Original sentence: Up until the start of the professional era, the Springboks had won 21 tests to the All Blacks 18
Edited sentence: As the world's 1st and 2nd ranked national teams, and also the most dominant, any match between the All Blacks and Springboks is considered the greatest collection of rugby talent on a pitch that one can experience.Despite having to contend with off field problems that the other major Test nations do not face, the Springboks still maintain their positive win-loss ratio against every team, except New Zealand.Each national team considers the other to be its favourite and greatest rival.The All Blacks eventually managed to overtake a dominant South Africa because of a string of Springbok losses caused by the lack of a reliable goal kicker.The Springboks are still widely regarded as the most physical rugby team in the history of the game.These matches are known for their passionate ferocity, brutal physicality and sheer rugby excellence.Until the 1990's South Africa was comfortably the most successful rugby nation in Test match history, with a positive win-loss ratio against every Test playing nation including their traditional rivals, the New Zealand "All Blacks"