The long drought of tests on this side of the Tasman is about to end, and from 2018 the Kiwis will play at least one, and hopefully two or more, games per year on New Zealand soil. There are also plans for regular mid-year tests against the Island nations, in the window that will be vacant after the last Anzac test next year. Those discussions have gone well, and Hayton is confident the eventual outcome will deliver more tests in this country. Ideally we hope to have home and away test matches against Australia most years, and at least one match annually with the Kangaroos. The Kiwis and the Kangaroos have met 27 times since 2006, and only 19 per cent of those matches have been in this country.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 15, 2016 04:29 UTC