They say  a week is a long time in rugby, but the past three weeks has felt like a lifetime in terms of narrative and perspective shifts in the world game.

It was just three weeks ago the Springboks thrashed the All Blacks in Mbombela. They seemed on their way to backing up a prematch promise by assistant coach Mzwandile Stick that one of the Boks or All Blacks would overtake Ireland and France at the top of the world standings before the end of the Rugby Championship...

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