Rant: Ruined by the WORST commentary ever. Highlanders Vs Blues Super Round 2024. Reactions & Review
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A superb game of rugby ruined by absolute out of touch ego maniacs bashing the game live on TV.
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Amen. Incredibly well said.
The worst bit is it isn't any better up here, pundits & commentators not doing their job and just moaning is a global disease that seems to happen in no other sport.
Ohh g'day squidge mate hows it going? Terrible commentators aside. R u coming to the best part of wales, the great new south wales for the wallabies series?
Both my boys play prop at school boy rugby level, and both are tightheads. They both love the game. Mark Robinson and John Kirwin should be ashamed that they are dragging the game through the mud with their baseless agenda and propaganda comments.
@@johnnievanderwalt6910 if u ever played a forward u would know its a lot more fun than playing backs
The other point is that; NZ for the first time in my life is, is not driving the bus in terms of influencing world rugby. They’ve insisted in isolating themselves from SA and the wallabies while the French top 14 is growing in power. If JK thinks we’re going to dance to his tune and turn union into basketball.
If you can listen to SuperSport Rugby punditry and commentary which is world class. Even Justin Marshall (From Sky Sports NZ) found the SuperSport team a breath of fresh air
I'm glad someone else is also saying it, we saffas have been calling him out on his BS for years!
yup glad to be the voice
The bs pundits negatively towards RU are really all about not being able to match Springboks forwards power game or depth. Rather, trying to come up with a counter game plan, they go on to finger-pointing. Rugby has multiple adaptable playing styles. There is a way to overcome another's team game plan. But bashing the game really is kak
To be fair, so have us kiwis
@@canesno1fan Kiwi fans are awesome. Just some of the pundits are dickheads.
@@canesno1fan 👍👍☕
The thickness of John Kirwan is only rivaled by the thickness of his specs 👓😂
even with glass he still not watching the game
You have to have epic good eyes to see through those...
The only reason John Kirwan is actively trying to start a movement to do away with scrums, is because the Springboks are generally dominant in scrummaging - If NZ won the world cup, this wouldn't even have been a discussion lol
The Breakdown and their panel are a liability to rugby union. JK in particular is the worst of them, actively trying to unite League and Union by making the rules the same.
Rugby's problem is not scrum resets, kicking and all that. Rugby's problem is that a lot of the national unions are run like dog shit.
Australia, Wales, England are prime examples of how bad management of resources can kill the game. Ireland on the other hand through good management has a healthy game at club and national level. Same with France.
NZ also has good management but it gets boring beating the poorly run Aussie sides.
The conversation on Breakdown should be less about how to make union into league and more about how to get the Rebels and the Force to beat the Crusaders and the Blues.
"Rugby's problem is not scrum resets, kicking and all that. Rugby's problem is that a lot of the national unions are run like dog shit." world rugby needs to get this message
please put the other video up as well ,this was brilliant
Aotearoa rugby podcast is a great listen...
I would like to see Two Cents Rugby and Eggchasers do play by play commentary and have Wildkard and Riaan Louw do the colour commentary 😊
I will live stream some commentary during the test periods
I think it is crazy that JK is always talking about how Rugby League is developing, expanding and evolving their game and Rugby Union under World Rugby is not and is a closed shop. Yet the Rugby League World Cup in 2026 will be reduced from 16 teams to 10 teams, while the Rugby Union World Cup in 2027 will be expanded from 20 teams to 24 teams. Also when you look at those teams who will qualify for the Rugby League World Cup, it is clear it is not really a World Cup as the teams qualified are not from around the world but rather from one or two locations.
kirwin probably dont even watch rugby league outside of old highlights of himself
I actually don't know of a single Rugby League team in SA.
Stupid comment. The Rugby League World Cup is a joke, only 3 teams are viable and have any chance of winning it. Australia, New Zealand and England.
Thats not the case with Rugby. And the teams being added to the 2027 RWC is just going to make the blowouts even worse and is only being done for when the RWC is held in the states - which was to ensure that the USA play in the tournament on their home soil.
