Tri Nations Rugby
May 13, 2009 11:00 am Rugby UnionFixtures for the 2009 Tri Nations Rugby tour have finally been released and rugby fans right throughout Australia, New Zealand and South Africa can look forward to a veritable feast of rugby action come mid July as the competition gets under way.
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The opening clash will be between New Zealand and Australia ion the 18th of July in Auckland which should prove to be an extremely tough assignment for the Wallabies having lost there last year in failing to claim the Tri Nations trophy. This has, however, not affected the options to bet on NRL online.
Australia don’t play again til the 8th of August when the meet South Africa in Cape Town meaning although they will have a difficult start to the Tri Nations series they will have a solid run to the finish with plenty of home crowd support.
They then play three consecutive home games with matches in Sydney (vs New Zealand), Perth (vs South Africa) and Brisbane (vs South Africa) which should please Australian spectators no end.
They will face they unenviable task of fronting up against the Kiwis in Wellington on September 19th in the final game of the series and the decider for not only the Tri Nations, but the Bledisloe Cup.
New Zealand took out both the Tri Nations and the Bledisloe last year while South Africa turned in a sub par performance to finish last in the Tri Nations.
A new look Australian side has experienced a fair bit of success on the International front since then and no doubt provide tough opposition for both the All Blacks an reigning World Champions. This will certainly change the possibilities available at IASbet.
In other news, Argentina’s bid to be included in the Tri Nations (making it the quad nations) could become a reality as soon as 2012 despite some opposition from the current teams.