The never-ending stare
The game that witnessed two hakas
Mad Monday with Brisneyland Local #55: By Gee’s, By Jingo, By Crikey! We’ve
got Rugby coming out of our Asses!
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And the November International Test Window just keeps giving. As Big Daryl
Eastlake used to say “By Gee’s, By Jingo, By Crikey! We have Rugby coming
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3 comments:
Interesting that the best game involving the All Blacks on this Northern tour involved a match against a club side-albeit a very good one.
After watching this match, it strikes as to why the people at the IRB cannot come to some kind of agreement to have a match between the Heineken Cup winner and the Super 14 winner. Play the game at a neutral venue where you want to develop the game, like Japan, the US or even Argentina. The H-Cup and Super 14 all finish close to the same time anyway.
I can see two possible reasons:
- there is no will.
- there is no date available.
Provided the amount of revenue such game would cash (Hong Kong, Tokyo, L.A., Rome...) I fear it's more the second than the first one.
Could you find a date for such a match? Schedules are already too busy that one could end risking a second-stringers match.
It is true that pretty much once the Super 14 season is done, it goes to internationals to prep for the Tri Nations. Although on that front, I have to wonder when the Tri Nations are going to stand fast against the English and French sending under-strength squads for the June internationals. (Contrast that to the full strength sides the Tri Nations sent to conquer the North in November)
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