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<blockquote data-quote="Shaggy" data-source="post: 385638" data-attributes="member: 43400"><p>Take your points Nick and Jer1cho, but I don't mind the local derbies, particularly in World Cup year - in NZ there hasn't been All Black trial matches for years, but the local derbies do allow us amateur selectors to see the key contenders for the various positions to match up against each other more often.</p><p></p><p>It also takes away the home ground advantage a bit, as each team plays each other at home and away.</p><p></p><p>As for fatigue, yes, more games equals more fatigue, but the current format also requires less international travel which equals less fatigue ... I guess the coaches will need to manage their squads to prevent player burn out.</p><p></p><p>If this game is televised at 3 am in NZ, it should be on at the rather civilised hour of 10 pm where I am <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> (haven't checked the listings yet) ... should be a great game/game of the round</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shaggy, post: 385638, member: 43400"] Take your points Nick and Jer1cho, but I don't mind the local derbies, particularly in World Cup year - in NZ there hasn't been All Black trial matches for years, but the local derbies do allow us amateur selectors to see the key contenders for the various positions to match up against each other more often. It also takes away the home ground advantage a bit, as each team plays each other at home and away. As for fatigue, yes, more games equals more fatigue, but the current format also requires less international travel which equals less fatigue ... I guess the coaches will need to manage their squads to prevent player burn out. If this game is televised at 3 am in NZ, it should be on at the rather civilised hour of 10 pm where I am :D (haven't checked the listings yet) ... should be a great game/game of the round [/QUOTE]
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