Ireland great: Opponents are ‘dreading’ facing the Springboks who are ‘head and shoulders’ above the rest of the world

Former Ireland wing Andrew Trimble insists that the Springboks have put a significant gap between them and the rest of the world.

South Africa are currently ranked number one in the World Rugby rankings but were briefly usurped by New Zealand during the Rugby Championship.

However, that changed when the Boks visited Wellington in September and hammered Scott Robertson’s men 43-10 to move back to the summit.

Since then, Rassie Erasmus’ team have retained the Rugby Championship title and started their five-Test November series with victories over Japan and France.

The latter was obviously the most impressive as they overcame Lood