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THE BIG MATCH: Counting down to a century of Springbok clashes

The Bounce ranks the three best wins of each team; there's angst among Silver Ferns fans and some required reading.

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Dylan Cleaver
Sep 23, 2021
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The All Blacks and Springboks meet in love and hate for the 100th time on Saturday. Conveniently spanning 100 years, the rivalry means different things to different people but it can be neatly summed up in a word: complicated.

You cannot look at rugby relations between the two countries without acknowledging that New Zealand Rugby, or the NZRFU as it was…

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