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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 585711" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>Super Rugby form has never been a clear indication of 3N/RC form.</p><p></p><p>Of the 17 Super Rugby tournaments held up to and including 2012, in only 12 of them has the country of the winning team gone on to win the 3N/Rugby Championship, NZ has done it nine times, Australia twice, South Africa once</p><p></p><p>One really notable exception was 1998, where <u>three</u> New Zealand teams contested the semi-finals (Blues, Highlanders and Crusaders - who went on to win it.) while the bottom four teams were the Stormers, Brumbies, Bulls and Lions. New Zealand then thrashed England in two tests (64-22 and 40-10) then promptly <u>lost all four 3N matches</u>, and the extra Bledisloe Cup test as well, five losses in a row, their second to worst losing streak of all time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 585711, member: 20605"] Super Rugby form has never been a clear indication of 3N/RC form. Of the 17 Super Rugby tournaments held up to and including 2012, in only 12 of them has the country of the winning team gone on to win the 3N/Rugby Championship, NZ has done it nine times, Australia twice, South Africa once One really notable exception was 1998, where [U]three[/U] New Zealand teams contested the semi-finals (Blues, Highlanders and Crusaders - who went on to win it.) while the bottom four teams were the Stormers, Brumbies, Bulls and Lions. New Zealand then thrashed England in two tests (64-22 and 40-10) then promptly [U]lost all four 3N matches[/U], and the extra Bledisloe Cup test as well, five losses in a row, their second to worst losing streak of all time. [/QUOTE]
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