This is the brand of Rugby the All Black want to play, this is Dave Rennie Rugby, and this is a referee that they accuse of favouring South Africa.
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Now that the series is over, I just want to thank the All Blacks and their supporters for an incredible four Tests.
It takes two great teams, and two sets of supporters, to create something like this. Four matches, four packed stadiums, an enormous amount of interest around the world, and another reminder of why South Africa and New Zealand remain rugby’s two great rivals. I’m not sure any other two nations could have taken this series around the world and made such a success of it four times in a row.
I don’t feel sorry for the All Blacks or their fans, and I think it would be disingenuous to pretend otherwise. I’m sure New Zealand supporters don’t want pity from South Africans either. There had to be a winner. South Africa were the better side in three of the four Tests and deservedly won the series.
But the Springboks couldn’t have made this series what it was on their own. It took the All Blacks, their supporters and one of the greatest rivalries in sport.
I wish them well as they rebuild. This rivalry is at its best when both teams are strong, and I’m already looking forward to the next chapter - and, further down the line, the next Greatest Rivalry Tour.
See you next year in the Rugby Championship, and maybe again at the World Cup. 🇿🇦🤝🇳🇿
BREAKING NEWS: Former SABC Sports presenter Owen Ndlovu has been found dead. Ndlovu was hijacked and kidnapped in Katlehong on Gauteng's East Rand last night while fetching his wife from church.
For Context: The highest ever World Ranking points tally is 96.57 achieved by the All Blacks of 2016.
The Boks can reach this milestone by the end of the year.
If they do, will All Black fans concede this is the greatest rugby team of all time?
📈 - Kurt-Lee Arendse in the 4th Test of #RGR26:
169m - most by any player on record v 🇳🇿
4 line breaks - only George North (6 in 2016) has made more v 🇳🇿
9 defenders beaten - only Cheslin Kolbe (11 in 2019) and Duhan van Der Merwe (11 in 2022) have beaten more v 🇳🇿
Electric.
Rassie is well and truly the All Blacks’ bogeyman!
We are witnessing a generational crash-out coming out of New Zealand. Referee blaming, cheating accusations - anything and everything except taking a hard look at themselves.
And everyone’s getting involved: current All Blacks coaches, ex-coaches, pundits, podcast bros, journalists… the lot.
Rassie broke the All Blacks! 😂🇿🇦
Still waiting on World Rugby to step in and ban Neil Barnes, like they did with Gonzalo Quesada.
Otherwise, it's clear that World Rugby are bias towards the All Blacks.
A bad look for rugby union
Malcolm Marx, the standout performer of The Greatest Rivalry Tour.
Across four brutal Tests against the All Blacks, Marx once again showed why he is regarded as one of the most influential players in world rugby, making his presence felt at the breakdown, around the park and with ball in hand.
A massive series from the Springbok hooker and ATR’s Player of the Series.
How impressive was Malcolm Marx across the four Tests?
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