Well the annual battle for Southern Hemisphere rugby domination has begun with South Africa beating Australia in a close match in Cape Town. After some pretty scratchy efforts against Scotland and Argentina the Boks managed to continue the good form against the Aussies at home.
But will it be enough when they meet the All Blacks in Pretoria this Saturday? After a narrow loss to England and comfortable (if slightly unconvincing) wins against Wales and France the All Blacks look distinctly beatable at the moment. Particularly on the veldt…
So who do you think will win the Tri Nations this year?
With the World Cup coming up it’ll be a great chance to see the relative strengths of the southern big three. Which one of them (if any) can stop the English?
Although delighted with our victory on Saturday, I am sure it will once again come down to which team can win thier away matches. With this in mind, I await next week’s encounter with baited breath…
World Cup - I’d expect it to be either England or NZ, much as it pains me to say it. And with the boks in the same group as England, and due to meet the All Blacks in the Quarters if we come second in the group, it is not going to be a pleasent time for me and mine.
You wouldn’t know Rugby Union existed living in Darwin :(. I’m hoping for the All Blacks of course, but I haven’t seen any of their games this year so don’t have any feel for how they are playing compared to the others. I watched the Aus/England match last month and felt that Australia weren’t playing anywhere near their best.
Mitchell’s bizarre selections and increasingly metaphysical comments are causing some concern here in New Zealand. The sports press hereseem to be baffled by the man, as does the public.
I can’t divine any consistent method to his madness and am reduced to hoping that talent alone will see us through, but who can see.
One thing’s for sure, in a little over 48 hours we’ll see where Mitchell’s ‘journey’ is headed.
I think the boks will win (but I’m biased), however they are coming in with a lot of momentum. Everyone was not expecting them to beat the ozzies but they played damn well and came through.
I am really looking forward to the World Cup though as it seems to be the first WC where the northern hemisphere, and more specifically England, will actually put up a decent challenge for the title.
The netball seems to be going fairly smoothly so far, nothing really troubling until the semis. Just hope they don’t choke in the final (again).
I’m really looking forward to the World Cup, it’s kind of nice to see a Northern Hemisphere team looking competitive for a change. And France aren’t looking too shabby either.
