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Wales confirm one of their toughest ever November series schedules
By Online Editors
Wales have confirmed one of their toughest ever November schedules for Cardiff are revealing their will host Fiji, New Zealand, Argentina and South Africa later this year.
By the time Wayne Pivac’s side take on the Springboks on November 28, they will have faced every side in World Rugby’s top eleven - minus Australia (eighth) - during his first year at the helm.
The 2020 November series also see a new era of collaboration for the Six Nations Unions after they combined all broadcasting rights for these internationals, a strategy that has long been in place for the Guinness Six Nations.
Supporters will now benefit directly as all parties agree to games being scheduled around each other to minimise any overlap in fixtures.
“Working collaboratively with fellow Six Nations members on matters of mutual sporting and commercial interest outside the Guinness Six Nations Championship has for the first time led to scheduling that is far more spectator-friendly,” said WRU chief executive Martyn Phillips.
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“A coordinated approach, similar to the one already employed when facilitating the championship fixtures, has removed the majority of schedule clashes and we are extremely grateful to all parties for their sympathetic treatment of the unique and particular requirements of our Cardiff city-centre venue.
“We are delighted with three Saturday afternoon matches and an early Sunday kick-off which shows real empathy to supporters in Wales and to our travel infrastructure.
“This is the first step in the process of unifying the operations and media rights of the Six Nations and federations, something we have been working on for a long time. It is a hugely significant strategic development for our national game and will be of direct benefit supporters who will be able to watch more live matches as a result.”
Wales’ 2020 autumn series
v Fiji - Saturday, November 7 (1pm)
v New Zealand - Saturday, November 14 (5.30pm)
v Argentina - Sunday, November 22 (2.15pm)
v South Africa - Saturday, November 28 (5.30pm)
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Agreed. 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.
Go to commentsAs Naas would say... A win is a win.
It was not perfect and at times frustrating. All 3 tests were not the best by the Boks and they still found ways to win.
Rassie would have noted the sloppyness at times and silly mistakes. The 9's made amateur handling mistakes when clearing the rucks in all 3 tests.
Once the "stupid" mistakes are eliminated, this Bok team will be very very hard to beat.
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