What Scott Robertson made of Billy Proctor's All Blacks debut

The SH can fight for third - because it's clear neither team playing this weekend in Cape Town can win if a competent ref finally shows up and does their job properly .

That has been shown repeatedly. But you kids enjoy your third rate SH comp this weekend .

The SH thickos who don't turn up and support their teams by actually purchasing tickets won't know the difference anyway

1990s record

82 -- 54 -- 26 -- 2 -- 66%

= rest of the decade i've got under SR effects

25 -- 19 -- 6 = 76%

57 -- 35 -- 20 = 61% period reflective of CC's place as the most influential competition in SA before you'd expect the effects of playing SR fulltime to kick in. (only since re-integration to keep it relevant to the debate)

2000s record

125 - 76 - 47 - 2 - 61%

2010s record

122 - 73 - 44 - 5 59.84%

2020s record

46 33 13 0 71,7%

So as you can see, 61 pre SR and slightly more during SR. Much better since SR finished though, yes. Though I will note it was also a 61% record in 21 and 22'. From Wiki list of sb matches.

I have remembered though in tabling this data that the argument I thought I was repeating was infact SA's record against NZ in this time. My deepest apologies for communicating some other fabrication!

August 1992 Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg 24–27 New Zealand

July 1994 Carisbrook, Dunedin22–14 New Zealand

July 1994 Athletic Park, Wellington13–9 New Zealand

August 1994 Eden Park, Auckland18–18draw

June 1995 Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg 15–12 South Africa

July 1996 Lancaster Park, Christchurch15–11 New Zealand

August 1996 Newlands Stadium, Cape Town18–29 New Zealand

August 1996 Kings Park Stadium, Durban19–23 New Zealand

August 1996Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria26–33 New Zealand

August 1996Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg32–22 South Africa

July 1997Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg32–35 New Zealand1997

August 1997Eden Park, Auckland55–35 New Zealand

12 - 2 - 9 - 1 = 16%

September 2021North Queensland Stadium, Townsville (Australia)[b]19–17 New Zealand

October 2021Robina Stadium, Gold Coast (Australia)[b]29–31 South Africa

August 2022Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela26–10 South Africa

August 2022Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg23–35 New Zealand

July 2023Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland35–20 New Zealand

August 2023Twickenham Stadium, London (England)7–35 South Africa

October 2023Stade de France, Saint-Denis (France)11–12 South Africa

Total

19 - 6 - 12 - = 31% Non SR

I wont bore you with the list in between...

50 - 14 - 35 - 1 = 28% win rate during SR

So yes, off the top of my head I hadn't figured in how the small subset of recent results would have so heavily swayed the overall percentage (when I had last given you that information rugbypass.com/plus/how-can-the-wallabies-return-to-rugbys-top-tier?ht-comment-id=15858660) of over 10% improvement made after transitioning from Curie Cup to SR.

So yes, back to your comment. I hope you didn't take that much into my post, it was just a direct reflection to the authors lack of actual data analysis and was in no way meant to stand on its own publication. It was relative, as really all my posts are. I do not think for one second that SR has anything to do with any of the above data sets, let me make that absolutely clear (nor obviously CC or URC), though I would probably give that Nick Mallett era(and the few years before it @JD Kiwi @JD Kiwi ), which started off very poorly reflected by some of the skewed results data here, the credit of having both SR and CC (dual competitions) influence in equal strength (and possible better balance than when fully committed to SR alone). As I would give this current era as having benefited from being part of two competitions (consecutively rather than concurrently.

That is a good post there. I am in Ireland now....on the banks of the Shannon in Co Leitrim as I write this. Been travelling and with family and friends a lot, houses without Sky Sport, and thus have not seen the last game. But seeing the highlights only, the AB's certainly have that pace and skills to thrive off quick ball.

Agree with you on pressure on SFM. Still avery new 10, and gettting slower ball he might crack to an extent. And targeted and accurate kicking for sure.

I am interested in your comment "Maybe spend an hour during the lead up on the "Rules" pertaining to the penalties we did give away. Surprisingly Rugby Players, apart from Ritchie McCaw aren't that flash on the rules." That is spot on. So often it us clear that so many players just don't have even a vague grasp of some aspects of the laws. The one who has followed in McCaw's footsteps though on the AB team now would be TJ Perenara ? He would be one to give input to bring the 14 down to 5...or better !

I read an interesting fact about this upcoming game. If the AB's win, it seems Ireland rise again to world No 1. You take what you are given in this life, but would prefer to go to No 1 with a win, preferably over the likes of your AB's, Boks, or France.

Idk what you think you're achieving with this comment (but it's incredibly misguided) and comparing it to the systemic, racist enslavement of people due to the colour of their skin in the modern era is quite frankly insulting.

I still have hope theres no more losses this year!👍Awesome video on the article, did you choose that? Loved the Bunnings this year, think it could easily still make tens of millions in broadcast revenue if they wanted.

140k 15oy+ interesting random note students/kids 15-17, and women, make up about the same % share (just over 25 each)!

Yeah the QL drop was the only real thing I took notice of (and that Vic and WA are now equal). They only big sort of change.

Most interesting aspect of the test is SA having no bench lock.