Andrew Austin salutes the beginning of a golden era for South African rugby, and wishes that the All Blacks had some of their selection conundrums, in The New Zealand Herald.

"What Graham Henry would give to have Springbok coach Pieter de Villiers' selection headaches. The Boks may have won two Rugby World Cups, but history would suggest that the last time South Africa had this much talent was in the early 1980s. "Those were the days of exciting runners like Danie Gerber and the Du Plessis brothers, Carel and Michael. The forwards were not too shabby either, with Schalk Burger snr and Hennie Bekker (the fathers of Stormers' stars Schalk and Andries) and talented opensider Rob Louw. The big problem with that team was that it did not play much thanks to apartheid."