Josh Ioane returns to Highlanders starting side as ex-captain set to bring up 50th appearance

More power to our Rugby Women, I say.

AFL is insane with it's core skills. Scout them and get them at the right age and on to a rugby pitch.

A positive going in this series could get a generation of kids back into what should be their national sport.

I was of the understanding that you respect yourself by respecting your opponent.

The wallabies have been degraded since this tour was confirmed. I hope that added motivation is the extra 5% that gets them over the line and wins this series.

It's to Farrell's absolute credit that he took them up a level. He's a likeable, forward thinking and capable guy but Joe achieved as much with what was a lesser squad across his time. He has a wicked sharp rugby IQ. Their 2018 form, for me, eclipses their 2022/23 run and it’s all on Joe. He played to their limitations rather than their strengths.

The swashbuckling return of the Oz attacking play in SR is misdirection. Their forwards were the business and well reflected in the team of the season.

I think they will suprise many in the series. The upcoming home RWC isn't a pressure but an added positive motivation. Their journey begins now and I really think they'll turn up for these games.

Ridiculous claiming the officials favored every other team in the knockout and the Allblacks in the final.

The reality is the Boks are the first world cup winner to have scored no tries and beat a team of 14 that scored tries and had points removed.

I get it you can say it doesn't matter but it's not the sort of victory to be presenting as some sort of dominant performance.

In the same way no Allblack supporters think the 2011 win was anything but by the skin of it's teeth.

Two less world cups? That was self inflicted, and let's not talk about the number of Boks banned for steroids.

I get it that Rassie has cornered the market on siege mentality / everyone's out to get SA / I'm Moses leading the team to help build a nation, dynasty.

Boks deserve the number one ranking and clearly did enough to win the world cup. Jasper didn't want to play at Eden Park so let's see who's willing to get on the plane to play against fifteen Allblacks.

What I would like to see is the International angle taken, I just don’t know if theres anything in it. For last years PNC I was reading Fiji teams that reported French based players had made themselves unavailable to prepare for next season. What happened to last weeks Portugal side? They seem very different to the team that took on South Africa and did well last year, where they missing France based players?