According to an article on Planet Rugby, Scotland had hoped to tour New Zealand in June but have been turned down by the provinces. Presumably this means they were looking to send a squad to play some province/Super 14 teams, but drew short of wanting to play the All Blacks in their back yard (and I stand by my previous assertion that we should not play New Zealand ever again, or at least till we are not poop, which could be the same as “ever”).
While Wales are in discussion for a proper old-fashioned tour, the SRU request was turned down because “it wasn’t a goer financially or operationally really”. Which presumably translates as “while we love you jocks, your skirt-wearing lunatic fans aren’t going to travel half-way round the world to watch Scotland (minus a couple of Lions if you are lucky) get stuffed by our provinces and/or the ABs and our fans don’t want to see that either. Come back when you’ve got a decent coach and more NZ$ to spend”. Paraphrasing all mine, naturally.
The A Team are touring Romania this summer, I guess that’ll have to do. Let the main team players have a summer off (other than the usual complement of 3 Lions) and prepare for total dominance at pro-team and international level next season.
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