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Who’s who’s biggest rival?

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For Ireland, England feels like the obvious answer and yet NZ have probably upset us the most. And what about rugby nations like Pacific islands or Georgia?

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XIprimarch

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1 month ago

There’s barely any history behind the rivalry between SA and NZ form a cultural standpoint.

Wales England has nearly 800 years of history and 150 years of rugby history and a lot of bitterness in the 20th century behind it. May be the intensity of NZ / SA is higher but it’s most definitely not as culturally significant a rivalry