The South Pacific Rugby League World Cup lol.
😆@@Wildkard
WIldKard for fcking rugby president much love from SA
cheers please vote for meEee!
Agreed KIck out those stuffy Fuckers who run the game in England and get Wildkard running the show
Spot on, mate. That whole Breakdown crew is insufferable!
absolute the wrost
They want to change the rules to suit NZ
Matt Williams is another pundit who wants the rules to be changed to disadvantage other sides in particular South Africa
Well said and exactly my thoughts exactly. Their commentary every time a Scrum came up was cringe-worthy and annoying. I grew up with NRL but it is as boring as hell to watch these days compared to Rugby. Rugby is a far better game with so much more depth which then adds interest..... these jerks should go elsewhere if they don't like it.
Yup i bet ya kirwan probly watched rugby legue highlights only. Cos he obviously havent seen what a hip drop tackle is
Absolutely hit the nail on the head. Please make sure Kirwan and Stan sports see this
They wont, they live in their bubble
Wildkard giving it to John. Poor neighbours.😂😂😂
Cheers from Durban, South Africa.
Go wildcard!. I had it with JK and his vision of rugby. I live in France and we don’t have an issue with scrums, people actually like it, and have no issue with the time in play. Stadiums are full. Why should we listen to him and other kiwis when their stadiums are empty?
exactly the poor commentary is turning fans away in droves. infact i actually enjoy rugby league for its commentary not for the game play.
It may be that the comentators do not include forwards who understand the dark arts of scrums
LOL the reason less people are attending union in NZ is because people think it's boring and are switching to league. I don't agree with kirwan but that's where he's coming from. Wanting to make the game more exciting for the people who aren't intelligent and prefer league. And the stadiums aren't empty either. That's a myth
Not this kiwi. I have no issues with the scrum and do not agree with Kirwan. The problem with him is, just cause he's been an AB and won a WC I think he thinks that he has the right to say whatever he says, I think he forgets that he was/is probably one of the worst coaches to ever coach a team.
@@Jafana09 how could one of the worst coaches ever has a job as commentator
They are really an insult to paying customers.
Yup
JK has single-handedly put me off watching The Breakdown
me too mate omg i stopped watching that too
@@Wildkardlmao acting like players constantly pushing at an angle forcing scrums too collapse in hopes for a penalty over and over and over again is entertaining no one wants to watch 10 minutes of scrum resets.
it is entertaining. thats why i watch union instead of league.@@caylebmladenovic3348
@@Wildkard it was literally a major reason that ruined the World Cup final. The all blacks had been down to 40 for like 50 minutes at this point. Siya Kolisi gets yellow carded 2 minutes into the yellow evening the numbers on the field the springboks knock the ball on as soon as they gain possession, their prop drops the scrum 5 time the scrum is over and the ball is out kolisi is back on the field. It’s actual bullshit and a major issue in the game. No one wants 100 minute games that last 3 hours it’s boring as fuck nothings happening.
@@caylebmladenovic3348 It doesn't last 3hrs, stop BS'ing. Also... go check out American Football, NFL. 60minute games that last well over 3hrs. Speak for yourself on your personal tastes, not assume everyone wants what you do as newsflash, they don't. You don't want scrums, thats cool, but then go watch something else, its really that simple. Thats the beauty of having different rugby codes. You get to choose the one you like. So stop bemoaning Union for not being league and just go watch league.
The decline of New Zealand rugby union can be directly linked to how much of a platform John Kirwan gets. The bigger the platform he receives, the further the All Blacks drop in the world rankings. He knows nothing about the modern game and clearly has no passion for it.
its actually some what true. cos how could the team with the highest win rate ever in rugby is going bankrupt
@@Wildkardall blacks aren’t going bankrupt champ
This is a farking stupid comment.
what? we beat Ireland and got within one point from the Boks with 14 men and a disallowed try, and two missed kicks at goal.... Jesus, we are just fine plus we now have a real coach.
