Team Of The Week
We could make this easy and just pick the entire All Black XV, but that wouldn’t be much fun, or very fair to some other standouts.
We could make this easy and just pick the entire All Black XV, but that wouldn’t be much fun, or very fair to some other standouts.
Argentina came desperately close to claiming their first ever victory in the Championship, losing to the boot of Morné Steyn with history in their sights.
It was a dreadful week of weather, and consequently the rugby was nearly as awful. Nevertheless a team must be pulled from the wreckage.
While the rain dampened spirits in Sydney, it thrashed into Pretoria like a hurricane and threw out any expectations of what might have been.
Loftus Versfeld is just about the last place you’d want to try to get an elusive first win, but that’s the challenge Argentina are faced with on Saturday.
There’s no two ways about it, Wales were pulverised in Durban on Saturday, and there’s little reason to think it will be any different in Nelspruit.
Eight more games to comb through, but this looks like a pretty reasonable offering for this week’s selection. Fullback was the tough one…
The Springboks put to death any notion of a Welsh upset very quickly, overpowering the men in red in every exchange en route to a comprehensive victory.
The Springboks enjoyed their little dress rehearsal against the ‘World XV’ in Cape Town, but now it’s time for the real thing as Wales touch down in Durban.
After eight grueling matches it’s finally time to unveil last weekend’s team. Is this the first time ever an All Black hasn’t made the side?