Wellington — New Zealand Rugby (NZR) appears to have known the Rugby Championship would conclude on December 12 despite assertions it had been blindsided by the fixture list, according to reports from leaked minutes of a meeting in September.

The southern hemisphere tournament’s fixtures were released last week, with the All Blacks final game scheduled for December 12, which would force them to spend Christmas in isolation for coronavirus quarantine upon arriving home...

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