Looking at the current World Rugby rankings for men, New Zealand's All Blacks are staggeringly dominant over their rivals in the top 10. Here's how it looks:
1. All Blacks
2. South Africa 43-110 (wins over the All Blacks - total tests played to date)
3. Ireland 5-39
4. France 15-68
5. England 9-47
6. Scotland 0-33
7. Argentina 4-41
8. Australia 45-181
9. Fiji 0-11
10. Wales 3-38
This is an embarrassing statistic for everyone apart from New Zealand. What prompted this post? I recently saw some Northern Hemisphere pundits picking their five greatest players of all time, and not one picked a single All Black. Consider this, the Northern Hemisphere has won only one World Cup. The rest have been won by New Zealand, South Africa and Australia.
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