I don't think the fixture should be held at all. I didn't like the idea when it came up, and don't like it now, yet another Wallaby/AB test, with the added bonus of it meaning absolutely nothing!!!
I don't think the fixture should be held at all. I didn't like the idea when it came up, and don't like it now, yet another Wallaby/AB test, with the added bonus of it meaning absolutely nothing!!!
Additionally, IMO, It would be good if the challenging team got to host both away games.
Additionally, IMO, It would be good if the challenging team got to host both away games.
Right....financially reward the loser?!
No, you would need to split profits. Though I presume tests in held in Aust raise more money than test in NZ? Given the coming test is being held in a 30K stadium.
I can see why you like it Seb, but for myself watching the ABs play the Wallabies 3 times a year is too much. It may help the development of the Wallabies game, but not sure it will help the ABs much at all!! I am pretty sure in next year or two NZRU will find it hard to fill stadiums in NZ for Bledisloe unless there is quite an improvement. Talking to rugby mates at home you can feel the whole 'shit not another Wallaby test', even the Stadium in Dunedin hadn't sold out last weekend, and that only holds about 28-30000 tops, and Dunedin don't get that many tests!! I think it a shame, I love test rugby, have really ebjoyed generally the Wallaby/AB tests, but I struggling to get excited about it.3 matches is perfect, I love the NZ v Aus Rivalry and playing the best rugby team in the world more often can only be good for our development and/or our ongoing rugby standards. 4 matches is too much, I would be disappointment if it was dropped to 2.
How many of those 30K are AB supporters?
Not just financial reward either but also the public and fans. NZ public would have had only one chance every year to watch a Bledisloe match in NZ since what.2003?!
Love a dead rubber.
After the "Rosario Resurrection", the "turning point", the "line in the sand" - The AB's will be shutting themselves.
Wallabies by 12. You know it makes sense.
Well to be quite honest Zander not sure if there anyone else I want All Blacks to play 3 times EVERY bloody year!!So apart from South Africa, who else would you prefer to be playing?
Dead Rubber you say
who would they play outside the test window?If I were in charge of the All Blacks, I'd abandon the 3rd Bledisloe and instead get the team to Europe a week early and play someone they would otherwise miss.