The extra game of Bledisloe Cup has merit, now to convince New Zealand is a good idea
Not a series of three tests at that time also went to a decision -making. The only tests with Real Jeopardy arrived in the years of the 2007, 2015 and 2019 Rugby World Cup, when the Wallabies won the first test of a series of two games and had to go to New Zealand the following week.
There is a feeling in New Zealand, therefore, that two tests are currently sufficient, and even the merit (and novelty) of an Anzac Day test in Perth next year is not enough to bring a big structural change to the long -term calendar, in particular because there would be a disturbance in a super rugby competition.
All Blacks Scott Barrett captain holds the Bledisloe Cup at the top of Sydney last September.Credit: Getty images
That position is not immutable, but clearly the Wallabies have to start winning again. In terms of diplomacy and influence of rugby, the performance of the male national team are the maximum coercion tool with blunt force.
Take the Springboks, for example, while preparing to host All Blacks for a three -school test tour next year with midweek fixtures against their United Rugby championship teams.
This idea would have been recently ridiculous in 2017 when the All Blacks beat the Springboks 57-0 in North Harbour. At that point, necrologists writers were knocking on the door of South African rugby, but now they look at the South Africans.
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Success has a way of opening the doors and while it may be rough to distil this discussion up to a certain point, beating the kiwis in the Super Rugby and beating the All Blacks in the current Bledisloe format would be a fairly good way to bring the NZ rugby back to the negotiation table.
I still like the concept of anzac day test, although there are some real challenges with international rugby during the super rugby competition (take a look at the URC, for example, in which Leinster is currently in South Africa with a Team B because they are resting their Irish internationals after the six nations).
It could take hold and it is difficult not to be solidarity with the desire for rugby Australia of major events in a ferociously competitive internal market. But it would be much easier to sell in New Zealand if they really took the Wallabies.
