5 years.
See SA did to England!
Fred Schwentafsky See what South Africa did to New Zealand. NZ not strong enough in the 7's game...😉
Fred I agree the All Blacks are way better than anyone else currently but the Springboks are a young and inexperienced team. Look what the Wallabies managed, because of their experienced players. It will take at least 2 years for the new Springbok team to reach their full potential.