All Blacks Tests 2020

[ACT Crusader]

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks Tests 2020:

@MajorRage Melbourne/Victoria is completely locked down from the rest of Australia. I don't see that being a dealbreaker.

I can see it now, “The show must go on! Tasmania and Stewart Island get their first Bledisloe tests”

[Crucial]

Plans coming out that the TRC will go ahead this year played solely in NZ if a way to get the other teams into the country is agreed with the government

[Tim]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12348506

[Tim]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/300058434/sanzaar-announces-new-zealand-will-host-the-2020-rugby-championship

[Machpants]

I'm on for that, lotsa games to see

[antipodean]

The trans- Ta$man bubble better be operational then.

[Crucial]

@antipodean said in All Blacks Tests 2020:

The trans- Ta$man bubble better be operational then.

Keep the fuck out of our bubble you disease ridden filth!

[canefan]

@antipodean said in All Blacks Tests 2020:

The trans- Ta$man bubble better be operational then.

Or they quarantine A league or NRL style

[Machpants]

@canefan I think he might be meaning he can get over to watch!

I would hope that the teams get authority to train whilst in Q, Hotel/team bus/training ground bubble for their 2 weeks. Then a week lead upo to their first test.

[canefan]

@Machpants said in All Blacks Tests 2020:

@canefan I think he might be meaning he can get over to watch!

I would hope that the teams get authority to train whilst in Q, Hotel/team bus/training ground bubble for their 2 weeks. Then a week lead upo to their first test.

The way it's going right now, not going to be able to do it

[Crucial]

@Machpants said in All Blacks Tests 2020:

@canefan I think he might be meaning he can get over to watch!

I would hope that the teams get authority to train whilst in Q, Hotel/team bus/training ground bubble for their 2 weeks. Then a week lead upo to their first test.

The Aussies can bring grandads ball and chain to ensure that they don’t skip quarantine

[Tim]

Please let this happen. Just playing Australia would be a big disappointment.

[antipodean]

I'll be flying back on a NZ passport.

[Hooroo]

@antipodean said in All Blacks Tests 2020:

I'll be flying back on a NZ passport.

To do two weeks quarantine for a couple of footy matches? Or are you assuming/hoping there will be a Trans Ta$man bubble by then?

I will be surprised if we have a bubble by then, assuming it is in October, right after our Election.

[antipodean]

@Hooroo the latter;

@antipodean said in All Blacks Tests 2020:

The trans- Ta$man bubble better be operational then.

[dogmeat]

Be a bit farcical though wouldn't it? I mean I'd be buying tickets like everyone else but the other three nations aren't likely to be exactly match hardened.

[Tim]

@dogmeat Could be great opportunity for NZ A and NZ Maori to play some international teams.

[Machpants]

@dogmeat said in All Blacks Tests 2020:

Be a bit farcical though wouldn't it? I mean I'd be buying tickets like everyone else but the other three nations aren't likely to be exactly match hardened.

Ozzie will be, as much as us. Boks and Pumas, maybe not so muc. But it will be revenue shared, and those guys are as desperate as us for money

[Crucial]

@Machpants said in All Blacks Tests 2020:

@dogmeat said in All Blacks Tests 2020:

Be a bit farcical though wouldn't it? I mean I'd be buying tickets like everyone else but the other three nations aren't likely to be exactly match hardened.

Ozzie will be, as much as us. Boks and Pumas, maybe not so muc. But it will be revenue shared, and those guys are as desperate as us for money

Yeah. We would be heavy favourites though. Home games and quite a bit more decent rugby under the belts.

[Bovidae]

Mark Robinson said that TRC would likely run from early Nov to mid-Dec. That removes any chance of going north.

Those dates would mean a small overlap with the NPC in Nov, and ABs could be involved in the early stages of the NPC.