A lot of the off-field focus ahead of the Springboks Rugby Championship clash against the All Blacks this week has been about the amount of support New Zealanders enjoy in Cape Town.
The All Blacks and their Super Rugby teams have always enjoyed good support in the Mother City, especially in the coloured communities.
It largely stems from the Apartheid years, where they were looking for an alternative team to support instead of a racially segregated South African team, which only allowed white players to play for the country.
Another reason is the style of rugby the All Blacks have traditionally dished up, which was/is more akin to rugby played by the old non-racial South Africa Rugby Union (SARU) teams.
But the make-up of Springboks teams remained the biggest reason, as the slow pace of transformation after Apartheid ended saw many supporters staying committed to the All Blacks instead of the country of their birth.
