All Blacks Tests 2020
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The problem appears to be that SA want to play a minimum of 4 Currie Cup games before travelling, which could delay the start of the RC, and I doubt Queenstown has the facilities to host 3 teams to quarantine/train. The logical option is to allocate one team per city so they can isolate and train. Move one to Chch and another to Welly.
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Just because argentina can't make it, doesn't mean shit. I'm not saying it's going ahead but it could be tri nations again
@Machpants said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
Just because argentina can't make it, doesn't mean shit. I'm not saying it's going ahead but it could be tri nations again
Someone clearly doesn’t understand the importance of regular friendlies between the top nations.
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Anyone think after mitre 10 cup the all black do a internal tour if nz 2 games vs say nz Maori and a nz president xv kind of like the 70s when colin meads played for president xv if the ab csnt play international teams
@Cpt-Kumera ABs v Maori ABs v ABs XV (which is now our official second senior side). Would be nice, with a few games in smaller stadiums.
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Latest reports indicate Australia may host a RC tournament over six weeks in November / December. This means an entire, possibly even enlarged, All Black squad could be away for up to 8 weeks inc a quarantine period. This would completely fuck the last few weeks of the NPC. FUCK THAT. Some of the blame is being apportioned to our piss weak governmental response to encouraging economic recovery by making it more straightforward for Australia to host the RC. At least if we hosted it we'd get the boost from crowds, touring sides spending money, and some of the ABs could still play provincial footy. FUCK.
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@Duluth said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
Does anyone find this kind of funny after NZR playing tough guy on how Super Rugby will play out?
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@Duluth said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
Does anyone find this kind of funny after NZR playing tough guy on how Super Rugby will play out?
@Hooroo said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
@Duluth said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
Does anyone find this kind of funny after NZR playing tough guy on how Super Rugby will play out?
Its the 2003 RWC all over again
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It has very little to do with the unions and more to do with the gov response
A small outbreak in Auckland resulted in games or rugby being illegal and travel banned from the region.
Without getting into the merits of the response, that is a huge risk for a rugby competition -
It has very little to do with the unions and more to do with the gov response
A small outbreak in Auckland resulted in games or rugby being illegal and travel banned from the region.
Without getting into the merits of the response, that is a huge risk for a rugby competition@Duluth said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
It has very little to do with the unions and more to do with the gov response
A small outbreak in Auckland resulted in games or rugby being illegal and travel banned from the region.
Without getting into the merits of the response, that is a huge risk for a rugby competitionIt'll be held in Queensland because the Qld Government have repeatedly shown they have a really strong border stance. Unless you play pro sport, and people like that. In which case you can pretty much do exactly as you want.
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@Duluth said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
It has very little to do with the unions and more to do with the gov response
A small outbreak in Auckland resulted in games or rugby being illegal and travel banned from the region.
Without getting into the merits of the response, that is a huge risk for a rugby competitionIt'll be held in Queensland because the Qld Government have repeatedly shown they have a really strong border stance. Unless you play pro sport, and people like that. In which case you can pretty much do exactly as you want.
@mariner4life said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
@Duluth said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
It has very little to do with the unions and more to do with the gov response
A small outbreak in Auckland resulted in games or rugby being illegal and travel banned from the region.
Without getting into the merits of the response, that is a huge risk for a rugby competitionIt'll be held in Queensland because the Qld Government have repeatedly shown they have a really strong border stance. Unless you play pro sport, and people like that. In which case you can pretty much do exactly as you want.
Sounds awesome,
but then playing rugby in Nov/Dec in 28 degree heat would be 'interesting'
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
@Duluth said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
It has very little to do with the unions and more to do with the gov response
A small outbreak in Auckland resulted in games or rugby being illegal and travel banned from the region.
Without getting into the merits of the response, that is a huge risk for a rugby competitionIt'll be held in Queensland because the Qld Government have repeatedly shown they have a really strong border stance. Unless you play pro sport, and people like that. In which case you can pretty much do exactly as you want.
Sounds awesome,
but then playing rugby in Nov/Dec in 28 degree heat would be 'interesting'
@nzzp said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
@Duluth said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
It has very little to do with the unions and more to do with the gov response
A small outbreak in Auckland resulted in games or rugby being illegal and travel banned from the region.
Without getting into the merits of the response, that is a huge risk for a rugby competitionIt'll be held in Queensland because the Qld Government have repeatedly shown they have a really strong border stance. Unless you play pro sport, and people like that. In which case you can pretty much do exactly as you want.
Sounds awesome,
but then playing rugby in Nov/Dec in 28 degree heat would be 'interesting'
pussies, that's nice and cool
Townsville has a really nice new stadium for the ABs to play at...
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@Duluth said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
It will be a stunning coup by the Aussie government if they pinch the Rugby Championship from New Zealand. Given the NZ government stupidly cancelled the hotly anticipated Blues-Crusaders clash because of a tiny number of cases, I understand why the professional sports community doesn't want to the risk of arranging events in New Zealand at the moment.
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@Duluth said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
It will be a stunning coup by the Aussie government if they pinch the Rugby Championship from New Zealand. Given the NZ government stupidly cancelled the hotly anticipated Blues-Crusaders clash because of a tiny number of cases, I understand why the professional sports community doesn't want to the risk of arranging events in New Zealand at the moment.
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In the Herald's Paywall - more rumours
Rugby bosses are set to meet tonight on if and where this year's Rugby Championship will take place. Should the tournament be called off, New Zealand could end up playing the best test schedule in the professional era, writes Gregor Paul. One more giant, potentially irreparable crack may appear in the Sanzaar alliance tomorrow morning if the 2020 Rugby Championship is canned overnight, paving the way for South Africa to conduct an old-fashioned three-test tour of New Zealand.
The All Blacks may also end up playing a test against Japan if it is agreed the Rugby Championship is going to be too difficult to stage this year and with the Bledisloe Cup also a near certainty to progress regardless of what else happens, New Zealand could host six tests before Christmas in what might be one of the best schedules created in the professional age.
New Zealand Rugby has been building contingency scenarios to ensure the All Blacks still have a meaningful test programme this year should the Rugby Championship not go ahead.
Broadcast and sponsorship contracts are locked into the Rugby Championship so if it is axed, NZR needs to have a way to ensure it is providing stakeholders with alternative content around which they can leverage their investment.
The preference remains to play a full Rugby Championship given the contractual obligation to do so, but the contingency, which could see the All Blacks play two Bledisloe Cup tests, three against the Boks and one against Japan in New Zealand, is starting to stack as more attractive to fans and stakeholders, while it also comes with a lower number of practical and logistic complications.
