Nigel Owens takes a tumble - SA vs NZ

[vinniechan]

Cowen was tracking the ref.

[mmmbilly]

no call for accidental offside?

[THES32010]

well deserved

[UfaaNz]

should've hit him harder :/

[MsAppleCrunch]

HAHAHAHAHAHA ...awwww BE A MAN ..GET UP ! LOL

[ThePhantom1989]

Smith saw he coudn't get to Cowan and quite clearly pushed Owens to stop Cowan's run. There's no way he could have done it for mistake.

[KiwizNz4lyfe]

Typical arrogant South african faggot

[ucla4eva]

Wish Juan was at World Cup...

[syphonia246]

idiots! are you not listening to the commentators at 0:48 - 1:13

[Ajmeyeah]

I think Juan Smith should've been penalised for that.

[gta4motherf]

JUAN SMITH YOU PRICK WTF WAS THAT ALL ABOUT!!!!

[blahblah9030]

juan smith did nothing wrong, it was either he pushed him out of the way or tackled him in attempt to get at cowan, but unfortunately, out of the way happened to be burger's path. referees fault

[jammoboss]

tough welshman :) pitty our players arent we might stand a chance of beating a SH team then lol

[ghj262]

Nigel Owens = LEDGEND!!!

[Juggernautize]

hahah u got to admit..thats funny..check how his head grazed the grass

[SunbeamEXTREME]

THE ONLY DIRTY PLAY I SEE IS THE AB PLAYER USING THE REF AS A SHIELD...TYPLICAL WOULDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING LESS...

[shankster72]

deliberate push on Owens, expect no less from a springbok

[MrPesako]

it was obvious to me that juan smith attempted to push the ref into Jimmy Cowans path...typical dirty tactics

[2493Jayt]

@MrPesako Ya ya pretty cynical hey?? it was all planed out!! Stupid idiot.

[bruceleeC64]

Nigel Owned!

[mollers92]

lol at half these comments. typical, on your pc's. i bet half of you would cry if shalke burger landed on top of you.

[mrverde8080]

TYPICAL AMERICAN

[sagmart]

damn refs cant keep up with the players. Owens fitness is questionable. improvement

[DeathRetriever]

Ref should be sited...came in through the side, n refused to enter through the "gate"...off his feat at the breakdown

[theuglyhairmonster]

fuckin useless ref for being in the middle of it

[sammcl16890]

@theuglyhairmonster He wasn't in the middle until he was pushed.

[theuglyhairmonster]

@sammcl16890 he was in the way of a player trying to get into the play as a ref you move out and to the side of play and observe from there

[sammcl16890]

@theuglyhairmonster He has to be somewhere, he's one of the best refs going, Juan wasn't going to get there that soon anyway.

[theuglyhairmonster]

@sammcl16890 regardless he would have been hit by one of the players either falling or tackling play it back and watch it properly he was in the way of several players. and yes he would have gotten there

[sammcl16890]

@theuglyhairmonster Look, he has to go somewhere, and he doesn't have eyes in the back of his head, if he'd been too far away and missed something, you'd be crying that he's a bad ref. Berger got to him where Juan would. It was unsporting. That happens, people use the ref like that anyway. There's no way around it, stop whining. Let's see you do a better job.

[pbreaper]

yellow card for owens. no attempt to roll away. all black ball was slow coming back

[macgiver351]

can the ref send that player off for pushing him?

[cludik]

The referee wasn't even facing the ball runner (Jimmy) when Juan pushed Nigel. Good players know how to mask movements by using referee running lines. All it does is cause some confusion for defenders. Good sportsmanship by both teams to stop play immediate. PS glad to see Schalk finally cut his hair!!!

[ihatedarts]

Hahahahahahahaha SA no7, nice one

[PadeyDaxx0r]

Good job stopping - Good sign of respect!

[elskeeza1]

wrong running line by the ref

[mickser101]

Juan Smith deliberately pushed the ref, what a prick.

[2493Jayt]

@mickser101 It's either that or a break-away try... you choose?

[Stocky21]

@mickser101

Cowan is the scummy bastard who used the ref to shepard Smith, also the ref's fault for being in the wrong place...stupid Irish twat

[gta4motherf]

@Stocky21 ha you cunt he's welsh and your a twat

[rainbowpride76]

@Stocky21 He is Welsh, and speaks Welsh as his first language you idiot! Even if you didn't know his nationality before, all you had to do was listen to the commentary. They said it during the clip!

[GaryTss]

@mickser101 he is a South African, who are just wankers

[petujaymz]

FAKE!

this is not real

RAPE!

this is MAJOR rape

[lukeshero93]

@petujaymz what?

[Holty2k6]

@petujaymz stop being fake and gay mr troll

[1homeboi1]

the ref was always in the wrong place at that game!

[Fl1pFl0p22]

haha !

[mywereldza]

I dunno hey, looked at it again and that is one heavy push.

[TheLukeMillington]

@mywereldza Yeah but think about it Juan Smith will be used to pushing big 16, 17, 18 stone forwards around, that's what he does pretty much every day of his life, so when he uses the push he usually uses on someone his size on somebody significantly lighter (Nigel Owens) they go flying, basically, he doesn't know his own strength.

[sm180]

By far the best ref in the world.

[ShawnB1973]

Payback for all the bad decisions in the Tri-nations so far ha ha!!It was just so funny how he ate part of the Soccer City Pitch..oh, excuse me, FNB Stadium pitch, oops, I mean National stadium pitch :)

[superduke71]

hahahaha!!! ,un peu léger M owens!sur ce coup !!!!!!

[BustAFight911]

This was the best part of the game!!!

[mywereldza]

Saw this again and that should have been a yellow card or more serious for Johan Smith, he deliberately pushed the ref, and not just a nudge, pushed him quite hard and he landed up in the middle of that ruck.

If they did not take action after te game he can consider himself very, very lucky.

[BenjiDaMaster666]

@mywereldza Not really.

[Fit2Talk1]

@mywereldza I disagree, the ref got in the way and player lost his mark. Unfortunate for the ref, but no way a card situation. Well played for the lad for stopping though =)

[mywereldza]

Jitte, that ref is a bit soft. Medical attention after just that? He was not even tackled properly, just kinda run over.

[cowswithguns101]

well he didnt remember that when your at the bottom of a ruck cover your head

[duskwaith]

Fair play to the players for stopping and being concerned for the man. Shows the sport produces mostly decent fellas. Burger seemed to be caught up in the game

[Vicster200]

Good ol' Nigel... always in the thick of things.

[PTRX64]

Yellow card: Tackle without bal !

[fatsoblitz]

great sportsmanship.......schalk burger kept goin for a bit

[WickWelsh]

Could have been a card. players can not put a two handed shove on the ref

[agthorpe]

He was in the way more than once during the game...

[Flamz0rz]

@agthorpe are you seriously going to complain on a video like this. SA would of lost anyways.

[agthorpe]

@Flamz0rz Not complaining that we lost. We deserved it. Just stating...there's a difference!

[Vicster200]

@agthorpe It's just the way he refs... and he doesn't miss much because of it.