All Blacks Test match venues (upcoming fixtures)
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@antipodean yup, but unless Fiji etc joins the RC, well never play them often. And they can't easily compete in the RC cos their players are in Europe
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For a while there we played our first test via the PI nation on rotation each year before the incoming NH June tours.
That was cool.
But then Super Rugby expanded and the PIs had all their players contracted up North and not available...
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The All Blacks will play home and away tests against Italy as part of their 2021 international schedule. On Thursday, NZ Rugby announced that the Azzurri will play two-tests against the All Blacks in the July window, then host them in Rome as part of the end of year European tour. Also included on that tour will be tests against Ireland and France. Fiji will also visit in July for a one-off test match. The Rugby Championship will begin in late August and - pandemic pending - will return to its status quo format. -
With the Lions tour to SA, 2021 is going to be an average year to host touring teams for NZ and Aust. France would be the big attraction but they toured NZ in 2018.
Depending on where the AB tests are I might end up going to one of games with my Italian brother-in-law.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks Test match venues (upcoming fixtures):
A chance
That is all it is unfortunately. We still have Fozzie who seems to have a unique knack of getting the worst out of good players. Harsh I know and I'm not sure how it happens (well apart from not playing them in their natural positions).
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@Snowy and it's SOUTH AFRICA! They're unbeatable.
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@booboo if they'd been in the 3N, or TRC they would have won all thier games by eleventy-12 points.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks Test match venues (upcoming fixtures):
@booboo if they'd been in the 3N, or TRC they would have won all thier games by eleventy-12 points.
You guys seem to be having reading comprehension problems.
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@Snowy wait, are you Mr Gyde, my old English teacher?
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks Test match venues (upcoming fixtures):
@Snowy wait, are you Mr Gyde, my old English teacher?
If he was a GOM then we may well be similar.
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@booboo said in All Blacks Test match venues (upcoming fixtures):
@Snowy and it's SOUTH AFRICA! They're unbeatable.
Come on now. They were beatable in the days of neutral referees when we were spared the likes of Messrs Gourlay, Bezedinhuit and Robertse. Now that Covid 19 has hit we just might be back to home based referees and the bad old days that plagued the touring teams in Sth Africa where a win against even the most minor ranked team could be described as an achievement given the interesting rule interpretations that seemed to be applied.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks Test match venues (upcoming fixtures):
@Snowy more FWOM than GOM
FWOM? Fucking piston wristed gibbon old man?
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@Snowy said in All Blacks Test match venues (upcoming fixtures):
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks Test match venues (upcoming fixtures):
@booboo if they'd been in the 3N, or TRC they would have won all thier games by eleventy-12 points.
You guys seem to be having reading comprehension problems.
Wasn't aimed at you specifically Snowy. More a comment on the obsession some have with just how awesome South Africa (unbeaten in 2020, and in fact since they last played us ... ) and England are. (Given how awesome they both are I expect a cataclysmic coming together where they both win and both lose next time they play.)
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@booboo said in All Blacks Test match venues (upcoming fixtures):
@Snowy said in All Blacks Test match venues (upcoming fixtures):
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks Test match venues (upcoming fixtures):
@booboo if they'd been in the 3N, or TRC they would have won all thier games by eleventy-12 points.
You guys seem to be having reading comprehension problems.
Wasn't aimed at you specifically Snowy. More a comment on the obsession some have with just how awesome South Africa (unbeaten in 2020, and in fact since they last played us ... ) and England are. (Given how awesome they both are I expect a cataclysmic coming together where they both win and both lose next time they play.)
It is amusing that some fans are scared of those two teams. One that hasn't played and one that has played some turgid rugby. I'm sure that we would at least hold our own.
As I said my point was around the word "chance" and the coach who doesn't seem to be able to get the best out of his men. I guess he needs more time as head coach but I wouldn't be hugely confident at the moment, 50 / 50 for me if the Boks had some matches beforehand.
Covid has made rugby speculation quite volatile, rampant and meaningless.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks Test match venues (upcoming fixtures):
@Snowy said in All Blacks Test match venues (upcoming fixtures):
Covid has made rugby speculation quite volatile, rampant and meaningless.
That's a change?
Not really, but at least there was some basis to judge it on in the past. Especially when some countries haven't even played (well one, the RWC champions, but the point remains).
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