After a shaky start to the Rugby's Greatest Rivalry series, Kurt-Lee Arendse hit top gear in the Baltimore finale — and this piece argues that performance should have the Wallabies genuinely worried. Hermanus uses that display to make the case that Arendse's elite finishing is back in sharp focus at exactly the right time.
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Renewed KLA puts Wallabies on red alert
Arendse's Baltimore performance reignited his Rugby's Greatest Rivalry campaign, and Hermanus argues it's a timely warning for Australia ahead of their next Bok encounter.
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