IF anyone had been daft enough before the Home Nations headed south of the Equator to suggest that Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England would all force a deciding rubber in each of their three-match series, I would have had to say forget it, because I fully expected the All Blacks, Wallabies and Springboks to comfortably see off their opponents.
I suppose like many pundits I had fallen for the story of the Southern Hemisphere’s total domination over the Home Nations, and I am just delighted to have been proved wrong. No matter what happens in the three deciding Tests, the Home Nations have done themselves proud with their performances against Argentina, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, and particularly Ireland and Wales.
