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NZR partner with Harlequins

New Zealand Rugby have partnered with Aviva Premiership club Harlequins, signing a co-operation agreement aimed to benefit both parties.

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The partnership will see New Zealand Rugby and Harlequins cooperate on several projects in relation to team and player resources as well as commercial leverage opportunities and team training.

“This is new territory for New Zealand Rugby and this unique relationship will open some useful connections in that part of the world,” New Zealand Rugby CEO Steve Tew said in a statement.

“With its strong ex-pat community, London is of key strategic importance to New Zealand Rugby, and when you factor in our shared relationship with adidas, this cooperation agreement is a very natural fit.

“This alignment will create significant opportunities for both sides, with players, coaches and staff able to learn from different environments with different people, challenges and cultures.”

Harlequins’ Chief Executive David Ellis commented: “I’m delighted to be able to announce Harlequins’ strategic partnership with New Zealand Rugby. The All Blacks are the benchmark of excellence for all teams, so to be able to align with them both on and off the pitch will be of significant benefit to the club.”

The Times have reported that the Harlequins will become a host club for All Blacks seeking a sabbatical in Europe, and the club will in turn send their “pathway” players and coaches to New Zealand to gain valuable experience.

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The New Zealand Herald reported early last month that New Zealand Rugby were looking at partnering with overseas clubs based in Europe and Japan in an effort to control overseas player drain.

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JW 58 minutes ago
Let's be real about these All Blacks

I didn't really get the should tone from it, but maybe because I was just reading it as my own thoughts.


What I read it as was examples of how they played well enough in every game to be able to win it.


Yeah I dunno if Ben wouldn't see it that way (someone else would for sure need to point it out to him though), I'm more in the Ben not appreciating that those close losses werent one off scenarios camp. Sure you can look at dubious decisions causing them to have to play with 14 or 13 men at the death as viable reasons but even in the games they won without such difficulties they made a real struggle of it (compared to how good some of their first half play was). This kind of article where you trying to point out the 3 losses really would most likely have been wins only really makes sense/works when your other performances make those 3 games (or endings) stand out.


There might have been a sentence here and there to ensure some good comment numbers but when he's signing off the article by saying things like ..

Whilst these All Blacks aren’t blowing teams off the park like during the 2010s, they are nuggety and resourceful and don’t wilt. They are prepared to win the hard way, accumulating points by any means necessary.

and..

The other top sides in the world struggled to put them away. France and South Africa both could have well been defeated on home soil.

I don't really see it. Always making sure people are upto date with the SH standing/perspective! NZ went through some tough times with so many different perspectives and reasons why, but then it was.. amusing how.. behind everyone was once they turned a corner. More of these 'unfortunate' results returned against SA and France at the start of the RWC which made it extra tasty to catch other teams out when they did bring it. So that created some 'conscious' perspective that I just kept going and sharing re thoughts on similar predicaments of other teams, I had been really confident that Wallabies displays vs NZ were real, that the Argentines can backup their thing against Aus and SA (and so obviously the rest), and current one is that England are actually consistent and improving with their attack (which everyone should get onboard with), and I'm expecting a more dominant display against Japan (even though they should have more of their experienced internationals for this one) that highlights further growth from July. 👍

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