The true way to test the enjoyability of Super Rugby Pacific is to watch the Waratahs v Western Force game in Sydney on Saturday without a Wallabies lens. If you can watch that game and not give two hoots about whether Rob Leota or Nick Champion de Crespigny have gone up in Joe Schmidt’s estimation, then Super Rugby Pacific is well on the way to becoming a standalone product with a genuine future. That’s the way I’ll be watching it, because it is clear that over the opening three rounds that Super Rugby is carving out an identity that is distinct to Test rugby. The two will never be able to be completely separated, particularly as Super Rugby has a high-performance function in helping players to prepare for Test rugby, but the excellent opening month of Super Rugby has delivered such a level of engagement that the viewer finds him or herself frankly not caring about the Wallabies or the All Blacks.