Uni-Nation

It appears that no other team even wants to show up for the 2009 Tri-Nations. South Africa has dominated in every aspect of every game. Australia and New Zealand both had flurries of attacking success but, overall, South Africa has suffocated the offense while remaining disciplined. The boot of Morne Steyn has been Chris Paterson-like so far this campaign, and has really won the games for South Africa. All Black and Wallaby penalties are killing any opportunities for South African losses.

All of this is happening without Bryan Habana. He is on the field, but has missed passes and knocked on often. He has not had the chance to stretch his legs and really show his pace in the three games played so far. It must be mentioned that New Zealand and Australia have kept him under close watch to prevent any of his signiture tries, however.

In the upcoming games, South Africa could play a few percentage points below their current form, and still come out on top. South Africa is well on their way to an undefeated campaign, despite two games in Australia and another in New Zealand.

In other news, rugby sevens is on the verge of becoming part of the Olympics. This is a good choice to have sevens and not 15-a-side, which takes too long to play and to long to recover from. In addition, with sevens, lower nations have a better chance to win. If the USA manages to pull off an upset, the game could catch on in America. Sevens is already a more popular game than 15s anyway here in the States. I was not very supportive of rugby in the Olympics, but it looks to be a better choice.