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Ireland get major Autumn scheduling shake-up
By Ian Cameron
In a change to the norm, Ireland are set to play two Test fixtures in this year's Autumn Nations Series on a Friday night under lights at the Aviva Stadium.
The full 2024 schedule has been announced and features twenty-one matches in total. The series will begin on Saturday, November 2 - with England hosting New Zealand at Twickenham.
An eye-catching aspect of this year's series is the scheduling of three Friday night games.
This includes two such fixtures for Ireland, a deviation from their usual Saturday matches during the window. Ireland will face New Zealand on November 8 and Argentina on November 15, a decision likely made to maximise television audiences.
France will also host Argentina on a Friday night, on November 22.
The series is primarily scheduled for Saturdays however, including a high-profile game between France and New Zealand on November 16 at the Stade de France, a repeat of last year's Rugby World Cup opener.
Tom Harrison, CEO of Six Nations Rugby, said: “The set of fixtures for this year's Autumn Nations Series will offer fans genuine blockbuster entertainment. With many of the best players in the sport representing some of the best teams, and visiting iconic stadiums, it makes for five incredible weekends of rugby. The support of our broadcast partners means that fans all over the world will also have the opportunity to enjoy every single moment of the Autumn Nations Series.”
Broadcast coverage for the 2024 Autumn Nations Series will be extensive, with TNT Sports and discovery+ airing all fixtures in the UK and Ireland. This marks the first year of this new broadcasting partnership. In France, TF1 will broadcast each of France's matches, with beIN SPORT covering other games. Sky Italia will maintain its status as the rugby hub in Italy.
Additional global broadcast details and free-to-air options will be announced later, ensuring fans worldwide can follow every match.
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I don’t think Wales should get a C. They’ve shown against Ireland, and Scotland, that they’re capable of playing better, than they’ve shown, so the absolute carnage against England must garner a much worse grading. D at best.
Scotland with an F is too harsh. Yes, they deserve a mark down for their implosion against Ireland, another for their near choke against Wales, and two marks down for snatching a defeat from the jaws of victory vs. England, but no worse than that. A D is an appropriate mark, imho. Yes, Scotland now have the best crop of backs they’ve ever had, but they simply don’t have the forwards to be realistically gunning at the 6N.
A D- would seem appropriate.
Other than that, the grading seems accurate.
Go to commentsIf France show total disrespect for NZR and NZ fans then Id be looking at ways to show our dissaproval.😁😁😁🤣🤣😃😁Politely of course Hehe!
1/ Hold the teams officials for 8 hrs at the airport and after full cavity searches, put players into isolation for 2 weeks like COVID days. Cant have those diseased French polluting NZ.
2/ Once out of quarantine, Billit the French out to a school hall… 40 players to a room.
3/Have the hall at a school with a “no alcohol” policy. Even with meals.
4/Have them in an area where there is no outside communication ( no phone reception )
5/Give them “Tuck shop food”
5/Have concrete training fields
7/Have no goalposts at the concrete training fields
8/ Give no rooms for team meetings, except their toilet and change rooms…Under repair from “spillage”
9/ Fly them ALL to matches….. In a tiny plane without legroom. Make the trip a 3 hr scenic tourist flight. NZ is a beautiful country.
10/ NEVER refer to them as the French test side. Call them the French no two’s.
11/ Allow alcohol the night before tests.
12/ Call the Tests “practice matches for the SA tour”
Come on NZ fans…. Return the disrespect if thats what we are shown.😁😁😁
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