The South Africans play the world’s top two teams next and at least one win would be a good sign
It feels decidedly odd to suggest after a Rugby Championship season that the tough part is still to come, but that is the rare situation the Springboks face this year.
It is hard to remember when last the Championship, or for that matter the Tri-Nations before that, was not won by a team that was not at least in the top two in the World Rugby rankings. On many occasions, the top two in the southern hemisphere international competition were also the top two teams globally...
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