All Blacks XV 2022
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Article on the injuries and promotions of the 28 players initially selected in this team.
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@Winger said in All Blacks XV:
Article on the injuries and promotions of the 28 players initially selected in this team.
The coaches must feel like they are back at school/club and working out the team when they see who arrives on the day.
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks XV:
Is Gatland definitely out? Breakdown had him on the list of injured players.
@Bovidae said in All Blacks XV:
Is Gatland definitely out? Breakdown had him on the list of injured players.
If so then the squad is very light on 10s unless DMac returns.
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weird innit.
November is obviously an absolute feast of international rugby in Europe, you've got 6 international 6 Nations teams all hosting, therefore all taking up the normal 4 slots (Friday evening, Saturday afternoon, Saturday evening, Sunday afternoon). Plus add Tier 2 hostings.
Really, these 'A' or 'XV' games should all be midweek Wednesday night games, if talking TV scheduling. Actually a rare chance in modern days for a rugby board to be able to provide midweek broadcastable product to their rights holders.
I suppose a Barbarians game is a bit different, as there is usually a good sized crowd, both Barbarians FC and NZRU probably hoping to maximize money out of ticket sales. Therefore an afternoon match. Not the Twickers car park boot party vibe though at Tottenham.
I see All Blacks XV v Ireland 'A' is a Friday night fixture. (Just gone and looked that up, in doing so - I see the 6 Nations unions have quite well staggered their games to avoid clashing) - e.g. SAT 5 NOVEMBER:
- Scotland v Fiji (1pm, BT Murrayfield) Live on Amazon Prime
- Wales v New Zealand (3.15pm, Principality Stadium) Live on Amazon Prime
- Ireland v South Africa (5.30pm, Aviva Stadium) Live on Amazon Prime
Which reminded me that the 6 nations have packaged their Autumn internationals as 'Autumn Nations somefink ...' as part of their CVC deal, so some co-ordination happening.
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