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Declining All Blacks tipped to finish 3rd behind Springboks and Wallabies in Rugby Championship

187 comments · 1,435 votes

Youve just jinxed the Springboks now

have to agree based on last 2 testsbut with Read and Retallick back to full fitness they will be a different team

What remarkable powers of clairvoyance this man has. All I see is that in the last three games (two of them played in South Africa) the All Black have scored 139 points and Springboks 39. Have the teams changes that much? Yes the 2nd test against the French was bad but the players looked just as bored as the rest of us.

Yawn, we hear this sort of dribble every year from media trolls. As has been proven many many times, you cannot rate your chances against the All Blacks based on your performance against any opponent other than the All Blacks themselves.

It must be because the Aussies and Springboks are slaughtering their opponents... Oh wait...

Those that put NZ on a pedestal .......errm thats the pundits like the one who wrote this, I think most kiwi fans a pretty realistic about the ABs, the team has to change it may not always go our way and there were some big shoes to fill but we are aloud to be proud of NZ rugby achievements too, we will always play hard put up a hard test, bring on an improving SA and AUS it will only be good for NZ in the long run

Everyone said the about England and that they could crush the All Blacks. Now the Springboks win a couple at home against a team that came fifth in the six nations scoring an average of a measly 14 points against the other home nations, and they are proof that the All Black are on the wane. And Australia the last time a Super Rugby tem beat a NZ ream was .....

You lost me at The Aussies have a better backline

Bold call but history has proven that the dynamics between ABs and the Boks are unique and both teams lift for those encounters. Not dissimilar to ABs and Australia. Good headline but essentially crystal ball gazing.

South Africa said this last year and then got beaten 57-0.

Ok Italy!

Wallabies backs are better than the All Blacks. Probably why the have such an undeniable record against kiwi teams in super rugby hey

I cant wait to see Ioane, Naholo and any of our back three taking on their very flakey wingers. SA just hasnt been tested in certain areas yet but, sure, they are looking good.

Time will tell and lets see if you have to eat them words

Why, because you have a personal dislike of him ? Your comment says way more about you than it does him.

Somebody has to make this rivalry interesting again. My son doesnt call them the Springboks, he calls them only south Africa.

South Africas version of John and/or Mark Reason! !!!

Hahahahaha, thought i was in the entertainment page for a minute.

Mark Keohane made the following prediction before the Albany game last year: The Springboks in 2017 have won back respect and I expect them to run the All Blacks very close in Albany on Saturday.The All Blacks won the game 57-0, the worst-ever defeat for South Africa.