Stuart Dye: South Africans think NZ women are ugly

Rachel Hunter. Photo / Supplied.

It's war. South Africans think New Zealand women are ugly, according to Johannesburg's biggest daily newspaper.

The Star's chief sports writer Kevin McCallum criticises South Africa's xenophobia in a column analysing the country's World Cup performance.

The world sees South Africa as quaint and unsophisticated, he says, "just as South Africans think all Americans are fat, all Poms are pasty, New Zealand girls are ugly, Greeks smelly, the French rude, Nigerians deal drugs and Indians are untrustworthy".

Nigeria may have a drug problem and there's no doubt there's an obesity issue in the US; the French have a certain way that could be construed as rude, Indians are excellent entrepreneurs and the Greeks celebrate the pheromones in natural odours.

England, of course, has no sun.

But New Zealand girls, ugly?

South African Tanit Phoenix is a stunner, but she's barely started out and can't compete with a legend like Rachel Hunter.

Alice Krige is a movie legend in her native country, but we'll take Lucy Lawless any day.

Hollywood star Charlize Theron may be hot right now, but Lorraine Downes won Miss Universe and that's timeless.

Johan Le Roux biting Sean Fitzpatrick's ear? That's forgivable in the heat of battle.

Winning more Rugby World Cups than us? All in the past and we'll even the score in 2011. Even the torrid incident of Susie and the food-poisoning pales into insignificance.

This time South Africa has gone too far and New Zealand must strike back.

When the Springboks arrive in New Zealand next year we'll be sure to have a bevy of Kiwi beauties to wait on them hand and foot. And they'll all be called Susie.