BRENDAN GALLAGHER

Running riot: All Blacks No.8 Ardie Savea

ONE of the most question able truisms in rugby is that wet weather is a great leveller. Wrong. In 99.99 per cent of all wet weather games the better side wins. It’s just that you remember the very occasional upset and attribute it to the weather because that will have been the other notable feature of the game.
Another truism, more recent in its origins, is that the Pumas never back up a famous win against one of the big nations with another victory. That statement is on much safer ground. And, as I am in the mood, I...