Gavin Rich's verdict on the All Blacks' 54-0 win over the Sharks in Durban is essentially: don't read too much into it. The Sharks were missing virtually every Springbok in their squad and fielded what Rich describes as closer to a C-team than a B-team, making the result a limited fitness run rather than a genuine test of All Black quality. Dave Rennie's own concern — a penalty-plagued first half and two consecutive slow starts in the warm-up fixtures — is the more meaningful takeaway. Ma'a Nonu's brief cameo off the bench was the one moment that hinted at what a competitive team might do against them. The core question Rich raises is a familiar one: whether low-intensity tour games lull visiting sides into a false sense of readiness before a Springbok test. With Ellis Park on 22 August now the only thing that matters, Rich argues the real All Black preparation is still to come.