AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?
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@pukunui said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@taniwharugby said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
One News reporting they have spoken to NZR and they are still working through with players, TV1 also said they spoke to one of the 3 mentioned in the article who said it was not the case
Newshub news just had a story that RA have now formally requested the Bledisloe tests are played in Aust rather than NZ. Who knows if that is actually true. But they can fuck right off if that’s the case.
So a bit more on this it appears the following options are what they are pushing for, just dont want to play October 10 as it is day after SR Australia final
"RA wants NZ Rugby to hold the Bledisloe tests in New Zealand on October 17 and October 24, leading into a condensed Rugby Championship.
Alternatively, it has proposed hosting all Bledisloe tests in Australia this, proposing a 50-50 revenue split.."
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@voodoo said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
These are extraordinary times. I dont think we can equate this ask with being a busy CEO in normal times.
I know. Further context though - the players are the revenue stream for the company. And in terms of unusual times, it's a business facing a massive revenue drop with no reserves. So without exaggerating, those international tests are make or break for NZ Rugby.
Look, it's horrible. But ultimately it's just over 2 months away from home. You can't demand it, but I think you can expect your very well paid stars to work with the business when it really really needs you.
I'm torn, but on balance would expect folk to go
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@pukunui said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
I say fuck the RC. Get SA to come and do a big tour with plenty of midweek games to get them up to speed. Would be good prep for their Lions tour next year.
Lock the Bledisloe in the cupboard for another year as a middle finger to RA for trying to poach those tests.
They'll want to do that as much as our guys want to be in Aus and cut off from family for 3 months
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@akan004 said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@pukunui said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
I say fuck the RC. Get SA to come and do a big tour with plenty of midweek games to get them up to speed. Would be good prep for their Lions tour next year.
Lock the Bledisloe in the cupboard for another year as a middle finger to RA for trying to poach those tests.
That would be ideal.
For us
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@booboo said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@pukunui said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
I say fuck the RC. Get SA to come and do a big tour with plenty of midweek games to get them up to speed. Would be good prep for their Lions tour next year.
Lock the Bledisloe in the cupboard for another year as a middle finger to RA for trying to poach those tests.
They'll want to do that as much as our guys want to be in Aus and cut off from family for 3 months
Yeah, will never happen.
Having said that, they are looking to spend months in Aust so spending them in NZ wouldn’t be that different. -
@pukunui said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@booboo said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@pukunui said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
I say fuck the RC. Get SA to come and do a big tour with plenty of midweek games to get them up to speed. Would be good prep for their Lions tour next year.
Lock the Bledisloe in the cupboard for another year as a middle finger to RA for trying to poach those tests.
They'll want to do that as much as our guys want to be in Aus and cut off from family for 3 months
Yeah, will never happen.
Having said that, they are looking to spend months in Aust so spending them in NZ wouldn’t be that different.Reckon they'll do their best to get out of that
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@Tim said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
So who would replace them? Ioane and Black?
They could save some money on kit and Foxy can call in Brett Cameron
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@pukunui said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
Get SA to come and do a big tour with plenty of midweek games to get them up to speed. Would be good prep for their Lions tour next year.
Wouldn't that be bloody great. Use the Covid thing to put together an old-style rugby tour to keep the fans happy.
Worked for the Nth-Sth game and, if the finances can be worked out, could be a real win-win for Sth Africa and NZ Rugby.
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@pakman said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@sparky said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
The Prime Minister caves in. I hope she and all future NZ PMs realise they ain't as important as the All Blacks.
Mark Robinson 2 JA 0. Amazing.
and avoidable if you don't throw out a 'SANZAAR politics' line. After all the heat on the border, keeping it secure is reasonable. And now a change in heart.
What no one is talking about is that any case of Covid in any touring party could scupper any tour at any time. We are in a super high consequence situation - even post quarantine, the teams are still at risk, albeit a low risk.
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@pakman said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@sparky said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
The Prime Minister caves in. I hope she and all future NZ PMs realise they ain't as important as the All Blacks.
Mark Robinson 2 JA 0. Amazing.
What? JA said straight away that the quarantine requirements for Ozzie were going to be much less than SA/Arg and all their NH players. isolation 3 days, test, then traing. As good as 2 weeks prior to tests, same as we’ll get in Oz - no whinging from wallabies now, I hope
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@pakman said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@sparky said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
The Prime Minister caves in. I hope she and all future NZ PMs realise they ain't as important as the All Blacks.
Mark Robinson 2 JA 0. Amazing.
Im not sure Mark Robinson can claim any sort of victory.
The 2021 Super rugby negotiations have been a disaster.
The RC has moved to Australia and a couple of weeks out from the proposed, but not agreed to yet, date the Wallabies are threatening to not come to NZ.He should be grateful he is getting any help from the government because his job is probably more at risk over this than Jacinda’s.
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The squad stuff has got mixed in with the test thread, but this belongs here. Common sense stuff from Foster, a start!
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From the above article:
Foster confirmed on a zoom call with New Zealand reporters on Tuesday he’ll likely use the full Sanzaar allotment of 46 players for the championship, partly because of the condensed nature of the programme and partly because border restrictions make flying in replacement players all but impossible.
Foster currently has 35 players in his squad to assemble for the opening two Bledisloe Cup tests against the Wallabies
So that's 11 more players not playing Mitre 10 Cup. It will be interesting to see who'll be added to the squad.
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