All things considered, it may be appropriate if Oz withdraw. It's for the overall good of the game.

We are lowering the tone, both on the field and off...

like i said months ago......



and england v the Other Nationalities will happen next year too....

if england do tour nz they should also play PNG, and some of the pacific nations, or bring in a "b" team and let them play the PI nations midweek or something in nz

nahh take a 35 man squad or something and play 2 games a week leading up to a 3 game series, total of 5 weeks and everyone gets to play England.

suppose it all depends on cost...

take a 35-40 man squad on a whirlwind 3-4 week tour with a weekend test team to play NZ and a weekday test team to play the islands

or

a 25-26 man squad on a longer 5-6 week tour playing 4 or 5 games on consecutive weekend


i'd go for the longer tour personally

I think the players would go for anything 5 weeks and under. You could play consecutive weekends and midweek games against the P.I. with a 35 man squad