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[2014 Mid-Year Tests] New Zealand vs England (1st Test)
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<blockquote data-quote="goodNumber10" data-source="post: 650273" data-attributes="member: 71068"><p>The "reasoning" behind it was because it was the first time England had played outside of London, and the game was a sellout - it was meant purely as a PR stunt to say thanks to the fans for turning up in force as it was such a rarity to get England playing outside of Twickers.</p><p></p><p>Lot's of teams do the walk to the fans after losing, normally at a final or something high profile to say thanks for the support, but It was latched onto by the NZ press at the time and completely misrepresented as a lap of honor.</p><p></p><p>To be fair, none of the players wanted to do it but were forced to - they were on the record as saying they didn't want to do it at the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goodNumber10, post: 650273, member: 71068"] The "reasoning" behind it was because it was the first time England had played outside of London, and the game was a sellout - it was meant purely as a PR stunt to say thanks to the fans for turning up in force as it was such a rarity to get England playing outside of Twickers. Lot's of teams do the walk to the fans after losing, normally at a final or something high profile to say thanks for the support, but It was latched onto by the NZ press at the time and completely misrepresented as a lap of honor. To be fair, none of the players wanted to do it but were forced to - they were on the record as saying they didn't want to do it at the time. [/QUOTE]
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