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The South African Springboks will lead the New Zealand All Blacks 3-0 after the first three tests of the series.

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The South African Springboks will lead the New Zealand All Blacks 3-0 after the first three tests of the series.

“It'll be 3-0 before we go to that, you know, the traditional end of the traditional series decided of Springbok to all black rugby for hundreds of years, Baltimore. It'll be 3-0.”

Dotted words: transcribed with low confidence.

John Dobson · Cape Talk · Afternoon Drive · 17 Aug 2026

The verdict· graded 23 Aug

The All Blacks won the first test 33-16, so South Africa could not be 3-0 up after the first three tests.

The claim predicted South Africa would be 3-0 up after the first three tests, but the first test was won by the All Blacks 33-16. That makes the 3-0 South African lead impossible, so the claim was wrong.

The event so far

8 predictions from 3 stations

  1. Mon 17 Aug, 16:29Cape TalkThis one

    The South African Springboks will lead the New Zealand All Blacks 3-0 after the first three tests of the series.

    John Dobson

    Incorrect
  2. Correct
  3. Incorrect
  4. Correct
  5. Incorrect
  6. Incorrect
  7. Incorrect

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