SOUTH AFRICA DEMOLISHED Ireland’s men’s team 45-7 in San Francisco overnight.
The World Series champions dominated the Irish side to book their quarter-final spot.
The Boks led 19-0 at the half-time with Terry Kennedy scoring the only Irish try late on.
Earlier, Ireland had overcome Chile 17-12 in their pre-round of 16 match-up.
Ireland will now face Kenya in the Challenge quarter-final tonight while the women’s side take on Russia.
Rip motty.. That iconic voice will never be forgotten. Legend of the game
Gutted. Another childhood legend gone. RIP
I can remember Ricky Villa in 1981, Ray Wilkins in 1983, Norman Whiteside in 1985 and his voice made it so glamorous.
His voice was in your head as you pretended to be those players when you were a kid.
I loved the winning Argentine goal in 86, at the world cup.
I was always disappointed if someone else was commenting on a match, and I know people put him in the same bracket with Barry Davies and Bryan Moore.
Motson was above everyone.
@Matt Vaughan: remember that Ricky Villa commentary from 101 Great Goals VHS tape I used to have. Brilliant for sure!
@Matt Vaughan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS86N47DK-8
@Joe Kennedy: that was brilliant. Fair play Joe. It’s in his voice, it just captures the excitement in the moment. I could listen to clips of the commentary for hours.
You’d almost being running out the back trying to copy what you’ve seen with his words ringing in your head. He captured moments, that were enhanced because of his commentary
@Matt Vaughan: “the big man from Argentina went round 1, 2, 3. Joe Corrigan came to block and Villa squeezed it in!” Brilliant!