Having spent Saturday afternoon at Newlands, watching South Africa display a total lack of direction and originality, I wondered if Peter de Villiers could see what was painfully clear to the rest of the world. FULL STORY >>
A week on and the storm clouds seem to have dispersed, leaving New Zealand bathed in glorious sunshine, a stark contrast to last week's doom and gloom that descended on a fickle nation.
It's been a busy week in the rugby world this week.
It's been a long week for rugby's law-makers and officials. The ELVs once again produced a game with just the same number of tries as a game under the old rules would have produced, and with a good deal less shape.
On and on and on and on and... Another Springbok player suspended, another round of moaning over flaws in the disciplinary process, another outpouring of national 'banter' between South Africa and New Zealand.
Wellington and other tales Six Nations finale Understanding the ELVs
Never ones to miss a couple of moments of mirth, here are a few choice 'De Villierisms'!