Ex-foxsports - shows how much that travel hurts...
Especially shows the advantage the Shawks and Bools enjoyed for their season start...
No team has crossed the Indian Ocean and registered a win. The Chiefs managed a 34-all draw with a final 10-minute burst against the Bulls at the weekend but aside from that great escape there have been 15 defeats.
Of the New Zealand and Australian teams to tour South Africa so far the Blues, Reds and Hurricanes returned home with just four bonus points between them.
The Waratahs and Chiefs wrap up their stints in the Republic this weekend with clashes against the Stormers and Cheetahs respectively.
Michael Cheika’s side then have a stop-off in Perth on their way home for a showdown with the resurgent Western Force, a side the Chiefs failed to beat on their journey over.
And what of the touring fortunes of the South African sides then? Duck eggs. They’re none from eight.
Only the Cheetahs and Stormers have completed Australasian tours in 2014 for just two bonus points – both of which belong to the Cape Town side.
