PREVIEW-All Blacks tour revives old tradition and opens new revenue stream

CAPE TOWN, Aug 5 : New Zealand's All Blacks this week embark on the first full-scale rugby tour of South Africa in 30 years, restoring one of rugby's enduring traditions while at the same time seeking to create a lucrative sporting property.The two countries are the game's most successful sides – with seven Rugby World Cups between them – and have a rivalry of more than 100 tests that stretches back to their first clash in 1921 when the Springboks visited New Zealand.They have restored the tradition of touring each other's country in a bid to create a sporting spectacle that extends beyond both their shores and offers the opportunity to make the revenue that both New Zealand and South Africa earn when the British & Irish Lions tour their respective countries every 12 years.The tour, which