Will Rugby Championship put All Blacks' World Cup at risk?

While England and Wales head to World Cup training camps, New Zealand, South Africa and Australia are preparing for a bruising

Dan Carter, All Blacks vs Samoa
(Image credit: Hannah Peters/Getty)

With the Rugby World Cup only nine weeks away, teams from the southern hemisphere are gearing up for the Rugby Championship, the bruising four-way battle for supremacy below the equator.

Tournament favourites and current World Cup holders New Zealand take on Argentina in Christchurch on Friday morning, before travelling thousands of miles to face South Africa the following weekend.

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