New Zealand’s supremacy puts Trans Tasman’s future in jeopardy

Australian teams were criticized for losing all 10 matches to New Zealand at the start. From the first edition of the Trans-Tasman competition, endangering the continuity of the competition.

Rugby experts in Australian media today wondered if fans could do the weekly batting New Zealand teams tip them off on each of the Trans-Tasman competition dates.

Five Australian teams and the same number of New Zealanders participate in the competition. In the regular stage, every Australian franchise will play Against one from New Zealand, with two games at home and two away from home, leaving the third match on one place.

On those first two dates, the Nezoelanders won 10 matches against Australian teams, five games a day, a fact which underscores the gap in level between these two world powers.

Although he is still a long way from a two-year series of 40-game defeats in Australia from Super Rugby through 2018, the red flags are ringing about the tournament’s long-term viability.

Australia’s strongest teams were humiliated, with CA Rugby Champions Queensland losing a record 63-28 to New Zealand champion Aotearoa Crusaders, and the Brumbies did little better in a two-way match, as the finalists lost to the leaders, 40-19.

The competition is a break with Super Rugby, which has been resolved with the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic, in which Jaguares played Argentine franchise Jaguares, runner-up in 2019, South African Bulls, Lions, Sharks and Stormers, who will participate in the UK, and Sunwolves (Japan ).