Preview: New Zealand v South Africa
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Go back to the beginning of the 20th century and the battle between All Blacks and Springboks was regarded as the battle for unofficial first place in the rugby world.
Now it is still the case even though there is now a World Cup to make World Champions and International Rugby Board ranking to suggest who is No.
1 and who No.
2.
This week there is contest between No.
1 and No.
2.
That suggests close encounter of the classical kind, but will it be?
The momentum since 1992 has been largely with New Zealand.
Before then South Africa had actually led in a contest between the …
Now it is still the case even though there is now a World Cup to make World Champions and International Rugby Board ranking to suggest who is No.
1 and who No.
2.
This week there is contest between No.
1 and No.
2.
That suggests close encounter of the classical kind, but will it be?
The momentum since 1992 has been largely with New Zealand.
Before then South Africa had actually led in a contest between the …
