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    No North vs South

    Stephen Nell

    Cape Town – SANZAR on Thursday said no to a “Battle of the Hemispheres” in which the best club and regional teams in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere would do battle in December 2012.

    “We like the concept, but because of the timing SANZAR cannot commit to such a competition,” said the chairman of the South African Rugby Union’s executive committee, Dr Jan Marais.

    He was speaking after a SANZAR meeting in Sydney.

    “We cannot commit our champion team (in the Super 15) to it, but said that Premier Rugby Ltd (who made the proposal) should contact individual unions to ascertain whether they will be interested to participate,” said Marais.

    Should that happen, SARU can discuss the matter at a general meeting after it has been proposed to franchises and provincial teams.

    However, of the SANZAR partners only Australia are likely to be keen on the idea, as South Africa and New Zealand both have provincial competitions followed by tours and need a window period in which their leading players can rest.

    http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/No-No...ANZAR-20100408

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    Oh well...

    Got a link btw?

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    Quote Originally Posted by beige View Post
    Got a link btw?
    Sorry, link added

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    All these articles are saying that the match has been ruled out but, if you read the quotes, I don't think SANZAR actually did rule it out. I read them as saying that SANZAR can't commit the Super Rugby champion to such a game each year but that champions would have to be approached on an individual basis to see if they are interested. I'm sure Premier Rugby Ltd would endeavour to put forward a very attractive offer.

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    ....which enables the match to occur sometime which will disadvantage the southern team most!

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    C'mon the

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    Quote Originally Posted by GIGS20 View Post
    ....which enables the match to occur sometime which will disadvantage the southern team most!
    Which should prevent it from being too much of a blowout

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