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Leaked minutes of a Sanzaar meeting have revealed that New Zealand Rugby agreed to play a six-week Rugby Championship that would end on December 12.
Last week, when Sanzaar announced the match schedule for the Rugby Championship, which will run from November 7 to December 12, NZR expressed disappointment and disapproval of the six-week tournament schedule because it would mean the All Blacks would have to self-quarantine for two weeks when they return to New Zealand, rendering their players unable to spend Christmas Day with their families.
But while NZR CEO Mark Robinson has repeatedly insisted that they did not agree to play a six-week tournament and that Sanzaar’s announcement surprised them. Sydney morning herald You have obtained the minutes of the meeting that prove otherwise.
The documents clearly show that the six-week tournament was agreed upon by the four nations and the announcement was also set in stone by the end of September.
Despite the accumulated evidence against NZR, Robinson stood his ground Wednesday.
“We did not agree with the schedule and we do not agree with the schedule; or the ad, ‘Robinson said.
“Normally, under the Sanzaar joint venture, that means things are not decided or announced until there is unanimous support for something like this.”
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