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All Blacks greats Jeff Wilson and Justin Marshall have expressed their disappointment at New Zealand Rugby’s decision to walk away from an Anzac Day Bledisloe Cup match – backing former Wallaby Tim Horan, who called on the NZR to “take their blinkers off”.Last week it was revealed that Rugby Australia’s proposal for an Anzac Day Test had been rejected by their trans-Tasman neighbours.Horan accused NZR of poor form and he was backed by Wilson and Marshall on The Breakdown.
That did not go down well in Australia with Wallabies legend Horan accusing NZR of “poor form” and urging the governing body to “take their blinkers off”.(Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)“Them (NZR) saying it doesn’t really stack up, hopefully it’s not the end of the conversation. I look at this as a huge opportunity,” Wilson said.
“Yes, it would be in the middle of Super Rugby but I think there’s a solution around that.“I don’t think we should be afraid of the fact that we only have a week to prepare for a Test match because it’s the same for both sides.“All the Super Rugby teams can take the weekend off.
I know Super Round had been mooted at the same time, but give everyone else the week off, play a Test match and then the following week give the Test players the week off. More RugbyAll Blacks greats call out NZR for rejecting 'huge opportunity' - 'it's a no-brainer ..
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.. I would have the Bledisloe Cup on the line every game.
“And how about motivating the players for the first 10 weeks of Super Rugby – to go out there to perform and play well, and get selected.“I don’t think we should be afraid of something like this, I think we should be prepared to attack this and go, ‘what’s the opportunity hereMarshall agreed and said NZR should be working to make the annual game happen.“There are things that are really clear to me.
.. a 50/50 split, that’s revenue, a no-brainer.
There are big stadiums in Australia, which is massive revenue for New Zealand Rugby,” said Marshall.For the best time in sport and racing, TAB has the best app in sport and racing. Download the TAB app.
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“I also like the fact that the Bledisloe Cup goes back to three Test matches because if you introduce that Anzac component then it’s more of a contest. At the moment, it’s heavily favoured towards the holder.“For me, don’t put it in the ‘too hard’ basket.
Why think, ‘we can’t do it’? Think, ‘how can we do it?’ You’re going to have those issues but how can we make it work? Where can we make it work? Let’s keep the discussions open instead of just going, ‘no, it doesn’t work for us right now’.”.
