Joe Marler, Ma'a Nonu and Delon Armitage? What a joke.
That tackle from Butch is fucken hilarious though.
@rembrandt said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
Wow that Botha headbut really was something wasn't it. Did he get a card? memory says nope for some reason.
Not even a penalty. Cited. Received a nine week suspension.
(I believe Meg was saying some disparaging comment about Bakkies dirty reputation during Saturday's test commentary.)
Springbok Captain John Smit summed things up best. "Only Bakkies can explain what goes on in his head."
Buck wasn't a dirty player. That punch was totally appropriate in that day and age where shit got sorted on field and laughed about over a beer later.
My brother used to work with an Aussie international in Sydney. He used to maintain that Andy Earl was the dirtiest player he’d played against. Then one Monday morning he came into the office after playing the Boks on the Saturday. He just said 2 words. “Uli Schmidt”.
@salacious-crumb said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
@rembrandt said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
Wow that Botha headbut really was something wasn't it. Did he get a card? memory says nope for some reason.
Not even a penalty. Cited. Received a nine week suspension.
(I believe Meg was saying some disparaging comment about Bakkies dirty reputation during Saturday's test commentary.)
Nesbit mentioned the 55-35 test in 1997 where a Bok got sent off (Venter). Marshall incomprehensibly suggests it was Bakkies. Botha played in the era after Marshall, how does he not know this?
@frye said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
@salacious-crumb said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
@rembrandt said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
Wow that Botha headbut really was something wasn't it. Did he get a card? memory says nope for some reason.
Not even a penalty. Cited. Received a nine week suspension.
(I believe Meg was saying some disparaging comment about Bakkies dirty reputation during Saturday's test commentary.)
Nesbit mentioned the 55-35 test in 1997 where a Bok got sent off (Venter). Marshall incomprehensibly suggests it was Bakkies. Botha played in the era after Marshall, how does he not know this?
Prety sure that Marshall and Bakkies would have played each other a few times in the early 2000's
@sammyc said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
@frye said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
@salacious-crumb said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
@rembrandt said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
Wow that Botha headbut really was something wasn't it. Did he get a card? memory says nope for some reason.
Not even a penalty. Cited. Received a nine week suspension.
(I believe Meg was saying some disparaging comment about Bakkies dirty reputation during Saturday's test commentary.)
Nesbit mentioned the 55-35 test in 1997 where a Bok got sent off (Venter). Marshall incomprehensibly suggests it was Bakkies. Botha played in the era after Marshall, how does he not know this?
Prety sure that Marshall and Bakkies would have played each other a few times in the early 2000's
Bakkies test debut was 2002 so if Nesbit was referring to 1997 think Marshall may have it all worng
@hooroo said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
@sammyc said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
@frye said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
@salacious-crumb said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
@rembrandt said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
Wow that Botha headbut really was something wasn't it. Did he get a card? memory says nope for some reason.
Not even a penalty. Cited. Received a nine week suspension.
(I believe Meg was saying some disparaging comment about Bakkies dirty reputation during Saturday's test commentary.)
Nesbit mentioned the 55-35 test in 1997 where a Bok got sent off (Venter). Marshall incomprehensibly suggests it was Bakkies. Botha played in the era after Marshall, how does he not know this?
Prety sure that Marshall and Bakkies would have played each other a few times in the early 2000's
Bakkies test debut was 2002 so if Nesbit was referring to 1997 think Marshall may have it all worng
No shit, Nesbit said he was wrong in the commentary.
I was replying to this
Botha played in the era after Marshall, how does he not know this?
What's the team? I'm not watching the vid.
My effort (albeit with Butch and Bakkies already mentioned above to trigger my memory) .
Test players only. Recentish years, the age of the TV camera.
It appears that the French gougers don't appear to get individually named, so this is quite harder than expected.
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13 Rougerie
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10 B James
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6 T Flavell
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4 B Botha
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2 Hartley
1 Loe
@wally said in Dirtiest Rugby XV:
My brother used to work with an Aussie international in Sydney. He used to maintain that Andy Earl was the dirtiest player he’d played against. Then one Monday morning he came into the office after playing the Boks on the Saturday. He just said 2 words. “Uli Schmidt”.
Andy Earl?
I went to school with Andy, so if that's as dirty as it gets maybe I could have been an All Black after all! 
That guy who bit Fitzy's ear. I see the video gets Duncan McRae - his assault on O'Gara is about the worst I can recall in recent times.
I think if you went a bit further back, you'd find some guys who had pretty dark reputations. Grizz Wyllie for one.
Add in Loe and Andy Earl - maybe you could just pick a team of those Glenmark bastards!
Graeme Higginson played there for a while, I think.
There's probably other flankers who were dirtier across their whole career but Corne Krige deserves a mention for amassing the most runs in a match
vs England 2002
I can't find the old uk sky video "5 seconds of madness" but in that sequence he:
- Half hit Dawson with a swinging arm and accidentally gave team mate Pretorious a black eye
- Put a knee into Dallaglio's back
- Stomped on Vickery
Also in the same match he elbowed Robinson, punched Wilkinson a couple of times in the head, missed a punch on Dallaglio and he hit Dawson again.
