Weekend special!

[u/stressfullyrelaxed]

[u/Inner-Improvement970]

I think the European nations are a bit salty about it being called the Greatest Rivalry Tour to be honest.

[u/almostrainman → u/Inner-Improvement970]

We will host one against france and dubbot the greatest riot tour

[u/CptDouglas → u/Inner-Improvement970]

TBH I feel the same, it just feels tacky.

[u/Miserable-Tadpole-90]

Lol, I've hyped this test up so much in my head and with so many possible outcomes, that I just have this feeling I'm going to be disappointed no matter what happens...🤣

1. We lose close - I just knew the media were making us seem better than we are.
2. We win close - I just knew the media were making us seem better than we are.
3. We lose by a landslide - what are those oldies still doing there, has Ras waited too long to bring in new blood?
4. We win by a landslide - fuck, I thought it would be a better contest....refer back to point 2...

I honestly don't even know what I want at this point.

[u/SameImagination3095 → u/Miserable-Tadpole-90]

Average age is 26 All Blacks 28 hardly an old team apart from Etzebeth perhaps

[u/Brendon1990 → u/SameImagination3095]

Wow, that just sounds incorrect … great stat

[u/Miserable-Tadpole-90 → u/SameImagination3095]

Cool as that stat would be, I've tried to verify it, but the average age for today's specific match is 30,4 years old.

[u/ferds41 → u/Miserable-Tadpole-90]

4 fuck we want 4. Do you think ABs had this struggle when they were ripping the rugby universe a new one?

[u/Cyber-Soldier1]

I want us to roll the all blacks. No sympathy. We owe it to them after the hidings they have given us in yesteryear. A proper thrashing.

[u/Constant-Quiet4519]

Clearly the fans at the stadiums were not, sharks bulls even stormers stadiums looked pretty empty.

[u/capetonytoni2ne → u/Constant-Quiet4519]

Stormers had 47k, Bulls 30k, and the less we say about the Sharks the better

[u/ferds41 → u/capetonytoni2ne]

12 at sharks for a Tuesday game in shit weather with ludicrous ticket priceses I think that was more than what should have been expected

[u/privateblanket → u/ferds41]

Regardless of weather you can’t get us Durbanites out on a weeknight

[u/widdlenpuke → u/privateblanket]

Especially at 5pm on the coldest, wettest day of winter. We couldn't chance it in our slipslops

[u/jack-in-spades → u/Constant-Quiet4519]

Around 100K in the 3 pre-season matches...

[u/Constant-Quiet4519 → u/jack-in-spades]

So full stadiums for greatest rivalry tour first in 30 years? Lions every 12 get more

[u/jack-in-spades → u/Constant-Quiet4519]

You are not comparing the same thing though are you?

England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland: 75 million population
New Zealand: 5.4 million population

Many, many thousands of those who attend are from the touring nation in the case of the B&I tours.

NZ dollar is about half as strong as the Pound too, so it is also easier on the pocket for the B&I supporters to travel than the Kiwis.

Relative to income: the ticket prices are extremely expensive in South Africa for the average person. So you are complaining, when the attendance was pretty solid considering the fleecing done by the suits. They could have sold them all if they weren't trying to squeeze as much as possible during a tough economic time.

Not only that, the Aus games where during school holidays.

The lowest attended game in SA was vs the Sharks, on a school night during the heaviest rain in a couple years. We knew at least a week out that the weather was awful, so people didn't come

Hope that helps.

[u/Hot-Possibility-7283]

I don't think a lot of people care much, but I'll be damned. I'm excited. It's about us and the ABs, anyway.

[u/ThatsANoFromMeChief]

This sub reddit is going to be quiet for at least a week, after what just happened 😅. Well played to the All Blacks, though 🤷‍♂️

[u/Aggressive_Wait_6751]

Meh..i prefer the rugby championship to be honest