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New Zealand Rugby has confirmed that the Rugby Championship will be played in Australia after the All Blacks host the Wallabies in two Bledisloe Cup events in October.
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A proposal from the Government and NZ Rugby lost to Australia, where players will be able to train immediately. Source: 1 NEWS | Heaven
NZ Rugby CEO Mark Robinson said he was disappointed by SANZAAR’s decision to play the Rugby Championship in Australia.
“We are obviously disappointed by the decision not to host New Zealand, but we understand and accept it,” he said.
“We worked incredibly hard behind the scenes with a wide range of stakeholders, including SANZAAR and the New Zealand government, to make sure we were ready and able to host the championship and we felt so. We would like to thank everyone involved for working very hard. hard with planning to have the tournament here. “
The details of the Bledisloe Cup trials will be announced in due course, NZ Rugby said in a statement.
“Those two games will be huge for our fans and the All Blacks. We know that the Bledisloe Cup is the pinnacle of the trans-Tasmania rivalry and there will be great anticipation before those games,” Robinson said.
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Mark Robinson said the NZ quarantine protocols were “important” for Australia to host the tournament. Source: 1 NEWS
SANZAAR Executive Director Andy Marinos said organizers were delighted to “put an end to ongoing speculation about the tournament’s format and location.”
“SANZAAR ultimately determined that based on government-required quarantine protocols and commercial underwriting, Rugby Australia’s presentation was the most desirable and feasible in terms of tournament logistics for the essential pre-tournament and tournament preparation period. six weeks itself, “Marinos said in a statement.
The participation of world champion Springboks has yet to be confirmed and is dependent on the relaxation of international sports competition by the South African government, Marinos said.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today blamed SANZAAR’s policy for the decision to play the Rugby Championship in Australia, saying teams could train after three days if the tournament was played in Aotearoa.
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Jacinda Ardern blamed SANZAAR policy for the informed decision to play the Rugby Championship in Australia. Source: 1 NEWS
Robinson denied that it was SAANZAR policy at stake, saying that quarantine protocols were “important to this decision.”
“By last, [quarantine protocols] It meant that the Australians had a really positive environment that teams could fly into and prepare for, “he said.
New Zealand protocols would see foreign players individually quarantined initially before they were allowed to train in 15 bubbles from days five to seven, Robinson said.
“There is a lot of speculation at the moment because this is something very dear to our country.”
Sports and Recreation Minister Grant Robertson said the six new cases of Covid-19 on the Argentine team meant it was too risky to allow entire teams to train together in quarantine.
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The All Blacks will be out for around 10 weeks after Australia won the host rights because teams can fully train as soon as they land. Source: 1 NEWS | Heaven
“We offered flexible quarantine arrangements that would have allowed players to train after spending three days in isolation and return a negative test,” Robertson said.
“Given the six recent cases in the Pumas, and with the community outbreaks in Australia and South Africa, it would be risky to go further and allow players to step off a plane and go directly into a full team environment.
“Our flexible insulation proposal had the added advantage of protecting the tournament. If a player falls with Covid, he runs the risk of infecting his entire team and endangering the Rugby Championship, while we would have isolated cases on the third day ”.
Robertson said he believed New Zealand’s offer was “a very competitive proposition”, particularly given that Aotearoa was the best prospect for full stadiums.
National sports and recreation spokesman Mark Mitchell said the government had been “clumsy and incompetent” in its handling of the Rugby Championship bid.
“This is a heavy blow for New Zealand. Being able to host such an important international sporting event would have provided us with jobs and an economic boost when we need it most.
“Lack of action by workers has cost New Zealand valuable job creation and Australia will reap the benefits now.”
Mitchell said that hosting the Rugby Championship would have been a much-needed boost for the events industry.
“At a time when our hospitality and events industry is on its knees, Labor complacency has lost New Zealand, our leading sports brand, to Australia.
“We have not only lost the rights to host, we have lost the jobs and the opportunity that hosting this tournament would bring.”
