New Zealand Would Have Toured Nazi Germany
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Most countries were happy enough to go to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, so a wee rugby tour wouldn't have been anything out of the ordinary.
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Doubt you if anybody in pre war Germany would have had the nerve to book the All Blacks though ...AndyB wrote:Most countries were happy enough to go to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, so a wee rugby tour wouldn't have been anything out of the ordinary.
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Their kit would have gone down a treat with the SS though.big mervyn wrote:Doubt you if anybody in pre war Germany would have had the nerve to book the All Blacks though ...AndyB wrote:Most countries were happy enough to go to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, so a wee rugby tour wouldn't have been anything out of the ordinary.
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I was thinking an Ulster development/age-group XV playing out in Spain. So it wasn't a case of a professional 'club' beating an international team. Although I would suspect the Spanish were missing their professional players too.big mervyn wrote:Portugal at Ravers BR?BR wrote:My memory has an Ulster XV thrashing Spain a few years back.
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64-0 rings a bell
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Who would get to wear the yellow and red shirts?Rooster wrote:Would it not be a good idea for the Wolfies or even the provinces to have a match with the likes of Spain ?
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Depends who is at homeBR wrote:Who would get to wear the yellow and red shirts?Rooster wrote:Would it not be a good idea for the Wolfies or even the provinces to have a match with the likes of Spain ?
Could always both wear the same just to hear Gusher on the commentary
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Were there any Spaniards at Methody?Rooster wrote:Depends who is at homeBR wrote:Who would get to wear the yellow and red shirts?Rooster wrote:Would it not be a good idea for the Wolfies or even the provinces to have a match with the likes of Spain ?
Could always both wear the same just to hear Gusher on the commentary
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What about the IRB nations Cup. Why aren't there more teams in that? Just Romania, Russia, Uruguay and Emerging Ireland as far as I can see. Surely it would be better for the like of Portugal, Spain etc to take part in that rather than an "Emerging Ireland" side.
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The point is to give the 'lesser' nations a chance to play against the established nations (albeit not their 1st XVs).Scranner wrote:What about the IRB nations Cup. Why aren't there more teams in that? Just Romania, Russia, Uruguay and Emerging Ireland as far as I can see. Surely it would be better for the like of Portugal, Spain etc to take part in that rather than an "Emerging Ireland" side.
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It's good to see NZ playing a leading tier 2 team.
While I think the tier 1 nations need to continue (restart) sending their A/development teams to play the tier 2 and 3 countries in the mini-tournaments, a country like Samoa deserves a regular shot at the leading test teams.
Australia need to follow suit and they also need to get an A side out and about on the development circuit.
While I think the tier 1 nations need to continue (restart) sending their A/development teams to play the tier 2 and 3 countries in the mini-tournaments, a country like Samoa deserves a regular shot at the leading test teams.
Australia need to follow suit and they also need to get an A side out and about on the development circuit.
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England footballers offered Nazi salutes to the furher in 1938 when they played Germany.
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I don't see why those A matches cannot be denoted as test matches.
They are playing the tier 2 test side.
Bit like the so called wolf hounds in eastern europe this summer. Could easily have been classed as test matches
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They are playing the tier 2 test side.
Bit like the so called wolf hounds in eastern europe this summer. Could easily have been classed as test matches
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But they are NOT the test team!Russ wrote:I don't see why those A matches cannot be denoted as test matches.
They are playing the tier 2 test side.
Bit like the so called wolf hounds in eastern europe this summer. Could easily have been classed as test matches
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For example when Emerging Ireland were playing in Romania, our test side was in Argentina. (and the Wolfhounds were mosty in rehab )
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So?BR wrote:But they are NOT the test team!Russ wrote:I don't see why those A matches cannot be denoted as test matches.
They are playing the tier 2 test side.
Bit like the so called wolf hounds in eastern europe this summer. Could easily have been classed as test matches
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For example when Emerging Ireland were playing in Romania, our test side was in Argentina. (and the Wolfhounds were mosty in rehab )
Teams play weakened all the time.
This is the team Ireland chose to send, that's all
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