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After a tough start to the Trans-Tasman competition, most Australians are conceding the next World Cup already.
The record of 18 defeats over four rounds has led many to conclude that Australian rugby has no hope against the best, but the gap isn’t as big as it seems.
There has been a clear improvement from Australian sides as the Trans-Tasman tournament progresses and a few young stars have been unearthed.
Casper Steyn during his heyday for the Blue Bulls. (Gallo Images)
The Bulls remain the only non-Springbok team in 16 matches since 1997 to beat the British & Irish Lions on African shores and have launched a commemorative jersey to buy.
Labelling the game the day the men in blue shook the rugby world might sound over the top, but it s actually highly appropriate.
The Bulls of 1997 were a shambles, riddled with infighting and coaching drama, and were expected to deliver one glorious 80-minute round of rugby to trump their fancied opponents.
Here s a pub quiz question for you: which non-Springbok team is the last one to ever beat the British & Irish Lions in South Africa?
Kobus Wiese. (Photo by Lee Warren/Gallo Images)
Former Springbok lock Kobus Wiese will be spending at least the next three days in hospital following a heart procedure, with his great friend and fellow Springbok Toks van der Linde describing the ordeal as a major wake-up call .
The 1995 World Cup-winner was rushed to hospital on Tuesday night after he started feeling unwell before suffering a significant heart attack.
Following a bout of tests, he was admitted to the Mediclinic Panorama hospital in Cape Town, where a stent was put in to correct a narrowed artery in the early hours of Wednesday.
Morne Steyn (Gallo Images)
For such a hotly contested rivalry, especially in the late 1980s and early 1990s when the power gradually shifted down the N1 from Tshwane to Johannesburg, the
Bulls and the Lions have hardly met in Currie Cup play-off games in the professional era.
The Lions and the Bulls, in their former names, engaged in some thrilling playoff contests, with the 1987 Naas Botha final and the 1991 encounter being two prominent ones.
The dominance of the Bulls has been very clear though, especially in the years when they’ve won the Currie with the exception of 2005 when the Cheetahs staged what remains the most improbable of Currie Cup final heists.