Inga Tuigamala believes that the altitude factor is overrated and the All Blacks will have no advantage at sea level in Durban, while he also thinks the restructure of the club game in New Zealand should reward playing performance and nothing else in The New Zealand Herald.
"The reality is that players in the modern age are so fit and professionally drilled that the decades-old belief that playing at altitude gave the Boks an advantage - and thus the visitors an edge on the return to sea level - is a myth.
"Nonetheless, the All Blacks will be delighted to put Bloemfontein behind them. Last week's result would have been a massive disappointment, especially as the team played very well for much of the game...
"So how did it come to this? How did the NZRU allow our domestic competition in our national game to become so muddled?
"You should know where you stand with rugby. You should know that if you win, you stay up; if
you lose you go down. Rugby is about what happens on the field - it's as simple as that. Instead the NZRU is allowing finances, stadium sizes and other non-rugby factors to determine who stays up and who goes down."
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