Springboks v Portugal Review - July Rugby Tests 2024

South Africa v Portugal July 2024 Match Review: Key Events, Stats & Opinions

South Africa: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Phepsi Buthelezi*, 5 RG Snyman, 4 Salmaan Moerat (c), 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Johan Grobbelaar*, 1 Jan-Hendrik Wessels*
Replacements: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter*, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Trevor Nyakane, 19 Ruan Venter*, 20 Elrigh Louw, 21 Morne van den Berg*, 22 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 23 Quan Horn*

Portugal: 15 Simao Bento, 14 Manuel Pinto, 13 Jose Lima, 12 Tomas Appleton (c), 11 Rodrigo Marta, 10 Joris Moura, 9 Hugo Camacho, 8 Vasco Baptista, 7 Diego Pinheiro, 6 Jose Maderia, 5 Duarte Torgal, 4 Nicolas Fernandes, 3 Diogo Hasse Ferreira, 2 Luka Begic, 1 Francisco Fernandes
Replacements: 16 David Costa, 17 Pedro Vicente, 18 Abel Cunha, 19 Antionio Andrade, 20 Andre Cunha, 21 Pedro Lucas, 22 Domingos Cabral, 23 Jose dos Santos

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[hansielategan]

I think Portugal got more fans today. Their positive rugby was great to see. SO often these minnows, like Georgia, can drop into a very negative game. Portugal knew they had very little chance to win, yet they kept on trying and had some beautiful runs. I am a fan now!

[franciscobaeta]

As a portuguese fan, scoring three tries for us in this game is huge! Really solid tour for us, which included a win against Namibia, and also a lot of new players coming in

[jasonparsons]

Portugal have definitely gained a lot of more respect and supporters. Very entertaining performance from them and great to see the crowd getting behind their ambitious style of play

[RenzoJanineWarmington]

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu what a player!!

[JeffRandall-ldex]

Well done Portugal, Come again because you really gave us a go. Next I would like to see the Bokke travel to Portugal. We really need to give these teams more exposure.

[marciodomingues]

I'm a Lusosulafrican it was a dream to see the BOKS and WOLFS play a game togther its was great 😊. Hope one day the BOKS 🇿🇦came to Portugal a play one more game with the WOLFS🇵🇹.

[Natedawg]

I'm a closet Portugal fan after the world cup. They scored tries - and very good ones - against South Africa. Massive respect.

[fredrikrugby]

As SAer living in Portugal it's been my dream to watch this game.

[cakes]

Thanks for the class work Mark! Thought we looked alright but a bit disjointed at times which is to be expected, Hope you can get some sleep brother, cheers from a saffa

[jacquesotto]

Hehe mate you must have gone straight to bed after this post. No worries because we appreciate your reviews. 100% agree with all you said, but i will add this, Portugal will grow, they have the heart and with that said, they have 65m more supporters after today. Its just that something which gets Springbok supporters to love you....what ever it is...we saw and felt that today.

[orlandosadie]

Mark did you hear the crowd chanting Manie encouraging him to kick the goals. That was positive too see.

[Birdman]

A great game! Portugal were underdogs, no doubt about it. But the story of the fight in the dog applies! They never gave up. Nice to see “new” Springboks on the field, all showing their skills. Manie Lubbock’s kicking was a bit of a disappointment. Sasha was however great. Rugby won, and kudos to Portugal!

[julianthomson]

Great work Mark, always appreciate your work ethic with these videos

[lauriecarter]

Played some beautiful rugby Portugal Awesome to watch against the world champs !!!

[sakabula]

Thanks for a great game Portugal and I hope we see you guys do well...Always good to see the game growing and teams like Georgia..Spain and Portugal should get more international game time..pretty sure any of those teams will give Wales a good go at the moment

[MrOrange]

Mark your efforts are noticed! Thanks bro!

[jameswyatt]

Kriel has been great. But Lukhanyo needs a chance to take it back.

[arkdeniz]

The commentary when Portugal got that first try…
“They will not be fetched! Portugal will open the scoring!”
…had the exact cadence and emphasis as a Dalek from Doctor Who saying “Exterminate. We are the superior beings!” 
Loved it!

[dimitardobrev]

Sacha > Libbok @ 10
Wiese > Roos @ 8

What a fun game.
Portugal are a great team with solid character, glad they have a Kiwi coach behind them that can build a competitive outfit.

❤ from Durban

[mikhailswartz]

Always the first channel I come to after a game. Love your insights, Mark. Straight facts. 👌🏾