Swift move to fit in another international

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LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 25: Siya Kolisi of South Africa lifts the Qatar Airways Cup trophy after the team's victory following the Summer International match between New Zealand All Blacks v South Africa at Twickenham Stadium on August 25, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

ANOTHER so-called Test match is squeezed into a congested calendar with such indecent haste that nobody can be sure as to the identity of the home team at Twickenham on June 22: Wales or South Africa?
Had the Principality Stadium not been out of bounds due to a Taylor Swift concert, it might have been in Cardiff or, there again, it might not. Why ask the multitude of Springbok fans living in the London area to make a 300-mile round trip when they can see it on their own adopted doorstep?
Maybe the sponsor, Qatar Airways, made HQ a condition of their financial backing. The date for the one-o...

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