British rugby scribe Stephen Jones has cheekily questioned the relevance of southern hemisphere teams touring north after another weekend of setbacks for the southern super powers. “Hard to see the relevance of fixtures with Southern Hemisphere teams any more. Jones is no stranger to poking the borax at southern rugby and this was surely done tongue-in-cheek. His colleagues at the Sunday Times were similarly frugal in handing out places to All Blacks in their world teams. Rugby Pass headlined their coverage of the weekend’s action as “a massive wake-up call for southern hemisphere sides”.

Source: Stuff November 22, 2021 04:25 UTC