It has been interesting to see some of the discourse after the Springboks' win in the recent Castle Lager Rugby Championship, especially the downplaying of what a magnificent achievement it was to win back-to-back tournaments.

Forget the log, the Boks were streets ahead of the All Blacks in the Rugby Champs

Wallabies skipper Harry Wilson is adamant there is "light at the end of the tunnel" after another crushing defeat to the All Blacks ahead of a critical European tour.

Wallabies left ruing missed chances ahead of European tour

Argentina’s hopes of causing a similar upset to the one they pulled off in Durban in 2015 got a welcome boost with the news this week that flyhalf Tomas Albornoz has joined the squad and is likely to start in Durban against the Boks.

Argentina get a boost from the return of their 'wizard'

The final fortnight of the most exciting ever Castle Lager Rugby Championship has arrived and as a measure of how unpredictable it all is, those Springbok supporters who hope that the Wallabies win in Auckland on Saturday might well be backing the wrong horse in their assumption of what their team needs.

RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP: Tense fortnight ahead as a bonus point could decide it

Australia's dismal record at Eden Park has proved a millstone for visiting Wallabies teams but flyhalf Tane Edmed regards the All Blacks' fortress as "just another footy field".

Flyhalf Edmed unfazed by Wallabies' long losing record at Eden Park

Flyhalf Tom Lynagh and centre Len Ikitau have been ruled out of Australia's Rugby Championship test against Argentina in Sydney on Saturday in a blow for the Wallabies.

Injured Lynagh, Ikitau scratched from Wallabies squad v Argentina

Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt said Thursday only a "start-to-finish" performance will be good enough to beat a wounded Argentina this weekend and his team should be nervous at what was coming.

Schmidt demands 'start-to finish' Wallabies performance against Pumas

When the Hollywoodbets Sharks host Saracens in what should be their Investec Champions Cup home game of the season in December they will more than likely have come off a one-sided defeat to Toulouse in France the week before.

Sharks and Saracens bosses question global club/country imbalance

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