The poor scrum-half at Hoerskool Goudveld received a treatment he will hardly forget, and the video has almost half a million views
Video: have you ever seen a 20 meter tackle?
South African schools always offer very particular plays. After the 16 year old who placed from 65 metres, here is a tackler who takes his opponent back 20 metres. The media have already called it the “George North Treatment”, recalling when during a match between the Lions and Australia in 2013 the Welshman literally lifted Israel Folau and carried him on his shoulders for a few metres.
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In an under 19 match between Welkom Gymnasium and Hoerskool Goudveld, the guests’ scrum half received the ball at the opponent’s 10 meters, and was literally overwhelmed by a Welkom player, who grabbed him bodily and dragged him back 20 meters.
The scene is almost surreal: the number 9 doesn’t know what to do, being carried around the pitch, and in the end he purposely throws the ball forward just to put an end to the scene, which ends at the other 10 meter line . A tackle also underlined by the roar of the crowd, in disbelief in the face of the home player’s show of strength, who certainly didn’t let himself be prayed for.
In a short time, the video went viral and is among the most viewed rugby-related content on the internet with over 250,000 views on Tik Tok in less than a day and the same on X/Twitter: half a million in one day.
Video: have you ever seen a 20 meter tackle?
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