Africa takes on two of Australasia’s best – in a row

 

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By trophymaster, 27 Jul 2009 The Crowd is a Roar Guru

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From a SANZAR point of view the recent violent quakes that nudged New Zealand 32 cm closer to mainland Australia weren’t surprising to many South Africans. Geologists also confirmed the ambitions of rugby mad New Zealanders and announced that the land of the long white cloud had actually enlarged by one centimeter.

Who says mother nature doesn’t sway to the rhythms of the rugby world?

Australasia’s ‘terrible twins’ are a favorite target for South Africans to snipe at, and accusations of collusion have been flung about for more than a decade since before a Tri Nations communication allegedly calling the trans-Tasman cousins to combine to ‘get these Yarpies’.

In 2009, South Africa are again under seige as New Zealand and Australia combine in sequence to batter the Boks into submission before making them drag their bruised bones across both Australia and New Zealand.

South Africa will spend four weeks on the road: a non-stop schedule no other Tri Nations squad share.

To make matters worse, it seems South Africa haven’t earned sufficient respect to get the A-grade venues (which the terrible twins reserve for each other in Auckland & Sydney) – so South Africa hit the backroads at Perth, Brisbane and Hamilton.

Whether the Australasians will successfully ‘get these Yarpies’ is yet to be seen although early season form shows South Africa may not only be too powerful, but probably are too agile to be tripped up by the trans-Tasmanian twins.

South Africa have slipped 7 games down in a head-to-head against New Zealand and restoring this balance will be high on the Boks agenda. Fortunately, all signs point to South Africa experiencing a ‘golden decade’ and Springbok fans believe a ‘sweet 10 years’ is long overdue.

A nightmare return to international rugby after their apartheid banning is starting to fade into the distance as the Springboks again united the two most valued titles in rugby union – their simultaneously IRB World Champions and the IRB’s World Number one ranked squad.

Goals for the next decade include:
1. An unmatched third RWC title and unprecedented title defence
2. A string of Tri Nations trophies
3. Remedying of this Bok vs AB head-to-head stat – Played 76, NZ 40, Boks 33 drawn 3

Many fans of the younger generation have grown up during an era of All Black dominance and older rugby aficionados are keen to see South Africa return to where they left off prior to apartheid sanctioning.

The current ‘green revolution’ is set to restore the world’s rugby equilibrium which Bok fans have you believe are tilted significantly towards African latitudes, and maybe New Zealand geological tremors are an indication they too can see the writing is on the wall.