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Mid year tests
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:24 pm
by Jensrsa
Week 1 27 May 2017
England v Barbarians - Twickenham Stadium, London
Week 2
31 May 2018
Georgia v France French Barbarians - Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
2 June 2018
Wales v South Africa - RFK Stadium, Washington DC, United States
Yamaha Júbilo Japan v Italy - U Stadium, Nagano
Week 3 - 9 June 2018
New Zealand v France - Eden Park, Auckland
Australia v Ireland - Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
South Africa v England - Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg
Argentina v Wales - Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan
Canada v Scotland - TBA
Japan v Italy - Oita Bank Dome, Oita
United States v TBA - Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Denver
Week 4 - 16 June 2018
New Zealand v France - Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Australia v Ireland - AAMI Park, Melbourne
South Africa v England - Toyota Stadium, Bloemfontein
Argentina v Wales - Estadio B.G. Estanislao López, Santa Fe
Japan v Italy - Noevir Stadium, Kobe
United States v Scotland - BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston
Week 5 - 23 June 2018
New Zealand v France - Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Australia v Ireland - Allianz Stadium, Sydney
South Africa v England - DHL Newlands, Cape Town
Argentina v Scotland - Estadio Centenario, Resistencia
Japan v Georgia - Toyota Stadium, Toyota
Dates to be confirmed
June 2018
Fiji v Georgia - TBA
Fiji v Romania - TBA
Re: Mid year tests
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:26 pm
by Akkerman
New Zealand v France 3 times
Re: Mid year tests
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:29 pm
by Jensrsa
Akkerman wrote:New Zealand v France 3 times
World Rugby has moved back to "full tours" rather than these drips and drabs tours
Re: Mid year tests
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:38 pm
by Chilli
Akkerman wrote:New Zealand v France 3 times
All Blacks are too scared to play England.
Re: Mid year tests
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:38 pm
by happyhooker
Chilli wrote:Akkerman wrote:New Zealand v France 3 times
All Blacks are too scared to play England.
Until 3 months later........
Re: Mid year tests
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:45 pm
by croyals
Japan Italy could be interesting...
Re: Mid year tests
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:49 pm
by Jensrsa
Chilli wrote:Akkerman wrote:New Zealand v France 3 times
All Blacks are too scared to play England.
SA has to soften them up first
Re: Mid year tests
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:49 pm
by Wilson's Toffee
Will the Boks have a coach yet, in June ?
Re: Mid year tests
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:51 pm
by booji boy
happyhooker wrote:Chilli wrote:Akkerman wrote:New Zealand v France 3 times
All Blacks are too scared to play England.
Until 3 months later........
We've been doing these three test tours since 2012.
2012 3 test series vs Ireland
2013 3 tests vs France
2014 3 tests vs England
2015 RWC no tour
2016 3 tests vs Wales
2017 The Lions
Prior to that we often used to play one of the PI teams in a one off test then a two test series vs a NH team.
Re: Mid year tests
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:58 pm
by Jensrsa
Wilson's Toffee wrote:Will the Boks have a coach yet, in June ?
The players will coach themselves. Worked for PDivvy didn't it?
Re: Mid year tests
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 8:01 pm
by CM11
booji boy wrote:happyhooker wrote:Chilli wrote:Akkerman wrote:New Zealand v France 3 times
All Blacks are too scared to play England.
Until 3 months later........
We've been doing these three test tours since 2012.
2012 3 test series vs Ireland
2013 3 tests vs France
2014 3 tests vs England
2015 RWC no tour
2016 3 tests vs Wales
2017 The Lions
Prior to that we often used to play one of the PI teams in a one off test then a two test series vs a NH team.
Poor Scotland.
When was the last time they played in NZ?
Re: Mid year tests
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 8:10 pm
by Wilson's Toffee
Jensrsa wrote:Wilson's Toffee wrote:Will the Boks have a coach yet, in June ?
The players will coach themselves. Worked for PDivvy didn't it?
Re: Mid year tests
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 9:59 pm
by Laurent
Akkerman wrote:New Zealand v France 3 times
150-0 on aggregate
if we are lucky
Re: Mid year tests
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 10:01 pm
by booze
Chilli wrote:Akkerman wrote:New Zealand v France 3 times
All Blacks are too scared to play England.
If we tried to play England those weekends then we would forfeit the games against France
Re: Mid year tests
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 10:13 pm
by Laurent
booze wrote:Chilli wrote:Akkerman wrote:New Zealand v France 3 times
All Blacks are too scared to play England.
If we tried to play England those weekends then we would forfeit the games against France
We might stand a chance against the Taranaki U7 girls.
Re: Mid year tests
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 10:14 pm
by Dork Lard
It's a shame, really in the purest sense of the term, a shame France play NZ three times...
So much wasted potential. The last time they squared up, NZ totally won the first half, and France totally won the second half. No other team can be this jittery and inconsistent within one very same match because no other team is using their potential this bad.
A year before, with almost all their best players there France completely dominated the game and was within one possession of winning the Test match in the end, however much in vacation mode the AB were.
Wasteful, wasteful, wasteful potential... this series is not going to be pleasant for either side supporting the teams, nor for the neutral.
Re: Mid year tests
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:28 am
by Doc Rob
CM11 wrote:booji boy wrote:happyhooker wrote:Chilli wrote:Akkerman wrote:New Zealand v France 3 times
All Blacks are too scared to play England.
Until 3 months later........
We've been doing these three test tours since 2012.
2012 3 test series vs Ireland
2013 3 tests vs France
2014 3 tests vs England
2015 RWC no tour
2016 3 tests vs Wales
2017 The Lions
Prior to that we often used to play one of the PI teams in a one off test then a two test series vs a NH team.
Poor Scotland.
When was the last time they played in NZ?
2000. Hopefully this will be rectified soon.
Re: Mid year tests
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:30 am
by Thomas
That Australia - Ireland series is shaping up nicely.
I just hope the Wallabies can compete with the number 1 team in Europe.
Re: Mid year tests
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:31 am
by happyhooker
Thomas wrote:That Australia - Ireland series is shaping up nicely.
I just hope the Wallabies can compete with the number 1 team in Europe.
Calm your jets petal.
Re: Mid year tests
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:33 am
by Mahoney
Doc Rob wrote:CM11 wrote:
Poor Scotland.
When was the last time they played in NZ?
2000. Hopefully this will be rectified soon.
2019 is RWC year, and I presume it’ll be England in 2020? 2021 would work well.
Re: Mid year tests
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:36 am
by Thomas
happyhooker wrote:Thomas wrote:That Australia - Ireland series is shaping up nicely.
I just hope the Wallabies can compete with the number 1 team in Europe.
Calm your jets petal.