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2021 British & Irish Lions Tour
Lions farce on the horizon.
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<blockquote data-quote="Prestwick" data-source="post: 189226"><p>I'm sorry to say this but the answer is in the article. The reason why the RFU is at fault here is because the Lions Committee have come to them with a set of dates first of all and received the okay from the RFU after checking that they did not clash with the Guiness Premiership final. The RFU then later came back to them and asked them to move the tour back a couple of weeks <em>to where it is now</em>. The Lions Committee agreed with reservations and after much difficulty with Premier Rugby, the Magners League, the ERC, FIFA and the various South African sports organisations to fit the tour around the new dates requested by the RFU. </p><p></p><p>Then the RFU came back to them <em>again </em>to ask for yet more changes. The Lions however, simply cannot do that as they have already given practically everyone in both Rugby and Soccer a good run around and FIFA have made it clear that they will not be making any more changes to the schedule of The Confederations Cup in 2011 just to satisfy an RFU who basically can't make up their minds. </p><p></p><p>This is a situation of the RFU's making. Pure and simple. The clubs can't do anything and neither can the ERC, the dates are fixed and that is that. However, the Lions Committee did not have the power to resist one of the biggest national rugby bodies on the planet when they asked, nay, <em>told</em> the Lions to change the dates again and again. </p><p></p><p>That is why the RFU are at fault here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prestwick, post: 189226"] I'm sorry to say this but the answer is in the article. The reason why the RFU is at fault here is because the Lions Committee have come to them with a set of dates first of all and received the okay from the RFU after checking that they did not clash with the Guiness Premiership final. The RFU then later came back to them and asked them to move the tour back a couple of weeks [i]to where it is now[/i]. The Lions Committee agreed with reservations and after much difficulty with Premier Rugby, the Magners League, the ERC, FIFA and the various South African sports organisations to fit the tour around the new dates requested by the RFU. Then the RFU came back to them [i]again [/i]to ask for yet more changes. The Lions however, simply cannot do that as they have already given practically everyone in both Rugby and Soccer a good run around and FIFA have made it clear that they will not be making any more changes to the schedule of The Confederations Cup in 2011 just to satisfy an RFU who basically can't make up their minds. This is a situation of the RFU's making. Pure and simple. The clubs can't do anything and neither can the ERC, the dates are fixed and that is that. However, the Lions Committee did not have the power to resist one of the biggest national rugby bodies on the planet when they asked, nay, [i]told[/i] the Lions to change the dates again and again. That is why the RFU are at fault here. [/QUOTE]
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