Kiwis Kangaroos live stream Self-interest is at the core of every National Rugby League chief executive’s role. Rules changes, salary cap amendments, player welfare initiatives – you name it – none are ever viewed from the broader perspective, merely the prism of their own club.
If NRL CEOs are ever united on anything, it’s that international football is a blight on the game.
Mickey Mouse matches in which players, fatigued after a gruelling club season, can get hurt are not something clubs welcome and probably fair enough too.
So it was shocking – not to mention commendable – to see Solly stick up for the international game the other day.
Once general manager of the English Super League competition and now South Sydney chief executive, Solly slated the proposed hybrid game between the All Blacks Kangaroos live Rugby as a “circus act’’ that threatened to further diminish the standing of test match rugby league.
“We have an obligation to help Tonga and NZ Rugby League. We should be promoting our own international game, not some hybrid exhibition match…now we’re going to devalue that for a circus act,’’ Solly told The Daily Telegraph.
At first glance, talk of a 14-a side game between New Zealand and Australia’s marquee rugby teams looked interesting.
The Wallabies, bless them, will hopefully become a genuine rival for the All Blacks once Dave Rennie gets established as head coach but, for now at least, the Bledisloe Cup series isn’t the spectacle it was 20 years ago. Roos v kiwis rugby stream
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