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Dylan James

Rugby fans stage brutal game in stadium car park as footage of tackle comes with safety warning

What's the best way to celebrate your team's dramatic rugby victory which was only secured in the final minute? Stage a game right after the game in the stadium's car park, of course.

That's how a group of Springboks fans would have it, anyway, with footage emerging of supporters holding an intense mini game of rugby outside Loftus Versfeld where they put in some massive hits on each other.

Wales narrowly lost to the Springboks, with a last-minute penalty earning the hosts a 32-29 victory in Pretoria. The game was filled with controversy, with the referee's decision-making coming in for huge scrutiny from fans. Many believed the Test series would be a clean sweep for South Africa, but the opening Test proved quite a different outcome could be on the cards.

However, it seems the 'Boks fans didn't quite get their fill of rugby across the 80 minutes of play inside the stadium, as they were filmed putting in some pretty big hits on each other after the match.

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The clip has gained quite a bit of traction on Ball Carrier's Instagram account, pulling in 139,000 views. Former Saracens and Namibia star Jacques Burger uploaded Tino Musiek's recording Twitter, pulling in a quarter of a million views.

The video starts off with a ruck and a cheeky turnover from one of the 'players', with the scrum-half then peeling around the ruck before getting thumped by two opposing players. This was not a game for the faint-hearted!

The tackler rips the ball away and places it back to the unluckiest man in Pretoria, who picks up the ball and makes for the blindside. However, his tackler comes out of nowhere as a blur flashes across the screen and the man is nailed into the barriers on the edge of the makeshift pitch.

Some of the tackling is that intense that the original TikTok video even comes with a warning, which says: "Participating in this activity could result in you or others getting hurt."

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