Let them have their Jellybeans, a lot of inferiority complex to unload. But to the original point, SkyTV needs to give The Breakdown the boot and launch The Clean Out.@@nzfreeski
im a springbok supporter that also enjoys following the new zealand rugby shows and ive always found Sir Kerwin annoying, he has the kind of opposite vibe to the other presenters, yuk.
mate they were litreally stroking his ego on commentary tonight it was so bad
Kirwan the frog is no "Sir"... I don't give a rat's ass about their fake titles and pompous attitudes.
Spot on. I am so happy someone finally said something about American Football meant to be 15 minutes a quarter, yet the game lasts for 3 hours and yet it is supposed to be a fast sport. Thank you for pointing this out.
its not the stoppage what puts the fan off, its the quality of content u give the viewers after the stoppage
@@Wildkard Agreed, and one of the things related to content is to stop messing with the laws of the game. American football does not mess about with its rules as much as rugby does, especially in Super Rugby. This is a turn off for the fans. Who is going to be interested in a game if they have to re-learn the rules year on year. It's not worth the hassle.
like i watch the game religiously and even i cant explain the referee decisions sometimes@@Analytical2000
Yes. The NFL on average has 11 minutes of actual in ball game play even though there’s 4 15 minutes quarters
@@Analytical2000 💯 agree. Seems to be World Rugby or whatever the hell they call themselves now, are constantly changing the rules across the whole game, and using Super Rugby as the guinea pig!?
Well said WC....so true. As a safa I stopped watching the breakdown years ago. Hope the right people hear your comments NZ deserve better.
This wasnt even the breakdown. I paid to watch this during a live game ffs
Fucking SPOT ON bro. JK is a fucking whinger like none other. I can’t watch the Breakdown anymore bc of him and Goldie. Mills just stutters thru the whole show. Felt bad for Razor on the show a couple weeks back having to listen to jk
Mate that show with razor was like watching kids at a birthday party.
as a SA supporter we've been turned off by the breakdown constantly bitching when things don't go there way. its sad coz it was a good show at some point
I was a loosehead prop in school. I fucking love the scrums. There is so much going on in there
Mate only people never played forwards say scrum isnt fun
YES! Absolutely agree with you mate. Sick of these scrum bashing back line player from that part of the world hating on scrums. We love scrums and if we embrace them and market them properly they become a part of the draw to the game. How can you beat the competition coming from Rugby League by becoming more like league.
look at france, they embraced the scrum and now they love it, their props are the most popular players behind dupont
Thanks for defending the scrum. Here’s some NFL money.
mate these people need to understand people watch union because of the scrums, otherwise i would be watching league
@@Wildkardkirwan needs to sit and rotate on the uprights
I was Watching World Cup Rugby LIVE on TV. Theres 3 dickheads talking over the game, telling us what we can plainly already see. We see a player kick the ball out and they say a player "kicks the ball out". Well we just saw that. Do they think we are blind? When the play gets intense they actually start shouting over the game, drowning out the sound of crowd intensity and the whole Live experience. Its distracting millions of viewers from experiencing the game LIVE game. They have this need to talk every second without pause, like there covering a horse race. Its not radio, its TV. We have eyes that can SEE it LIVE. In fact our TV view is better than theirs. Several times the commentators get it wrong, we can plainly see what there saying is wrong. And then we have to hear their correction as well. Doh!
They even talk over when the ref is speaking to the players. We have ears but Gee! We cant hear the ref speak or the wonderful crowd atmosphere because their drowning out the LIVE game. We’re not there LIVE, we’re watching behind the shoulders of the commentators watching TV.
The Fifa World Cup had they very little commentary and we became apart of the Whole Live experience. We became Apart of the Game. We were THERE. LESS is MORE. On FIFA highlights there was no commentary and Wow, we were there IN the game. I’d pay $20 extra just to have no commentary. They could do that easy. Just play the game on 2 Sky channels. One with commentary and one channel LIVE.
If i was at the game and this was going on in the seats in front of me, they’d be told "Can you Shut Up, we’ll trying to watch the game”.
