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http://www.news.com.au/sport/rugby/s...a76a62fed071e7
"All the home unions are tied up with the Lions, and the only other big drawcard is France. Les Bleus are touring South Africa next year in June.
So that left the ARU scrambling to put together three Test match rivals.
The timing could be better but fair play for the Test against Fiji, and let’s hope the Pacific Island nations get consistent chances to play Tier 1 nations outside World Cups.
As for Scotland and Italy, would you honestly care if one of those was canned and a new concept was created for Australia’s best rugby players to strut their stuff in June instead?
What kind of new concept? Glad you asked.
What about instead of a “meh” Test against Scotland-lite or Italy in a year like 2017, Australian rugby plays a State of Origin game instead?
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Given they produce the vast majority of players, the combatants must be NSW and Queensland, and all those players who hail from either state would be repatriated to their home state for a week......"
So im thinking well seeing as The Spirit just pwned NSW and QLD I it should be a combined QLD & NSW vs WA