All Blacks must get 'everything right' to beat Springboks, says legend Fitzpatrick

‘Uli is going to kill you’: All Blacks legend Sean Fitzpatrick remembers a rivalry like no other

All Black icon Sean Fitzpatrick looks back at his clashes with Uli Schmidt and Danie Gerber, shedding light on what it takes to win a Test series on South African soil.

All Blacks must get 'everything right' to beat Springboks, says legend Fitzpatrick

On Saturday, world champions and top-ranked South Africa and second-ranked New Zealand begin a four-Test series marketed as the "Greatest Rivalry" at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. Cape Town, Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg and American city Baltimore will be the venues on the following three Saturdays in the first extended tour between the giants since 1996. The advent of professionalism in rugby saw the demise of multi-match tours apart from …

Fitzy: All Blacks must get everything right

Former All Blacks captain Sean Fitzpatrick believes New Zealand have no room for error if they are to match the feat of his 1996 team and win a Test series in South Africa. The All Blacks begin the first four-Test edition of Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry against the Springboks at Ellis Park on Saturday, with the series also taking in Cape Town, a visit to Johannesburg’s iconic FNB Stadium and ends in the US city of Baltimore. Fitzpatrick captained th…

All Blacks must get ‘everything right’ to beat Springboks, says legend Fitzpatrick

Sean Fitzpatrick, captain of the only New Zealand team to win a Test series in South Africa, told AFP on Wednesday the current All Blacks must get “everything right” to match that feat. On Saturday, world champions and top-ranked South Africa and second-ranked New Zealand begin a four-Test series marketed as the “Greatest Rivalry” at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. Cape Town, Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg and American city Baltimore will be th…

No margin for error: All Blacks must get 'everything right' to beat Springboks, says legend Fitzpatrick