Rugby Daily | Ireland 6N game in the US? Erin King hoping for W6N Aviva return

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Cameron Hill 0:00
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Cameron Hill 0:37
Join in the obsession. Subscribe now at offtheball.com forward slash join. Off the balls, rugby daily. With Bank of Ireland, a proud sponsor of Connuckt, Leinster, Munster and Ulster Rugby. Never stop competing. You're very welcome along to Friday's Rugby Daily. I'm Cameron Hill. Now, coming up for you today, could the Ireland men's team move a Six Nations game out of the Aviva Stadium to the US in the near future? Will the Ireland women's team be back at the Aviva against England or France in next year's Six Nations? And England head coach Steve Borthwick is set for a contract extension. But first up today, New Zealand have named their team to face Sathaf. Africa in the final test of their greatest rivalry tour this weekend.
Cameron Hill 1:24
The All Blacks head to the US City of Baltimore, hoping to level the series tomorrow, which the Springboks currently lead to one. Dave Rennie has made a number of changes this week, including dropping out half Reuben Love from the match day twenty-three entirely.

Could the Ireland men’s Six Nations match be moved from the Aviva Stadium to the United States?

Cameron Hill 1:38
The Hurricane Star had started the last six Tests for New Zealand, but instead Richie Moonga is drafted in a ten. for his first Test appearance since the 2023 World Cup final, which they lost to South Africa. Peter Lackeye shifts from blindside flanker to take Ardi Savia's spot at number eight, with the latter scoring two tries before getting injured last week. Anton Leonard Brown and Ethan Blackadder replaced the injured Quinn Topaya and Luke Jacobson, respectively. That allows Tupuvay to switch from lock to blindside while Patrick Tuopolato Comes into the second row alongside Sam Darry. There is a completely new front row as Cody Taylor returns to captain the side. He's alongside Fletcher Newell and Ethan DeGroot, and Josh Morby comes in for Leroy Carter on the wing.
Cameron Hill 2:24
The Springboks made just two changes to their team from last week's win in Soccer City. Damian Willemsa replaces Cheslin Colby at full back while it's a straight swap at Scrum Half. With Mornay Vandenberg preferred to Cobus Reinach. Speaking of games heading to the US, the Telegraph are reporting that an Ireland Six Nations game could be heading stateside in the near future. So in an interview with the paper, World Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin argued that this weekend's game between the Springboks and the All Blacks in Baltimore is like a Six Nations game in terms of the matchday economics. The commercial value Of Saturday's game at the home of the NFL side, Baltimore Ravens, is reportedly worth just shy of six million euro.
Cameron Hill 3:07
This isn't a live discussion of an Ireland versus Italy game, Gilpin said, but why we use that as an example is because you've got two fantastic fan bases in the US of Irish and Italian fans. If you could take a Six Nations game to the right place, to a Boston or to a New York, where there's lots of those fan bases, you can definitely drop. drive the economics. Now you're gonna have Irish fans and Italian fans in those respective home countries saying, Hang on a minute, you know, we wanna see our country play. The counter argument to that, Gilpin adds

What does World Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin say about the commercial value of a US‑based Six Nations‑style game?

Cameron Hill 3:35
Is that it's still Irish and Italian fans getting the chance to watch their team, so they're not just the ones who live in Ireland and Italy on this occasion, but that's a balancing piece we've got to work through. Now, according to the Irish Independent, the IRFU have released a statement through a spokesperson saying there are no current plans or discussions regarding Six Nations matches being played in the United States.

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