The worst part is they try so hard to sound manly to each other, as if shouting in a deep voice is the sign of being a real man. That is plain creepy. Sick lol. There just detracting us from watching the game LIVE. They are just schoolboys struggling with each other to sound important.
Examples of the dumb things we dont need to hear, things we can plainly see “theres a penalty”, “the ball has gone back”, “dangerous situation”, “He puts the arm out”, “All Blacks keep it inside the 22”, “The referee blows the whistle”, “the All Blacks have the ball”. Doh ! do these dickheads think we cant see or think?. Let the millions of viewers experience the game, not your dumb commentary.
Give em hell mate
oath mate
You cannot be more right I love watching these titans scrum the hell out of each other and wish I had born in a rugby nation so I myself had experienced first hand.
mate the scurm and line out are the most fun part of rugby. im serious.
Re sets, ref making up the rules.On the positive side you can go to the bar get your beer and return and the play has not moved an inch.Scrums are sponsored by beer companies.
i always enjoy the time to get a beverage myself@@keithratcliffe2235
Spot on Wildkard. What is wrong with these people. RU all the way. When are you coming to SA to see real rugby?
At this point i have to win the lottery somehow 🤣
Go Wildkard Go
Anything Kirwan is in I won’t watch. Great rant! Totally agree
imagine promoting another sport thats not on the stan
@@Wildkard He whines and moans on every channel he’s on….its truly embarrassing since he represents NZL
I thought exactly the same thing
Watching wildkard rant at 2.30am 👍 too true JK and SBW commentary blows 💩
good on ya mate! haha
Huge rugby fan from Portugal and I agree with everything you say. The scrums, line outs and mauls are what made me fall in love with rugby, it's what makes it different from other sport. Watching the Portugal vs Romania game was the best example of how teams can play differently, Portugal plays very free flowing rugby and has a weak forwards pack, while Romania has one of the best mauls in Europe, so the whole game Portugal just kept kicking to the middle of the pitch to avoid line outs and mauls, while Romania tried to gain penalties at the breakdown so they could kick to touch and score off mauls. That's what makes rugby amazing, it's the different ways teams can win
Mate being a forward is the most fun sport in the world. I played just about every sport on land there is and there is nothing like playing a forward in rugby.
Hi from SA🇿🇦; you guys🇵🇹🏉are playing the Springboks this year for the first time ever this year. (Granted we have a lot of Portuguese people in South Africa) but it should be quite a learning experience for Portugal. Our commentators annalise the scrum to the finest detail...we even have scrum specialist commentators and cameras 😅😅
I 100% agree, love the scrum, the dark arts that these giant men employ to get small margins in probably one of the greatest feats of strength in any sport is wildly entertaining
yup the commentary isnt doing their jobs sitting there complaining
Honestly stopped watching Super Rugby because of JK and the likes.
a lot of people has
Stopped watching cause blue bulls were pushed out along with the other SA teams and argies
Someone had to say it. Glad you did Wildkard 👍🏼
We need to send our commentators to the states to learn how it's done... Look at the commentary of the last Ashes in Aus... They made test cricket fucking exciting by just changing how the commentary is done
Yup infact ironically the only thing rugby league is better than union is their commentators
As a Saffa I was interested in the opinions on The Breakdown, even if I didn’t agree at times. But I feel like ever since the Boks smashed the ABs before the WC, and then the WC itself, something changed. They are now extra whingy and nonsensical, and I’m bored. Mils is ok. Superrugby is struggling as it is, you guys don’t need all the negativity from these dudes.
ironically the all blacks beat the irish not with faster backs or ball play but with better forwards
@@Wildkard 💯
Very well said, and you backed it up with a reflection of the contest.
Commentary seems to like facts off the field rather than the action.
