The two top Rugby Championship teams in current global standing produced performances at the weekend that were a step down from two weeks ago, but there’s more reason for the All Blacks to be concerned — even though they won and the Springboks lost.

There was an uncanny similarity in the game in Sydney, where New Zealand snuck home by just three points against the Wallabies, and the later game in Santiago, where a missed penalty denied the Boks a tight win over Argentina...

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