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“Thank God that’s over” was the first thought many had after the South Africa-England semifinal. It was a dreary, tedious spectacle, in my opinion – and if this is the pinnacle of world rugby, then the game is in trouble. What is worse, the English… Read More »England’s style of play was not up to a World Cup semifinal – but we’ve still had a week of blaming the officials for their exit

So it comes to this – rugby’s greatest rivals facing off to see which of them will become the first nation to win the World Cup for a fourth time. The coaches have named their teams for the clash on Saturday night (Sunday morning 6am… Read More »‘Bloody handy!’- Nine All Blacks and six Springboks in World Cup final combined XV

It all began on the 13th August 1921. New Zealand versus South Africa may not be rugby’s oldest rivalry, but incorporating the two nations who take rugby more seriously than anyone else, it is indisputably the game’s greatest. And the fitting stage for the next… Read More »‘There’s never a winner, just the next battle’: The intense 102-year old rivalry that ‘neutrals can’t quite comprehend’