South Africa and Ireland fight out an ill tempered test with plenty of fighting at Loftus Versfeld in June 1998. 0:00 - Joost van der Westhuizen kicks Malcolm O'Kelly on the ground. 0:20 - Victor Costello jumps and headlocks James Dalton, then Costello trips over Dalton, and then Dalton throws punches at Costello. 0:41 - van der Westhuizen knocks back Keith Wood with an elbow then Gary Teichmann pushes back Wood by his throat. 0:50 - Mark McCall and Pieter Muller argue off the ball then Muller chucks McCall on the floor. 0:54 - Kevin Maggs pulls on Teichmann's jersey from behind as he tries to get the ball and then Teichmann reacts angrily. 1:25 - After Wood runs into Dalton, Trevor Brennan throws a punch at Mark Andrews, then Paddy Johns gets his arms round Rassie Erasmus, and then Krynauw Otto helps Erasmus out and starts a fight with Johns with Erasmus and Justin Fitzpatrick getting some shots in as well. Brennan restarts his battle with Andrews whilst this goes on. 2:23 - Andrews falls on top of Wood leading with his elbow hurting Wood in the process. 2:29 - Johns throws over Andrews during a maul, then leans his forearm into Andrews' face and Andrews reacts by putting his hand in Johns' face. 2:43 - Adrian Garvey and Peter Clohessy get in an argument after a reset scrum. 2:53 - Teichmann reacts to Johns shouldering into his back at a ruck and they argue again, Clohessy also grapples with André Venter as well. 3:21 - Andrews flings Justin Bishop out of a pile up well after the whistle has gone. 3:30 - Clohessy punches Robbie Kempson during a maul. 3:52 - Commentator Andy Capostagno singles out a late tackle by Rob Henderson on McNeil Hendricks as another piece of foul play off the ball. Note: There was far more incidents in this game not shown on camera.

• published: 31 Aug 2013
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