All Blacks Tests 2020
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@Machpants what he should be concerned about is the safety of players. Someone here said that 7 of the Argentina squad have been infected. So the advice from the NZ medical professionals was 3 days individual quarantining, followed by smaller group bubbles ( we currently require 14 days Individually from everyone) was required. So is he asking us to adjust our rules for rugby players? ....Is he going to add to that special treatment for millionaires, foreign students....when families can’t see sick loved ones....Mark Robinson should suck it up like everyone else and say the NZRU does not expect special treatment. The rules were set by the same medical professionals (not the Government) whose advice has given us one the best Covid results in the world. Certainly not perfect but caution has paid huge dividends. I would have loved for the games to be in NZ but following advice from those whose job it is to provide that advice, not special interest groups with vested interests, is the minimum I expect from the Government.
As well as this the NZRU have made a mess of negotiations re Super Rugby - they are and should be under pressure.
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NZRU made a mess of the negotiations. Mark Robinson is a nice guy but looks out of his depth.
But they were dealt a bad hand of the NZ government who should be doing much, much more to support and faciliate professional sport, especially Rugby, in New Zealand. The cancellation of the Blues-Crusaders game (it should have happened behind closed doors) for a handful of cases was a terrible over-reaction when the risk to and from players was almost zero. No wonder sponsors and insurers were so nervous about the Rugby Championship in New Zealand. If New Zealand had a Prime Minister who genuinely loved Rugby and the All Blacks, the Rugby Championship would be taking place this year in NZ.
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Getting the excuses in early
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12364547
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@Machpants I thought the whinging would have stopped when Cheika left. Rennie is sounding more and more Aussie every day.
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@akan004 said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
@Machpants I thought the whinging would have stopped when Cheika left. Rennie is sounding more and more Aussie every day.
Well he knows his career in NZ is dead.
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'Recipe for disaster' - Fears growing among Springbok fans that an undercooked squad for test rugby will tarnish World Cup gloss
The confirmation that the Rugby Championship would go ahead in Australia put the Springboks on a path to overcome perhaps the greatest challenge yet, preparing for test rugby with extremely limited preparation against the All Blacks and Wallabies.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
@Bones They’re right, really. It will certainly be NZs to lose, even Ozzie should be more competitive. Arg will be a waste.
It’s only a bunch of friendlies, I doubt they’ll even turn up
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
There is more chance of a 4-match Bledisloe Cup series than a full Rugby Championship taking place.
Awesome, who doesn't want more of that?
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@Bovidae Not ideal obviously, but predictable. Can't rule out the ABs will be paddling the same boat too if reports are senior players are uninterested in being away from home that long.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
@Bovidae Not ideal obviously, but predictable. Can't rule out the ABs will be paddling the same boat too if reports are senior players are uninterested in being away from home that long.
Its starting to look like a baby blacks and baby boks situation
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@canefan said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
@antipodean said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
@Bovidae Not ideal obviously, but predictable. Can't rule out the ABs will be paddling the same boat too if reports are senior players are uninterested in being away from home that long.
Its starting to look like a baby blacks and baby boks situation
Imagine the damage done to the Wallabies psyche if they lost?
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@antipodean said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
@canefan said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
@antipodean said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
@Bovidae Not ideal obviously, but predictable. Can't rule out the ABs will be paddling the same boat too if reports are senior players are uninterested in being away from home that long.
Its starting to look like a baby blacks and baby boks situation
Imagine the damage done to the Wallabies psyche if they lost?
Totally a hollow win-lose situation if too many stay home
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Probably already mentioned but I am not going to break a fern tradition and start reading the whole thread, so open question to the thread....
Do we know if we have to play a set minimum amount of games before SANZAR nations lose money from existing TV deals? Do all nations need to be involved? It has been mentioned in this thread that potentially players who don't play could earn less? But what about the games themselves?
The way I see it unfolding now (without knowing the above) is it appears all unions appear to be scrambling to play for the income, any meaningful game would just be a bonus.
