During the game between the Lions and Rebels, television commentator and former Wallaby captain Phil Kearns pointed to something that must concern many SA rugby followers.

The SA conference log had just been shown on the screen. Kearns expressed his incredulity that the two inland teams should be so far off the pace “when only a few years ago the Lions and Bulls were the dominant teams”...

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