THE FINAL WHISTLE
MARK KEOHANE: Let’s not get carried away by Kings’ entertaining win
The drama of a late score made for an even more memorable occasion as the Southern Kings finally beat a South African team in Super Rugby. But do not let the excitement and spectacle of the game allow you to succumb to delusions of grandeur when it comes to the country’s perceived Super Rugby strength. SA, like Australia, do not have the playing stocks to justify the number of teams currently making up Super Rugby. SA rightly will lose two teams and Australia will lose one team, but they should have lost two as well. The nature of the competition is best illustrated by what happened in Christchurch when the Crusaders scored one try and did not concede any in beating the Hurricanes. To put this result into context, the Crusaders, a week before, had scored 10 tries against the Bulls in Pretoria. The Hurricanes, the day before that, had scored seven tries against the Stormers in Wellington.There is a huge divide in Super Rugby and a clear A and B section. SA’s domestic champions the Ch...
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