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Report: All Blacks set to face England three times before next Rugby World Cup
By Online Editors
All Blacks fans might not yet be ready to go there after the semifinal defeat last year, but New Zealand are set to clash with England every year leading up to the next World Cup.
The Daily Mail has revealed England's schedule in the lead-up to the 2023 World Cup in France, which includes three expected fixtures against the All Blacks. The schedule was out in place before the Covid-19 pandemic, so it is tentative for now.
It includes the November 7 clash this year which remains in doubt due to Covid-19.
The schedule sees the All Blacks potentially to Twickenham in 2021 and 2022. It does mean however England won't visit New Zealand, their last trip here being in 2014.
The All Blacks played just once in England in the four years between the last two World Cups, a 16-15 thriller. Between 2011 and 2015 the All Blacks and England met six times.
England produced a brilliant display to defeat Steve Hansen's side 19-7 in Yokohama last year, their first-ever win at the World Cup over the All Blacks.
"It's a great rivalry. And if you don't play each other for a while, it can sort of drift away," All Blacks coach Ian Foster said at last year's World Cup in Japan, when he was assistant coach to Hansen.
"Some of that is just the quirk of the calendar, but clearly we would be pretty keen to play them again sometime."
The All Blacks' home schedule remains up in the air due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
They are scheduled to hosts Wales for two tests starting July 4 followed by a test against Scotland. The Rugby Championship, which is scheduled to begin in Auckland, also remains in doubt with restrictions to people entering the New Zealand border.
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There is this thing going around against Siya Kolisi where they don't want him to be known as the best national captain ever, so they strike him down in ratings permanently whenever they can. They want McCaw and reckons he is the best captain ever. I disagree.
Just like they refuse to see SA as the best team and some have even said that should the Boks win a third WC in a row, they will still not be the best team ever. Even if they win every game between now and the WC. That is some serious hate coming SA's way.
Everyone forget how the McCaw AB's intimidated refs, was always on the wrong side, played on the ground etc. Things they would never have gotten away with today. They may have a better win ratio, but SA build depth, not caring about rank inbetween WC's until this year.
They weren't as bad inbetween as people claim, because non e of their losses was big ones and they almost never faced the strongest Bok team outside of the WC, allowing countries like France and Ireland to rise to the top unopposed.
Rassie is still at it, building more depth, getting more young stars into the fold. By the time he leaves (I hope never) he will leave a very strong Bok side for the next 15- 20 years. Not everyone will play for 20 years, but each year Rassie acknowledge the young stars and get them involved and ready for international rugby.
Not everyone will make it to the WC, but those 51/52 players will compete for those spots for the WC. They will deliver their best. The future of the Boks is in very safe hands. The only thing that bothers me is Rassie's health. If he can overcome it, rugby looks dark for the rest of the rugby world. He is already the greatest coach in WR history. By the time he retires, he will be the biggest legend any sport has ever seen
Go to commentsWas it? I just brought it up in some of my posts to rub it in that the AB last year nearly put 100 on a top 6N side lol
I agree to be honest. The biggest key to me that they might be jadded was none of them had mom performances, or even as good as their last three games.
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