So here is a snippet of what some journo believes the unions would make for playing in the US.
I don't mind having a match in the states. We've done it in the past, but it was always an experimental team with a poor outcome for everyone given the quality of the game. This should be a very good game, but at the end of the series, no recovery time, but the NZ always shows up.
So the claim is that SA and NZ will make R90m each, not sure what that means in real money these days. is it $4.5m, hardly move the needle given that is the entire wage bill of URC club for the season.
But below they say 90mil more, but they also say the seweto test they made up to 90 mil, so is the total 180mil? This is poor reporting and I still question whether this is good timing or just greed.
We already had the Jetlag cup in June and it is set to continue in Nov.
According to Daily Maverick, each union will earn R90-million more from the Test at the 71,000-capacity M&T Bank Stadium than they would have if the match had been played in South Africa.
The first three Tests of the series in Johannesburg and Cape Town reportedly generated between R60-million and R80-million each.
Ticket prices for the Baltimore Test ranged from $112 to $145 (R1,792 to R2,320) in the upper tier of the stadium, $191 to $450 (R3,050 to R7,200) in the lower bowl and up to $1,792 (R28,672) in VIP hospitality/suites.
The Baltimore windfall is understood to include a financial contribution from World Rugby, which is encouraging leading nations to take Test rugby to the USA ahead of the 2031 World Cup there.
Australian-based events and touring company TEG ultimately secured the deal to stage the match at M&T Bank Stadium.