I find audio/radio commentary accurate and interactive.
complaining and jerking off each other's ego is not commentary at all
Thank you thank you thank you
I watched this game and the commentary annoyed me so much, why dont New Zealand create their own rugby format and play on their own because I cant handle how they ridicule where the game is now and how bad other countries play and only New Zealand know how to play rugby
i thought i was the only one annoyed by this but apparently there are a lot of people in this comments sections
This video made my day! As saffas we hate what JK stands for in NZ rugby… Arrogant AF and not a purist he needs to go commentate on Rugby League. Always loving the Wildcard vids👌👌👌👌👌
cheers mate!
we are sick of him here in NZ...if only he could just shut up and bugger off.Was a horrible coach but acts like he was successful and shit.
I'd pay extra for no commentary. They literally add no value. None. Welcome to the "no commentary squad".....
i wish thye just give us the raw game sound as a feed so i can hear the referee
The solution is actually quite simple. Increase the time that rugby games are played. Then you could have 80 min of running/playing time without destroying the physical aspects of rugby, which is what gives rugby it's dynamism and ability to be played by all men great and small.
Mate kirwan is an idiot, the brutality of the modern game is way more severe than 1987 which is why people are "slowing" the game down cos its painful. Props are subsituted off after 50 60mins. 6/8 of the forward pack is off at 70. The fact kirwan thinks the game is not building fatigue is an absolute nonsense.
"We love watching big men destroy each other" ;)
yes mate!
Great video mate!! Great question to JK about NFL. Union (as NFL) is about the tactical aspect of the game and 30 guys on the field with 30 different strengths and weaknesses bashing it out. League guys have 3…catching, running and tackling. How boring is that!!!
Ironically rugby league has more pointless kicking and more time wasting as teams truck the ball up.towards the tryline for 4 tackles
2c sent me here. This was glorious. Jk and the breakdown are a fucking liability.
thank for coming by mate! cheers!
So glad to hear the fans over there complain about it. Sometimes one thinks the fans and pundits have the same view which would be very sad. Love NZ fans, don't love your pundits. They are so sour about everything.
If u think about it more people play forwards than backs, so more people like scrums than not
@@Wildkard hahahahaha that made me laugh, but yes, it is true 👌
I stopped watching the Breakdown because of Sir JK 🤦♂️
Me too mate
Lol, kerwin should keep on making sure NZ doesn't develop good props. We will keep on smashing them at world cup scrums
ironically, both de groot and tyral lomax were born in australia
Wildkard has been sent to help us all understand our own rage.
Excellent Video. Pundits who slag off the game need to be dropped by their broadcasters. It's absurd.
I dont think any job lets people bash their product
JK is the greatest player of all time ... ask him, he'll tell you.
I bet ya. He probably thinks he cam still play
He actually is a legend of the game in NZ as a player. Not a commentator. Won. WC scored some amazing try’s
bro youre a legend for calling the shitters out
Thanks mate
I think the thing many people from Aus and NZ( mostly pundits) are forgetting that globally union and league is not even comparable in viewing figures. I mean this with all respect to league as it is pretty entertaining. But here in South Africa many people dont really even know what it is. And also like you said no one wants to listen to people just hating on the game and stroking their own egos
i know, trying to make orange juice with lemons is just not gona work
Kiwi here. JK is full of shit! Great player, but, but in love with the legend that is JK. Didn't hear the commentary, but he pisses me off anytime I see him on The Breakdown. 😬😉
Mate you kiwis need to get him off the air.
For the love of Rugby
@@dimitardobrev3296 have to talk to Sky about that.! Agree 😎👍
I stopped watching the breakdown cos of their bashing of the game too
NFL games take 3 hours. They’re 60 minutes with an average of 12 minutes of ball in play time. The NFL stops the game multiple times to sell you stuff. They have huge stadiums which by and large sell out. NFL makes Union look like its on speed. Great vid.
Yip its the quality of content u bring to customers after the stoppage that matterd.
I love all the HSBC SVNs commentators! They show such love and respect for the game. Great ambassadors for that side of the sport. They have been loving DuPont quite a bit(but who doesn’t!) I’d love to see some of that energy more in Super Rugby.
We wont, these old tools lives in a frat with their own egos
How many games did the Blues win under Kirwan ? Fckin inflated ego...
