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Paul Rees: All Blacks need to defy history in South Africa

Paul Rees looks ahead to the first Test in the South Africa vs New Zealand series, which starts next weekend.
The All Blacks celebrate winning the first Test in South Africa, 1996

It will get better. New Zealand’s four-Test tour to South Africa – although the final one is being staged in the United States to stimulate interest there ahead of the 2031 World Cup and raise extra money – has been billed as rugby’s event of the year, never mind the Nations Championship or Six Nations, but it has made a muted start in Cape Town and Durban.

New Zealand duly overcame the Stormers, but only after having three players sent to the sin-bin in a match of 27 penalties.
“Referee Karl Dickson reached for his whistle so often during the match that he resembled a kid sucking on their ...

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