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<blockquote data-quote="Maccaweeny" data-source="post: 145606"><p>I don't know why you're trying to take me up on this, as I was under the impression I was being rather conciliatory because I didn't want to be disrespectful to an older member, but anyway. </p><p></p><p>It's simple, while the reaction (from both Australia and NZ, it wasn't just the ARU that had the shits) was not exemplary, neither was the late decision by Jake White. There were contractual guidelines in the SANZAR agreement which stipulate bilateral cooperation and the maintaning of competitive sides. Not only did it violate some aspects of the agreement (not explicitly, and generally I don't think it a big deal), the problem was that the decision to rest the A team was made after tens of thousands of fans had bought tickets. It's in the law of torts that the consumer has a right of knowledge before purchasing a product, something that was violated by the decision to send a B team. Not only did it violate common law principle, it caused some people to lose a lot of money. </p><p></p><p>Furthermore, it wasnt long ago since the Australian side nailed the SA A-team by 50 points, so you can not blame the aussie fans for expecting an absolute walk-over, despite the fact that the B-team was in the end very competitive. Add on to this that a lot of people wanted issues to be resolved since the Newlands game, the reaction was understandable, if not 'right'.</p><p></p><p>I could go on for days about the disrespectful actions of other nations in concern to rugby, but in the end politics is an inherent part of the game. That's why I like to talk about other things (such as the actual game, hence the point of this thread) rather than how RU organisations always wave it around for no reason at all.</p><p></p><p>While I respect your opinion that Australian rugby union should be utterly destroyed, it's not something that interests me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maccaweeny, post: 145606"] I don't know why you're trying to take me up on this, as I was under the impression I was being rather conciliatory because I didn't want to be disrespectful to an older member, but anyway. It's simple, while the reaction (from both Australia and NZ, it wasn't just the ARU that had the shits) was not exemplary, neither was the late decision by Jake White. There were contractual guidelines in the SANZAR agreement which stipulate bilateral cooperation and the maintaning of competitive sides. Not only did it violate some aspects of the agreement (not explicitly, and generally I don't think it a big deal), the problem was that the decision to rest the A team was made after tens of thousands of fans had bought tickets. It's in the law of torts that the consumer has a right of knowledge before purchasing a product, something that was violated by the decision to send a B team. Not only did it violate common law principle, it caused some people to lose a lot of money. Furthermore, it wasnt long ago since the Australian side nailed the SA A-team by 50 points, so you can not blame the aussie fans for expecting an absolute walk-over, despite the fact that the B-team was in the end very competitive. Add on to this that a lot of people wanted issues to be resolved since the Newlands game, the reaction was understandable, if not 'right'. I could go on for days about the disrespectful actions of other nations in concern to rugby, but in the end politics is an inherent part of the game. That's why I like to talk about other things (such as the actual game, hence the point of this thread) rather than how RU organisations always wave it around for no reason at all. While I respect your opinion that Australian rugby union should be utterly destroyed, it's not something that interests me. [/QUOTE]
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