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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Luke Baker

Why have the southern hemisphere sides been so dominant this autumn?

South Africa have been consistently superb this autumn - (Getty Images)

Perhaps we should have learnt by now. Fool me once and all that. As the 2024 Autumn Nations Series begins to wrap up, the southern hemisphere have once again shown their dominance over the north.

Despite talk heading into the autumn that an Australia team in transition were there for the taking and that Scott Robertson hadn’t yet properly made his mark on a beatable New Zealand side, those two nations and reigning double-world champions South Africa have racked up an imperious 8-2 combined record over Six Nations foes with just the Wallabies’ clash with Ireland in Dublin on Saturday to come.

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