I know his opinions has been just as bad in commentary
Good on you brother spot on.
The blood from Kirwan’s brains disappeared after he was knighted.
Probably never had any
The worst thing about rugby is how we sell it.
are these people even trying
As a South African, I was embarrassed for the New Zealand people.
Between Kirwan Stanway and useless Wilson they just keep on embarrassing the true and humble New Zealand people. Eeek in week out.
Where is the Mexteds and Tone Johnstons. Real New Zealand people.
They act like spoiled private school boys on tv
As a Kiwi I find Jeff Wilson worse than John Kirwan and Kirwan is a clown, I don't mind Mills which isn't saying much when compared to the other two morons, most in NZ who watch the breakdown think Wilson is worse, check out the death stare Scott Robertson gave them when he appeared on that show.
yeah i saw that it was like an adult staring at 2 dogs
JK is a knob and needs to just stop commentating on union. What would be the point of turning union into league?
so john kirwan can get another knighthood from rugby league
Thanks! For this video JK need to watch this video
thanks for the super thanks u legend!
JK is an arrogant know nothing who thinks he knows it all. Thanks for the video. Glad to know I’m not alone in thinking JK and the others from the Breakdown are awful. Plus a battle at the scrum is a thing of beauty to watch. Thanks for the video.
Im glad im not alone in this too thought i was one of the few people feeling angry watching thia
I actually agree about the excessive down time, but it isn't caused by set pieces, it's caused by players using set pieces to grab a breather. Contemporary scrum halves irk me greatly. When the ref eventually gets frustrated and says "use it", there's usually a further period of scrum half statue time. I've noticed that South African scrum halves are prone to taking a brief pause as routine when recycling during phase play and it does nothing but give the defence time to reset. I don't know why they do it because they seldom use the time to notice a mismatch on the blind side or an open patch to kick into.
Honestly i never thought players getting a breather in a brutal game of rugby is an issue. Unless its last 10mins and they are clearly wasting time to run the clock down. I think its how u market it to the fans, if the commentators dont like the sport and wants to watch league they can find and bash every little thing. Look at ufc 10-15 years ago people thought grapling was wasting time, and wanted to get rid of it, but ufc realised that wouldnt be mma anymore it would be just kick boxing. So they had people like joe rogan really explain the ground game and now people love it.
Spot on vid mate. I dont get the view that certain gameplans like running and offloads are more entertainimg than kick chase for instance. Both are inside the rules... the latter takes some serious skill as well...
Its not even that they think scrums are killing the game
@@Wildkard Which is an intwgral part to rugby union. Baffling...
We used to have a commentator here in NZ called John Drake ex Allblack played prop who was our best commentators loved the scrums actually gave insight into the dark arts of the big boys up front. I agree JK needs to step aside he is doing more harm than good.
Sometimes u wonder why the ABs are loosing money
100% with you on this.
Cheers mate
JK is "so far up his own arse that the lump/bulge in his throat is his nose"!! You are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT m8_ WELL SAID! ?
& ,also, a TOP QUALITY RANT!!
cheers mate thx for watching
I will say this. John Kirwan and Matt Williams are cut from the same cloth. They both don't have great coaching track records. Kirwan coached the blues and they never won anything. he coached Japan and also couldn't win anything. He stuffed up as a coach now he is stuffing up as a commentator. The main reason why is that people with their track records have no imagination nor any smarts about them. And in their minds the thing which stops them from being successful is the environment. Not them but everyone else is the problem. If you start a petition to have him thrown out of commentating, I will definitely sign it
i agree mate, failed coach now wants to remain relavent
JK consistently bashed teams through the World Cup about the speed of play, thank god his from NZ and we dont have to hear him whinge every five minutes in the northern hemisphere,, feel sorry for NZ fans haven to listen to him,,,, listen JK, you guys have immense talent in NZ, just embrace the game as a whole.
