Nick Cain’s column: Sorry, but the North/South divide is as wide as ever

All but one of the seven Rugby World Cups have been won by the Southern Hemisphere powers. New Zealand, South Africa and Australia are the current favourites. The All Blacks beat Australia 40-0 in Auckland yesterday. Michael Cheika made six changes to his team in Sydney and it backfired. He should have started playing David Pocock and Michael Hooper together. They can upset the world champions. Nick Cain's column is titled North/South divide. It's not as bad as it seems. He's wrong about the quality of this season's Rugby Championship. All the Northern Hemisphere teams are still pitching at a higher level than their Six Nations counterparts.