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Are the 2013 All-Blacks the best team of all time. Question mark.
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 609347" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>Reading through this thread makes me sad of SA being banned from international rugby. I am sure we could've been pushing hard for both the 1987 and 1999 RWCs and in between. Then we struggled after re-introduction and have had massive political interference throughout that we are only now overcoming since last year.</p><p></p><p> The NZ cavaliers travelling SA in 1986 and losing the series 3-1 (and that by 1 point in Durban which is about as non-SA as our big cities get) seems to suggest that we would've been highly competitive even if the tour was here and some key players were missing for the ABs... er I mean NZ Cavaliers which also probably has a mental effect; the fact that you aren't playing under your true colors so to speak but stil...</p><p></p><p> Oh, I forgot the 1981 tour where SA played NZ 3 times in NZ and though losing the series 1-2 played very well and were very close in the two we lost.</p><p></p><p>***</p><p></p><p>But back on topic my vote would go for the 1996-ish ABs. Relatively speaking of course as I would imagine todays team would beat the other but I believe one has to see these things in context.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 609347, member: 39190"] Reading through this thread makes me sad of SA being banned from international rugby. I am sure we could've been pushing hard for both the 1987 and 1999 RWCs and in between. Then we struggled after re-introduction and have had massive political interference throughout that we are only now overcoming since last year. The NZ cavaliers travelling SA in 1986 and losing the series 3-1 (and that by 1 point in Durban which is about as non-SA as our big cities get) seems to suggest that we would've been highly competitive even if the tour was here and some key players were missing for the ABs... er I mean NZ Cavaliers which also probably has a mental effect; the fact that you aren't playing under your true colors so to speak but stil... Oh, I forgot the 1981 tour where SA played NZ 3 times in NZ and though losing the series 1-2 played very well and were very close in the two we lost. *** But back on topic my vote would go for the 1996-ish ABs. Relatively speaking of course as I would imagine todays team would beat the other but I believe one has to see these things in context. [/QUOTE]
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