2020 Rugby Championship in Oz
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Reports say the South Africans officially notified Sanzaar of their decision on Thursday night. An announcement is expected on Friday.
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@Machpants yep, a bit shit!
How strong is the Argie side they have in Aus?
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@taniwharugby No idea TBH, I’ve not seen a list. It also hasn’t been confirmed exactly how/ when and for how long their NH guys are going to be involved.
No surprise with the Boks, they’ll keep their World No 1 for well over a year now! It’ll be the longest non-ABs time ever, I think. EDIT: It already is - took a pandemic to do it
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Crucially they've defended their status for a grand total of zero games...
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@antipodean said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
Crucially they've defended their status for a grand total of zero games...
But they’ll have held it for TWO WHOLE YEARS, minimum! Outside of NZ it has never been longer than a few months. An aceivement I am sure will be crowed about.
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@Machpants said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
An aceivement I am sure will be crowed about.
And laughed at.
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who at SAANZAR thought it was a good idea to announce it schedule and all before everyone had confirmed?
obviously disappointed SA arn't coming but a pit pissed it seems to have been so miss handled
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@Hooroo said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
How funny would it be if we won on Sunday, to retain Bled in the greatest of matches and then RC was canned and the AB's were released for the NPC! Happy days!
Even if the RC is cancelled, we’ve still got 2 bleds to go in Oz
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@Kiwiwomble said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
who at SAANZAR thought it was a good idea to announce it schedule and all before everyone had confirmed?
This guy. A perfect audition for RA's CEO position.
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@Kiwiwomble said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
who at SAANZAR thought it was a good idea to announce it schedule and all before everyone had confirmed?
obviously disappointed SA arn't coming but a pit pissed it seems to have been so miss handled
Wasn't it widely agreed - after NZR claimed it wasn't - that every union involved had been given the schedule with enough lead time, and approved it accordingly?
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@NTA said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@Kiwiwomble said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
who at SAANZAR thought it was a good idea to announce it schedule and all before everyone had confirmed?
obviously disappointed SA arn't coming but a pit pissed it seems to have been so miss handled
Wasn't it widely agreed - after NZR claimed it wasn't - that every union involved had been given the schedule with enough lead time, and approved it accordingly?
My recollection is RA were amenable to a five week tournament, but SA and the Argies wanted six. Not that they'd agreed to the dates, let alone had RSVP'd for the party.
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I thought all four unions had agreed. Saffas had made that agreement conditional. That's why when NZRU wanted to make it five weeks they objected.
The reasons not to come make some sense, even if i do think they are basically just 'shit we'll be underdone and lose Number 1'. Waiting till now to say so is negligent.
NZRU and RA need to put the knives away and secure the future of SR and TRC asap. Getting Japan involved in the TRC is a no fucken brainer.