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Doomsday set for decision on July international window
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World Rugby will not decide on whether test matches in July will go ahead before the end of April, French Rugby Federation chief Bernard Laporte told AFP Thursday.
“For the moment, they’ll make a decision end-April on the cancellation of the July tours,” Laporte said, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on sporting events.
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World Rugby president Bill Beaumont had on Wednesday suggested postponing July matches to the November, but Laporte insisted there was “nothing official”.
Countries from the northern hemisphere traditionally travel south in July to play a couple of international matches, while the opposite occurs in November.
The postponement of the July test window has potential for significant disruption in the international calendar, with many matches in Europe and North America already locked in for November.
Cancellation of the mid-year internationals would be similarly turbulent, as some southern hemisphere unions brace for a heavy financial loss with the forecast of no domestic competitions or in-bound test matches for the foreseeable future.
Those limitations have led to reports that Rugby Australia could lose up to $120 million in revenue this season after having already announced a $9.4 million loss for 2019 earlier this week.
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Reiko should be the dual winger guy as he should be used to playing either side given he's had to do both at 13 (pass and step left/right).
Maybe he has such a bad preference that that's why he's not a good center?
Go to commentsAgreed. And I don't have much more to say on it, but I had been having one thought that sprang to mind at the tail of this discussion, and that is that it's not all about Razor.
It's not about any coach being "right". I think a lot of selections can become defense and while it doesn't really apply here I really enjoyed that Andy Farrell just gave into the public demands and changed out his team for the change that had been asked for. Like why not? This is the countries team, keep them engaged. The whole reason i've only just finished watching the game was because I wasn't interested in watching any of the selected players against a team like Italy (still actually enjoyed the first half with the contest Italy made of it).
Faz leap frogs a younger half back into start. He hands the golden child the game over July's golden child. He gives an old winger a go, a new flanker and hooker. None of them really did any good, certainly not enough to suggest they should have been promoted above others, but who cares? You won, and you gave the country what they wanted, that's all that matters after all. It's for the country, not the one in charge who thinks they have to have their own pied piper tune playing.
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