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Article: Rugby League: Kangaroo tour to be cut short; League chief looks to reduce warm-up fixtures.(News)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- November 26, 2002
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Byline: IAN LAYBOURN
NEXT year's Kangaroo tour is likely to include just two warm-up games before the three-match Ashes Series.
Rugby Football League executive chairman Richard Lewis, who has held preliminary talks with his Australian counterparts, said both countries were in favour of an abbreviated tour.
The original schedule for last year's Kangaroo tour, before it fell victim to the September 11 terrorist attack, included club games against all the leading Super League clubs but the recent clash between New Zealand and champions St Helens attracted a paltry crowd of just 5,612.
The Kiwis played four matches in the run-up to the ...