The Southern Giants Are Opening a Chasm Ahead of the Rest Alasdair Reid Believes New Zealand and South Africa Both Have the Potential to Dominate World Rugby for the Next Few Years

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SO now it is much more than official. For long enough, the IRB World Rankings have measured the superiority of the southern hemisphere giants, but even their most demanding critics must acknowledge that New Zealand and South Africa have now opened up a massive gap between themselves and the rest of the rugby planet.

At the conclusion of the 2005 Tri Nations series they have established themselves as the runaway favourites for the World Cup in two years time.

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The Southern Giants Are Opening a Chasm Ahead of the Rest Alasdair Reid Believes New Zealand and South Africa Both Have the Potential to Dominate World Rugby for the Next Few Years

And if followers of other nations are disheartened, anyone who cares for the game should find it deeply warming that the All Blacks and Springboks have established their supremacy through a reassertion of core rugby values.

The softness...

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