France in NZ 2025
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as i understand it the rules have not changed
in international "friendly" rugby the home team basically keeps all the money
when NZ plays france in france the french will pump the game up and max it financially
but if the game is in NZ the french get f'all from it so dont care about it
fiji/tonga/samoa have been getting f'd over like this forever, now NZ joining the club
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@mariner4life said in France in NZ 2025:
The French just do not give a fuck, to them the Club game is the pinnacle, and really only the World Cup matters internationally (and they've never won one the huge underacheivers).
They negotiate to get seasons moved around, and then just promptly ignore the changes and fill the gaps with more club product. And, traditions aside, maybe they are right given the TV deal they have.
Is this shit for us? yes. is this the first time the French have done it? not by a long shot. Will they do it again? fuck yes they will. Do they care? fuck no they don't. will we do anything about it? absolutely not. will world rugby? lol
Part of me almost admires it.
Not quite. They care deeply about the 6N & there is always a lot of talk about the travelling sides in November as well.
Between their club come, these two annual events, I guess they think that's plenty and everything else is secondary and there for development.
Hard to disagree.
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Will the Nations Championship put a stop the this, or will the French devalue that as well?
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@WestieFella said in France in NZ 2025:
Will the Nations Championship put a stop the this, or will the French devalue that as well?
There will be prize money attached to that so maybe that will incentivise a few changes.
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@MajorRage said in France in NZ 2025:
@mariner4life said in France in NZ 2025:
The French just do not give a fuck, to them the Club game is the pinnacle, and really only the World Cup matters internationally (and they've never won one the huge underacheivers).
They negotiate to get seasons moved around, and then just promptly ignore the changes and fill the gaps with more club product. And, traditions aside, maybe they are right given the TV deal they have.
Is this shit for us? yes. is this the first time the French have done it? not by a long shot. Will they do it again? fuck yes they will. Do they care? fuck no they don't. will we do anything about it? absolutely not. will world rugby? lol
Part of me almost admires it.
Not quite. They care deeply about the 6N & there is always a lot of talk about the travelling sides in November as well.
Between their club come, these two annual events, I guess they think that's plenty and everything else is secondary and there for development.
Hard to disagree.
This current breed clearly don't honour history. Does 1994 mean nothing to them? I'm all for trying to run the game professionally off the field. But they have to honour to on field product, and history is one of the big things rugby has
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cwylpd9dz79o
New Zealand have asked World Rugby to clarify France's plans not to select some of their top stars for next summer's three-Test tour against All Blacks.
