The greatest rugby match of the professional era

Surely Nigel Owen's cramping up is a sign of how expansive the game was that day. Scintillating match

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NZer here. Habana was always a hard one for the ABs to stop when he was at full flight. Great player.

some of these tackles would literally send a normal guy into hospital while these machines just shrug em off like it's nothing. truly insane

The bokks

Look how quick that game was. There wasn't 500 TMOs. It was just play on rugby.

where can i find this full game please?

Our competition with NZL makes my fur stand, it's not sweet.😶‍🌫

more than a million of views, and the video not finish

This is much better than the boring World Cup final we got

Jesus can change yr life ❤

Springboks are bringing the 4th rugby world cup to home😁, We are so happy.

The best offense is no defense

WHY, just WHYYYYYYY this terrible, terrible, unberable music???? WHY?????????

I hope the finals will be just as entertaining. This game showed that Springboks had zero defense when on the attack. NZ had really good counter attack tries here. Both teams played exceptionally though. 2 fumbles by SA right on NZ try line...what a bummer

Damn but i look forward to the WC final this weekend!

Thank heavens the Heyneke Meyer days are over!

Real rugby - without all the stopping and kicking for goal.

Beautiful rugby form both teams.

When boks win its the greatest game

All Blacks was just showing Bokke how rugby is played and what is rugby

Clash of titans!
This is why we love the All Blacks, no matter how good they are in a particular moment in time, they play always to win in a spectacular fashion! 🤩 Amazing!
Total respect and appreciation to South Africa when they play this way as well, not so conservatively like vs France and England (2023 RWC).
P.s. That defensive trip with hands by Beauden Barrett was just incredible!

Habana one of the best players in history

What year and tournament is this?

What a game

I'm bloody knackered just having watched the highlights!
Sky Sports UK actually sent a commentary team down to cover this match, as it was the title decider for the Rugby Championship and NZ and SA were playing some great footy. Not often that a game lives up to the hype, let alone well exceeds it, but this was one.

nice👍👍👍

best match, best players, and by far the best ref that will go unbeaten.

Back when it was MORE rugby

If the final in France, next Saturday is anything like this, would be the greatest duel between the Boks and AllBlacks, considering the stakes 🔥🔥🔥👌🏽

No ref hyper analysing every detail in super slow motion zoomed right up, stopping play and sending players off for minor infractions.
Letting rugby be played how the game is meant to be played. Wayne Barnes could learn a thing or 2 from this

If the World Cup final is as open as this it will be worth watching. If the win ugly SA scrum and penalty fiasco continues then I’ll give it a miss.

What year is this match from?

which match was this?

Nothing but bodies flying lol

What year was this again?

Bro standing there like his country ain’t a failed society

RWC 23: South Africa vs France

Your welcome

Terrible defending from both sides 😂😂😂😂

An excellent game, but I think it was at least equalled by the SA-France semi at RWC23

what year was this

¡¡Bruuuutaaaaal!!❤

As a kiwi i loved watching habana play also hated it at times 😂 always challenge against our southern brothers not to mention the legends from both sides 💯🇳🇿🇿🇦

This was an epic match. The scoreline doesn't tell the whole story. The Springboks were just unlucky

What was the date of this game? Beast of a game.

Sheesh, Beauden Barrett was a beast even back then

This might be the most incredible Rugby match ever

Greatest game ever 🇿🇦🏈

Rugby league is soft in my opinion.