2021 Rugby Championship
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@oompb said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
Would be nice to have that 100th test in South Africa but with no crowds anywhere seem to be OK. Just appreciating Springboks playing again is good enough, even on the moon.
We have a lot of UK players, playing there will make it easier to add players to the squad for injuries.
Charles Piutau and Steve Luatua would be quite handy for us.
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@barbarian said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
I've got sympathy for everyone here.
RA is on the bones of its arse here, and after much wrangling had secured WA agreement to host a Bledisloe at Optus Stadium. Packed house, 60k, a much needed financial boost.
So to have the Kiwis pull out at the last minute would sting, on a few levels.
But the NZRU are only trying to get the best for their players, who are understandably reticent to spend months away from home.
As for the manner of it, well it doesn't reflect well on anyone, does it.
That's a bloody reasonable assessment mate. Covid is in town, everyone is losing out and no one is happy about it. Silly that they are turning on each other though. Not classy
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@booboo Ahh that settles it then. If the sub-editors at nine.com.au think it was a blast, then that's good enough for me.
And when you scroll down from the headline and read the quotes, you'll have to make sure you are sitting down. I think 'blast' undersells it. It's brutality of the highest order. Look at this savage attack from Marinos:
Talk about a vicious diatribe. I can't see how he could possibly come back from that. Im not sure I've got the appetite for dinner any more, I'm that shaken.
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@barbarian said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
@booboo Ahh that settles it then. If the sub-editors at nine.com.au think it was a blast, then that's good enough for me.
And when you scroll down from the headline and read the quotes, you'll have to make sure you are sitting down. I think 'blast' undersells it. It's brutality of the highest order. Look at this savage attack from Marinos:
Talk about a vicious diatribe. I can't see how he could possibly come back from that. Im not sure I've got the appetite for dinner any more, I'm that shaken.
Well for a start he's lying.
NZR fully informed RA throughout the week. But that doesn't suit Straya's victimhood.
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It seems as though the "NSW rugby politics" style has come across to SANZAR.
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Marinos is the chap who released a 2020 TRC schedule which had NZ in quarantine over Christmas that hadn't been signed off by the NZRU right? Nice guy.
If NZ told Australia "we need a fixed schedule for the rest of TRC by Thursday otherwise we are pulling the pin" if Thursday comes and there is no resolution I'm not sure that NZ needs to inform Australia of the obvious.
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@barbarian said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
@booboo Ah OK. Well if you say so, that must have been how it happened.
They did say on the TB news last night that @booboo is correct. Whether you believe the news or not is up to you. Kind of hard to believe anyone at the moment. Case of he said, she said, but apparently without the actual saying.
Whoever is in charge of communications at RA might be in a bit of strife, if it is true of course.
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There’s too much blind supporting going on here.
Robinson claimed he told Oz, Marinos claimed he didn’t.
Somebody is lying. And leaving an implication you’ll pull out if something isn’t done etc etc is not good enough. It’s the communication age and this is a big deal.
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@majorrage said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
There’s too much blind supporting going on here.
Robinson claimed he told Oz, Marinos claimed he didn’t.
Somebody is lying. And leaving an implication you’ll pull out if something isn’t done etc etc is not good enough. It’s the communication age and this is a big deal.
It makes them both look bad
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Ultimately we don't know who said what to whom.
You are entitled to believe anyone you want, but it's just blind guessing. But if it helps you sleep at night, go nuts.
The COVID situation has made a mess of something that looked relatively straightforward a month ago.
Let's hope we get a resolution without placing too much burden on the players. While they are well remunerated, being without your family for long stretches is incredibly tough.
I think the challenge in scheduling is balancing the needs of broke unions with the needs of a tiring player group.
It's a bastard of a job, which is why the situation at the moment is almost understandable. Everyone must be at their wits end with this whole thing, perhaps a blow up was always inevitable.
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@machpants said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
Yeah the main thing is it makes both unions look like fucking amateurs. Communication, both internal, external, and to the public is key to businesses. Rugby unions are still back in the 80s
Probably because they keep looking to ex-players for administrative competence.
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I'm just going to.go ahead and assume it's correct to blame a state premier
Kiwi rugby boss blasted for Bledisloe no show
