OPINION: Are the Boks finally the favourites going into an All Blacks Test?

After years of doing the hunting, the Springboks are now the hunted, ahead of their Rugby Championship Test against the All Blacks.

The visitors from New Zealand have, however, generally enjoyed their visits to Ellis Park.Ever since South Africa’s return to international sport in 1992, the Springboks have been the underdogs in their clashes with the All Blacks.

Of course, over the years, the Boks won the occasional Test between the teams … I think of that win in 1995 at Ellis Park, the 13-3 victory in Wellington in 1998, the 24-23 Kings Park thriller , the high-scoring 46-40 Ellis Park match in 2000, the 30-28 win in Dunedin in 2008, the 35-7 victory at Twickenham prior to the World Cup last year and, of course, the 12-11 World Cup final win in France.

It is actually quite astonishing how close the results between the teams in general have been in recent years, with a few points separating the winners and losers, but it now seems

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