New Zealand football gaffe infuriates Black Ferns fans

When the New Zealand Federation decided last August with its Japanese counterpart on the schedule for the All Blacks match in Tokyo, it simply omitted what was made available in the Women’s Rugby World Cup schedule, which it is still the organizer of. The quarter-final dates have been known since May.

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This blunder sparked a wave of criticism on social networks and a very upsetting reaction from Justice Secretary Kerry Allan. “I will be supporting Black Fern this weekend in Whangarei,” she wrote on Twitter. But NZR, this clash could have been avoided and it was downright disgraceful. On how to set the criteria for the Women’s World Cup, I suggest you take advice from FIFA. »

The New Zealand FA made verbal apologies but their mistake rekindled old scars. For nearly a decade in the early 2000s, the New Zealand Football Association denied the Black Ferns the status and means of a top team.

“This misstep in programming is yet another example of contradicting commitments that women’s rugby will now be seen as an important part of the rugby scene in this country,” the New Zealand Herald said. “It is hard to imagine that NZR will be so loose in their planning details when it comes to the All Blacks at the next World Cup.”