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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32361, 29 July 1970, Page 19

On the form of the two teams in the first half, the 1970 AU Blacks could suffer the fate of their unfortunate predecessors of 1949 and lose all four tests. At half-time there was a possibility that the Springboks could win by 25 points. Fortunately the substantial imbalance was corrected in the second half. But even in the second half —and even after the advent of S. M. Going and the scoring by B. G. WilUams of so classic a try that the Springbok fly-half, P. Visagie, later said this young man was the finest wing three-quarter he had ever seen—there was still little doubt that the Springboks would win. Forward Trouble So the All Blacks, after all their great success in 10 successive preUminary matches, now face the fact that at testmatch level their play and players are not good enough. The trouble began in the forwards. The set scrummaging was good enough for B. E. McLeod to take the heels against the head by four to one. But some of these heels were made with such speed that the ball flashed through the scrum and bounced for four, five or six yards behind Lochore. This placed C. R. Laidlaw under severe strain because D. de Villiers, from the first