RUGBY
Springboks have made the wrong kind of history against New Zealand
Somehow, the Boks must fight back, and least give fans a much-improved performance when they next meet their nemesis, at Newlands
It doesn’t get any worse than a 57-0 defeat for the Springboks. Never before, in 126 years of competing at the highest level, has an SA team lost by as many points and in so disappointing a fashion. The All Blacks were duly praised in the wake of their eight-try performance in Albany. Some, including Bok coach Allister Coetzee, had claimed the Kiwis were vulnerable after their unconvincing showing against the British & Irish Lions in June and, more recently, against the Wallabies in Dunedin. The All Blacks answered their critics with an emphatic display that was as entertaining as it was effective. The buildup to Nehe Milner-Skudder’s first try, when flyhalf Beauden Barrett threw the most audacious no-look, round-the-back pass to the winger, won’t be forgotten any time soon. Unfortunately for the Boks and SA rugby fans, the result in Albany won’t be forgotten either. Last Saturday, Coetzee’s Boks became only the fifth SA side to concede 50 or more points, in 471 tests played so far ...
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