All Blacks skipper Scott Barrett is relaxed about a possible quarter-final meeting with the Springboks at the 2027 World Cup
All Blacks skipper Scott Barrett is relaxed about a possible quarter-final meeting with the Springboks at the 2027 World Cup
4 December 2025
If both sides top their respective pools - with the All Blacks facing the Wallabies in the early stages - then win their round of 16 ties, they will square off in the last eight.
But Barrett - vying for his third World Cup trip in two years' time - says that's the way it goes.
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