Three things on Nations Championship
South Africa and France top their respective tables after the southern hemisphere Tests in the inaugural Nations Championship. The Springboks, New Zealand and other southern hemisphere nations will visit the northern hemisphere in November to play three Tests apiece before the grand climax on finals weekend at Twickenham on November 27-29. AFP Sport picks out […] The post Three things on Nations Championship appeared first on The Namibian .
South Africa and France top their respective tables after the southern hemisphere Tests in the inaugural Nations Championship.
The Springboks, New Zealand and other southern hemisphere nations will visit the northern hemisphere in November to play three Tests apiece before the grand climax on finals weekend at Twickenham on November 27-29.
AFP Sport picks out three things from the first half of the Championship:
Travel pains
One problem the southern hemisphere teams, when they come north, will be spared is draining long trips.
This was the opposite for most of the northern hemisphere sides in the three week series.
For some of the coaches it was too much.
France’s Fabien Galthie was bemused as to why his side had to travel to Japan — when Ireland who played Australia in Sydney took on the ‘Brave Blossoms’ the following weekend in Newcastle — and also the reasoning behind Fiji playing their ‘home’ Tests in the United Kingdom.
