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<blockquote data-quote="RoosTah" data-source="post: 640565" data-attributes="member: 12207"><p>To be honest I'm not a fan of that sort of inconsistent approach with random tours... I'd much prefer for there to be a home and away Tri Nations each year that isn't a WC year. It would give the calendar consistency and stability.</p><p></p><p>That said, I think there is scope for a Lions tour, and would love to see them play warm up games against NSW and Qld before the tests. The only concern I have is how viable it would be in the future if they lost all of them...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I actually dealt with this over at The Roar, and the argument I make is that the "every test" statistics you've cited are misleading. If you remove mid-season one-off tests - games where NZ are generally always understrength and more concerned with their club commitments - and only focus on games within tournaments like the RLWC and 3/4N the tally since 2004 reads 9-4 in wins to Australia (69% success rate), with an average match score of 23-18. Meanwhile at origin level over the same period the tally is 19 wins to 11 (63% success rate) in favour of Qld with an average score of 23-20. </p><p></p><p>So it's a lot closer than you think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoosTah, post: 640565, member: 12207"] To be honest I'm not a fan of that sort of inconsistent approach with random tours... I'd much prefer for there to be a home and away Tri Nations each year that isn't a WC year. It would give the calendar consistency and stability. That said, I think there is scope for a Lions tour, and would love to see them play warm up games against NSW and Qld before the tests. The only concern I have is how viable it would be in the future if they lost all of them... I actually dealt with this over at The Roar, and the argument I make is that the "every test" statistics you've cited are misleading. If you remove mid-season one-off tests - games where NZ are generally always understrength and more concerned with their club commitments - and only focus on games within tournaments like the RLWC and 3/4N the tally since 2004 reads 9-4 in wins to Australia (69% success rate), with an average match score of 23-18. Meanwhile at origin level over the same period the tally is 19 wins to 11 (63% success rate) in favour of Qld with an average score of 23-20. So it's a lot closer than you think. [/QUOTE]
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