Australia and New Zealand have been at loggerheads over just about everything but on Sunday it’s the rugby teams who will do the talking
After the war of words, the Wallabies and the All Blacks will settle their differences where it matters most – on the field. The first Bledisloe Cup Test in Wellington on Sunday afternoon will unfold against a backdrop of bloody boardroom battles between Rugby Australia and New Zealand Rugby, which prompted RA chair Hamish McLennan to declare trans-Tasman relations were at their “lowest ebb”.
The straining of relations between Australia and New Zealand dates back to July when the Kiwis invited just two or three of Australia’s five Super Rugby teams to participate in a trans-Tasman competition, which RA refused to entertain.
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