What an absolutely outstanding game it was between the All Blacks and South Africa at the Rugby World Cup.
But when I hear that statistic that says no one has ever lost a pool game and gone on to win the World Cup, I can't help but think it is tempting fate because records, of any sort, are made to be broken.
History is about making history, not what happened in the past. South Africa, in that game, proved to me that they are going to knock over some people in this competition and they could very easily face the All Blacks again in this World Cup.
What we saw were two superpowers throwing everything at each other and there would have been some seriously sore bodies the day after.
I take my hat off to the way the South Africans played but I thought the New Zealand were classier at the right times and when the opportunities were there they pounced, which has always set the All Blacks apart from everyone else.
It was great to see the way Sevu Reece and George Bridge combine for the All Blacks' opening try. There were some fantastic touches in the lead-up and some great play.
Ian Foster said at halftime they were starting to take the legs away from the Springboks, but South Africa's fitness was better than it had been for a long time. Everyone, I think, has worked on the fitness part of the game.
But I think the All Blacks may still have the edge, for having been at that higher plane of fitness for longer.
Hearing Malcolm Marx and Steve Kitshoff say that the All Blacks seemed better able to think on their feet than the Springboks showed up something that always been the All Blacks' way.
When you're tired everyone can push through the fitness barrier and carry on but it is in that state when the brain may be lacking oxygen that the All Blacks are still able to think instinctively and know what to do and to make the right decisions.
That starts at a really young age in New Zealand and is inherent in sports playing out in the backyard, on the beach or whatever.
I was also glad to hear that the Springbok forwards found it difficult in the scrums because the All Blacks were always doing something different at each scrum.
Scrummaging is about out-thinking your opposition, it's not about doing the same thing time and again and putting your head down and just pushing. Technically you've almost got to lull the opposition into a false sense of security. You get your opposite thinking what you are going to do but then change something, and all of a sudden you can get the edge on him.
Scrum coach Mike Cron has clearly done his homework and he's also added his touch to the mental game the pack is playing.
In saying that, I had a few concerns for the All Blacks scrum in the second half. Coming off the bench we don't usually miss too much but certainly with Joe Moody and Nepo Laulala not being there the scrum wasn't as effective. South Africa were quite strong and there were some squeaky moments. I wonder if perhaps Ofa Tuungafasi should be playing tighthead and Angus Ta'avao at loosehead.
At times South Africa's defence was outstanding, led by Pieter-Steph du Toit, but there were times when he was too enthusiastic and the All Blacks ran out and spotted it. You can't have that rush defence when you're going backwards. That's the one key element of a rush defence.
To defeat a rush defence you need to get it going backwards and then they have to go to a slide defence to keep a line because if you are constantly going back, and then trying to come forward, you're going to get disjointed somewhere and that's what Richie Mo'unga and Beauden Barrett spotted.
It's set the All Blacks up with a bit of confidence going into what will be some glorified training runs for the next couple of weeks, but at the end of the day you're in a World Cup and you respect the opposition and you go out there and do your thing.
For the next couple of weeks, the All Blacks will work out what they can do to improve with an eye towards what happens after the pool stages.
Of the other games I had tipped Argentina to beat France, but it came down to the one kick at the end and Argentina missed out. Argentina have always got something up their sleeve for France and nine times out of 10 they come away with more victories than losses. I enjoyed watching it and France just managed to hang in there.
Watching Australia-Fiji I was excited at halftime thinking there might be a huge upset on the cards but a few classy moments from Australia gave them the win. However, they will have gone away from that knowing that they were lucky and that they need to improve.
The fatal error Fiji made was they stopped playing and started defending the lead. And Fiji should never defend the lead, they've just got to keep playing.
I think they got the speed wobbles when they got their nose out in front and that gave Australia the opportunity. And again, traditionally, the All Blacks will continue to play. They don't defend the lead, they keep playing and that's the difference.
By comparison games like Japan-Russia looked nowhere near the standard of the All Blacks and South Africa. There were lots of mistakes, lots of errors as you would expect from some of the lower tier nations and even England. They looked good at times but it was hardly a performance to write home about.