Published: August 23, 2021
The fractured trans-Tasman relationship will heal, if only because the two countries are mutually dependent on each other
Power plays and player power seem to be at the heart of the dispute threatening to tear Australian and New Zealand rugby apart after trans-Tasman relations sunk to an all-time low when a decision was made for the All Blacks not to play the Wallabies in Perth as scheduled on Saturday night.
Australian anger is palpable. The game was a Bledisloe Cup dead rubber, but it was also a Rugby Championship fixture. The reason NZ Rugby gave for the All Blacks not boarding their flight to Perth was uncertainty about the Rugby Championship schedule and the length of time the players would be away from home.
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