Winter Tour; Wallabies v France Wednesday 7 July, Brisbane
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Zero_Cool
Arch Winning (36)
So it's looking unlikely that Queensland will have fans at the game Press Conference at Noon, but looking like several clusters in SEQ they appear to be largely contained but with so much COVID out in the wild I doubt the QLD Gov will be okay with a large event.
At minimum I'd expect reduced capacity, but I'd expect it not be unlikely to see no fans.
At minimum I'd expect reduced capacity, but I'd expect it not be unlikely to see no fans.
Dctarget
Tim Horan (67)
No lockdown at the moment which is good. Could easily have crowds?
KOB1987
John Eales (66)
If there was no crowd allowed and the French were in Sydney till the day before it wouldn’t have been hard to move it. Academic now by the sounds of it anyway, which is a good thing.
Zero_Cool
Arch Winning (36)
Yeah. I think you're really not understanding everything that's involved with a test match. You've got a tone of crew for the facility, 50 odd people for the cameras minimum, plus the broadcast crew. A heap of officials - at least 10. Plus the players 50 odd, team coaching & medical staff. We're talking hundreds of people, millions of dollars of equipment, and that's all without a single person in the stands.
Moving a Test Match in a few weeks is incredible, days is impossible.
Moving a Test Match in a few weeks is incredible, days is impossible.
KOB1987
John Eales (66)
The point was to move it to somewhere that wasn’t in lockdown, that’s the bit you’re not understanding. Logistically it’s no different to the NRL moving Thursday nights game from Sydney to Newcastle. Broadcasting would be the biggest issue but if 9 + Fox could do it I’m sure 9/Stan could manage it. Anyways, moving on, fortunately we don’t get to find out.
Dctarget
Tim Horan (67)
If you go via the 48 hours beforehand, tomorrow night.
Brumby Jack
Steve Williams (59)
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
I've watched a fair bit of France over the last couple of seasons but I can't say I know a lot of those names particularly well.
upthereds#!
Peter Johnson (47)
I must admit I don't understand comparing props with their opposite number when the scrum is the only time they actually battle with another prop. Surely it would be Slipper or Bell v Bamba.
dru
David Wilson (68)
I'm the opposite. Slipper v Bamba seems odd, depending on team systems they may not even line up against each other in genernal play (any more than the rest of the tight 5). The scrum is a major issue for props, Tupou v Bamba will be fascinating.
