Has Woodward lost the plot?

A JUDGEMENT on just how good this New Zealand side is will have to wait until the forthcoming Tri Nations series.

The simple fact to emerge from Wellington last Saturday is that they are just far too good for the Lions.

When England won the World Cup in 2003 there were many who felt that, at long last, the gap between rugby in the northern and southern hemispheres had been breached. The simple fact is that the game has moved on since then.