The Almighty All Blacks!!

Last weekend the All Blacks beat the South African Springboks 19-0, what is so amazing about this is the fact that the game was in South Africa. I am certain without checking the record books that no team has EVER kept the Boks scoreless in their home country.

It was such a strange game:1) Dan Carter missed something like four penalty attempts, 2) Percy Montgomery missed 2 penalty attempts, 3) The Boks just couldn't finish off-at least 3 times the last pass went to the sidelines. It was Percy's 100th game and it's possible it may be his last! Poor Percy had a shocker and alot of people may hold him to blame for the embarrassment of a scoreless loss at home.

For those not in the know, South Africa won last years Rugby World Cup and their world ranking previous to this game would was #1- but not now. It's somewhat typical that the AB's do something like this 10 months AFTER the World Cup- break a record like this and humiliate the World Champions @ home. When apart from the Tri-Nations a record like this amounts to very little in the scheme of things- New Zealanders will be asking why can't they perform like this when it really counts: at The World Cup. Since 1988 it has been a frustrating rugbylife being an All Blacks supporter- 1987 was the 1st Rugby World Cup and although "we" won it we haven't won it since, despite being favourites each time.

Ok, i'm going to go lookin for some reviews of this game.....

I found a 10 minute highlights vid on You Tube:

According to the IRB website:"The 19-0 victory - the first time South Africa have failed to score at home in the history of the Tri Nations - means that New Zealand now sit on top of the rankings with 91.21 rating points, more than three points clear of South Africa".

It's still my contention that the Boks have never been kept scoreless at home- I've just gotta find the stat to confirm it!

According to this blog it's the first time the Boks have been held scoreless at home since 1903!
I'm able to confirm that from The Rugby News that i bought today!
This is my first post about sport.... The Olympics is on at the moment but that's pale in comparison to the above news!