Jeff Wilson's core argument is simple: three Tests in South Africa would have guaranteed a series result and a clean narrative arc — the fourth Test in Baltimore muddies that by making a drawn series possible. He's not opposed to the commercial logic of growing rugby in the US ahead of 2031, but he thinks it comes at the cost of sporting integrity. Wilson is, however, enthusiastic about the touring format itself, drawing on his own experience of Otago beating the 1994 Springboks at a flooded Carisbrook — a result he rates among his proudest rugby memories — as evidence of why midweek provincial games against touring sides matter.