Not taking away from South Africa being a great rugby nation but if anyone needs to ask why New Zealand rugby is suffering, most know the reason why. One only needs to look at the steady flow of talented youth, snapped up constantly to go play rugby league across the ditch in Australia. Money talks. And for a lot of players from more humble backgrounds, that’s more pressing than donning an All Blacks jersey.

Not many Australians care about rugby union .. the game is dead .. like seriously who cares