The Bledisloe Cup test between Australia and New Zealand scheduled for Melbourne this year has been switched to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
The Bledisloe Cup test between Australia and New Zealand scheduled for Melbourne this year has been switched to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rugby Australia said on Monday.
FILE PHOTO: Interim Rugby Australia CEO Rob Clarke holds a news conference amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease at Rugby Australia headquarters in Sydney, Australia, May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Loren ElliottREUTERS: The Bledisloe Cup test between Australia and New Zealand scheduled for Melbourne this year has been switched to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rugby Australia said on Monday.
The annual three-match Bledisloe Cup series is normally contested as part of the southern hemisphere's Rugby Championship, which also includes South Africa and Argentina.Melbourne's Docklands Stadium was due to host a test for the first time since 2010 as part of a doubleheader involving both countries' men's and women's sides this year.
"The decision to swap the All Blacks test to 2022 is a sensible one and I thank Premier Daniel Andrews and the Victorian government for their flexibility and support," RA's interim chief executive Rob Clarke said in a statement https://australia.rugby/news/2020/09/07/bledisloe-2022-victoria.Victoria, which accounts for about 75per cent of the country's total infections of 26,320, extended a hard lockdown in its capital Melbourne until Sept.
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