The Greatest Rivalry Test 4 Review Ft Searley
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What was the overall impression of the Greatest Rivalry Tour and its significance?
The final review of the greatest rivalry tour is here. The tour that lived up to all the hype, all the expectations. What a tour it has been. South Africa can confirm themselves as the number one side in the world. But with the Rugby World Cup around the corner, I think New Zealand fans can leave this tour with a little bit of hope. Um there's enough encouraging signs from this tour where I feel like we can leave this feeling like there's something more to go. Um and to chat all things this fourth test and this series, it is of course the voice of New Zealand sport. I like how that sort of flows. It's now surely it sort of comes off the tongue. Cerly from Surly Talk Sport. Welcome mate.
Uh, it's a good little ego o ego boost 'cause I don't hear it from anyone else except for you. So that alone keeps me coming back, mate. You know, I'm in the trenches, sporting results over the weekend didn't go my way except for the mighty harbour. So to come on here and hear that just leads me to believe I'm on the right path. So really appreciate it, Jimmy, mate.
Mate, you're definitely on the right path. And the feedback I get after every show. Everyone loves her. They love your banter. They love your insights. So looking forward to ripping into this one. And I wanna start with what a tour. What a tour it's been. We s we s talked it up. Um lived up to all expectations for me.
That's the thing, right? We had high expectations because these tours are so few and far between. Everyone expected it to deliver on almost every level. But I feel like everyone played their part. Like the teams played their part. The host cities played their part. The South Africans certainly did off the paddock and on the field too. The coaches played their part. The fans, like the social media banter, you would have seen it from your posts and the interaction. But It's almost like whatever stuff got chucked up on socials just completely went off. But In a way, it's all that all adds to it all, right? Like if it was dead out there and there was no engagement, these games wouldn't mean as much. So I feel like everyone ticked every box.
And it is banter. Like a lot of it gets very passionate, especially when you question certain parts of other teams' games and things like that. But that's what keeps rugby going. Like we've missed this passion for a while. So I feel like the game here in New Zealand has shot back up to popularity off the back of this. tour and it's come at the perfect time for the All Blacks and this All Blacks regime in particular because we've got a new style of play, we've now implemented the kind of base and we need to kick on from here. But I feel like despite losing three one, there's a sense of optimism there that we wouldn't have got in having lost three one to any other team. And that's a credit to South Africa.
This is a this is a tour I think we'll look back on at the end of the Rugby World Cup and be like that was crucial as to where we finish.
Yeah, I like I could watch these two teams play every week. Like there's such good games. Uh uh so tight but such different styles. The contrasting styles is fascinating, just the way these teams go to have it. But the collisions and the intensity of the games is just so good to watch. And like you say, about everything else, the crowd and um everything, the drama. You mentioned the um I guess it's the controversy. That's the beauty of race. Because it's so grey. The game is played and so grey. Like the referee is never gonna get a game right. Let's be honest. And there'll be there's lots of talking points after every game, especially when they're tight. And we'll go through a few of them today. But um it's just the beauty of rugby is like after every game there's a case to make.
Two people are probably still right, they watch the game from the same lens, but you can have a different opinion. opinion. So I I think that's just the beauty of the game. And you mentioned the all blacks and like what they'll take out of it. They've used 49 players on tour. That's massive for next year.
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