All Blacks

By Kevin McCarthy You know the old line about the definition of insanity being repeating something over and over in the hope it will work. The Springboks seem intent on proving that – both last weekend, and this weekend. The difference of course is that it has worked in the past

Petone halfback Ginger Nicholls playing in the first ever All Blacks -Springboks test in Dunedin in 1921. The All Blacks won 13-5 and Nicholls was Player of the Match before being dropped for the second Test. By Kevin McCarthy  A wounded Springbok is a dangerous beast. It’s also wounded. Going into the

By Kevin McCcarthy  Listening to the Springboks right now is a bit like the old Campese joke where he talks to a woman post-match at length about how great he played. Realising in the end that he’s been a bit of a bore, he then says: “Sorry, your turn. How