Laurie Mains: Springboks’ Baltimore win ‘was an awful lot closer than the score indicated’ and All Blacks ‘could have won all three of the first three’ Tests

Laurie Mains’ verdict on the All Blacks’ loss to the Springboks in Baltimore is that it “was an awful lot closer than the score indicated”, and he feels the men in black “could have won all three of the first three” Greatest Rivalry series Tests.

The Springboks secured a 3-1 series triumph over their arch-rivals at the M7T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Saturday courtesy of a 43-28 victory.

This came after New Zealand won the opening Test at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, but South Africa showed why they are the current world champions as they bounced back withback-to-back wins at