2020 Rugby Championship in Oz
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My mate just got the text for presales which is good as I've been avoiding the RC threads for a bit due to all the hissy fits on all sides.
Hopefully he gets presales for the Bankwest games too.
What is most concerning is that he's a Kiwi who is both a member of Manly and Aussie Rugby.
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@Stargazer said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@Crucial Most likely
To be backed into that corner and have to avoid a fight with the NZRPA and players was incompetent.
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@Stargazer said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@Crucial Most likely
Yes.
All four unions have agreed to split revenue from the Rugby Championship, given Australia is hosting due to Covid-19, and if the cost of moving the match impacts the overall bottom line, New Zealand might be forced to make up the difference. For example, under the new proposal, there would only be five double-headers instead of six. If administrators agree profits from the tournament will be diminished because of New Zealand’s insistence on the game be moved, the Kiwis may have to settle for a reduced slice of the financial pie. -
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@Bovidae An extra game means more ticket sales so how are they reducing profit?
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@antipodean said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@Bovidae An extra game means more ticket sales so how are they reducing profit?
Cos the last game will be a loss, SA Vs Arg, no double header, after the RC is most likely already decided? Unless that stadium is a 7k seater
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@Machpants said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@antipodean said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@Bovidae An extra game means more ticket sales so how are they reducing profit?
Cos the last game will be a loss, SA Vs Arg, no double header, after the RC is most likely already decided? Unless that stadium is a 7k seater
That would be my guess too. The Wallabies and ABs will be driving ticket sales so going to Newcastle for a neutral game might not be that attractive. We'll see how the ticket sales are for each game.
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All Blacks coach Ian Foster said in a radio interview earlier this week that one player “barged in my door” insisting that he would not travel to Australia to play in the Rugby Championship if it meant missing Christmas with his family.
However, a spokesperson for NZ Rugby told media at Friday’s press conference that it was a misstep by Foster, who wrongly said “one player” when he meant “not one player.”
HAHAHA I call BS
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The Springboks’ ability to participate in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship would be finalised early next week, SA Rugby advised on Saturday. The Boks are due to defend the title in Australia between 7 November and 12 December, but several hurdles needed to be cleared if it is to be confirmed. The South African government lifted the ban on international sporting participation a week ago and directions to manage such participation were published on Wednesday evening. A spokesman said that SA Rugby was seeking further clarification from the departments of Arts, Sports and Culture and of Transport as to how those regulations would impact on the planned participation. A final decision was only likely to be finalised early next week once those clarifications had been assessed internally and with SA Rugby’s SANZAAR partners.
Castle Lager Rugby Championship Springbok Update
The Springboks’ ability to participate in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship would be finalised early next week, SA Rugby advised on Saturday.
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This is what I've been banging on about. SA aren't even confirmed as yet. Argentina? What sort of state are they gonna be in?? At least if they don't make it, we can get a BC series over with by the first weekend of November and get the ABs back into the NPC for the tail end.
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@shark said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
This is what I've been banging on about. SA aren't even confirmed as yet. Argentina? What sort of state are they gonna be in?? At least if they don't make it, we can get a BC series over with by the first weekend of November and get the ABs back into the NPC for the tail end.
Argentina are already there, so I could be Tri Nations
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wonder what the player welfare issues would be? maybe temperature at that time of year? less travel than normal and less COVID than in South afirca
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@Kiwiwomble said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
wonder what the player welfare issues would be? maybe temperature at that time of year? less travel than normal and less COVID than in South afirca
Isn't it more that they haven't been playing?
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@Kiwiwomble I'd suggest wellbeing is a lack of preparation for 6 tests in 6 weeks.