To be fair I don’t think the majority of NZ fans actually watch him! If he was commentating I’d go for alternative commentary
Lucky i didn get his feed at the rwc or i would have lost it
John Kirwan thinks he's way more important than he is, his ego is immense. He knows nothing about the modern game, tried being a coach and sucked too. He's like a caricature of the average boomer everyone mocks, thinks they had it the toughest and know best when the world back when they were younger was way easier and on training wheels compared to today's economy and what people now have to face. He's arrogant and thinks because he has money and status everyone thinks the world of him.
he played before the professional era, his rwc winning all blacks team wont beat any of the top 10 teams today.
Poor baby, it's so hard for you today.
Pathetic.
Haha, touched a nerve didn't I? Way to out yourself as an out of touch spoiled generation little brat. Getting angry at me won't bring your youth back. Just compare salaries, the economy and jobs from your era to today.
I don't personally have it hard, but it's a fact. You people lack a basic grasp on mathematics and always point out how much less money you had to get by with but also fail to mention goods were far cheaper and the economy far more robust. @@Mysterx1440
Im convinced that you never have a bad take, spot on mate! Wildkard is the people's champ!
Bad takes are deleted 🤣🤣👍 like being yelled at from the street
Pretty weird as well, as a kiwi in my late twenties i went to school with a lot of these boys, the commentators pronounced all their names completely wrong haha
that is disgraceful especially if its your job to promote the players and not your own egos on TV
As an ex Tighthead myself, scrumming was what I loved most in the game, I lived for it. Scrumming is an artform of it's own.
me too man, the forwards love scrums believe it or not.
great rant wildkard.
right on the money.
so much energy.
you remibd me of DARTH VADER when he gets angry and everything shakes and breaks.
raw, unstopable energy.....!
🤣🤣🤣 im not that bad
I wish commentary was less opinions and more what they see in front of them. No one cares what JK thinks, I want to hear the play by play not a rant about what they personally think about the game
its commentary not old man ego trip rant session.
Fully agree on the commentary, i turned off at half time, cant believe Kerwin keeps getting commentary gigs
i actually walked away from watching the game for a bit tbh that made me so angry
Wildcard......You are so spot on here it's sick! I've tuned into NZ Sky rugby commentary the odd time and its actally beyond absurd. Keep it up
Cheers mate even the Ab fans are sick of it
This Kiwi agrees. I think the problem is that the likes of JK, Wilson, Muliaina, SBW get the gig because they’re ‘nice guys’ and generally well liked, not because they are best at the actual job of explaining the game play. Likeability and not rocking the boat over competence. I suspect James Parsons would do a decent job of actual commentary.
Honstly there are so many all blacks more likeable than jk and wilson. Mils is actually insightful and much better than jk. I wonder if jk knows what a hip drop tackle penalty or obstruction is in rugby league cos he sure thinks thats a much better sport
Agreed. Justin Marshal was the only commentator who speaks his mind and they’ve pushed him out
Parsons is a Huge NRL fan too is the only thing, he could go Rogue
😆Jon Kirwan is depressed so everything is a downer .
But yes . Turn off the commentary with league too 😆
imagine promoting rugby league thats not even on stan sport
Ireland are not tier 1??????????? Tadgh Furlong Belham, DAN SHEEHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hahah touche, i miss spoke there
Loved this. In South Africa, we have a prop on pretty much every commentary team to discuss the scrum in the main, but also to contribute to the general chat. Coming from a former midfielder, I really love this as I otherwise would have no idea why resets and penalties happen, and it makes it fascinating and exciting to me.
yup, super rugby the commentary sits in silence, and that good, cos if they open their mouth thye are complaining
i feel like the scrums have gotten better compared to a few years ago rugby league is kind of boring i will admit the hits are great but the way the game is played one guy running into a wall thats going to happen every time union is more entertaining also teams people play rugby rugby.
yup if speeding up the game means having 1 guy running into a brick wall whiles the rest of the team is watching, then no thanks. Also there was a reason for the resets, like u said the scrum resets has gotten faster, but the commentery just ignorant and complaining
Totally agree - John Kirwan is an absolute disaster!
