The All Blacks Bledisloe Cup and Rugby Championship tests have been plunged into doubt after the government paused the quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia for eight weeks.
The All Blacks are due to play three Bledisloe tests against Australia in Auckland on 7 August, Perth two weeks later, and in Wellington on 28 August.
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) is now working with Rugby Australia (RA) and Sanzaar to evaluate the options around the Bledisloe Cup Series and the Rugby Championship.
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NZR chief executive Mark Robinson said the government s latest announcement presented some challenges but hoped the tests could still go ahead.
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Flying Fijians captain Leone Nakarawa looks for support during the International Test Match against the All Blacks at FMG Stadium Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand last
night. The All Blacks beat Fiji with a commanding 60-13 win. Picture: FIJI RUGBY TWITTER PAGE
Fijian flyer Sevu Reece scored a hat-trick of tries to help the New Zealand All Blacks win the final match of their two Test series 60-13 last night at the FMG Stadium Waikato in Hamilton, NZ.
Reece was one of the few players in the ABs who played the entire 80 minutes of the second Test.
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Fiji took on the All Blacks in Dunedin on Saturday night. Photo: PHOTOSPORT/ Andrew Cornaga
It isn’t often that we get to talk about a defeat in glowing terms.
But that’s just how the Test against the New Zealand All Blacks will be discussed from now until the second game this weekend.
The Flying Fijians came off with a powerful statement on Saturday evening in Dunedin.
It wasn’t so much the 23-57 defeat, but the manner in which we played that will inch out much discussion.
It’ll be the focus of attention over the next few days.