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The Australian Rugby Union has downsized the venues for England's three-Test tour next year.
England will play three Tests, with the first at Brisbane's Lang Park on June 11.
The remaining matches will be played at the Melbourne Rebels' home ground AAMI Park on June 18 and the Sydney Football Stadium on June 25.
This is a switch from the larger Docklands and Sydney's Olympic stadium, which the Wallabies have preferred in the past but failed to sell out.
ARU chief executive Bill Pulver said the smaller venues were part of improving the fans' experience.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-...nd-in-three-test-series/6559346?section=sport
Heady days of the 2003 World Cup are long gone. Scuttlebutt is after paying its ongoing expenses the ARU is effectively broke. 2013 British and Irish Lions tour was a big boon to the coffers... and it's not happening again until 2025. The Socceroos have usurped the Wallabies spot as "the national football team" the last 10 years, but it's simplistic to blame it just on that. I'm not an expert, what do you think has lead Australian rugby to this situation?
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