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Jk still sour the boks scrummed the shit out of AB..i hate the breakdown commentary however with the young props the AB have coming thru now will make them a force.well said WC
the young props are treated as 2nd grade players mate. they wont get anywhere with their own media not giving a rats abotu them
Dude you're passionate about all the nuance of the game, attack and defense
CHEERS!
Just look at JK's coaching record and one can understand that his still sour because his philosophy of how to play the game was a big train smash.
Thats right he still dreams of his dead coaching career
The fact that Stan Sport has sbw as “expert comments “ is a bit of a giveaway of the state of the game in Australia. He adds nothing and still looks uncomfortable after all these years. Surely there is a former woman’s player (if it’s about diversity) that could step in and kill it!
There is a girl i think her name is portia that goes on the break down. And kirwan "disagrees" with her all the time on tv.
The game has never been more popular in South Africa. Never. And those idiots want the boks to play more like the nations that see their fan base drifting? idiotic. Ask the Aussies how that has worked for them.
yup ironic they dont learn from the success, even in france scrum is praised their props are the most popular players beside dupont. and in nz people hardly know who their props even are
I totally agree with everything you say. John Kirwan is one of the worst and most biast commentators on television at the moment and is doing a disse9to the sport.
hes destroying the fan base more than the slow scrum ever has and will do
The only reason he mentions that league is doing better than union in Australia is because that is the ONLY country in the world where that's the case. Union is far more popular around the world, despite being too boring for JK's limited attention span.
Jk should just go to nrl cos he love it so much
@@Wildkard Why doesn't he just go marry NRL.. amiright?!
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NZ pundits cant win fair so whats next, change the rules of the game to get better the odds for their team, they just a bunch of sore losers. Don't get me wrong i have mad respect for NZ rugby supporters, but these pundits are a joke and sound like a broken gramophone player after the world cup loss
the funny thing is, there are both nz teams on the field! they are bashing their own teams thats how stupid they are
Love your videos and your passion Wildkard! Let em have it!!
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The only reason John Kirwan is actively trying to start a movement to do away with scrums, is because the Springboks are generally dominant in scrummaging - If NZ won the world cup, this wouldn't even have been a discussion lol
sadly the kiwi has a very good scrum right now, kirwan wouldnt know cos he probably close his eyes when its scrum time
normally I only do this watching basketball, but I just muted the TV and put music on. basketball goes great with almost any music cause theres so much stuff it has to sync up amazingly every once in a while. rugby doesnt suit music too well. but it was much more nejoyable listening to spotify
fair enough, i think rugby is hard to watch with out sound cos u need to hear referee decisions
@@Wildkard exactly. for all sports I wish there was an option to pay for 'in stadium audio', just hear the crowd and the field mics, no commentary. it'd be SO good
Kerwan..... from world class winger to world class whinger....!!!
Nice one matr
Certain kiwi pundits are obsessed with turning union into League, i don't understand why they dont just switch to league and do commentary on that and save us the whining
Cos they are sht commemtators and rugby league wont hire them
The only thing worse than the Ozzie rugby team of late, is their commentators.
nz commentary is a lot worse
@@Wildkard Not as bad as their refs.
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Nice shout out to Angus Gardiner. I'm a Samoan Kiwi living in Oz and I've always thought he's a very good ref and always clear. I remember once a few years back he actually admitted he was wrong on a call when asked by a player and handled the situation calmly and made the right call. Many other refs are too stubborn or proud to do that.
gardner should have got the rwc final job, but i guess barnsy was retiring.
@@Wildkard true, Barnes had a great career as a ref across HEAPS of classic games. Crazy to think a lot of Kiwis wanted him sacked after the 2007 Rwc, where All Blacks lost in the quarters to France. Crazy to think how long ago that was.
I was pretty young and still remember my Dad stopped watching rugby completely up until the 2011 world cup. Even got rid of the TV for those years...not the worst thing to do👀
Love it. JK is a JK, and Jeff Wilson is so far up the All Black paycheck departments arse, he can't get his lips off it.
Jk is a jk