Why bleating All Blacks must respect Bok scrum

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK

WHEN will New Zealand give credit where it is due to South Africa’s outstanding power scrum? The question has arisen because of the barrage of All Black complaints and criticism stemming from a tremendous four-Test summer tour in which the Springbok scrum played a decisive role in their 3-1 series victory on home soil. The answer is probably “never” judging by the sustained cries about South African cheating initiated by New Zealand head coach Dave Rennie, and repeated obsessively on Kiwi social media rugby forums, a…

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