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Key Facts • South Africa’s last victory over Australia in Brisbane was during the 1971 tour, when they won 14-6 in the second ...

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In the aftermath of the first two Tri Nations matches of 2010, both featuring yellow cards to Springbok locks, there has been a lot of talk on the Fern about the influence of the refs on the outcome of the games. Most of it has been pretty healthy debate, with the Kiwis generally taking the stance that the Boks lost the match due to the dominance of the All Blacks and not because of the refs, whilst some of the Bok fans have fallen in with the official line coming from Bok coach Peter de Villiers and his entourage, who publicly claim "that they cannot see how they lost the match" and that "referee bias" against their team swayed the outcome. ...

So we've all agreed that the All Black front row is the best in the world. We'll maybe not, but pretty damn close. OK, not even that, it's being talked about a little bit anyway in the forums. Now onto the engine room, and the light cavalry of the loose forwards. At the moment the All Blacks are very well served with the five behind the fatties up front. ...

Hmmm, trench warfare or blitzkrieg? Thank goodness the times have changed. The Bokke are still digging trenches and hauling their heavy artillery through the mud, while the All Blacks have got their tanks are are rolling over the hills and dales faster than the Boers can turn their guns and dig new trenches. ...

The big question is whether Smit and Matfield will still be up there come 2011. Can they be managed so they are fresh and ...

Two games down, and 2 convincing, bonus point wins for the All Blacks. Well done to them - thoroughly deserved victories. And painful watching for Bok fans. My only gripe is that the refereeing has been very average (my old english teacher would be having a fit saying there can be no such thing as VERY average). ...