Plans for NZ and SA traditional tours

[Bada-Bing!]

New Zealand and South Africa set to revive lucrative tours to rival Lions

Two nations want to stage alternating three-Test series with tour matches in order to boost revenue and match commercial might of British & Irish Lions

www.thetimes.com

If someone could unlock this?

Basically to rival Lions tours and replace the RC.

 

[Which Tyler]

New Zealand and South Africa set to revive lucrative tours to rival Lions

Two nations want to stage alternating three-Test series with tour matches in order to boost revenue and match commercial might of British & Irish Lions

www.thetimes.com

If someone could unlock this?

Basically to rival Lions tours and replace the RC.

Your wish is my... request

https://archive.ph/CI5o2

 

[Kiwiwomble]

been talk about it for a while, this is from earlier in the year

All Blacks & Springboks set to resurrect iconic tours

Discussions advance for the All Blacks and Springboks to stage reciprocal tours.

www.nzherald.co.nz

i kind of have mixed feelings as i feel a lot of the sacrality has been diluted by playing teams like Aussie and RSA as much as we do, and this will just add more of it

 

[Bada-Bing!]

i kind of have mixed feelings as i feel a lot of the sacrality has been diluted by playing teams like Aussie and RSA as much as we do, and this will just add more of it

Isn't that due to the lack of top tier teams to play in the SH? We have seen the big decline of the Wallabies, and now SA not being part of SR has impacted the ABs on and off the field. Always thought of SA and ABs as the equivalent of the El Classico of international Rugby.

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

Its its only every 4 years I'm fine with it replacing 1/4 of the RC. I just wonder how Arg and Aussie would feel about it. We could put 2nd string sides in the RC or would Arg and Aus rather do tours themselves as well, maybe tour Japan or emerging "rugby nations" like Chile or Uruguay.

 

[Kiwiwomble]

Isn't that due to the lack of top tier teams to play in the SH? We have seen the big decline of the Wallabies, and now SA not being part of SR has impacted the ABs on and off the field. Always thought of SA and ABs as the equivalent of the El Classico of international Rugby.

its currently still huge but there was definitely chat pre and post RSA leaving SR about the repetitiveness....there was a couple of years in the 2010's where we played RSA 3 times and Aussie 4 (3 RC and 1 bledisloe), Argentina coming in has helped

I was kind of keen for the RC to become a every two year thing so would be RWC - RC - Lions - RC cycle

 

[dirty harry]

I LOVE this idea...

It's a step towards not seeing SA in the 6N, and I for one am all for anything that takes that step!

 

[Kiwiwomble]

I LOVE this idea...

It's a step towards not seeing SA in the 6N, and I for one am all for anything that takes that step!

interesting as i saw it the other way, if we start proper tours then that would become the main focus....it might become preferred making their inclusion in the RC diminishes

 

[higgik]

How about this happening in a Lions Year with 2 of the teams NOT hosting Lions, with the return fixtures in another.

 

[McTallshort]

From a neutral perspective watching a 3 test series between NZ and SA would be pretty good.

 

[miccloarch]

Great idea in isolation. NZ and SA playing local club/provincial teams on tour will never not be cool.

But it looks like they still want to push ahead with the stupid Nations League as well:

[NZR CEO] Robinson said he is "hopeful" that the slated "Nations Championship" — where the top 12 teams in the world will play in a cross-hemisphere league with a grand final every two years — will start in 2026. The planned New Zealand-South Africa series are slated for August/September, outside of the windows for the Nations Championship (July/November) to prevent a clash.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Rugby Championship set to be halved by new All Black-Boks tour

New Zealand and South Africa's proposed revival of long-haul tours could cause the Rugby Championship to be held every other year.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[TRF_Olyy]

How incredibly boring