All Blacks Tests 2020
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"On numerous occasions, for the record, going back to August 27, we at RA said we would be prepared to entertain a five-week competition but that was knocked on the head by New Zealand, South Africa and Argentina," McLennan said. Australia then voted with New Zealand to play six matches in five weeks at a September 17 meeting. That was also knocked on the head by South Africa and Argentina, leaving the trans- Ta$man nations with little choice but to agree to the current competition format. NZR says it never agreed to the six-week format but McLennan has board minutes which prove otherwise. "I've seen board minutes from September 17 where the six-week competition was signed off," McLennan said. "There's a lot of he said, she said. It's a bit messy, I have to say." The "messy" nature of the disagreement has seen the relationship deteriorate rapidly. "There is respect there but the relationship is at probably the lowest ebb it's ever been at," McLennan said. "But I'm trying my hardest to fix that over time." -
The reporting over here is really beating on NZR, and from what I've read on both sides of the ditch, this looks like an own goal.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
The reporting over here is really beating on NZR, and from what I've read on both sides of the ditch, this looks like an own goal.
It certainly was a mistake to trust RA.
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... and this is the risk with AB Tests this year
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I dont get what RA are supposed to have done wrong. All accounts are they agreed to NZRs request even after NZR turned down the exact same when the shoe was on the other foot.
Frankly NZR have acted like right dicks since the start of the year.
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@Derpus I think that last bit is untrue. In good ol' dirty politics fashion, the RA CEO "played" things via the Aussie media because that suited his agenda. NZR has said very little from the start. They made one statement about the Aratipu Report, and what was said in that statement was subsequently totally twisted by the Aussie media, and by McLennan to suit his own purposes. The media believed what he said or used it because of its high clickbait potential. From then on, McLennan and the media (esp in Australia) have just continued to lay all the blame on NZR.
Have NZR made mistakes? No doubt. But RA/McLennan have played and are playing a political game, and it has to be said, he's pretty good at it.
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@Stargazer said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
They made one statement about the Aratipu Report,
It was a pretty fucking presumptuous and arrogant statement - we invite Ozzie teams to apply for our Super Rugby, and we will decide if they are good enough!
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@Machpants said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
@Stargazer said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
They made one statement about the Aratipu Report,
It was a pretty fucking presumptuous and arrogant statement - we invite Ozzie teams to apply for our Super Rugby, and we will decide if they are good enough!
bypassing Rugby Australia! They unfortunately got everything coming to them
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@Machpants As I said, NZR has made mistakes, but I think most of the things we think we know, are actually coming from the media. I don't trust the media (Aussie and Kiwi) to give an accurate reflection of what was said or how it happened.
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@Derpus said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
I dont get what RA are supposed to have done wrong. All accounts are they agreed to NZRs request even after NZR turned down the exact same when the shoe was on the other foot.
Frankly NZR have acted like right dicks since the start of the year.
Did they? According to Robinson they had agreed to it.
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@Stargazer fair enough. Ill caveat by saying 'from what we know' they've been right dicks. Maybe they are angels behind the scenes. Doubt it.
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@Derpus said in All Blacks Tests 2020:
@Stargazer fair enough. Ill caveat by saying 'from what we know' they've been right dicks. Maybe they are angels behind the scenes. Doubt it.
Or maybe the truth lies somewhere in the middle.
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If NZR are dicks what part of the anatomy is this McLennan bloke?
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@taniwharugby I've had a look at the corresponding story over on SMH (https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/leaked-meeting-minutes-show-nz-agreed-to-six-week-rugby-championship-20200930-p560r0.html) and there's no linki or quote of these minutes. That's before we acknowledge that you can write anything in minutes...
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@antipodean yeah I thought it odd they claimed they were 'leaked' but not actually showing them, maybe the Journo has decided to protect thier source by not publishing them...
as if!I think the 1st article is more important in the cotext of what is going on though
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so have any players come out and publicly stated they arent happy and want to pull out?
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